GERMANY: Goebbels Up

Though his most implacable enemies admit his genius as a propaganda technician, few people in Germany, even in the Nazi Party, have any personal admiration for warp-minded, clubfooted Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels. But, according to reliable information from Germany last week, Adolf Hitler has made his ambitious Propaganda Minister unchallenged Nazi leader on the home front.

Goebbels' ascendancy did not astonish those who know him and Germany. He has been portrayed to the world as a jack-rabbity little mouthpiece for Adolf Hitler. Actually, he is smart. He has a kind of courage. He...

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