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Show BERLIN EXPECTS HITLERSPEECH I BERLIN, Jan. 29 (UP) Well-informed Well-informed quarters reported that Adolf Hi ler might make I. speech Thursday, the eighth ann versary of his accession to power giving some hirt of his plans for opera-tions opera-tions against Britain. He hail made a speech on every other Ja tuary 30 since he became chancellor in 1933, except in 1938. It was understood that f Hitler did speak, there would b no advance ad-vance announcement and, especially, especial-ly, there would be no advance disclosure dis-closure of the place. All his movements move-ments are now regarded as; matters of military secrecy. In 'his last speech, December 10, Hitler spoke for 90 minutes to Berlin Ber-lin armaments workers, contrasting the nasi and democratic ways of life to the disadvantage of the latter. It was In his anniversary speech last year that Hitler announced that th first, or preparatory, phase ot the war waa over and that the second, that of taking total war to the allies, was beginning. begin-ning. Josef Goebbels, nazl propaganda minister, intimated in a speech to war correspondents at the propaganda propa-ganda ministry Tuesday night that Germany might soon strike a blow at Great Britain. I The most characteristic manifestation mani-festation of the German! method of waging war is that long creative crea-tive pauses are followed by a hard, dramatic, lightning struggle which always brings a victorious decision " he said. "It is the task of leaders In seemingly less active months to prepare the j German people lor coming decisions and keep their warlike spirit and preparedness pre-paredness wakeful." I |