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Four Nazi Spies Get Prison Terms for Espionage in U. S. Judge Tempers* Justice With Mercy, Citing Reich Death Penalty By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—The Nation’s greatest spy case sinoe the World War was marked “closed" today, Its four principal actors facing prison terms up to six years for their bun gling essays at espionage. With their conviction yesterday, on charges of selling United States mili tary information to Nazi Germany, Federal Judge John Knox comment ed that the principal result of their efforts was to stir up public resent ment against “the government of a great people.” He noted that, in the short prison terms, “the agents of a totalitarian state are receiving the mercy of de mocracy," alluding to the German espionage death penalty with the re mark that “we have no sawdust sprinkled on our prison yards.” Hairdresser Gets Four Year*. The defendants and their sen tences: Johanna Hofmann, 27, former hairdresser on the liner Europa, con victed of acting as messenger for German spies in the United States; four years. Otto Voss. 38. former mechanic at the Long Island Seversky airplane plant, convicted of giving airplane information to Germany; 6 years. Erich Glaser, 28, former U. S. Army private; convicted of minor, .inef fectual spy activities: 2 years. Guenther Rumrich, 27, Chicago born of Austrian parents, U. S. Army deserter, who pleaded guilty at the start of the trial and was the main Government witness; 2 years. Among the 14 originally indicted were high German military officials, and Dr. Ignatz Griebl of New York and Werner Gudenberg, airplane de signer, both of whom fled to Ger many. Begs for Mercy. Red-haired Fraulein Hofmann fal tered, “Mercy, mercy,” as she stood to receive her sentence. Judge Knox absolved the United States district attorney's office of blame in the escape of Dr. Griebl, charged with directing German spy ring activities in this country, but spoke sharply of “the ineptitude of some of our detective agencies.” I3efen.se attorneys during the trial accused Leon Turrou, former G-man. who led the espionage inquiry, of in tentionally permitting Dr. Griebl to escape and “framing" the defendants brought to trial. In asking “just sentences.” the prosecutor, United States Attorney Lamftr Hardy, said he believed “this case has barely scratched the sur face of foreign espionage in this country by Germany.” —-•■■■■■ Jews i Continued Prom First Page.) what generally are known as slum districts. This move would be facilitated by an earlier decree by which the law for protection of tenants does not ap ply to Jews. House owners accord ingly can eject Jews without notice. Heinrich Himmler, chief of all German police, also issued a decree withdrawing from Jews all drivers' licenses and automobile and motor cycle permits. The Jews have until December 31 to turn in their licenses and permits, but the ban on Jewish operation and ownership of all motor-driven ve hicles. except trucks, is effective Im mediately. A decree respecting ownership of trucks will be issued later. Police said many cafe and restau rant keepers who now display no tices, “Jews Not Desired-’ at the en trances to their establishments had applied for definite regulations so that Jews may be barred compulsor ily from such places. The Jew thus would be forcibly re stricted to Israelite eating houses. Forbidden Arena. Following are forbidden areas: All theaters, movie houses and museums: The Sportspalast, Deut schland Hall, Olympic Stadium, all other institutions on the fteich's sports field and all other sports areans of the capital; public and private bathing establishments. The Wilheimstrasse from Leip rigerstrasse to Unter Den linden. This means the entire sectioh Where government buildings stand. The square before the memorial to Germany’s war dead. The official German news agency, DNB, further announced addition al measures would be decreed con cerning the behavior of Jews in public. In all likelihood. DNB said, the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm. the busy Friederichstrasse, palatial Unter Den Linden, and other main streets would be declared banned areas later. Trade and Jews Linked. Germany's drive for foreign trade, which Economics Minister Walther Funk declared would soori bring tog scale action, figured in Nazi plans for the future of German Jews. Plans were said by one prominent Nazi editor to be under way for making Jewish emigration possible in return for increased purchases of German goods by foreign coun tries. He asserted the propject had ad vanced to the point where it eould be announced soon by Field Mar shal Hermann Wilhelm Goering. director of the four-year economic plan, FREE LECTURE —ON— CHRISTIAN SCIENCE —BY— Pater V. Rom, C. S. B. of San Francisco, Calif. Member of the Board of Lecture ship Of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. In Constilalion Hal, IStli, C and D St*. N.W. Saturday, December 3, at 8 P.M. Under Me Amplest of Third Church of Christ, Scientist No Collection All Welcome NEW YORK.—OFF TO PRISON—Marching stiff-legged, Otto Hermann Voss (right), 38, sentenced yesterday to six years in prison on conviction of espionage in behalf of Nazi Germany, leaves court with Erich Glaser (left), a fellow defendant, who drew a two-year sentence. Mary Brown (Continued From First Page ) have made the walk without scratching her legs badly, the fa ther led reporters today over the area he is convinced she took after getting out of the car. •'I am only interested in dispell ing all rumors that my daughter's story is anything but the truth,” Mr. Brown said. “X don't want my girl's name ruined. My daughter is not lying. ’ Tears Fill His Eyes. The father's voice shook and tears filled his eyes as he continued: “I have heard my daughters story Jpur times now and it has not varied in the least. I feel that State police are doing everything possible. I understand they put more men on the case today and are redoubling their efforts to run down meager clues. “I think the three men who picked up my daughter are punks and did not realize what they were doing until they got themselves into a jam.” Mr. Brown later took newspaper reporters to his home and talked with them for 45 minutes in the presence of his wife and two daugh ters, Margaret. 30. and Lucy, 15, who was With Mary at the time she dis appeared. Mrs. Brown said Mary shook con vulsively at various intervals yes terday. and added: “At times I had to hold her legs. She was resting better last night, however, although she did need a sedative.” He then asked one of the police officers present in the room during the five-minute interview with the girl whether her story had changed in any degree. The officer replied he noted "no change." Taken Over Territory. Mr. Brown then took the officers over the same territory which the girl believed she crossed in her walk from Box road. Mr. Brown said he could direct a person through another section of the field where the person's legs Would be "ripped all to pieces.” ‘it s too absurd to think that my daughter, who ha* lived here and piaved in these fields all her life, would pick such a difficult way to reach the house when even in hfr dazed condition she could walk across the area I have just pointed out,” he commented. He showed newspapermen cloth ing which the girl wore When she staggered into her home. It con sisted of a silk slip which was ripped into tatters, silk stockings, also torn; anklets, the bottoms of which were slightly caked with mud: a light-weight sweater and brassiere. MaJ. Munshower was Inclined to doubt whether the girl knew Just where she left the car. Mas few Scratches. I Maj. Munshower revealed there were comparatively few scratches on her feet or legs, although she walked home barefooted across the fields. Neither have police been able to find the blindfold which Mary said she removed from her eyes after her abductors drove away. The girls father asked that c. c. c. enrollees be called into the community to search for the coun Red-haired Johanna Hofmann, 26, erstwhile hairdresser aboard a trans-Atlantic liner, leaves court with bowed head after being sen tenced to four years in prison. —A. P. Wirephotos. Steel Guard Rail May Divide D. C.-Baltimore Boulevard Bt the Associeted Press. BALTIMORE, Dec. 3—A perma nent steel guard rail may be erected along the center of the Washlng ton-Baltimore boulevard. State Roads Commission sources disclosed today the plan was under consideration as a means of “keep ing the motorists on the right side of the road." They said a similar guard rail con structed on an 800-foot section of the new Oov. Ritchie highway from Baltimore to Annapolis had been successful in preventing motorists from crossing highway lanes and colliding with oncoming automobiles. Chief Engineer Nathan L. Smith said the 3-foot rail on the Ritchie highway was experimental only in the sense that engineers wished to test its efficacy with a view to future installation elsewhere. "It's been our observation that most of the head-on accidents on the Washington-Baltimore boule vard are caused by drivers who cross over the center line. A guard rail down the middle of the road would save many lives,” he said. Mr. 8m!th conceded possible dan ger of the rail to motorists forced Into it by sudden swerves of other cars, but added he felt the menace of the rail would result In more care ful driving. Mr. Smith said all new theories of highway construction now include try shack in which his daughter said she was held captive. "I can understand the father's position.” Maj. Munshower said. "Me has implicit confidence in the stories of his daughters—Mary, and her sister. Lucy. Thinks Course Inadvisable. "I don’t think this course advis able until we have something defi nite to go on. Mary said her ab ductors. after blindfolding her, drove rapidly for several hours, sometimes at 10 miles an hour, before taking her into the shack. “ir the girl was correct in this she must have been taken a long distance from her home. If her ab ductors had driven rapidly about the vicinity of her home and held her caiJllve within a few miles of the Brown place, as the girl believes, the black truck, it seems probably, would have been seen by neighbors, or by police who began to patrol the countryside soon after the girl dis appeared. “Until we have something more tangible to go on, it would seem next to useless to comb the immediate vicinity for the shack.” Police today were investigating the story of an Oxon Mill high school pupil who was on Box road near the scene of the abduction ort Wednes day afternoon. The youth, MaJ. Munshower said, described several cars he saw on the read, but was certain no black delivery truck had passed at the time. Police checked with persons named by the boy as having been seeti on the road and found his information correct to that extent. «-a-... There Is a liorse for every farm in North Carolina, according to a survey. some form of divided traffic lanes, from parkways to curbs or "humps” in the center of the road. The Washington-Baltimore Boule vard. most heavily traveled road in the State, is the only four-lane main highway In Maryland not divided by a parkway. Only a small por tion of the Oov. Ritchie Highway is without the center parkway. The guard-rail already installed is on a section just opened to traffic, linking the new road with the old Annapolis boulevard at Glenburnie. Plans Are Indorsed By Laurel Lion* Club. LAUREL. Md.. Dec. 3 (Special).— Plans for lighting and improving Baltimoi e-Washington boulevard as proposed by the Baltimore-Wash ington Boulevard Association were indorsed by the Laurel Lions Club in a formal resolution. The resolution calls on Lions of the Laurel Club to campaign for lighting, resurfacing, stabilization of shoulders and other improvements and to back the proposal to make the boulevard a safety demonstra tion highway. The Laurel Lions’ popularity con test will come to a close at a special midnight show during the week of December 20, Lions’ President Wil bur A. Jones announced. Proceeds will be used to buy eyeglasses for elementary school children. Rumania (Continued From First Page.) executed the condition of Rector Goanga. a former State secretary of education, who had been an outspoken opponent of the Iron Guardists. took a turn for the worse. A lung infection developed and another blood transfusion became necessary. Physicians said his con dition Was critical. Authorities said the three youths confessed shooting the rector and killing the detective who tried to protect him. Quantities of Bombs Found. Fagadaru was the first arrested He was apprehended at Cernauti where police said he was found in possession of large quantities ol bombs and inflammatory literature Authorities charged that he con ducted a "terrorist school” in which students learned bomb throwing, markmanship and methods of po litical agitation. The names of his accomplices, who were students at Cluj University, reportedly were ob tained' from Fagadaru. While in custody the three were said to have boasted of bombing outrages executed and planned. They described a meeting of the Iron Guard in the woods at which they were selected by lot to make the assault on the rector. Robert E. Burns Dies NEW YORK, Dec. 3 <*>).—'The death of Robert E. 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It will be the nation's first “Jew free day” for, between noon and 8 p.m. whPn government and party bigwigs patrol the streets with their collection boxes, all non - Aryans must remain within their homes. Jews Excluded Prom State. The order was founded on the Nazi viewpoint that Jews are not a part of the German state and there fore are not entitled to participate in the "solidarity” movement. The coin-collectors included cabi net members headed by Field Mar shal Hermann Wilhelm Goerlng and Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels, diplomats led by Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. party pillars such as Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, editor of Chancellor Hit ler's Munich newspaper, and top ladies such as Emmy Goerlng and Magda Goebbels. Places assigned to these leaders are Berlin's choicest: In front of the leading hotels, on the historic avenue Unter Den Linden, along the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm, at busy Potsdamer Platz—Wherever traffic is busy and likely to rich, one will see some nationally known figure admonishing people to give. Rivalry among the Nazi leaders was such that their staffs had been busy lor days “planting" contribu tions in advance. Example •( Architect. Here is an example: One modest architect, who re cently had been given some gov ernment contracts under Hitler's program of rebuilding the German capital, was called yesterday on the telephone. Some one from the office of the building inspector, Gen. Albert Speer, asked “How much will you give on Saturday?’’ The architect scratched his head and replied after some hesitation: "Well, I’ll make it 100 to 160 marks (about *40 to $90).” At which the voice at the other end of the wire roared: “A hundred and fifty? Nonsense! We expect a check for 1.500 (about $900) from you tomorrow.” The architect sighed to friends: “What could I do? If I don’t cough up, that’s the end of mv contracts.” Schacht a Leading Collector. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Relchsbank, usually proves one of the best collectors on the day of national solidarity. It is not the attention attracted hy his high collar that makes him successful. He canvasses Berlin’s leading bankers in advance and makes sure their big contributions drop into his coin box. With the weather clear and warm, there Was little doubt this years collection—with Austria and Sude tenland Included—would far exceed last year's total of nearly 8.000.000 marks (about $3.200.000(. As in other years, journalists, racers, actors, actresses, university professors, radio speakers and other I celebrities will help swell the army engaged in the world's greatest coin box solicitation. Some collectors have intimated they would have special stunts to attract the crowd and make it open its purses. President Will Receive Taxation Resolution The Citizens’ Committee on Fair Taxation today was preparing to send a resolution to President Roose velt urging that he select as District Commissioner a man who favors taxation based on ability to pay. The committee, which is cam paigning for a graduated pefsonal income tix and a corporation profits tax and opposing any proposed type of sales tax, adopted the resolution at a meeting Thursday night at the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. John Boyle, jr„ chairman of the committee, announced the group also plans to ask the Attorney General to make an advisory ruling on whether it would be constitutional to levy an income tax on the salaries of Federal Government employes working in the District. France Refuses To Give Up Tunisia, Desired by Italy • _ Claims Too Ridiculous/ Envoy Is Roportod to Have Told Ciano Bi th( Auoeltted Pr«u. ROMS, Dec. J.—The Fascist cam paign for French-controlled terri tory struck a snag today in France's firm “Re.” The French Ambassador, Andre Francols-Foncet, informed Italy that France had no intention of budging from Tunisia—the center of Fascist aspiration*—or any other French domains. His formal notice was a protest against a statement by the authori tative Fascist editor, Virginlo Gayda, that the Italian nation was “ready to march, even against France, if necessary.” The French Ambassador. In a three-quarter hour talk with For eign Minister Count Qaleamo Ciano last night, was understood to have said in more or less direct terms that French withdrawal in the Ceecho Slovak crisis last September was one thing, but withdrawal from territory I ruled by France was an entirely dif ferent matter. Claim* Termed ‘Ridiculous.’ He also was said to have informed Clano that in so far as the merits of Italian claims on Tunisia were con cerned, they were “too ridiculous'’ to be taken into consideration. In addition, Prancois-Poncet was understood to have expressed sur prise over the Italian campaign against France in view of mutual expressions of intentions to develop the spirit of neighborliness begun at Munich. Informed quarters said Italy con sidered the 1935 accord, signed with former Premier Pierre Laval, nul lified by French participation in sanctions against Italy during the Ethiopian war. Italy, however, did not occupy the land in Jubaland given hef by that agreement. Prance was said by these quarters to be willing to make further con cessions to Italy, such as more ter ritory in French Somaliland, but perhaps not including Djibouti. It also was said an arrangement con cerning the French-owned Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway might be made. Negotiations along these lines were developing favorably last June, when Italy suddenly broke them ofl. Germany Is Blamed. Diplomatic quarters said this break was brought about by Ger many, which did not want Italy to become too friendly with France be fore Germany settled her score with Czecho-Slovakla. “A cry of sadness'’ from Italians in Tunisia that the French were oppressing them appeared on the front page of the important Rome newspaper 11 Messaggero. It was reminiscent of similar charges against the Czecho-Slovak government which came out of Su detenland before the Germans gained their demands there. The charges Of French oppression were contained in a letter attrib uted to A group of Sicilians whose names were withheld to "protect them against persecution.” The letter said those who ran afoul of "legal confusions” in Tunisia found their troubles "aggravated by charges of being Italians.” Impoverishment Charged. It further complained that Ital ians to whom Tunisia "owes all” had been despoiled by taxation, dis criminated against in employment and "impoverished" by French store keepers and native merchants. "If new oppressions” are started as a result of the Italian Parlia ment's demonstration last Wednes day. the letter said, the Italians in Tunisia "will never be French.” The sound of Italian airplane mo | tors, which "daily salute the Italians ! of Tunisia,” the letter concluded, was the "sign of a power which by right and arms will not fail the great dream of demands and jus tice.” ll Messaggero also remarked that French reaction to Italy's claim "naturally is entirely verbal except for demonstrations staged at Rabat, j Morocco and Bastia, Corsica." TNE MODERN FORUM PRESENTS LAN6D0N POST JOHN IHLDER WARREN J. VINTON ROIINT WEAVER ‘The Challenge of Housing’’ SUNDAY, DEC. 4th, 8 P.M. 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