Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Adolf Hitler gazed at the monument, then walked slowly down the avenue 200 yards to the clearing. He wore a double-breasted, grey field uniform with the Iron Cross hanging from his left breast pocket. Behind him walked the six highest officials of the German Third Reich: Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Göring in the blue uniform of the Air Force, his Field Marshal's baton in his right hand; Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the German Armed Forces, his cap cocked jauntily on one side; Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch in field grey; Grand Admiral...
Scandinavia. The Swedish Riksdag met in secret session for the third time since World War II began. Reason: conditions in Norway, where the German-controlled press was agitating for new Storting elections to depose King Haakon VII and set up a Nazi Government. Whether Norway would again be united with Sweden, or Sweden simply dominate Scandinavia under German direction, Hitler's Northern Union seemed destined to be realized...
Congress of Berlin? From Bucharest, Correspondent Walter Duranty cabled a story that Germany would soon summon all Europe except Russia and Turkey to a congress at Berlin which would revise national boundaries and set up Hitler's plan for a five-zone Europe guided by the Third Reich. Wrote...
With many of its principal actors fighting in France, the Oberammergau Passion Play (given once a decade) was canceled for the third time* since its inauguration in 1634. Not yet drafted was its Christus, long-haired, bearded Woodcarver Alois Lang, 49, too old for active service...
Touring the last 18 holes without once getting into a trap or taking more than two putts on a green, Defending Champion Jennings chalked up 149 and his third U. S. Senior championship. Four strokes behind was Texan John K. Wadley, 63, who set a new tournament record with a 72 on his final round...