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NEW YORK ROUND-UP OF SPIES

New York, Yesterday,

A hundred Federal detectives in the New York area are actively hunt- ing for foreign spies, and attempting to forestall possible attempts at sabotage.

The British and French Intelli- gence services are said to have sup- plied much valuable information about the activities of German agents. It is said that the Italian Lines' re- (usal to carry German passengers when the liner Rex sailed at the end of last month was the result of a hint that several members of the German spy ring hoped to reach, Europe in that vessel and would be taken into cus- tody at Gibraltar. The Italian au- thorities naturally

any incident.

wished to avoid

One of the key figures of the ring, according to information published to-day, is believed

to be a woman

doctor living at Yorkville, a part of New York largely inhabited by Ger-

mans.

She is suspected of having succeed- ed Dr. Ignatz Griebl, who fled to Ger- many last year on the eve of the spy trial which resulted in verdicts against four prisoners.

SUSPECTS QUESTIONED Witnesses and suspected persons are now being questioned in con- siderable numbers at Governors' Is- land, New York Harbour and in offices equipped with a recording apparatus on the 30th floor of the Federal Build- ing, New York. The greatest secrecy is being observed.

It is claimed, however, that a num- ber of amateur wireless stations, powerful enough to communicate with Europe, have already been discover- ed in out-of-the-way places.

The Federal investigators are re- ceiving useful help from German re- fugees. According to a report from Mexico City, the Mexican authorities are trying to trace a clandestine radio station which has been sending code messages to Europe ever since the war started.-Our Own Correspon- dent.

20 YEARS FOR LR.A. PLOTTERS

LONDON, YESTERDAY.

A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, ONE OF

FIVE ALLEGED I.R.A. CONSPIRA- CHARGES, KISSED HIS WIFE AS

TORS FACING EXPLOSIVES

THEY STOOD TOGETHER IN THE DOCK AT THE OLD BAILEY AND THEN STEPPED DOWN INTO THE

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 8, 1939.

IFRIENDLY

FOOTBALL

IN ENGLAND

London, To-day.

The following were the results of friendly football matches played yes-

1 Millwall

2 Grimsby

A statue in a Buddhist temple in the Chungshan District, destroyed by Japanese shellfire.

HIMMLER

GETS

CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS BIRTHDAY

London, To-day.

terday:--

Aldershot

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bournemouth

Bristol C..

Bury

2

20 20 20 00 to 1 ja 2 N

2 Queen O'South 1

4

Torquay

1

Bradford C.

3 Leeds

1

5

Bristol R.

5

4 Burnley

2

Cardiff

1

Plymouth

1

Chelmsford

5

3

Chelsea

0

Arsenal

3

Chester

0 West Bromwich 2

Chesterfield

Clapton

Coventry Crewe

Hartlepools

| Huddersfield

Hull City Liverpool Luton

Southend

3 Birmingham

0 Walthamstow

Av.

2

0 Wolves

4

2 Port Vale

0

Palace

2

Brighton

2

Guildford C.

4

Charlton

3

Halifax

1

Oldham

1

1

Darlington

1

5 Blackburn

0

2 Bradford

2

1 Everton

4

5 Fulham

2

8 Brentford

4

3

Middlesbro'

2

3

Preston Res.

1

6 Notts County

0

1 Wednesday

2

6 Bolton

1

2 Birmingham 3

6 Portsmouth

3

1 Accrington

3

Doncaster

5

Millwall

Newcastle

N. Brighton

Northampton

Notts F.

Preston

Q.P.R. Reading

Rochdale Rotherham

Royal Navy

4 Army & R.A.F, 2

2 Sheff. Un.

WONO WIN SINNN

Leicester

2

Southend

1

Watford

2

Stockport Stoke

0

Manchester C. 5

2

3

2

Charlton II

0

3

5

0

Newport

Swindon

Tottenham

2 Manch. Un. Swansea

3 Southampton

Tunbridge W.R. 1 Wrexham

West Ham

5 Tranmere

GLASGOW CUP Semi-Final (Replay)

Queen's Park · 1 Celtic

SCOTTISH FRIENDLIES

0

Bemi-Final

Rangers

2 Third Lanark

2

Dumbarton

2 Falkirk

3

Morton

5 St. Mirren

5

Forfar

2 Dundee

5

Alloa

6 King's Park

0

Raith R. Hearts

5

East Fife

4

Partick

5 Clyde

3

Hibernian

4

St. Bernard's

1

2 Rangers Res.

1

Reuter.

St. Mirren

Dunfermline

THE FRIENDS OF Heinrich Himmler, chief of Hit-Kilmarnock ler's dreaded secret police, the Gestapo, were Leith yesterday congratulating him on his 39th birth- day.

Hitler sent him a personal present.

Himmler, like Hitler, has frequently uttered words

which he no doubt regretted later.

For instance, he told the noted Bri-

COURT. HE HAD BEEN ACQUIT-tish correspondent, Sir Philip Gibbs,

TED.

A few minutes later his wife was sentenced to ten years' penal servi- tude. She was led away,

As the husband, John Charles Woods, aged 43, was leaving the court special branch officers detained him. He was taken to Cannon-row Police Station pending

that "we don't want Poles, Czechs or Ruthenians in the German State,.

"AB for Napoleon," he continu- ed, "we too have road a littio' history and knów.. what happened to him."

SPECULATOR LOSES

No doubt it was with Napoleon's HIS ASSETS

example in mind that. Himmler. put proceedings away his little nest-egg of £900,000

In foreign banks.. - Reuter.

under the Emergency Powers Act..

Woods and his wife, who is 44, were charged together with Gary Jones, aged 24, Ann Conway, 24, and Rose Conway, 22,

Jones and the Conways were each sentenced to ten years' penal servi- tude also.

O.C. LONDON

Woods had denied any knowledge

FRENCH SEIZURES

IN BLOCKADE

Paris, To-day:

A communique says that in the first

A cash-book containing 27,000 American

in dollars notes (now worth £6,750) has been reported stolen from a car outside the gates of Windsor Castle.

The money belonged to Mr. Archi- bald Bosley, of Way Side, East Sheen, Surrey.

He told the police he bought the of the I.R.A. His wife was said to week of October, 30,000 tons of mer-notes as a speculation, and they have been seen often with active chandise consigned to Germany was ranged from ten to 500-dollar bills. Intercepted by the French Navy- Reuter.

I.R.A.. members.

ings.

Jones was described by the police as officer commanding the I.R.A.. in London.. He had organised outrages 'and:hadibeen watched for some time,

Ann. Conway was said to be 1 Two other LR.A. members, Thomas women's section: leader of the I.R.A. Nelson, aged 19, a clerk, and Patrick in charge of 10 girls. She detailed | Donaghy, aged 32, a labourer, were the girls to act as contacts between later each sentenced in the I.R.A. units..

court to 20 years' penal servitude o explosives' charges. · ·

same

on

She had bech responsible also for posting the IR.A. proclamation which Both had refused to plead Our earlier this year preceded the bomb-1Own Correspondent.

He was on his way home from Reading (Berks), where his aunt had been looking after them, and at Windsor left the car unattended for Alve minutes near the castle gates.

With the notes were the deeds of his house at East Sheen.

Mr. Boseley said: "I think a boy may have taken the box without knowing what was in it. I believe I shall see the money again in a day of two."

RUGBY

LEAGUE

GAMES

London, To-day.

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2

The following Rugby League friend-

ly matches were played yesterday:— Barrow

Bradford

Northern

Castleford

Leeds Liverpool

22 Oldham

น 14

20 Featherstone 5

24 Bramley

20 Batley

15 Hunslet

8

Dewsbury

15 Huddersfield 36

Halifax Hull

15

20 Wakefield

Trinity

11

18

Stanley

0 St. Helens

20

5 Broughton.

.3

35.. Leigh

5

17. Swinton.

5

19

Widnes

11

Rovers

18

-Reuter,

Rochdale Salford

Warrington

Wigan

York

38 Hull Kingston

RUGBY UNION MATCHES

London, To-day. Yesterday's Rugby Union friendlies resulted as follows: Guy's Hospital 18 Old Tiffinians Rosslyn Park 19 Army XV. Northants

8

29

B

10

Q

0

Reuter.

Wanderers 21 Services XV London Scottish 13 Harlequins Lianelly,

B Bridgend Swansea

18 Neath