GERMANY: Uncle Sahm

While Herbert Hoover was controlling food in occupied Belgium, Heinrich Sahm was official German administrator of food and community bodies in occupied Poland.

Herr Dr. Sahm is 6 ft. 6 in. tall. After the War he became for ten years Senate President of the Free City of Danzig, "World's Tallest President."

Last week Langer Heinrich ("Long Henry") was enthusiastically chosen not Buürgermeister but Oberbür germeister (Lord Mayor or Chief Mayor) of Berlin in which there are some 20 district mayors. Always popular, Herr Dr. Sahm seemed last week especially to delight Berliners,...

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