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HITLERS NATAL CELEBRATIONS 4 BERLIN, Germany, April 19. A far-reaching agreement on outstanding issues between Germany and Rumania was announced today as the Nazi reich began a two-day celebration of Chancellor Adolf Hitlers fiftieth birth anniversary. Hitlers birthday actually is tomorrow, but festivities got under way today throughout Greater Germany. In magnitude and Nazi showmanship, the celebrations will surpass all previous efforts. During the morning, 190 bombing and scout planes of the latest type flew over the chancellory, dipping a greeting to the Reichs-fueher. Flights of civil aircraft over Berlin from 7 p. m. today, until 8 p. m. tomorrow, have been banned. The announcement warned that violators would be shot down. Meanwhile, the government made it clear that it will refuse to accept the Anglo-French campaign of encirclement of Germany and Italy without a diplomatic struggle, from which Nazi authorities confidently expect to emerge victorious. Another blow was struck in the drive to break the Anglo-French anti-aggression drive following the arrival in Berlin of Rumanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu for the celebrations of the Fuehrers birthday and for vital conferences with German officials.
