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The Daily Monitor Leader
Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan
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Adolf Hitler turned 54 on April 20 amid defensive armies in Europe and a grim war crisis in its fourth year. Goebbels and Goering broadcast somber messages; no address from Hitler confirmed. Germans marked with flags and demonstrations.
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LONDON, April 20—(AP)—Adolf Hitler celebrated his 54th birthday today with his armies on the defensive in Europe and its outposts, and had little to tell the German people to relieve the grimness of the situation should he decide to make his usual anniversary address to the nation.
The Berlin radio pictured him as spending the eve of his birthday at headquarters—the location of which was undisclosed—listening to broadcasts that marked the beginning of Germany's annual tribute to the fuehrer. There still was no indication, however, whether Hitler himself would speak.
The Germans had been urged to hang out flags, and talks and martial demonstrations were to occupy the people today.
The first broadcasts brought pronouncements of propaganda minister Goebbels and reichsmarshal Goering from the microphones and it was a grim birthday theme they sounded for the nation.
"The war is in its fourth year and has reached its hardest stage so far, and the end or a way out of its burdens and sufferings
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April 20
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the war is in its fourth year and has reached its hardest stage so far, with no end or way out of its burdens and sufferings in sight
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Adolf Hitler celebrated his 54th birthday with his armies on the defensive in Europe and its outposts, amid a grim military crisis. He spent the eve at undisclosed headquarters listening to broadcasts marking Germany's annual tribute. No indication if he would speak. Germans urged to hang flags and participate in talks and martial demonstrations. Goebbels and Goering delivered grim broadcasts on the war's hardest stage.