The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-08

Locked away in his files were hun drecs of pictures of constellations. On one afternoon, shortly before the settlement of the Czech crisis, Hitler was not available to anyone. He was consulting with his astrol- ogers regarding the wisdom of the measure he was about to take.
 In 1884, Hitler purged his own party in a blood bath in which 1000 persons died, and he set out to prove himself one of the great est opportunists of all time, seizing presidential powers when Hinden- burg died.
 Still, very few persons knew the dictator well enough to call him Adolf, though his faithful party leaders supported him blindly when he sent his armies into Poland, in 1889, to touch off the bomb which rocked the whole world. They cheered before that when he took Austria and Czechoslovakia. They helped him when he drove through Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, eliminating enemies at home and forging ahead to control the Euro pean continent, aided by a new type of warfare, the Blitzkrieg, and a fifth column of opportunists who wanted a share in Hitler'S world. Took Personal Command Only when his forces in Russia were beaten back, when Der Fuehr- CT took personal command in De- cember, 1941, did the peoples confl- dence show signs of tottering. But Hitler shouted to his people, laud- ing his losing ally, Benito Mussollnl, and promised victory in 1942." We shall never capitulate," " Hitler exhorted later, still unshak- en in the belief in his destiny. But his armies were beaten in North Africa, and in Russia the Wehr- macht turned and ran from the tremendous momntum of the Red drive. The Allies closed in from the west and in Italy there no longer was aid for the Axis.
 Hitler retired more and more to Berchtesgaden with a BaVarlan girl, Eva Braun, whom he met in 1895. By 1888. Miss Braun had been established as Die Chefln' (feminine counterpart of Hitlers intimate title, Der CheD in Hit ler's household. Reports of unres, grew in Holland, France, Den mark, throughout "festung Euro pa" which Hitler's armies con trolled. Hitler ordered additional purges, to enforce the Nazi dictun of "one party and absolute obedi- ence to der Fuehrer."
 Escaped Generals Plot
 The purges were not thoroughly carried out until after a group of bunker generals attempted to as- sassinate Hitler on July l9, 1944 as he stood in the inner circle oi official headquarters. A bomb ex- ploded only six feet away from tht falling leader.
 Hitler empowered Himmler tt clean up the home front. Hermann Goering and Paul Joseph Goebbel were named dictator" and "pleni' potentiary" of the German hom' front and occupied Europe, as Hit Ter waited for the outcome of thu purge which no one outside o Germany could know.
 The leader of the super-natloI was constantly guarded, apparent ly fearing for his life from ever. hand. But he shouted again tha Germany would not give up, evel when Russian armies, calling dowl revenge on the Germans, poure' across Na1 soil, and Anglo-Amer ican armies advanced into France.
 His plans were ended for con quering the world for the Aryal race of supermen, the pure race h sought to build while enslaving tn rest of the world.
 The Allies ended his destin when he was 55 years old and afte 1 he had ruled Germany for only l years.