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February 12, 1941

Two German Spies Hanged; Had Posed As Refugees

TWO spies executed in Pentonville Prison recently believed their task would be a short one, and that they would soon be relieved by Nazi troops.

The first of their bellofs came true. They were caught soon after they started "business." They posed as refugecs, but before they died they confessed to the real purposes of their visit here.

The men were a 25-year-old German named Jose Waldberg and a 24-year-old Dutchman of German origin, Karl Mefer.

An officer who was concerned in this spy case, the first of the war for which the death sentence was passed, told of their actions since arriving hore.

They brought iron rations and considerable sums of English money," he sald.

"They also carried a wireless tran- smitter with which they could com- municate direct with the head- quarters of the German Secret Service.

Hid At Night "They had been promised that they would be quickly rescued by the Ger- man invasion forces.

"They planned to spend the nights hiding in woods and quarries or in uninhabited buildings.

had a well-prepared story to tell of their "escape from the Nazis.

handed. They could not explain away But when they were caught, red-

the wireless set they had with them. They were taken to Bow-street police court, and were convicted under the Treachery Act (1040) at the Central Criminal Court.

Mr. Justice Wrottesley presided over the trial, which was one of the most secret ever held at the Old Dalley,

AK.C. defended Waldberg and Meler.

DIAMOND

LAWSUIT SETTLED

President Vargas diamond has The owner of the $1,000,000 announced that litigation in volving the largest uncut dia- mond in existence had been settled amicably and that the stone would be cleft into a dozen or more piccos, says à New York

Cely sentence of death by hang-message. ing could be passed in the Central Criminal Court.

Small Set

The most important exhibit at the trial was the ultra short-wave trans- miting set carried by Waldberg and Meler.

"At dusk they would have erected their wireless aerials and transmitted leather

It was contained in two black cases with sling, shoulder enemy valuable information straps. the

to

they had obtained during the

the morning they would have emerged from their hiding, leaving their equipment. concealed in some convenient spot.

"They were to observe and report on all important military objectives such as aerodromes, concentrations of troops, gun emplacements, and am- munition dumps."

'Heard In Secret

One case was about 8 inches high by 8 inches broad. The other was 12. ཝ

Inches by 0 Inches,

The

mitter with Its valve, together weigh

smaller case held the trans- ing about a pound.

In the larger case were three 30 specially designed for slow sending: batteries, and a moran tapper

It is not yet possible to tell the full story of the unmasking of these two men. Witnesses al their trial

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Both spoke English well, and they have been sworn to secrecy,

Through his attorneys, Harry Win- ston. Fifth Avenue gem dealer, sald a "satisfactory agreement" had been reached in a sult brought by a Lon- don firm on n charge of breach of contract in the purchase of the 726- carat stone.

Mr Winston's office said the litiga- tion comma concerned with matters of. commissions and arose when the London firm of Albert Triefus and Brothers misunderstood # cable,

The New York dealer has had ex- perts studying the stone for 18 task of cleaving it into 12 months in preparation for the tedious possibly 10 pieces.

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De Gaulle Chides His

Peasant Girl Heroine Countrymen

Honoured For Bravery

GEORGETTE CARGILL, AN EIGHTEEN-YEARS-OLD FRENCH GIRL, LIVING IN A PEASANT'S HUT ON THE PLACETTE PASS IN THE ALPS, ABOVE POIRON, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR FOR BRAVERY IN-NURSING UNDER FIRE OF ITALIAN MACHINE GUNS,

She is the youngest woman evor to have received the honour,

which as conferred by a special Chinese Born

citation signed by General Wey- gand after she had already re- ceived the Croix de Guerre.

During an engagement between French and Italian troops near her home, more than half of the French detachment fell under åre, having received orders to hold the pass at

all costs.

Captured

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In P. I. Are Readmitted

Reiterating the doctrine that the right of immigrants to re- enter the Philippines does not depend upon their citizenship] but upon their birth in the coun- try, the court of appeals has allowed the entry into the Once he was captured, but was Philippines of Maxima, Tan, set free again, and continued her Cesaria Tan and Juanita Tan, task of tending the wounded men. minor daughters of a Cebu, All the time he was exposed to Chinese resident. machine-gun fire from the Italians,

Georgette ran from her home, and tearing some cloth into strips, bound up the wounds of the men, enabling some to return to action.

her plak dress and ribbons making her conspicuous,

end of the battle. When all was over, she helped bury the dead.

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LONDON, Feb, 11 (Reater).

FIRST of England's child refugees in America to get a good -General de Gaulle, leader.of.the Atlantie amid bombings on the Scythia.

chance in the talkies is 12-year-old Roddy McDowall, who crossed the Free French Forces, broad-assigned the leading role of Huw in the picture, "How Green Roddy has been casting in French to-night, said: "Intrigues, disputes and changes

Was My Valley.” Vichy have their terrible consequences because the enemy has a part in them. That is more larm- Vichy which keeps the French Medi- ful than equivocation in obedience in

terrancan forces away from any nction in the full battle of the Mear- terranean.

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That is why the Free French are

Master Roddy was born in London, and he's lived there all of his 12 years, in a big, comfortable house, near the Croydon airport. That is, he lived there until a few weeks ago, when the Jerries began. dropping too many bombs-bombs that shat- tered all the windows and let the wind come right in and cut a hole through the roof so that Master Roddy couldn't go upstairs to take a bath,

At the time Mr McDowall de at present redoubling their efforts in order to make up as far as possible cided that his family seek a re- the deficiency on the part of fuge, Roddy was making "This France to help bring about a victory. England" at the Elstree atudios "At this very moment our troops.With Constance Cummings. For | supported by our air force, are vic-six weeks straight he never went toriously engaged in Battle in area of Koutra Oasis In Italian Libya,

to bed. The Jerries wouldn't 000 miles from the frontier of Chad. let him. He dozed in an arm from which they set out."

chair at home between raids and would sleep when he could every day on the sets.

Chinese Currencies Question

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Newspaper Calls B.B.C. 'Big Flop'.

"THE B.B.C. is the biggest The McDowalls arrived in Newlop of the war," says the Sun- York City with the grand total of 42 day Pictorial, in a two-page story dollars. British law resticts the attacking the Corporation. amount of money that may be taken from the country.

Roddy, his sister Virginia, and Mex McDowall made the rounds of the motion pleture companies' New York

Roddy Saved The Day

ET was then that, just like in the

LONDON, Feb. 11 (Reuter).offices. Admission of the immigrants-In the House of Commons to- to care for the wounded until the immigration authorities on the invited a statement on the immovies, Roddy saved the day for the

But she continued was turned down by the Cebu day, Sir John Wardlaw-Milne

ground that they failed to ostab-plications to trade of the four McDowalls, twentieth Century-Fox Her younger sister, Lucette, who lish sufficiently their birth in the conflicting currencies in Shang-had been hunting for four months for aided her by running several times country. The immigrants re-hal and the Yangtse basin. from their hut to the scene of the turned to Cebu on October 28, battle, received a personal letter of congratulation from General Wey-1988, following a prolonged stay

in Amoy, China.

gand.

"The war gave

dur broad- casters their biggest oppor- tunity, but that's what has hap pened," the paper adds.

"This year the B.B.C. had £4,500,000 of your money from radio licences.

casting in this country?

"What's the position of broad-

"On every alde it is criticised, laughed at, ridiculed by public figures and ordinary men and

women..

a youngster to play one of the leading Mr R. A. Butler, Under-Secretory roles in Darryl F. Zanuck's produc- for Foreign Affairs, replied that it Uoa of "How Green Was My Valley," was too early to forecast the effect

The part was that of Huw in the which the Nanking Reserve Bank

Richard Llewellyn best seller.

"1 programmes are neither up- Spoke Local Dialect

nates will have on trade and currency.

Bing nor entertaining, but con- Twentieth but said that every attempt to sup- Local Chinese Doctors

testert

atstently dull. Roddy in New York and flew the film "Even Its dullness is marred by The appellate tribunal, however, plant the national currency of China to Hollywood where William Wyler, repeated blunders of the worst psy- The annual general meeting and was satisfied with the petitioners cannot but do further harm to the who was directing "How Green Waschological kind. election of officers of the Hongkong claim that they were born in the interests of all countries trading with. My Valley, telephoned Mrs Mc- Chinese Medical Association was held 'country, noting that they speak the China.

Dowall to take the Arst train to Hollywood.

ties

the

at the St. Francis Hotel recently, when local dialect-Maxima even testi- the following officers were elected for tying before the Immigration authoris the coming year:

in the Cebu, dialcet. The tri- PUNJAB PRAISES President, Dr. Edward W. J. Sun: banal observed that the "fact that Vice-President, Dr Lee Hah-long

ARMY OF NILE the American consul in Amoy Hon. Secretory-Treasurer. Dr. H. C. secured the passage of the applicants LAHORE. Feb. 11 (Reuter)-The Chan: Council Members, Dr L Shu-and their mother for the Philippines Punjab Assembly has

passed a pul, Dr Poon Seck-wah, Dr Tsoung and advanced part of their expendi- resolution to send Fat-im, Dr D. K. Samy, Dr Douglas tures for the trip adds force to the congratulations to General Sir Archi- warmest Laing, Dr N. K. Law, Dr K. D. Ling, petitioners' claim of Philippine (bald Wavell and the Army of the Dr T. J. Hua.

birth."

Nile and sister services on the magn!- Acent victory of Benghazi.

The resolution reiterated the assur- ance that Punjab "will continue to give the best men and material for achievement of the final victory"

Calcutta Celebrates CALCUTTA, Feb. 11 (Reuter) Schools and colleges in Bengal will be closed on February 12 in celebra tion of the victory at Benghazi.

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1. Impressions of South Africa

(Running Commentary by Dr, J. H. Montgomery)

2. Battle of France.

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U.S. Canadian Defences

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Reuter). Complete plans now exht for the Joint defence of the United States and Canada.

This was told to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Mayor La Guardia, Chairman of the American members of the United States-Canada Defence Board,

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More tests followed and then Reddy and his mother algned a long-term contract, covering seven years.

No "Discovery"

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mark in broadcasting, and real dis- "Directly a mun makes a really big coveries have been few enough, he quickly vanishes from the micro- phone.

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"J, B. Priestley, the novelist, N "discovery" fle is instead a-veleran most popular radio commentator, and RODDY, though, is no mavie Case in point. He was easily the at the age of 12, with 10 films to his the B.B.C, let him resign. credit, all of them photographed in

Then came

Air Ministry'a the England.

llaisen ofcer (Air Vice-Marshal Sir He first went before the camera at voice and great

Philip Joubert), with his friendly the ripe old age of eight in "Murder could really being home to you the great Knowledge, who in the Family. Al Parker, at one wonderful exploits of the R.A.F. time a director for 20th Century-Fox, directed it, and Parker, remains one

"He, too has vanished from the air,

of Roddy's closest friends. Other but nobody really knows just why." pictures followed, such as "You Will B.B.C.'s six chiefs can't do something.

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out in a body. U.S.A.

Doris Duke's Separation

Mra Doris Duke Cromwell, the "world's richest girl," is separat 'ed permanently from her hus band, Mr. James R. Cromwell,

"And take with them every Oxford accent about the place," it adds,

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