Unsolved Reichstag Fire Mystery Persists in 40 Years
Berlin reports on the still unsettled debate over who set the 1933 Reichstag fire. The piece traces the Dutch Communist Van der Lubbe’s trial and execution, Nazi claims, and later scholarly opinions, noting Fiat Tobias and the international committee's findings that contradict single-figure theories.
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Reichstag
Marinus van der
Lubbe
Hitler
Goering
Ernst Torgler
Communist Party Bloc
Georgi Dimitroff
Comintern
Bulgaria
van der Lubbe
Supreme Court
Dimitroff
Fritz Tobias
Berlin
Tobias
Nological University
Hauser
International Military Tribunal
Meany Hints at Nonpartisan Stance for Labor Movement
AFL CIO President George Meany signals potential shift toward neutrality for the labor movement after decades of partisan alignment. The AFL CIO has supported Democratic candidates and liberal policies while voicing opposition to some Republican initiatives. A Gallup poll shows Nixon leading among union families, reflecting persistent party alignment within labor.
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Washington
UPI
Aflcio
George Meany
Council
George McGovern
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Vietnam
Meany
Congress
Old American Federation of Labor
William Green
Samuel Gompers
Franklin Roosevelt
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Wendell Willkie
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
Mine Workers
Harry Truman
AFL
Democratcc
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
New Outfit
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Gallup
McGovern
Stevenson
Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Goldwater
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Mas
Unemployed agent buys narrow Bronx lot at city auction
Zane Bond, 22, wins a Bronx property parcel at a city auction for $25. The narrow tract measures two feet by 164 feet. Bond says length matters and hopes the site can serve a future cooperative, noting it sits in a good neighborhood.
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New York
Zane Bond
Bronx
Bond
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Brandenburger Gate
Klaus Schuetz
Social Democratic Party
City House of Representatives
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Bonn
By Raymond Lahr
New York City
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Sears, Roebuck and
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FBI
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