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PLEASANT. HENRY COUNTYWed-;s’ va-PRETENDSISOLDIER: GERMAN\y for join 'ENTERS THE!an-| Several days ago FBI agents went to a military hoe-pital at Camp Upton, (Long Island, • where Wacker was un-der observation as an amnesia victim and was using the name of William Walker.”When American authorities entered Berlin Wacker posed as an American soldier who had lost his memoorv. He was flown to France, admitted to anWashington, D. C.~-The FBI everal nounced the arrest in New York of aGerman alien who entered the United : with States by masquerading as a battle smith shocked American soldier suffering guar- from loss of memory. j- FBiman a.s Karl Horst Wacker’ 20. and|Unlted states June 16 landing*' Bos-sa d he admitted he was recruited into ton with other militarv por.onnel andthe German espionage service a day reached o^p UpU)n June 19eh of a.ter his repatriation from the UnitedStates in February, 1944.Hoover added, however that Wackeraugh-is are where(army hospital, and was placed under Director Hoover identified the — He returncd lo theIPARTYoper- , ______ _;en Is claims he did not graduate from the AT STATE HOSPITALNazi espionage school and that he did 1beenks attomesyeter-not enter this country with 'he in-J ho pital was held at the fireplace onA party for war veterans a.' the statetention of committing espionage.the picnic ground at the ftate hospital.Parents InvestigatedChicken sandwiches, potato salad, bakedA rearch of FBI files disclosed that brans, watermelon and coffee wereAugust Max Wacker and Meta Wacker served. Cigarettes were given the men.ad-Del- !of -New York City had been investigated following reports that they were pro-Nazi, the announcement said, and j added:‘ Files also disclosed that they had today a son, Carl Horst, who returned home Won- in the summer of 1940 in a uniform ck ot Neighbors were shocked when he demonstrated the German goose step to _other German children When he was asked where hr had been he said that he had attended a secret camp and that he belonged to an organizationof blood brothers.”Sent Back to GermanyThe announcement said that as a result of the investigation the three Wackers were found to be dangerous alien enemies and were interned atCrystal City. Tex. On Feb. IV 1944. the family returned to Germany aboard the repatriation ship Gnps-holm.Eleven men and an army nurse »t-tnded.The party spon red by the department cf the American Legion auxiliary w r in barge of Mr Paul Jericho. Mrs. Jlt;. hn Schreiner and Mrs. Parke Cor-nick.J.STAMPS GOOO DBED STAMPS—K2 Thru Z2 and A BLUE STAMPS—T2 Thru Z2 and ,J. Tnbers’clocknt on wererated ?fs o;theSalz-’k on if hisFancyELBI
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Mount Pleasant News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1945
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