DOLLFUSS, ENGELBERT Austrian statesman, born in Texing, Lower Austria, in 1892, was educated at the universities of Vienna and Berlin. During the world war he served as an officer in the Austrian army. In October 1931 he became president of the Austrian Federal Railways, in March 1932 minister of Agriculture and Forestry, and in May 1932 was appointed Chancellor. On March 4, feeling the need of a strong government in face of the growing menace to Austria from German Nazis, he dispensed with further meetings of the Nation alrat. He was wounded in an attempt upon his life on Oct. 3, and on July he was assassinated by a group of Austrian Nazis who, disguised as members of the Heimwehr, seized the Chancellery in Vienna.
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