Word: prussia
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...their skyrocket rise. The Nazis dropped from 230 Reichstag seats to 195 and in each of Germany's 35 electoral districts their vote fell off, nowhere by less than 10,000 ballots. Nazis suffered their worst setback in President Paul von Hindenburg's home district of East Prussia...
They must therefore continue their toasts in expensive red wine "to the long life of President von Hindenburg!" and try as hard as possible to "tame" Adolf Hitler further. He was offered last August the Premiership of Prussia, the Vice Chancellorship of the Reich, three Federal Cabinet posts. He turned down all offers in hopes of winning a straight Nazi majority in the Reichstag...
...rich & reactionary von Papen Cabinet last, week cocked a glaring, bemonocled eye at the Fatherland's organized nudists, now said to number more than 200,000. Berlin's biggest ''nudist school'' was warned by police, acting under orders from Federal Administrator of Prussia Dr. Franz Bracht...
Thus Chancellor von Papen hog-tied the Prussian Free State to the German Federal Government but left bald Dr. Braun loose as Premier of Prussia...
Next day Chancellor von Papen tried to absorb the Prussian Cabinet into his Federal Cabinet. He created a Federal Ministry called the "Ministry of Interior of Prussia," and gave it to Dr. Bracht, who has been ruling Prussia as Acting Federal Commissioner. A Dr. Johann Popitz was popped into the State and Federal Cabinets as "Minister of Finance of Prussia." Finally the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Baron Magnus von Braun, added to his titles "Minister of Agriculture of Prussia...