Traitor Saved By Roosevelt From Gallows
Washington reports President Roosevelt commuted Max Stephan's death sentence to life imprisonment for treason. Stephan, a 52 year old German-born former Detroit restaurateur, aided Nazi flier Hans Peter Krug who fled a Canadian prison camp and was recaptured in Texas. The White House called Stephan's offense less severe than eight saboteurs, six executed, one life term, one 30 years.
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German Accents on Italian Defenses Court Case Fallout
Federal custody holds German accused of aiding Krug as Stephan’s counsel press for clemency after the Sixth Circuit twice denies a new trial and the Supreme Court refuses intervention. A semi official Army note lists Lieut Robert Henderson seriously wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart. Henderson married before overseas duty. his wife serves in the WAACs.
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Amendment For Equal Rights Is Advocated
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs board urged support for an amendment to remove legal barriers to women. The move aims to seek stance from 300 clubs across the United States and DC, while backing child welfare and crime prevention efforts through local community services and surveys.
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Betty Grable To Wed Band Leader Harry James
Betty Grable announced plans to marry bandleader Harry James in Las Vegas Nevada next Monday. Grable said she is excited and will travel with her mother Mrs Lucille Grable. James will arrive from New York by train early Monday and the couple will wed in the morning before demanding Hollywood commitments.
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DRAFTING BELGIANS CALLED UP FOR LABOR SERVICE
The Berlin radio, via Brussels, said all Belgian men ages 15 to 55 and all unmarried women 18 to 85 would be drafted for labor service in Belgium or Germany under a Nazi occupation order. The broadcast, recorded by Associated Press, reported the plan. New Delhi dispatch notes RAF raids near Muchaung and Akyab in Burma.
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