U Boat Spy Ring Revealed in Campaign to Sabotage U S Sites
Federal investigators detail a plot by German agents led by Dasch and Thiel to sabotage major targets across the United States within two years. operatives landed on Long Island and in Florida to recruit confederates while planning attacks on ALCO plants, Hell Gate bridge, Pennsylvan ia Railroad terminals, New York City water system, and Niagara Falls hydro plants.
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Yorkville
New York
Broadway
Peter Burger
Herbert Haupt
Haupt
Chicago
Burger
Gerda Melind
Melind
George John Dasch
Heinrich Harm Heinek
Henry Raynor
Robert Quirin
Richard Quintas
Long Island
Dasch
Quirin
Syracuse
Edward John Berlin
Werner Thiel
Hermann Neubauer
Florida
Thiel
Aluminum Company of America
Tennessee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
New York City
Niagara Falls
Coast Guards
FBI
Amagansett Beach
New York State
Lost German-American Band House Reopens in Chicago
A historic building once serving as the German-American Band headquarters in Chicago hosted a reopening event. Attendees noted the venue's cultural significance and its role in the city’s immigrant musical scene.
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Haus Vaterland
Chicago
Chicago Tightens Guards After Nazi Saboteurs Arrest
Federal and city officials ordered heightened security around Chicago war plants utilities and bridges after two German agents were arrested in a near miss incident. Herbert Haupt and Hermann Neubauer, among eight saboteurs landed by submarines, drew close scrutiny as authorities warned additional precautions and Haupt family members expressed denial and shock.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Hermann Neubauer
United States
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Warner Thiel
Hammond
Oscar E. Hewitt
Public Works
Hans Haupt
Germany
Haupt
Herbert
Garda Melind
Herman
Melind
St. Louis
New Jersey Camp Raid Brings 3 Alien Arrests
Bloomingdale New Jersey June 29 1941 police and FBI raided a German American Vocational League camp near here. 15 agents arrested four German aliens including two women from Camp Bergwald atop Tideral Hill. 100 guests observed the raid with about 25 children present as 16 aliens were separated for questioning and four taken away. The raid followed the seizure of eight Nazi spies and had no stated link to the saboteur roundup. Camp Bergwald opened four years ago during strong German Bund activity.
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Kerling Twice Before Under U.S. Scrutiny
New York dated June 29 INS reports Edward John Kerling a 34 year old man labeled a Nazi saboteur spy. Federal agents questioned him in 1939 after he sailed the yacht Lekala to Baltimore for refitting and later stockered supplies in New York. The vessel was seized on a later return, eight men released, Kerling and crew tied to the German American Bund.
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Edward John Kerling
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Fla
United States
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W. C. Arm Istrong
Germany
Lisbon
Detroit Man On Treason Trial Opens In Federal Court
Detroit police describe Max Stephan a 49 year old German born restaurateur naturalized citizen on trial for treason. Jury selection expected to complete this afternoon as witnesses recount Stephan's alleged aid to Lieut Peter Krug a German air force flier who escaped a Bowmancvil Ontario camp last April 18.
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Stephan
Peter Krug
Bowmanvile
Treason Case Highlight Over Allegiance to Enemy
U S District Attorney John C Lehr outlined treason charges against Stephan alleging aid and comfort to Krug during his Detroit visit. He emphasized that treason requires either a voluntary confession in open court or two witnesses to the same overt act.
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U. S
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Widow of Belfast constable decorated by King George
London June 29 King George decorated the widow of Constable Patrick Murphy who was killed by IRA gunmen on Easter Sunday in Belfast. Murphy leaves nine children. The widow received the King's Police Medal and 2000 pounds. Murphy’s assailants face trial July 25.
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Convicts Urged Release of Boy From San Quentin
San Quentin Calif June 29 Convicts press for release of 14 year old Barney Lee held in the prison after a June 20 conviction in Salinas for shooting his uncle Dick Payne 35 with a rifle following a quarrel. Warden Clinton Duffy said 137 inmates signed a letter urging placement in another institution as civic groups and individuals flood the state with protests.
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Dick Payne
Clinton Duffy
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Barney
Glider Pilots Trained At Colgate University Program
An eight week civilian aviation course will open under Colgate University auspices early next month. Men aged 18 to 36, ineligible for Air Corps service due to age or minor defects, will be accepted. Director Theodore W. Gibson announced the program.
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62 Greeks in Crete Slain by Nazis on Sabotage Charge
London reports a Greek government in exile spokesman stating 62 Greeks were executed in Can dia Crete for alleged sabotage as thousands of German airborne troops and airfields are built. Among the dead were a mayor editor banker and a schoolteacher. The spokesman cited mass conscription of male villagers for labor and noted women and children were taken as hostages.
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Crete
London
Candia
RAF Bombardment of St Nazaire U Boat Base and Bremen Raids
RAF raids battered St Nazaire in occupied France and Bremen, Germany, as part of Britain’s night of heavy air attacks. Canadian pilots in Hurricane squadrons damaged a heavily escorted merchant ship. Bremen suffered mass fires and extensive ruin. British and German reports note losses and limited operations due to weather, with Canterbury’s cathedral and other historic sites sustaining damage.
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