Letters From Spies Read In Federal Court Espionage Trial
Letters said to be written by German agents to Spain and Portugal reveal details on American troop dispositions defense plants labor and war materiel introduced as evidence in a New York federal trial of five visa and a woman charged with espionage conspiracy. FBI expert identified Kurt Frederick Ludwig as mastermind and Ulrich von Der Osten as leader until his death. The March 3 1941 letter claimed the United States was seriously prepared for war and cited censorship and worker strikes.
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New York
Spain
Portugal
U. S
Mathias Correa
Bermuda
Charles Appel
FBI
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Ulrich von der Osten
Tullo Lopez
van der Osten
Times Square
United States
Family’s defense service ties span the Mause clan
The Mause family from Flyersville shows broad war work involvement. John D. Mause Sr. is an inspector at Aberdeen Proving Grounds while son John D. Mause Jr. serves with the RAF in England and James with the U.S. Air Corps in Texas. Mrs. Mause, though trained as a teacher, seeks defense work in Hagerstown, with rumors of an exception for her in the defense industry.
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John D. Mause
Flyersville
Mause
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
RAF
England
James
U. S. Air Corps
Texas
Hagerstown
Directed Verdict Denied In Utah Official Rape Case
District Court Justice James W. Morris overruled a defense motion for acquittal of Ormand W. Ewing former Democratic National Committeeman from Utah charged with raping a government employee in her Tooming house in October The complainant signed a statement accusing Ewing and a police officer reported his remark that he had been all squared up The government seeks the death penalty for the 53 year old Washington attorney who is married with three daughters and two sons.
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Washington
District Court
James W. Morris
Ormand W. Ewing
Democratic National
Woman's Bureau
Ewing
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Quick Bile Flow
An old fashioned advertisement urges readers to take Carter’s Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow and relieve indigestion. It claims two pints of bile flow daily, promises morning energy, and markets 10 or 23 cent packages.
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Glomel
Iver
Carter
Pierre Cot Breaks Silence On Riom Trial
Pierre Cot former Air Minister under Leon Blum spoke from Washington calling the Riom trial a judicial comedy aimed at blaming Vichy political opponents for France’s defeat. He described the defendants including Daladier Gamelin Jacomet La Chambre and Reynaud as headed for a controversial courtroom showdown.
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Ruth Cowan
Washington
Vichy
France
Pierre Cot
Leon Blum
Cot
Maryland
Louisa Phelps
New York
Boston
Blum
Remier
Enfouard Daledier
Matrice
Gustave Gamelin
Pierre Jacomet
National Defense Industries
Guy le Chambre
Air
Petain
Africa
Riom
Cat
Marshall Petain
Germany
Reichstag
Hitler
Darlan
Dreyfus
Axis
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Allied
Guy la Chambre
Bourassel Chateau
Paul Reynaud
Mandel Remains Imprisoned by Petain Regime
French minister Georges Mandel continues to be detained by Marshal Petain's single party government with a likely later trial in the context of wartime authority.
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Georges Mandel
Marshal Petain
Parking Dilemma in Hagerstown Near Public Square
City officials face a parking squeeze as a new ordinance bans parking at the municipal market lot during market hours causing pressure to enforce. An additional curfew bans street parking 1 to 4 am pushing workers to walk or use transit. City officials plan action at the next Mayor and Council meeting.
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Httle
Fairchild
Maryland Motor Co
Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Ju Ig
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Roosevelt
APL
CIO
Stefaa
SSS Srnr
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Bank
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
Milly’s
Hollywood
AH Drugstores
Mme Aild
Srey
Lewisch
Condys Mensant
Howard’s
Baltimore St
Way-Side Furniture Mart
Bugs — Linoleum L
Beller Garver
Shockey Furniture Co
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Cauffman
Washington Street
Cushwa
Deep Cut Rate Store
Washington ST
Curt TO
Lydia Pink
MEADS
Castile
DR. West
ROUGE
LIP
Feoia
VICK
al Tp
SPI
Father Johns Medicine
Scotts
Petos
Zee Sude
Newark
dearTy
Sistine
Noltes
Alirad
Elmo
Angelus
Bell Bank
Golor
Lucky Tiger
RAND
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