Privates in the German Army now have to salute officers in the Nazi Storm Troops, mostly small-time politicians. Little by little Chancellor Hitler is trying to Nazify the Army and win its idolized leader General Werner von Blomberg away from his stanch loyalty to President von Hindenburg, his aloof attitude toward politics. Last week General von Blomberg as Reichswehr (Army) Minister issued an order which warmed Nazi cockles, a definitely anti-Semitic order. "In future any member of the Reichswehr desirous of marrying," he decreed, "must submit evidence that his proposed bride is Aryan...
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