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Girl with Code & Map is Jailed
A 20-YEAR-OLD servant who marked her identity card "Issued in Cologne,” and copied out an international code, was at Conway, Caernarvonshire, sent to prison for three months. ·
She was Ampora Dolorca Vinns, of South Dean-road, Liverpool, and she was charged under the Defence Regulations with having information which might be useful to the enemy.
At the previous hearing it was stated that she also had a map on which important places were marked. she said she traced the map from an atlas and marked places she wanted to vlalt.
She explained that she marked her card "Issued in Cologne" and, copied the code for a gog. She had never been outside Britain.
A police constable said that when arrested, she had a short sheath knife In her handbag. She told him she carried for self-defence.
It was stated the girl and Spanish parents and she was born in Liver- pool:
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July 22, 1940,
Acquitted
Of Wife QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
Murder
SEVEN YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER
FOR three and a half hours Arthur Charles Hadman. 34- year-old farm worker accused of his wife's murder, .waited beneath the court at Hunting- don Assizes for the jury's ver dict.
Then he was brought back to the deck to hear the Jury, nequit hun of murder but find him guilty of man- slaughter.
Mr. Justice Hilbery sentenced him to seven years; penal servitude. He had not given evidence.
Mrs. Grace
Quarrol
Elizabeth Hadman- she was 32-wis found dead with wounds in the couple's coltage at Chesterton, ncar Peterborough, following a fire on February 28.
The prosecution alleged that there had
probably been
arrel, that Mrs. Hadman
had
been struck and in falling had fractured her skull,
The defence submitted that it she had fallen through a slight blow on the nose, bad struck her end in full- ing, and had died us a result of that, it could not constitute more than manslaughter.
"Vory Bad Cano" Dr. Norman Hensterson, medicul superintendent of a mental hospital, said evidence that he considered Hodman
was subject' to epileptic disturbances or a disturbance related
epilepsy.
to
After the jury had reached its de- ciston Mr. Justice Hilbery told Hud- man: "It was in fact, in my view, a very bad case of manslaughter. I do
not take the view at all, that this was
LORD BEAVERBROOK, Minister of Aircraft Production, a case anywhere near the line of appealed to garage workers to become fitters in aircraft fac-accident."
tories.
An otelul statement said:
*The
most urgent need of this hour is a great increase in the rate of output of airplanes.
"A large number of fitters arc immediately required for erection and assently work in alreraft fac- torics and factories engaged on air- craft repair.
played in garages on the repair of civilian motor transport.
"The Minister appeals for volun- teers for this work.
DIPLOMATS SERVED
NAZIS, NOW HERE
"There are a large number of men VISCOUNT ELIBANK will limit-60 years--and did not want to competent to do this work now em-submit a motion dealing with lose his pension.
two enemy aliens to the House he refused to
At the outbreak of war, however, of Lords.
leave for Germany, saying that he would not fight against The men concerned are Austrians, Britain. both formerly attached to the Aus- Herr Hauser and Herr Adolf Kunz, trian Legation In Belgrave-square.
When Germany annexed Austria they joined the Nazl diplomatic ser- vice.
"Applicants should go at once to the nearest aircraft factory or should apply to the nearest isbour change."
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ALIENS IN
A.R.P.ARE SACKED
ALL the 40 allens in Finchley, N., Civil Defence Services are to be dismissed, it was decided by the Borough Council,
Viscount Elibank will ask if the Government is aware that Kunz has been at liberty since the wur began, and that Hauser, who was interned, may shortly be released. Then he will ask:
English Wife
"Will the Government give Instrue- tions that these two persons shall be
Curfew
For Gib.'
& Malta
CURFEWS have been im- interned for the duration of the posed in Gibraltar and Malta.
wor7"
When the Nazis took over tlie Aus-only members of the Forces and unl- Between 11.30 p.m. and 530 a.m.
staff, Kunz among them, accepted the of doors. trian Legation, some members of the formed officials will be allowed out Nazi-offers to continue in office.
They were transferred to the Ger- p.m. to 5 a.m. has begun.
In Malta a curfew lasting from. 11 man Embassy,
It was officially stated that it has
In June, 1938, Kunz married the been imposed to assist in the defence Councillor C. Grobel, chairman of Hon. Esther Constance Waldergrave, of the island against surprise Inva-, the Civil Defence Committee, sald daughter. of Lord Radstock. They slon by parachute there were 10 enemy allens as war moved recently to Lord Radstock's dens or part-time, 12 casualty ser-house in Eaton place, S.W. vice workers and one in the A.F.S.
Pension Dus
troops.
They were assured by the "Tevere" that Hallan planes and Seven wardens and one in the
warships have the Ailled Medi- casualty service were Czechs, Hun- ile severed his connection with the
terranean forces at their mercy. Earians or Americans.
Councillor H H. Wilmot said it He had maintained it only
Nazi regime about two years ago. recently published a
The Rome newspaper, "Il Tevere." full-page map was astounding that there should be winding up the affairs of the former planes, hended
Which
depicted waves 40 aliens employed instead of British Austrian Government.
of Italian A by dive bombers and backed up Houser had been on the Austrian
by the Italian Fleet, Councillor Grobel replied that, so Legation staff for nearly 20 years.
operating in the Eastern Mediter- far as he knew, they were serving When he accepted a Nazi post, he on Alexandria, Haits and Cyprus, ronean against the Allied Fleet based loyally, and most were available.
citizens,
whlic
during the day, when numbers were explained that he was near the age says the British United Press,
sitort.
The responsibility for their em- ployment lay with the Government in) permitting it. The number was only about 2 per cent.
"Members of the public," sald Councilfor E. W. F. Lang. "are equally uneasy, now they know what fifth column work has done in other countries.!
Sunbathers Battle Over
Watch Beach
People were sitting on the sen front and beach of one south-
LATE NEWS cast coast town. They sat in the morning sunshine calmly read-
ing their morning newspapers. Others were fishing from the beach.i
Suddenly, aircraft were heard ap- proaching. Then there were heavy thids as bombs were dropped some Jittle distance out at sea. Overhead
the roar of hostile aircraft was heard. Then followed the heaviest and most nerve-racking barrage Are yet heard since the outbreak of wor..
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Hold Concert
The war fund inaugurated by the
wall of the warning sirens and street South China Morning Post was sub- wardens whistles echoed everywhere. Those caught in the open locked for by the proceeds of a smoking con- stantially augmented on Saturday ahelter,
cert at the Kowloon Bowling Green, "Then our fighters were heard rac-Among the artists ·were. Messra. ing overhead and the rat-lat-ist of Ranger, Coleman, Campain, Jame their machine guns ns they engaged son, Kossick and Jordan the enemy.
Mr Ranger rendered a number of Some say that one raider after popular selections on the piano, and crossing the coastline and being among the songs by Mr. Coleman driven off was hit and brought downing Matilda." Mr. Alkins, Secre
was the increasliigly popular "Waltz- In the sen.
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Boatmen who were out at seo sald that they distinctly saw one of the
cartridgetary, acted as Master of Ceremonies.
The concert concluded with com- munity singing,
raiders, a large machine. It dropped son it sent up a huge column of
five bombs, all of which missed the water. 1
shipping. As each bomb struck the The raid lasted thirty minutes,
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