INTERNATIONAL: Hitler Takes A Trip

An ancient pomp stalked across Europe last week. Formalities and trappings moved up & down the continent. Adolf Hitler, the most grandiose tourist of all time, took a trip.

His conveyance was modern enough. Adolf Hitler's private car is made of the strongest steel, with heavy steel reinforcements along the floor. Although a bomb or a mine might lift the car from the tracks, nothing less than a direct hit by a heavy air bomb or artillery shell could pierce it. The car is heavily padded inside. Its windows are protected by thick...

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