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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
3
Paris dispatches say Excelsior reports British French Belgian counter spies seized over 200 German agents who allegedly exposed Allied defense plans and demoralized civilians at the blitz start. Spies, active mainly in Belgium, were said to reveal Ardennes invasion strategy and face immediate court martial and execution.
A military court rejected the appeals of Carmen Mary, a woman spy, who was condemned to death on April 28, and her companion Fritz Brier, maintaining the original death sentences.
House Republicans joined Democrats in backing President Roosevelt's plan to transfer the immigration service to the justice department. A special committee meeting approved the move to operate in 10 days as Roosevelt urged rapid action. Additional items sought tighter controls on aliens and immigration law changes.
Oroville California fire department used electric torches to search a dark cave beneath a restaurant for Billie Lohmann who had vanished for hours. The child later emerged from under a bed at home after his mother heard him gurgle.
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