AUSTRIA: Deadline

There was a big black circle round Jan. 30 on every police, every government calendar in Austria last week. Jan. 30 is the first anniversary of Adolf Hitler's accession to power in Germany. All Austria felt that one more Nazi attempt to seize the Vienna Government by force was due, that Jan. 30 was its logical date.

Austrian Nazis grew cockier day by day. Small but noisy bombs were exploded in dozens of cities. Crowds rioted in front of government concentration camps. A mysterious fire broke out in Parliament Building at Vienna, was...

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