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Fritz Kuhn Arrested
SEARCH ENDS FOR EX-BUND LEADER
Munich, June 17-Fritz Kuhn was arrested in Bernkastel in the French Zone of Germany on June 15 when he applied for permission to reside there, it was revealed here today.
He had also applied for a licence to open a chemical business in Bernkastel which is the former home town of Kuhn's girl friend. Kuhn is now in the Munich prison.
Allocation Of German Reparations
London, June 17-Discussions of new means of allocating, for reparations, dismantled plants from the three Western Zones of Germany is in its final stuges, it was authoritatively learned in London today.
The onetime German Ainerican Hund lender had been sought all over Germany for the past four months. He disappeared from the internment camp at nearby Dachnu while he was awaiting a dennzifica- tion trial
Stories
made publle at the time of disappearance revealed that Fritz had taken up with a "girl friend" tu Munich who brought him food and comfort in Dachau camp.
Kuhn
told reporters that his de- parture was "entirely my own fault." He was arrested in the French Zone of Germany and brought im- mediately back to Munich where he must serve a ten-year dennzification sentence passed on him "In absentia" in Aprik
HIS MISTAKE Kuhn said that he lived in the This will take the place of the
Town of Bernkastel near four-power Economic Directorate the which had not functioned since the Luxembourg border ever since his Russian walkout from the Allied escape. He claimed that he lived Control Council,
under his own mume although Police
It will enable the Western occupy-claim he registered as "Kulm."
"1 made the mistake by not living ing powers to resume the fulßiment
Kuhn of their obligations both to the coun- on the black market," tries represented on the Inter-Allied today f Inst done that I would Reparations Agency and to Russia still be at large today, I was trying and Poland, who are enfithed to to make an honest living,” separate deliveries' from the Western
chemical business.
to open
1
Ofeials here said that Kahn was Zones under the Potsdum Agree-diseavered in Bernkastel when he ment,
applled for permission to establi The Western powers have de-his residence there and notified the cided that reparations obligations to authorities he wanted Soviet Russin should continue to be honoured in the same way as those Be said the story of his escape to the other reparations creditors from Dachau was very simple, "The even after breakdown of the four-dow was wide open," he explained. power machinery,
He said he had just taken bus to RUSSIAN POSITION
train to Bernkastel Munich and
for the spring. But the Russian position may be and settled there
former affected by the fact that any "bis" | Bernkastel had been the for specific plants scheduled for dis-home of his girl friend, pretty blue- mantling will now have to be made eyed Hedwig Munz who is working to three-power committees on which at the United States army snack
bar while Fritz was in gaol.
Russia is not represented.
The new move incans recogni- tion of the insistence by France and the other members of the Agency that deliveries should be speeded up in the interest of European recovery. It also means refection of the plen strongly advocated In the United States and, to a lesser extent, In Britain, that. In the changed con- ditions, dismantling should either he stopped altogether or confined
to
POLICE VIGIL
The German Police were certain that Kuhn "could not get far" after his escape and immediately took up a vigil outside here.
Mrs Kuhn's home
But Kuhu never came back to see his wife. Even Hedwig lost all personal contact with him. She denied knowing anything about his escape and told reporters that she had quit, her hob with the United plants required by Western countries. States Army because of "unfavour-
Any new allocations will continueable publicity." to be based on the list of plants declared surplus to the revised level of Industry which was announced Inst summer.----Reuter.
Dockers Still
On Strike
London, June 17-A meeting of London dockers tonight decided to continue the four-day old strikke which has tied up
more than 100
ships and involves 13,000 men,
Shop stewards
met tonight, and
considered their
#111
re-
Hedwig is reported to be still in Munich or close by. But she will have little chance to see her lover except behind bars. Kuhn was turned over to the German authori- ties who are expected to clap him into goal to serve nut his danazica- tion sentence.-United Press.
Just A Friendly
Visit
today
Washington, June 17.-The former afterwards a meeting of representa Japanese Ambassador to the United
States, Kensuke Hironouchi, paid an informal visit to State Department officials. Ometals said als eall was not official because the lations as rel. Japanese can have no diplomatle re-
voted
tive dockers commemlations unmalmously in favour of going on with the strike.
This vote is subject to confirmation by meetings tomorrow of all the
dockers involved.
The officials said that Hironouchi Tonight. the Transport and had personal friends amongst The General Workers Unlon-to which officials here whom he wanted to the men concerned belonged-Issued | see. They said that conversations 21 #intement advising oll dock were mainly concerned with por- workers, In view
and not any of the Appeal sonal reminiscences
official matters.-United Press.
Tribunal's decision to reduce the penalties, to resume, work forthwith, "notwithstanding any advice to the contrary that may be given by any person or body"-Buster.
PIECEGOODS FOR
PAKISTAN
Boy Prodigy Draws Big Crowd
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FRITZ KUHN
New German Currency On Sunday?
Kommandaturo In Session Again
Berlin, Jate 17-A currency reform for the British, French and American Zones of Germany will be announced by an official proclamation tomorrow, it was reliably learned tonight.
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1948,
LANA OFF STAR
TO MEET
THE GIS
Paris, June 17.-Lana Turner, the screen star, who does not ko to fly unless she has a private army plane, will appear before the GIs in Germany after all. Sho will start tomorrow night by train and will arrive at Frankfurt carly on Saturday morning.
sald like
Her husband, Bob Topping that Lana "did'nt particularly flying." He indicated that he felt safer in an Army plone than in a commercial aircraft.
He explained that the dispute over whether or not the trip would be made was caused by " misunder- standing" over the Army transporta- tion.
AT LOGGERHEADS
Earlier today the couple were al long distance loggerheads with the army over the question of transport for the tour.
An Army officer, sold the star called off the trip because a special army pinne was not put at her disposal.
Husband Bob Topping speaking for himself and Lann told the press here today that it was not so. "We nover insisted on a private
plane, but we were under the impression
at a commercial craft,” that it would be an army ship nad |
Toppin sald.
The tour was to have started on Friday in, Berlin.
Available Lana Turner was not for commerf. But Topplug said that both of them had packed and could leave in half an hour If Army transportation and not commercial is furnished.-United Press,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
It was reported that the three Western Military Governors would broadenst tomorrow telling the Germans the new money plan,
Authoritative
sources In the Western Zones said the currency reform woull come into force on Mr Lee Shlu-kee and family wish to
tlantik Sunday, when payments on a basis
and their many relatives friends for their attendance at this of one new mark for one old woulti
funeral of the lote Dr 5. K. Lee, and be made.
also for the floral tribu;sя.
A further payment on the same basis would be made a week after- wards, the sources added, and later the Germans would get only one new mark for 10 old ones.
MIDNIGHT MEETING
The German Economic Council for the British and American Zones, which has been discussing tax re- form for Western Germany. announced a midnight session for Lonight.
Poland today asked the Chairman for of the Allied Control Council Germany to call a meeting to dis- cuss the London proposals for a West German Government, a l'olish military spokesman said here.
Political circles said Soviet Russia might have prompted the request to
meeting to be called with out any of the four occupation
powers taking the initiative.
The Council has not met since March 20, when Marshal Sokolovsky, the Russlan Military Governor, walked out. The Council, he said then, had ceased to exist."
German political circles sald the Russions would attend if the Coun- eil was called.
In the Western Zones, authorita- live...sources........said today. What Sung day would be the day for the cur rency reform, when 40 marks (£1) will be paid out. A further marks will be paid a week later, both payments on a basis of one new mark for one old.
20
Later the Germans will only get one new mark for 10 ok ones, the sources added.
RUSSIANS WALK BACK
In Berlin, the four-power Kom- mandatura functioned normally to- day after last night's Itussian walk- out from the Allied Commandants' meeting.
The Russian delegate attending the meetings of the Committee and Allied, offelals were optimistic that the four-power government of the city had bot broken down.
The Soviet press today blamed the Russian walk-out on Colonel Frank Howley, the American Com- mandant, who left the meeting after 13 hours of discussion, suying he was tired and handing over to his deputy.
London, June, 17-An audience The Russian authorities announced longer of 10,000 packed the glant Har- today that they would no ringay Arena here tonight to watch | nccept Western
pusses from
Ger-
Karachi. June 17-A spokesman Italy's boy wonder, 10-year-old nons wishing to enter the Soviet
from
for the Pakistan Government re-Plečino Gamba, conduct the Liver- Zone. Writien perinission vealed today that Pakistan is going pool Philharmonic Orchestra in a Soviet ngeneles would Now be to import 5,000,000 yards of piece-
programme
of Mozart, Schubert, goods from Czecho-Slovakia and an- Wagner and Beethoven. other 5,000,000 yards from Busstu. It was the largest audience of the This is likely to relleve partly the London musical festival this season cloth shortage in Pakistan.Associa
ted Press.
--more than at the Yehudi Menuhin
concert.-Associated Press.
Joy Ride Ends In Arrest
an
Trieste, June 17.-Five American soldiers on authorised joy ride to the only sand beach near Trieste, were arrested on Tuesday by Yugoslav authorities who still have not released them, Trieste headquarters nounced today.
an.
One Italian civilian accompanied The publielty campaign highlighted the Americans, the announcement by posters showing attractive near said. It did not reveal the names nudes allegedly bathing on the beach of the missing soldiers and gave no had been on for about a week, particulars of the capture.
one
The announcement said that the The beach is the only sand six persons were on an "authorised" near Triestie. Hellable sources said pleasure cruise in a Trieste motor that the Gls decided to visit the launch. It said they have been besch not realising it to be Yuoslav missing since Tuesday evening. territory.
Usually reliable sources said that, the soldiers and their companion had i According to these reports. the fallen for a large-scale Yugoslav party was arrested as soon ns the waters. Inviungaunch entered Yugoslav propaganda campaign, Triestlane to visit the newly restored They were brought to the beach and "Saint Nicholaus" bathing beach allowed to swim and were then run by the Yugoslavs in the zone of taken to Capodistrl where they are the Trieste Fred territory just south being held, these reports sald,— of the Morga line,
United Press.
necessary, they said, and added that up to 40 per cent of the passes issued by the Western powers were forked d. inproperly issued. Reuter,
British Offer
To Soviets
Sir
Berlin, June 17.-General Brian Robertson, the British Mil- tary Governor In Germany, has offered to Marshal Vassili Sokolov- sky, the Russian Military Governor, the help of British engineers to re- pair the Hohenwarthe bridge on the imain road link between Berlin and the West.
The Rusalan closure of the bridgo has forced traffic to make a detour of about 15 miles, use a poor road and cross the river Elbe by a ferry, causing long delays to Allied vehicles.
The Russlans decided today that no more than eight vehicles hour should be allowed over the border eastwards
the through Anglo-Russian border control town of Helmstedt, giving the impression that the Hohenwarthe bridge bad carried too much trame before it was closed-Reuter.
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