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NAZI PROVIDES A LAUGH
Plea Of Hitler's Photographer
Col. Noma Comes Back For Irial
COL NOMA, HONG
Hoffman Tries
To Back Out
By Arthur Dakeshott,
MUNICH, FER. S
A PLEA TO BE "DENAZIFIED" FROM "PROFESSOR"
HOFFMAN, HITLER'S PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHI ER, WHO IS AWAITING TRIAL AT NUREMBERG HAS NET ALL BAVARIA LAUGHING,
KONGS NJ, 1 JAPANESE | IN WAR CRIMINAL, LANDED; AT FLAG STAFF STIPAT NOON YESTERDAY. HEI HAS BEEN BROUGHT FROM JAPAN FOR TRIAL.
Col. Noma, hormer chief the Japanese Getelarmorie, cume in Hom Koy Foto Divistonal Headquarters at Canten in. 1) cember 1931.
J LETTER ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND MUNICH, HOFFMLIN WROTE: "I WAS NEVER PROMINENT IN POLITICAL MATTERS AND NETER TREATED MY EMPLOYEES BAD TY. / HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ALL THOSE DREADFUL THINGS AND YET I HATE TO RE- MAIN HERE JRAITING TRIAL.
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Yard Swoop Why Hess Flew
To Scotland
London, Feb. 8. Scotland Yard her mado another lightning raid London's underworld.
ost
in the past 36 hours, 50 arrests were made, thousands of pounds worth of jewellery recovered, and a number of arma were discovered and con- fiscated-Reuter.
Britain's
Hong Kong Rations
Crisis
་་།
NUERNBERO, FEB. 3.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY DISCLOS- ED THAT RUDOLF BL5S FLEW TO SCOTLAND IN 1991 WITH PROPOSALS SEEKING TO UNSEAT- THE CHURCHILL GOVERNMENT AND MAKE PEACE WITH A NEW CABINET WHICH WOULD ASSURE GERMANY A FREE HAND IN CONTINEN- TAL EUROPE.
HESS, A SCARECROW FIGURE IN A SECOND HAND „SUIT, CLUTCHED HIS LONG` HANDS ON THE PRISONER'S DOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND HEARD A BRITISH ARMY OFFICER DE MAND HIS PUNISHMENT AS THE THIRO RANK- ING NAZI IN THE CONSPIRACY TO PLUNGE THE WORLD INTO WAR.
Too Many
Colonels
+
MELBOURNE, FEB. 8. FROM THE IMPORTANTĮ AUSTRALIAN STOCKPILE
As the French finished their| OF FOODS A CONTRE
entire prosecution, the crowded court-room stirred with excite- BUTION OF 50 TO 60 MIL- LION BUSHELS OF
ment as young, débonair Colonel LONDON, FEB. 9. |WHEAT THIS YEAR WILLÈ THE CABINET MET ON Melvyn Griffith Jones adde sed BE MADE TO SUCH EM THURSDAY TO DISCUSS the eight allied judges.
AGAIN BRITAIN'S AND THE Hess, seating beside Goering. PIRE REGIONS AS INDIA WORLD'S FOOD CRISIS AS leaned forward. Jerkily his head: "After that I shall have to be, makes him a millionaire in
| MALAYA, HONG gin to fight to save my fortune currency,
KONG, REPORTS POURED IN FROM snapped to attention as cluarges PERIODIC DRUNKARD was respon (now blocked by the American |
SOUTH, AFRICA AND NEW GOODS-PRODUCING
the COUN against him were read to sible for the mass murder of nuthorities). F have already Property in his possession
FOOD Fl- TRIES SHOWING THE Tribunal by the calm voice of 99, 10% and executiors anj szerveded in
the tune of his arrest included 2, ZEALAND,
WORLD'S WILLINGNESS TO the assistant prosecutor, proving thi
DISCLOSED various CIALS mansiona Juxurious
HELP IN THE FIGHT| Kustutat in Stanley Jall tp to made my money honestly.
"Hess was involved in every pan
of Germany as well d
DAY. Feb 196ỏ wh; n he rc&orned 19]
AGAINST HUNGER. "The fact that my Jusiness
Poland.
branch of Nazi life and pretentious villa in
The Australian food cupboard dapat
was never utilised by the party
It was the third meeting this) ministration," Griffith Jones as- "We've got an army of colonels motorcars,
slocks at the end of last year sted at week for the Cabinet.
Dĺ churnious 11 t been reported that his or propagandą ministry for the
usually serted, 46,000 tons of meat. 4,500,000 summoned only once weekly by
to-day." Johnson told a report ex-mistress, Mug Him! Wong, purse of inflammatory or bate
Methodically, he went through er. "Why, we've got more ro- has an excenfed. She Wapaganda is an imp, itant far-meat. wines. spirits and queurs, pounds of cheese, quantities of the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee,
a mass of documentary evidence gulur army colonels than the butter, eggs and a million cases
on the prisoner's career, men- governor of Kentucky has honor- tor in my defence.
of canned goods,
tioning little more than a phrase ary colonels." or two from each paper.
Originally, Hess was to have States.
rarrid throneh the stravit ui Canton beautifully roheni, and shot outside the city.
Col. Nema joins Lt. Col. Kan- azama and Major Kopi in Stam ley jall.
NO ARROGANCE Noma, stripped of the Insignit and uniform in which he swar gered about Hong Kone for mor than four years. was attired in neatly sedi kinki civiling clothes, Feder Comanda runref he was tree fored sulekiv at th Hockyard from the small boat who he thi n hore int the truck which whisked hin wither la to Stanley prison
the truck
On-
1
I
The Americans are very nice; In the and the American papers
now-
food, including Last 23 chests of tea, butter, margarine.
of
all
and thousanis, of vurds пла sorte of clothing material.
On the other hand, he owed the city of Munich a total of 2,000,000
taxes.
TO-
the tide
of
Washington, Feb. 8. Senator Johnson, Democrat of Colorado, urged the War De- partment to "reduce the number of colonels and got more bright ad-young second lieutenants,”
have printed some very marks in kard, he would orders to ease the British crisis, which took the British peapie been prosecuted by the United Military Committee, promised to
in this about the. Now it in being slowly proved that I am a very different person from what
vole generally believed. I was never n member of the S.S. er SA and held no office in T'arly."
the
perindic
take part in nightly orgies in the notorious "nebinzimmer" or aide
What measures may have been deelded anon, the Cabinet kept to The "Melbourne Herald" and itself, but one fact almost certain-
Sen. Johnson, ranking ma- that most of this food has been discussed was
jority member of the Senata held for British Food Ministry resentment against the situation
The British took "do something about this." In "Washington, the Agricul- back to their lowest wartime food
charge, however, because a num- "I just asked the War Depart- room at the Rathaus in Munich, ture Department said Argentina levels.
Dlet authorities agreed that the ber of secret documents which ment for its list of regular com- where Dorothen van Bruck used and Australia together might be
to be taken will not belonged to the British Foreign missioned officers," Johnson said. than measures Nazi.
to dance naked before the Nazi able to export no more lealers in
furtherance of their 100,000,000 bushels of when cause harm unless the rations are Office had to be screened for "It shows we have 3,397 liesten-
lashed still further.
pertinent facts.
ant-colonela and only 2,295 sec- creed of what was officially des- during the first half of this year
official of the National Responsibility for the trans- | onl lieutenants. We've got because of the below average Farmers Union explained eribed as "healthy eroticism".
that fer was agreed upon during the more colonels and lieutenant-co- crops.-Associated Press.
Britain's winter acreage cut hast Christmas recess. Fou banksioncis than we have firs-lieu- year to two thints of the 1944 of flood lights on the court room tenants." acrence, was still lower this year cast a greenish pallor on Hitler's Congress approved a War De- partly because the wheat acreage one-time closest friend. Hens partment request for adding subsidies were halved.
varied his stare by muttering some 8,000 officers to the regular four- Press.
But Bavarius know the fatis about many "Hoffman rackets" during the Nazi gume--and his att min to exanernte himself has caused amusmeri tinged with bitterness.
Nazi A "gold barize"
Party member. Hollman began his grise
Axis Was Just A
Hoffman became a millionaire because he had the sole right to photograph Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders.
At the beginning of his career photographer, his chief clerk
49 a
011
European Identified
Ted his own ruilense
at at the duck to the rank of what tho-German MRS Eva Braun which may have heruunted for the fact that Hitler he went along Tilind ITE HA called a "hanzen" or big shot didn't have much apes arance of when he started business in 1911 ter made a "King's Favourite"
of this
insonificant little photo- with a capital of 900 marks. 11
A European who was found Phco vás re crowd to watch carver ended in the surius of 194rapher.
Wherever itler had his head seriously injured in the Centra big pad to Stanley. He had with a fortune of over 53,000,oun
quarters, whether in France. Po- district late on Thursday night, Trevon veral hours rack which at the persect Tat or Russia. Haluan was and who subsequently died, las schedule after bojne barreled from
10 marks to the
is always there as a guest of honour been identified as Charles May, fostume of $1,450 000 und]
der was and
of the more than one chief steward
Blue oreasion heard to say to intimate Funnel whip "Menelaus." friends that he was eternally May was found at the foot of rat:ful to Hoffman for the fact the stairs of a lesse in Cha that he met Eva nf his house.
Loong Street shortly after 11.30 A RACKET But his forme was made from P.m. He had apparently fallen pictures of Hitler which he took down the stairs and sustained. at a cast of a little aver a nenny head injuries.
Members of million-aften by
the Kennedy? and sold in direct or indirect pressure-to the Force lock the man to the Nav German Buble at five marka-in Dackyard Sick Bay in a naval
vehicle but he was found dead! those days around 6-d.
Every few wreka, a new series on arrivnł. of pictures of Hitler would come out and every wood narty member would find it incumbent on him to in rain into his rockets to nur- en vet another record of Hitler haranguine a Panty Congress or,
Big Happy Family
Star Ferry Search
NUERNBERG, FEB. 8. GERMANY FEARED JAPAN MIGHT DESERT THE
AXIS. SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOUR AND DISTRUSTED THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON, ADMIRAL NOMURA, AS A "PRO-ANGLO-SAXON" IT WAS REVEALED AT THE INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. YES. TERDAY WHEN VON RIBBENTROP'S SECRET
Soine commution was caused PAPERS WERE READ FEFORE THE COURT.
matting children at a Hitler Youth on the Star Ferry Wharf just Rape. Ribbentrop told Mussolini, un Admiral Nomura "for at heart May 13, 1911, that the Japanese Nomura is inclined
And the racket went on, for after office hours yesterday.
The G p.m. ferry had just left rather to- it was almost, a crime and cer- Government was neeking a pledge wi»le the Angle-Saxons."
A party of tainly a fact to arouse suspicion Hong Kong when from President Roosevelt at ta
eight police and two military or Mussolini guessed that the not to be in possession oľ the enter into the European conflict Jaganmute for negotiuliagra.est Hoffmen
dered it to return. Passengers | picture of the and for clarification of !.
on the deck were searched and with the United States was the "Fuhrer" United States attitude I'hilippines problem.
The Nazi Foreign Minister) said it was unfortunate that dis- cussions with President Roose- vell were being conducted a
on the result of "Japan's desire to keep Nor were the photographa his a Chinese was seen to run away,
BRITAIN'S NEW CARRIERS
LONDON, FEB. 8. BRITAIN 13 BUILDING A
out of the war herself."
The Duce referred to a split which had appeared in the Unit-
ed States and quoted speechee by former President Herbert Hoover and Colonel Charles Lindberg, American flyer here.
only activity. He also produced with the police in chase.
It was later learned that the books on the Nazi, moment-filled with
A national organization of small, nside to Goering. Associated army, bringing the total to 25,- gardeners kas urged its
000. This bill, awaiting Pre- thousand locol branches to grow!
The British prosecution alno sident Truman's approval, an- an extra 10,000,000 rounds worth
f food-about a third more than disclosed that Rudolf Hess, in a thorises regular commissions for who served farowell letter to Hitler, promised temporary officers last year.
Leader of the House of Com: to "ae Great Britain's Fascis during the war, in gradea from mans, Mr. Herbert Morrison, an- circles to persuade the British to second-lieutenant through ma- nounced that the narliamentary give in. But the angry Fuchrer jor. debate on the world fond, shortag; declared he would "have Hess shat
the army "I certainly hope will be held next. Thurging-As-immediately if he returned picks up bright young semi-
Germany."-Asociated Press. sociated Press.
Jieutenants for add those new places. Sen. Johnson said. "The -
the can make young officers army carcer for 20 or 30 more TONIO years and really do it good. Lieutenants and captains are valuable in an army. Ton- many regular colonies are worth- Juss. We have so many colonels to-day it's almost a comic upers army."-Associated Press.
Craziest Scheme
Of The War
WASHINGTON, FEB. 8. RESCUE BY UNITED STATES FORCES OF 30,000 WAR PRISONERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CHINA, MANCHURIA AND KOREA WHEN JAPAN COL
LAPSED WAS CALLED "THE CRAZIEST SCHEME TRAITOR DEFIANT
OF THE WAR" BY BRIG.-GEN. GEORGE OLMSTED, ASSISTANT CHIEF-OF-STAFF TO GEN. ALBERT WEDEMEYER IN THE CHINA THEATRE. 4VAITING DISCHARGE, OLMSTED TOLD HOW HE CONCOCTED THE PRISONERS' RELEASE PLAN AND WAS TOLD BY WEDEMEYER: "THAT'S THE CRAZIEST SCHEME I EVER HEARD IN THE ARMY. TRY IT. IF IT FAILS, REMEMBER IFK ARE READYING COURT MARTIAL CHARGES AGAINST YOU."
which sold by the million bath at Police who were acting on cer- the fob with 100 armed men and succeed.
appropriate photogra-search was a routine one by the
and
home amonu ayubathers thin information. abroad. His sue in Latin America alone ran into six figures.
Many foreign orc.a
of
photo-
1017-Asociated Press.
TO THE LAST
BUDAPEST, FED. 8. LASZLO BARODOSSY, FOR MER PRIME MINISTER OF HUNGARY WHO DIED BE- FORE A PIRING SQUAD THIS MORNING." PRECIPATED RIOTS IN HIS FINAL MO- MENTS OF LIFE
allver
Bust
hair bared.
Wreet Hunzary from these Olmsted continued: "We did to gain time, the rescues might andits." the Nazi leziler shouted. as he faced the muzzles of the Then he told how B-26 planes, firing squad in the black gaol. not one was lost."
Olmsted said the command did ench carrying six mon, were courtyard. not have the men nor the means sent to the camps with letters] Onlookers had been respectful Chungking, Feb. 8. as the most prominent opponents graphers have reason to remember
Mudame Chiang Kai-shek is to transport them and supplies tolling the Japanese comminn to the man, who had declined a of Rosevelt's policy." state Hofman's
nese-held fealousy of his mono- scheduled to By to Shanghal to from Chungking into the Japa-ders they would be held reapum- blindfold and stood erect with his
areas 80 figured If sible for any harm done to the the German Foreign
poly of taking pictures of Hiller. day on her first visit there since they could confuse the Japanese rescuers or prisoners. Office re- Do]
at his words they girged port which British prosecutors Often, at special events where
"It worked," Olmsted sald, forward. One man shouted "got referring to the they wanted to take o:otographs; introduced in part.
"but I had sleepless nights until the priest too. Von Ribbentrop told Muschis troops. they found themselves
priest who had accompanied Baro- Hitler speaking or reviewing
they reported back. At most FLEET OF GIGANTIC AIR lini: "If a forcing hand were relented to very disadvantareous
places the Japanese just agreed doney to the wall.
The crowd calmed down quick- CRAFT CARRIERS. 30 O played and it were laid down positions.
to everything. The only trouble ly, however, when pollee uptlung WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO that the American system of One art deal-in which he sold
we had was with our own men- their rifles. A hoarse shout of BE READY FOR SEA WITHIN protecting conveys means war maintine to the Reich Chancel-
They all wanted to go on the "long Hve Hungary" sounded a SEVERAL MONTHS, TIBE the Americans would most pro- fery in Berlin for 50,000 marka-
rescue missions." Associated they filled out "quietly, "EVENING NEWS REPORT bably hesitate because, American earned for him the tile of "Pro-
The former prime minister, de- re-armament is the biggest buiffessor" conferred by Hitter.
flant to the end, shouted additional od out, is in conformity with car cinted Press.
in the world's history."-Aado- Latest aferal records uncovered
colthets until the guns toppled. disclose that Hoffman was granted} ront plang of to British to in- crease their naval forces.
When this programme is com- pleted, Britain will have the basic
shins of fls veacetime Nav.
The water said that three en riers of 45,000 tons each, are for status as a third rate Axis
ED.
Thi
proertame, was point-
-
under construction, anh 100
able to carry more plang each-Associated Press.
The Weather
· DABLAN DEAL Clandestine dalinys in which Admiral Jenn Darlan, of France. agreed to rive material aid, to Naal drive against Iran and ta Rommel's Afrika Korpa in return partner were dolalled
dav.
In
tax exemptions up to 48.000 marka
ar-Router.
a
ARAB STRIKE
Beyrouth, Feb. 8..
Navy Takes
Over Japanese Barracks
WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF ARRIVING AT KURE THE
Press.
ROYAL NAVY HAS TAKEN OVER THE JAPANESE PLINE'S SILENCEciated Press,
BARRACKS AND IS PREPARING FOR THE PORT.- PARTY AT PRESENT ACCOMMODATED IN H.M.S. GLENEARN,
A four-engined land plane, belloved to be American, which
I STILL MISSING
Kotchikan, Alaska, Feb. 8. The number-rescued from the wrocked, and Wroken liner. Tukon stood to-day at 480 and the Alaska Steamship Company said the 'Rak persona * unaccounted for stood eleven.
First ashora were men, of erecting counters and shelves for took off from Oahu, in the Ha- N.A.A.F.I. who opened a bear the dry canteen whh will open walian Islands, on. Thursday ments subrastted in part veater-general strike throughout Lebanon barrack buildings were destroy known to set up shop within a The plane. left Oahu at 4.30 of
in docu- The Arabs to-day staged a canteen yesterday. Some of the soon. The Naval canteen ser morning, has not been heard of
vice in the Pacifle has been since. to the International War protesting avainst the Britished by Allled air attack but Crimos Tribunal by the British decision to permit 1,500 Jewish those remaining are suitable for few hours of landing in a new, a.m. on Thursday bound for the same time the Northwork
Canton Island, in the Phoenix At prosecutor.
Immigrants to enter Palestine
In Boat- Supply Medical
Company In In Japan it la again trying to group, south of Hawail, and was conversation with the monthly-Associated Press, accommodating the Navy. Extra: ca. Today's forest-Moderate bentrop, on Ma
huts will be built on other sites introduce as much, comfort na last heard of at 6.50 am on the ld the city's supply of benk Nasl Forelen Minister, Joachim
was exhaustað; and facilities alrendy include a
completely by 13, 1041, easterly winds, fine: and waYI.
DOCTORS STRIKE
for the occupation that day
of clilla possible
the demands of the Seward, Yesterday's temperature:--
Mussolini learned that Dariau
'camp barber, a tailor and had promised the use of an Â]-
cinoma with beating accommodu forces. The place, will soon ho No anxiety is felt for the Alaska, hospital for treatment of Poona, Feb. 8. M
en the top line," said loading plane as it is believed she is will survivors The missing het. In Maximum 69 degrees aterian nort to the Axis authoritas Trenty seven doctors and sur-tion for 1,500
canteen assistant Joseph Don- air borne and her silence is at- cluded, six army, men, two crew, to fellitate the shipment of war seors in Poona hospitals went an
Зараново
Carpenters have nelly. We shall have goodtributed to fallure of the plane's men and three diviliana atpalies to Africa-Associated strike to-dav, domanding higher
sisted Press. Antalied the beer bar and are canteen for the boys in no time.”“, radio. Press,
wages, Reuter.
8 p.m. Minimum: 7 a.m.
55 degrecs at