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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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On Feb. 28, 1933, the Hitler cabinet in Berlin imposed virtual martial law after the Reichstag fire and a communist raid, avoiding military involvement to counter terrorism threats from communists disguising as police or Nazis. (187 characters)
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COMMUNIST RESORT RAIDED LAST WEEK
Radicals Reported Prepared for Further Acts of Terrorism by Men in Guise of Police. Nazi or Other Organizations;
Military State Avoided
Berlin, Feb. 28.-(AP)- Virtual martial law under a police regime was decided upon by the German cabinet today.
The cabinet, which had been in session since 11 a. m. and heard a report from Wilhelm Goering, minister without portfolio, upon the fire which damaged the Reichstag building yesterday, and the result of a raid last week by police on Karl Liebknecht's house communist headquarters on Buelowplatz
A military state of emergency was refrained from in order to keep the reichswehr (standing army) out of political action, but the measures to be decreed will have the effect of placing Germany under a state of emergency with the sole object of meeting communist dangers.
The communists, he said, were prepared for further acts of terrorism, some of which would be committed by men in the uniforms of police, the steel helmet organization and the Nazis.
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Berlin
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Feb. 28
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virtual martial law under a police regime decided upon; military state of emergency avoided to keep reichswehr out of political action; measures to place germany under state of emergency to meet communist dangers.
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The German cabinet, after hearing a report from Wilhelm Goering on the fire that damaged the Reichstag building yesterday and the police raid last week on Karl Liebknecht's house communist headquarters on Buelowplatz, decided on virtual martial law under a police regime. Communists reported prepared for further acts of terrorism, some by men in uniforms of police, steel helmet organization, and Nazis.