Show aws alews reg of Curr erzt events ha HITLER R TROOPS SEIZE AUSTRIA reich army enters vienna invasion forces to resign european powers thrown into panic by germany s startling coup united States Sta testo fo keep hands off secretary hull says WT W LoLoA 0 summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK Q western newspaper union LEADING EVENTS VIENNA austrian government Nazi fied cd after ultimatum by hitler german troops cross border ROME italy was declared by diplomats to be facing a serious situation as the nazis marched into austria official italy refused to comment on the danger to the rome berlin alliance and the presence of hillers Hit lers troops on italis border LONDON british warn germany in strongest possible terms of dangers of austrian aj action cabinet meets today PARIS france without a cabinet protested to berlin against the seizure of austria but appeared helpless to act against I 1 the coup BERLIN germans are jubilant as radio tells them their army has crossed into austria following nazis seizure of power PRAGUE czechoslovakian cabinet studies new nazi peril austrian czechoslovakia border about 40 miles from vienna said trains and automobiles arriving there were filled with refugees from vienna hungary was said to be strengthening and reinforcing the defenses along the closed austrian frontier following an emergency cabinet meeting J TVA pot boils determined pET ETERA TINED to get the low L down on the controversy among the directors of the tennessee vaclev authority president roosevelt ot summoned mato ahr Z k to the white house chairman arthur E 4 morgan and his col bagues david da vid lih anthal and harcourt Nl morgan organ it was believed in washington that if they could not compose 4 their differences he sy might ask all of them to resign sen byi byrncs aies upon the he outcome of this conference depended the action of congress leaders in relation to the resolution calling for a senatorial investigation of the entire TVA setup sponsored by senators bridges of new hampshire and king of utah and senator norris proposal that the inquiry be conducted by the federal trade corn com mission senator byrnes of south carolina put forward the suggestion liked by many that a single administrator be substituted for the three man board of TVA directors this one man to be selected by a joint joet committee of congress norris borns thought this plan had good features but would prefer a board of three business executives who in his opinion would be more capable of adminis administering the project than 0 engineers clawy lawyers ers or other experts bridges engaged in hot debate with administration senators he defended his investigation resola av V tion in a long speech in which he be made detailed charges against the TVA administration and characterized lilienthal as a hitler seeking to assert dicta dictatorial toria powers over the tennessee valley diplomats shifted our diplomatic depre senta tives in latin america rt president roosevelt sent to the senate these nominations meredith nicholson of indiana now minister to venezuela transferred to nicaragua boaz long of new mexico now minister to nicaragua tra transferred nsf erred to ecuador antonio C gonzalez Gonzal cz of no new york now minister to ecuador transferred to venezuela hoover sees hitler president herbert hoo FORMER 1 ver vcr in europe to study conditions had a long talk in berlin with adolf hitler who expounded his views on world politics and was entertained by other nazi notables at the close of his two day visit in the german capital mr hoover said only that he is even more reinforced in his belief that progress in america rests in the principles i of intellectual liberty and spiritual freedom a system of free 1 acono economy my regulated to prevent abuse and popular government coup amazes world with startling rapidity S u adolf hillers Hit lers motorized army crossed the austrian frontier seized vienna forced austrian chancellor kurt to resign and placed a full fledged nazi administration in command of the austrian government jittery european governments were thrown into a panic as they learned of the german leaders astounding coup britain and france sent hitler identical protests against the austrian invasion warning of grave reactions and several other powers were reported to have joined in the protest in washington secretary of state cordell hull announced a hands off policy toward the european crisis and noted leaders gave their opinion that there was no lm mediate immediate danger of a general war although they regarded the prose present nt situation as highly dangerous by a unanimous vote the house of representatives began consideration of the billion dollar naval expansion bill hillers Hit lers austrian coup was a demonstration on of the rapidity of modern armed forces in less than twelve hours picked troops had ad danced into austrian territory and had forced the fall of the government at 1015 at night the first mobile units crossed the border at in the morning the advance guard s seized the vienna police and telegraph stations and clamped down a rigid censorship sor ship complete surprise marked the movement this was in contrast to germanys germanas Germ anys movements in 1914 when five days were required for her armies to enter belgium faced with overwhelming forces broadcast the following message to the austrian people the president of the republic has received from the gorman german and chancellor an ultimatum tim adum demanding that his own c candidate andi date be appointed head of a new austrian government president miklas asked me to acl tell 1 you that the policy of the austrian government is to recede from force so that no german blood shall be shed I 1 we have there therefore foft given orders to ou army that if it has occasion to meet german troops our soldiers will retreat 1 I yield to brute force we must avoid bloodshed our troops have been ordered to retire before german troops and await further developments may god protect austria it was announced the plebiscite had called fa for r sunday to permit the people to vote on whether the country would bould remain independent or submit to nazi rule had been called oft off had been denounced by the nazis as a violation of Aus agreement with germany arthur inquardt hillers Hit lers personal representative in the austrian cabinet assumed the post of chancellor and a new cabinet composed of nazis was announced meanwhile italis ze ie action to the german coup was watched with interest and it was believed to have placed a heavy strain on the rome berlin accord in 1934 italy massed troops on the border to prevent hit lers intervention in austria and preservation of the batters lat independence pen dence has been a major point in italian dip diplomacy amacy however in view of the new accord existing between italy and germany mussolini will be forced to abandon either austria or germany an and d since he has not completed negotiations britain and having few oth other er european ties he will be left in virtual isolation should he break with hitler unverified reports stated italian i an troops were being rushed to the brenner pass gateway between italy and austria in london stock market prices s slumped lumped as the coup became public news despite the strong terms in ill note to hitler it is b believed britaina Brit ains ei in some quarters thai that a deal dea has been made with hitler r whereby the latter has been allowed a free hand in central r europe in C exchange r tor for renouncing claims to colonies france alrea already dy in the throes of internal disorders and without a cabinet stood helplessly by pre mier designate blum hurried consultations with political leaders striving to rally support and to combine the various opposing factions into a united group reverberations in czechoslovakia of nazi in in austria was the chief concern power although the cabinet in france franc e meeting in prague was said t to 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