Nazis Planned Long Island Sabotage Ring Revealed
A World War II era report details eight German saboteurs trained at Quentz Lake Berlin and landed near Amagansett Long Island. They buried explosive supplies, attempted to blend into America with phony identities, and planned a two year sabotage run before capture. Dasch and Burger turned themselves in after FBI contact, while others were captured later. The scheme failed. sentences varied from 30 years to execution.
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Tan
Wso
Nass
America
United States
Quentz Lake
Berlin
George Dasch
Ernest Burger
Heinrich Hoinck
Richard Quirin
Edward Werling
Herman Neubauer
Werner Thiel
Herbert Haupt
Kerring
Blay
Innsbruck
Dasch Ard
New York
Dasch
Long Island
New York City
FBI
Hoover
Burger
Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
Kerling
Thiel
Cincinnati
Haupt
Neubauer
Chicago
Germany
Island
Heinrich Heinck
John Cullen
Heinck
Turncoat Hawkins to Return Home From Hong Kong
Samuel Dan Hawkins, a former U S Army private from Oklahoma City, is expected to cross into Hong Kong this week after three years in Red China. He reportedly married a White Russian in China, and his departure reduces the number of U S soldiers captured in the Korean War who refused repatriation to 13 of 21. Hawkins studied at Peiping University for two years and worked at an auto repair plant in Beijing, saying life there was drab.
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Hong Kong
United States
U. S
Samuel Dan Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Red China
Hawkins
China
Carley Jones
Peiping University
Peiping
Halting Heartbeat Restored By Physician Tap
A Cincinnati doctor performed chest compressions to restart a woman's heart after she collapsed in a restaurant line. Ethel Otting of Madeira was taken to Jewish Hospital and is reported responding to treatment.
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Cincinnati
Stirl
Ethel Otting
Madeira
Jewish Hospital
Pittsburg Sheriff Denies County is Lawless Claim
McAlester sheriff Dee Sanders sharply rebuked former county attorney James Whyte for calling Pittsburg County nearly lawless. Whyte urged clemency for Granite inmate Jerry Holiday while accusing rampant bootlegging and burglaries. Sanders accused Whyte of obstructing investigations into Dr. Ben Galbraith and of political motives.
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McAlester
Dee Sanders
Pittsburg
James P. Whyte
Sanders
Whyte
Ewing C. Sadler
Galbraith
Ben T. Galbraith
State Penitentiary
Howard Cowan
Ken McAlester
News- Capital
Pardon and Parole Board
Charles Chestnut
Jerry Lee Holiday
Granite Reformatory
Hartshorne
Rock and Roll Movie Draws Large Teen Audience
About 2,200 people mostly teens filled the Strand Theater in Providence last night. Theater manager Albert J. Siner kept the lights on to monitor the audience and their behavior during a double feature rock n roll presentation.
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Providence
R. I
Strand Theater
Albert J. Siner
Photog Georgette Chapelle freed after Hungary arrest
Hungarian court jailed American photographer Georgette Chapelle for entering illegally and released her after serving 50 days. She said prison life was rough and she was questioned about eight hours. U S Consul drove her to the border and she was ordered to leave Hungary by midnight.
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Vienna
Hungary
Georgette Meyer
Dickey) Chapelle
New York City
Budapest
U.S
Richard Selby
Legation
Drys To Launch Crusade Tonight In Oklahoma City
The United Drys of Oklahoma begin a county option drive tonight in Oklahoma City with a state wide meeting at Municipal Auditorium. Dr. Stanley Niles hopes clergy and Presbyterians will attend to support the proposed constitutional amendment. Speakers include Dr. Duke McCall and Dr. Thurman George as legal challenges from the beer industry loom. The meeting follows a Washita Presbytery opposition vote and signals possible state actions by Gov. Raymond Gary.
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Oklahoma City
United Drys of Oklahoma
State Supreme Court
Raymond Gary
Stanley Niles
The
Drys
Washita
Niles
Municipal Auditorium
Beer Industries
Supreme Court
Duke McCall
National Temperance League
Thurman George
Baptist General Convention
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Lorien
Amagansett
Cullen
Coast Guard
Strug
Basch
Ally
Cash
Coast Guardsman
Dusch
Gillen
Daerbreal
George John Dasch
Mayflower Hotel
Dash
Edward Kerling
Berger
Dow Whitehead
Home Savings & Loan
Home ‘S Loaw Association
D Avenue
Raulston Furniture
Getg al
Whree
Emerson
Hse
Ape
Pete
Shas Eaker
Micaela Turner Wines
Chassin
Tamer Neem TV
C Ave
Courthouse
Crusade
Kingdom of Jordan
Edom
Ammon and
Moab
Israel
First Baptist Church
W. C. Weatt
Iso
Babbitt
Peller Agency
Dave Lawton
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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