Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1942 — Page 6
Fi B. I Aces 7. ell Court How Nazi Saboteurs
SECRECY HOLDS FOR FOURTH DAY
‘Communique’ From McCoy Hints Another Week Of Hearing.
WASHINGTON, July 11 ~ (U. P.).—Ace counter-espion-‘age agents of the FBI appeared before the military tribunal’ trying eight Nazi saboteurs today to describe circumstances under which the hirelings of Adolf Hitler were said to have confessed their mission following their arrest. The agents, several in number, filed into the barricaded courtroom on the fifth floor of the justice building as the trial, thus far en-
veloped in the deepest secrecy, went into its fourth day. The FBI agents were among those who tracked -the saboteurs down after they had landed at night from submarines on, the Long Island and Florida coasts carrying explosives and thermite pencils with which to carry out the destructive art they had learned in special sabotage schools in Germany.
Confession in Record?
Before the trial started the FBI had indicated that some or all of the saboteurs confessed their treacherous plans to their G-men captors. Yesterday’s communique by Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy; president of the military commission, contained an indication that these confessions may have been read into the record. « It was believed that the FBI men who appeared today would tell how the confessions were obtained and under what circumstances. Meanwhile there were indications that the trial—progressing in utmost secrecy despite the nonrevelatory communiques issued
daily by McCoy—would last at least
another week, probably longer. Gen. McCoy emphasized last night that the proceedings will ‘require considerably more time be-
President Roosevelt, issuing a statement to clarify government policy on the appointment of aliens in war
FOR CLARIFIES ALIEN STATUS
General Condemnation Unfair and Dangerous To War Effort.’
WASHINGTON, July 11 (U. P.).—
industries, said today that “general condemnation of any group or class of persons is unfair and dangerous to the war effort.”
It’s death or capture for the millions of troops this photo, just received from Russia, one soldier (in foreground) found dea Photo was taken on the north-western front.
‘Is!
rationing program which soon may
A “Ceiling” for Henderson WASHINGTON, July 11 (U. P.).—Price Administrator Leon Henderson today faced a $120,000,000 “ceiling” on his operating funds as well as numerous restrictions in administering price controls and a
include more civilian commodities.
“The prospects for rationing are extremely severe,” he told a senate appropriations subcommittee during hearings on the $1,853,000,000
supplemental bill carrying funds for his agency and 18 others connected with the war.
Ten major commodity rationing programs, in addition to the six now. underway, will be instituted in the next fiscal year, he said. The
ployees drawing more than $4500 a
year,
Bicycle Rationing
Rationing of bicycles in Marion
county and other parts of the state
On Russian Front It's Death or Capture for Millions |
pitted in bloody struggle along a line extending from the arctic to the Black sea. | th—three others, Nazi soldiers, were captured by the Russi:
corps you had better hurry, wa warning sent out by Capt. Ral Boulton, here, today after looking ove
on file. The corps has a quota and it is filled it is necessary to dele
8 ERMAN AME
Might Sever Caucasus,
Moscow Life Link. By LELAND STOWE
| Copyright, 1942, by The Ndighavolis T Times
d The Chicago Daily News, MOSCOW, July 11.—The German
| drive through Rossosh clearly re'|veals the vast scope of the Nazis’ || strategy for the summer campaign lin Russia. Hitler's high command
aims to clinch control of the Don
near Voronezh, to break through {to the Don all the way south to
Rossosh and then to follow the Don as it swings eastward from there. In other words; the ultimate goal of the Germans is unquestionably to drive a huge wedge 25 miles
| | deep from Rossosh to Stalingrad on
the Volga. If the Nazi armies can win control of the western bank of the Don, all along its wide eastern sweep, the quiet-flowing river will bring them at last within 30 miles of the Volga opposite Stalingrad. That would mean not only that all railroad traffic between the Caucasus and Moscow would be cut off but also that the Caucasus would be completely isolated and the Germans’ northern flank at last secured so that a separate invasion of the Caucasus could safely be undertaken.
Hints Moscow Drive Finally, if the Nazis were able to
city of Stalingrad, they would interrupt all freight traffic up the Volga,” which would be the last important means of feeding Moscow and central Russia with gasoline and other supplies from the rich Caucasus region. The resultant weakening of the Soviet’s war supplies in central
“|Russia might also serve as a pre-
liminary condition for another huge onslaught against Moscow in the summer or autumn. The Nazi strategy follows classic Prussian lines and adheres to el time-proven tactics which Hinder | burg, Ludendorff and Hoffman ap-
capture the important industrial|
i | control of Don’s West Bank
Walter Gingery
Principal of Washington . Named Head of West District Group.
Walter Gingery, principal of Washington high school, has accepted the chairmanship of the Boy’s Scouts west district of Indianapolis. Roy R. Katterhenry, purchasing agent of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co., will serve as district vice chairman. Six committee chairmen will be selected to assist in Boy Scout work in the district. Under the new
council organization plan, this will
complete the district officers for Marion county, according to Delmer Wilson, scout executive. Other Chairmen Other district chairman are: Harper Ransburg, chairman, Paul Hargitt, vice chairman, north district; F. E. Glass, chairman, and A. W. Macy, Dr. R. E. Mitchell and Edward Dirks, vice chairmen, east district; A. C. Harvey, chairman, and A. Ross Manly, vice chairman, south district. The organization committee for the west district includes Harry T. Ice, president of the local council; Wallace O. Lee, scout commissioner; Roy Badollet, H. G. Meyers, James Stovall and H. R. Oougalin.
Total Doesn’t Include Three Vessels Reported Lost In St. Lawrence.
By UNITED PRESS United nations’ ship losses in the western Atlantic and Caribbean rose to at least 376 today with the revelation of two more sinkings, two
|in the Caribbean.
Thirty-one of a crew of 40 of an unarmed medium-size United States merchantman were killed when their vessel was torpedoed without warning and sank within 90 sece onds on May 27. Nine survivors floated on ‘rafts for nearly six days before being brought to a west Indian port and later an American gulf coast port, the navy announced. . Axis submarines, striking for the first time in Florida Atlantic coastal waters in almost two months, tors pedoed and sank a medium sized British merchantman Tuesday less than 10 miles offshore, survivors, who reached a Florida port, said today.
9 Days in Lifeboats
Fourteen survivors of another United States merchant ship are
SUBS’ SHIP TOLL » AT LEAST 376"
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rived today at Ciudad Trujillo
Domican Republic, after spending nine days at sea in lifeboats. Their ship was torpedoed by a submarine, This ship carried a crew of 58 but the fate of the others was not known. : Four additional sinkings were ane nounced by the navy yesterday, The 376 total did not include three ships that a member of the Canadian parliament told the house of commons yesterday had been sunk in the St. Lawrence river. The Canadian navy ministry did not confirm the report. May 4 Through June 8 Sinkings announced by the ‘navy yesterday included: A medium-sized British merchantman torpedoed off the north coast of South America on May 13. A medium-sized British merchant man shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic on June 1. Three of the 81 men aboard were lost. A small American cargo vessel
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. ; : sunk May 4 off the coast cause of the mass of evidence being| Discussing the policy on aliens,| commodities to be covered were not|will not get underway until Mon- y oast of South
prepared by both sides. ; Monroney Criticizes Police
the president said that “persons should not hereafter be refused employment, or persons at present em-
specified. Estimates Big Savings
tioning administrator of the OPA,
day, William F. Burnes, deputy ra-
said that young men contem;
plied with such devastating success against Russian armies in Poland and east Prussia in the autumn of
CITY MAN KILLED
America. Eleven men were killed. A Belgian merchant ship sunk June 8 in the Caribbean.
said today. Forms were received by the local OPA office yesterday and immediately sent to boards throughout
enlistment within the next thug: four months should apply n make certain that a place w saved for them when they are
1914, Now, as then, the Germans’ aim is to cut the Russians’ communications and completely divide their antagonists’ forces.
Nothing could be learned of evidence presented, evidence which is expected to send the eight men to their deaths before a firing squad
ployed discharged, solely on the basis of the fact that they are aliens or that they were formerly nationals of any particular foreign
Forty-seven survivors of the Belgian vessel were brought to an east coast port. They believed the united
Henderson estimated that “total savings of $68,000,000,000 have been accomplished through price control,
ON TRIP SOUTH
or at the end of a hangman's rope. The unyielding secrecy imposed by the commission drew a sharp blast from Rep. Mike Monroney (D. Okla.), who charged that refusal to disclose anything beyond skeleton outlines of the proceedings “violates the democratic principles for which America is fighting.” “The stiff and inadequate army communiques that suppress all news under the guise of ‘withholding military information’ strain our credulity,” he said.
Better Than in Reich
One official, however, said in commenting on the secrecy edict:
“At least, it's better than the
drum head court martial or the shooting without trial which would
country.” No Legal Barriers
The president's statement noted that there are at present no legal restrictions against the employment of any persons in non-war industries, and that even in war industries restraints are placed only on “classified” contracts, which include secret, confidential, restricted and aeronautical contracts. It directed that “special and expedited consideration” be given to nationals of the united nations and | friendly American republics as well as “other aliens, including enemy aliens” within specified categories.
Lists Classifications
based on expenditures of $25,000,000,000 to the end of April and $130,000,000,000 in the next 20 months. The committee approved the bill yesterday and it will be considered by the senate on Monday. The house appropriation of $75,000,000 was increased but Henderson was left considerably short of the $161,000,000 requested by the budget bureau. Appealing for the entire figure, he told the committee: “We have got an administrative load that is bigger than anything the federal government has ever undertaken.”
the need for wage controls: “I do not believe that prices can
be the fate of Americans landing in Germany under similar circumstances.” |
These include aliens who have| served in the United States armed
|forces and who have been honorThe iron-clad ban on details laid | ably discharged, aliens Who inky
down by the commission was not the
desire of Elmer Davis, new direc- | immediate families in the armed strictions on OPA:
tor of the office of war information.’ He told a press conference yester-| day that the communique system was the best he could wheedle from the war department. Mr. Davis promised correspondents that the public would be given all the news of the war except information of value to the enemy. He said emphatically that no bad news would be withheld “just because it is bad news.”
Privacy for Witnesses
The commission strengthened its secrecy edict yesterday by imposing greater precautions to guard against . disclosure of the identities of witnesses. During the first two days, reporters were able to glean some sparse facts by watching witnesses walking to the courtroom. Yesterday’s witnesses, however, were brought in secretly by army car and ‘were taken to the trial chamber by private elevator.
CITY T0 TAKE OVER UTILITY AT LEBANON
LEBANON, Ind. July 11 (U. P.). —City officials prepared today to * take over the electric distribution | . facilities of the local Public Service Co. of Indiana offices after the appellate court in Indianapolis denied a company petition for temporary injunction against the action. The drawn out litigation resulting from the city’s condemnation proceedings to obtain municipal own- . erslrip of the power system reached the appellate court yesterday only a few hours after Special Judge ~ Edgar A. Rice, Crawfordsville, ruled that the city has a right to take over at the established price of "$210,000. , City meter readers began their rounds Thursday and future billings will be by the city, ofivials + said.
WAR EFFORT TAPS ‘EDISON STOREHOUSE
WEST ORANGE, N. J, July 11 (U. P)~The personal storehouse Thomas A. Edison, in which the te inventor had worked from 1888 until his death, has been tapped in the national drive to salvage metals. Old machinery had been stored here, much of it valuable iron and teel, the West Orange industrial lvage committee announced today. June More than 475,000
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now or have had members of their:
forces and those who have lived in| the United States since 1916 with-| out returning to their country of| origin in the past 10 years. Also included are aliens who have married citizens and have lived in this country continuously since 1924 without having returned to the country of origin within the past 10 years. Likewise included are those ‘aliens who declared their intention! to become citizens and filed natural-|
‘|ization petitions before Dec. 7, 1941.
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PETERSBURG CLUB TO PICNIC |
Members of the Indiana-St. Petersburg, Fla., Tourists club will hold their annual picnic Sunday, July 19, at Brookside park. All persons who have visited in St. Petersburg are urged to attend. A basket dinner will be served at 12:30 p. m. William E. McGaughey, president, will preside.
Unfettered Sch
be stabilized at (the current) level unless wages are controlled and a {number of other things are done.”
Restrictions Imposed The senate bill imposed these re-
1. None of the funds may be used {for the payment of subsidies to keep prices down. 2. Henderson is forbidden to fix ceilings on processed farm com-
commodities below the protective “floors” of the price control act, one of which is 110 per cent of parity. 3. He is forbidden to authorize increases in the prices of rationed commodities to meet increased transportation costs unless there has been an actual rise in such costs. The author of this provision, Senator Richard B. Russell (D. Ga.), said it would abolish the 21% cent increase in gasoline prices in Georgia, Florida and North and South Carolina. 4. Henderson—and all other administrators receiving funds under the bill—must submit for senate confirmation the names of all em-
ool System
Goal of Two Committees
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the state, he said. county rationing of bicycles will be conducted at the county rationing board’s headquarters in the World
The Marion
war memorial shrine. Later bicycles will be rationed at
the nine district rationing boards to be set up within the county. Mainly, bicycles will be rationed to
persons connected with the war effort.
Small Business WASHINGTON, July 11 (U. P).
—War Production Director Donald M. Nelson warned today that the newly created smaller ‘war plants
He said in reply to questions on
all problems of. little business.
corporation should not be expected | 3% to “operate as a panacea” to solve|E
| Citizens Group Says ‘Evil
Forces’ Capitalize on Public Neglect.
The “evil forces” that would “again capture our schools are seeking to make capital of the indifference of the public,” the citizens school committee declared in a statement today. : “It is only natural that after 12 years of efficient administration of the public schools of the city the people generally would lose sight of the fact that this not always had been the situation,” the committee said. “To add to this natural neglect of the public is the fact that opposition four years ago was at such a low ebb that no candidates could be persuaded to run against the citizens school committee ticket. “The committee must fight against the lethargy and indifference and the lack of vigilance which is perfectly normal for our citizens to have. “We must do all in-our power to carry on with renewed vigor and with greater effort to keep the gains which we have thus far achieved
‘Independents Begin Study Of Potential Candidates In Next Election.
The recently formed Independent School committee has study of potential candidates to run on its ticket for school board posts. Mrs. C. W. Ackman, president, has invited Indianapolis residents to
headquarters, building. In a statement issued last night the committee said it stands for “equal and adequate educational opportunity” and believes that “no single group, class or’ organization should dominate the schools.” “In our opinion, the public schools should not be made the tools of political manipulation, and we pledge this organization to choose candidates who will not be obligated to any political faction.” : “We believe that the American plan of free elections demands that there should be at least two groups. of candidates for the school board; so that, the voters may. ‘have some when: ;
624 Peoples Bank
begun af
suggest candidates : to : committee
In appointing five members to
the corporation, he said:
“It is unfortuniately very likely
that the number of small business firms which we can help in this war will be smaller than the number we cannot help.
“I am convinced that. a substan-
tial number of small plants whose present production is not essential to our war economy can be extremely useful in the production of other
modities that will depress the raw]
kinds of goods,” ‘he said. The Sugar Front
To avoid confusion, here are the|r
latest sugar rationing regulations?
Stamp No. 5 is good for two
pounds of sugar until July 26.
Stamp No. ‘6 is good for two
pounds of sugar between July 27
and Aug. 22. : : Stamp No. 7 (bonus) is good for
two pounds of sugar anytime be-
tween now and Aug, 22.
Where to Call
Where can you call to get questions answered on sugar, waste paper collections, selective service,
‘rents, army, navy and marine re-
cruiting and a dozen or so other things in connection with the war effort? Here are the jocations of these vital service centers, together with their telephone numbers:
Sugar LI. 4381 at the War Memorial building. Selective Service
I. 6451 at 711 N. Pennsylvania st. ( LL
Local Boards Knights ‘of Pythias building." a 9316. 6—LI1. 9436. 11—LI. 8971. . . T—LI. 9332. 12—LI. 6175. 8—MA. 8000. 13—LI. 5972.
. 9—LI. 8646. 14—LI. 5831. . 10—FR. 1271. 15—LI. 6782.
City or County Tires or Automobile ationing :
LI. 4381 at War Memorial. Waste of Any Bind > Metals Rubber, Steel,
MA. 3321 at dh Trust building. . Rents FR. 2411 at Board of Trade. Red Cross Blood Bank 1 LI. 1441 at €hamber of Commerce buildng. .
‘Army and Navy Recruiting ‘MA. 1561 at the Federal building. Marine Recruiting MA. 1222 at the Kresge building. Coast Guard RI. 4043 at Kresge building. Civilian Defense Activities of Any Kind RI. 2451 at War Memorial.
“ Service Men’s Club Sosreation Center Activities . LI. 441¢ at 128 W, Wabash.
, Invitations to Service Men ’
Les, Barbara Kroeger, LI. 4414 or
Rooms to Rent for Service Men RI. 2541 or FR. 2826. War Bonds or Defense Stamps RI. 2444 at Illinois building. Volunteer Office Service RI 2541 at War Memorial Price :
to enlist. One Out of Ten
Last. month the local recr office accepted one out of eve applicants. Recent Indianapol
listees in the corps include:
N. Pennsylvania st.; Francis G. Soci. Nero st.; Kenneth R. Allen, 28! throp ave.; Leroy E. Brown, 1827 st.; Franklin T. Apel, 412 N. Alabs Morris R. Cherry, 215% E. North st Buchanan, 201 N. Noble st.; Hov Fancher, 812 Delawanda ave.; : A. Jones, 756 Ketcham st.; Earl M R. R. 5, Box 540; Virgil M. Vestal, h st.; Paul E. Burch, 517. E. Jonh C. ’ Albright, 38 Wisconsin st. . Thompson, R. Box 428. ‘Otis F. Buchanan, i008 Park ave ard W. Meyer, 3132 Park ave.; Lea, 843 N. Hamilton ave.; Leroy 1843 S. Keystone ave.; Jax Friend, 523 E. 11th st.; Ralph A. 2433 Northwestern ave.; Alvie L. 117 N. Elder ave.; Robert S. Crun W. Michigan st.; Robert W. Spurr E. 10th st.; Robert German, 915 W Woodruff Place; Edgar A. Lo Division st.; Charles H. Goff, 60 vision st.; ley dr.; Charles J. Henneke, 647 ave. Robert E. Smay, 653 W. William A. Buhr, 961 West dr., Place. Rex M. Simms, 2958 Winthrop a liam L. McGreath, 225 S. State av jel G. Weinbrecht, 1049 S. Sena Nathan J. Coleman, 1045 S. Reig Robert G. Johnson, 3111 E. 10th ert D. Bohannon, 1220 E. Ninth & ley R, Short, 802 E. 16th st. Clyde erts, 337 N. 3 Fr M 1133 Brunswick ave.; 1104 N. Alabama st.; R. 6, Box 364; Gordon E. Winthrop. ave.;. William H. Wallace st.; Morris st.; william F. ave.; ; Terrence J. Brunton, ave., Edis E. Pitman, 4921 W John W. McCoy, 14 N. Arsenal ert E. Sedam, 1344 Main st.; Buck, 1936 Central ave.; Ra Wachstetter Jr. and Joseph E W ter, 310 Harlan st.; Joseph R. Akg. Fletcher ave.; bert Ly Call, 2( meyer hii Richard E. Vincent, J. Walkup, 2121 ntcalm
liam Warrenburg, 947 Dorman st., and L. Benge, R. R. 13, Box 276.
“MONEY NEW COMMAN Charles P. Money is the ne mander of Service post 128, ican Legion, at Oaklandon. officers are Robert M. Kn vice commander; Glenn second vice commander; Wil Reynolds, adjutant; Ches Lawson, finance - officer; J Linder, chaplain, and Rj Myers, sergeant-at-arms. R. O. McCord is the reti mander.
Di. | Russia’s Gerald L. DeMoss, 404g Hin;
M.| corp.
place where the grand strategy is being applied—plus the quality of mans are fighting. ‘A Truly Great Army This Soviet army is the first truly
Rigreat army Russia has ever had,
bigger and better trained than that
20| which lured Napoleon to his doom.
But the superb quality of the Red
“army should not blind the allied ey publics to the fact that the Nazis’ i|grandiose scheme to dominate the w | Don, penetrate to the Volga and .;| isolate the entire Caucasus consti-
tutes a threat of great seriousness—
certainly the greatest menace to the ‘lundiminished Soviet war effort Q.|since the German divisions drove
within 26 miles of Moscow last October. If the plan is executed, all of huge forces would be thrown on the defensive as never
.| before while Anglo-American aid to
the Soviet union would be definitely more difficult than at any time
: previously.
JOHNSON TO DIRECT SEIZED CORPORATION
WASHINGTON, July 11 (U. P.).
W.|—Alien property custodian Leo T.
Crowley, today appointed Col. Louis
| Johnson, President Roosevelt's re-
cently returned envoy to India, as
3. president of the General Dyestuff
Corp. of New York. Crowley seized
N.| control of the corporation July 6.
The corporation is the sales agency of the General Aniline & Film giant dye manufacturing firm formerly.controlled by the German chemical trust. Crowley said management of the concern is linked closely with the war effort and Johnson’s selection was dictated largely by his knowledge of army requirements and the international ramifications of the
-| present conflict.
"| KITCHEN BAND SIN Rann The kitchen band of the Women| of the Moose will sponsor a pillow
slip card party at 8:15 p. m.
tomorrow.
Two big differences today are the
the Russian armies which the Ger-’
Wallace Kuhn, Allison Em-! ployee, Dead; 3 Others Hurt in Crash.
An Indianapolis resident was killed and three others injured when _their car collided with a heavy truck 10 miles out of Knoxville, Tenn., last night. The victim was Wallace Kuhn, 22, of 8748 E. 10th st., who died on the way to General hospital at Knoxville. william Kuhn, 62, his father, received a fractured jaw. Mrs. Helen Eckler, 40, of 25 Fenton ave. was hospitalized with a fractured left arm. Daniel Eckler, her husband, 42; received face lacerations. Mrs. Kuhn at Home Mrs. William Kuhn was not along on the trip that began as a vacation tour of the Smoky Mountain National park. The party left yesterday. The younger Mr. Kuhn was employed by the. Allison division of General Motors. His father is a farmer. : Mr. Eckler operates a service station at 8502 E. Washington st. Mrs. Linda Dunlap, Richelieu apartments, 614 N. East st. is the mother of Mrs. Bellen
BERGERE IS 5 NAMED AIR CORPS CAPTAIN
Cliff Bergere, Indianapolis Motor Speedway racer and Hollywood stunt driver, received a captain’s commission in the army air corps today and is to report to Miami Beach, Fla., in a few days. Mr. Bergere expects to be transferred later to Wright field at Dayton. He has been employed at the Allison division of General Motors. Last year he finished fifth in the 500-mile race and led the race be-
tween the 400 and 450-mile mark,
before becoming ill. On the Fourth of July week-end, he performed in the Lucky Teter thrill show for the benefit of the}
army Teller fund.
British Plan
Office of Price Administration—RI sss ice Tr .
fortresses, the giant Sunderlands and Catalinas to the Tomahawks, Spitfires and the Harvard trainers. In all, 33 different types are
shown, 16 of which are American Also to be shown are scenes of
the R. A. P. personnel, the Eagle
ne Exhibit to Open Monday
‘ bomber shown above is one of the many photographs of British aireraft to ' go on exhibit Monday at L. S. Ayres & Co.
a bomber command and general ‘airfield views. A highlight of the show is a catured German rubber life boat or raft which the flyers used when forced down aver the English channel. 1 Aerial photos taken: over, enemy teritory are included in the ex‘hibit,
| nations vessel that rescued them sank the submarine with depth charges.
Leaves Terrier
LOS ANGELES, July 11 (U. P.)., —*“Huskie,” a sleek, black terrier, capered in the lap of luxury today as the principal heir to an $8200 estate giving him a house, a car and a blank check for all the chicken and steak he can eat. Orders for Huskies care were outlined in the will of Mrs. Maggie Mae White, 77, a widow who died June 13. The will, filed for probate yesterday, left the terrier Mrs. te’s vine-shrowded bungalow and her automobile. It also prescribed the care for her parrot and canaries but gave away a piano and a grandfather’s clock because Huskie had no use for them.
STUDENT MAY FAGE DEATH FOR TREASON
NEWARK, N. J,, July 11 (U. P.).— The FBI was “trying to determine today whether Herbert Karl Freide rich Bahr, 29-year-old Gestapo agent, could be charged with treae son, although he already was ace cused of enough to send him before a firing squad. Bahr, who arrived June 30 on the refugee ship Drottningholm in an ersatz suit with $7000 in American money for expenses and bribes and a liberal education in the Nazi spy,
when he returned to Germany in 1938 as an exchange student. Thorn Lord, assistant United States attorney, said a treason charge . depended upon whether Bahr had expatriated himself by swearing allegiance to the Reich. If he had done so, he could not be charged with treason. The FBI hinted that there might be extenuating circumstances in the case of Walter D. Gustafson, 24, of Minneapolis, Minn., who was charged yesterday with violating the espione age act. He was caught trying to smuggle a blueprint map of a United States army Caribbean air base into the United States at Miami. R. G. Danner, FBI chief there, said the charge did not necessarily mean that Gustafson had tried to bring in the map for anyone else.
CHARGES NAVY WITH SOCIETY INFLUENCE
WASHINGTON, July 11 (U. P)), —Chairmari Carl Vinson (D. Ga) of the house naval affairs committee, said today that his group
glider field in Florida. = He said the field would :
he felt officers +
the society people. Pointing out.
$8200 in Will
school, was a naturalized American,
blocked the navy from locating. a