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flSpy; Two Convictedr.rrNEW YORK tfP) — A federal jury •; which convicted a man and woman Qf chpspiricy 'to steal TJ..S1 militarysecrete .for Germany today considered ‘a T'ecommeridation of clemency —or perhaps acquittal—for a. third! alleged Nazi spy.Unaided by the German war ministry'Officials she was charged with serving, tttian-tressed, 26-year-old Praulein Johanna Hofmann went back to hfer jail cell weeping to await* a possible maximum sentence of 20 years. *• •Convicted’.with her was Otto Hermann’ Voss, German-born mechan-GOP ASKS VIEWSON ’40 PLATFORMtWASHINGTON (JP) — The Republican. prograiii committee disclosed today-it is.'‘taking soundings of rink-and-fllc party opinion in an effort, to gather material for a 1940 platform. .Dr. Glenn Frank, program chairman, told the Republican national committee that his group would offer suggestions to the regular quadrennial convention.Originally a mid-term convention to draft party policy had. been suggested by several Republican leaders. including Former ' President Hoover.In- its session yesterday, the national committee left the way open for Republican mcmbes of Congress to make day-to-day decisions on questions of policy.Chairman John. Hamilton said that policy problems were not discussed and. that committee members spent - most of their time assuring one another the party would win the presidency in 1940.The program committee said in a statement today that “a record of extensive soundings of rank and file Republican reaction, now being compiled, will be submitted to the 1940 convention platform committee... Speciftc proposals for party declarations also will be offered.• •Two Held For Mutinyic who was seized in a strategic Long Island airplane factory last February and .indicted vjith Frau-lein Hofmann and 16 others, including: four German, nixlitary officers.“The Germans threw her down,1' said Miss Hofmann’s attorney. George V. Dix, who pictured the brown-eyed shipboard hairdresser as the innocent dupe Of shrewd • German espionage operators. “If Hitler would .send us the money, certainly we would appeal.“ . *Counsel for Erich* Glaser, German-born private at ‘the - Mitchsi Field army air base and the third* 'defendant on trial, indicated Jthal lack of funds would force him, also to rest his case solely with the district court jury.. •Rtfcla:na;b:Ap:a:An hour before it answered; the [ appeal of U. S. Attorney Lamar Hardy to cut Germany’s “lines of communication -in this country by convicting Miss Hofmann and Voss, the jury inquired last night if it could recommend mercy for the defendants.besi£UPIFhclV(plk: a i cii m 13-Judge John C. Knox told the 10 men and two women, “you must find the defendants guilty or not guilty, and if you find some guilty and wish to add a recommendation of mercy, I shall be glad to receive it.”iWhen the jury returned with a fiat verdict of conviction wilhout recommendation for two of the defendants, possible clemency for Glaser was indicated when its deliberations were resumed today lt;10 A. M„ EST).Awaiting sentence with Miss Hofmann and Voss today was Guenther Gustav Rumrich, Chicago-born. German-bred deserted army sergeant. whose arrest led tc a roundup of suspected German agents. He pleaded guilty at the opening of the trial and turned informer-, implicating the other three defendants in a tale of mail-order spying that caused defense lawyers to scoff at him as a psychopathic romancer.Two others indicted in the case— Dr. Ignats T. Gricbe. former American Nazi Fuehrer, and Werner G. Gudcnbcrg, Buffalo airplane mechanic—fled to Germany. Twelve other defendants, including four German military officers, were beyond icach of United States authority.ir11simticctiCfliet0CaiG(siirti'mmaiFtfcW;C:
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Wed, Nov 30, 1938
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