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(A V. Ji w D K VI PAC5 STX mi' REVEALS IN UNITEDJSTATES German Secret Police Have Card Index On Strength of Other Nations, Is Claim Washington. May 27 VP) ' Richard Krebs, wtio wrote the book, "Out of the Night." under the pen name of Jan Valtln, toid the house committee on un American actlvltlei today that the German Gestapo had com plete "card file" designed to provide Germany with a "con itant barometer" of the atrength of other nations. Before the war, he aald. New York waa the clearing house of the Gestapo in the United States, but. he added, "there li every Indication that the clearing house has been moved to San rranclsco." Krebs attributed the shift to San Francisco to "undisturbed channels from there to Ger many" and to the fact that Fritz Weidmann, German consul there, Is a "trusted lieutenant" of Adolf Hitler. Became Gestapo. Germany has thought, the wit ness said, that if the United States got into a war, it would be with Japan, "and therefore a large part of the German efforts have been concentrated on the west coast." Krebs testified that he had gone to Germany from Moscow In 1933, later broke with the Communist Internationale and became a Gestapo agent. He learned, he aald, that the real aim of Germany was "world domination." The Gestapo foreign division in Hamburg, Krebs said, "does eponage and police work In fav; or of the German government" outside Germany. Describing the Hamburg office, he said: "One of the larger rooms was used for card files containing the names of cltliens (of other na tions) classified as enemies, friends and an Independent class." Constant Barometer. Such lists, he said, provided a "constant barometer of the strength, morale and weakness" of other nations and listed the "elements which could be brought Into harness for the German movement." Krebs said he was born In Germany, December 17, 1905, and first came to the United States In 1921. He added that he had been "in and out" of the United States four times, last entering In March, 1938. Krebs said that he broke with the Communist Internationale in December, 1937. He had been sent to Germany from Moscow In 1933, he assert ed, but added that he was "be trayed by Nazi spies" and ar rested a short time later. He waa sentenced to 30 years in During his Imprisonment, the witness saia, ne was questioned frequently by Gestapo agents who wanted to "find out how far my break (with Russia) was sin cere." Americans Watched. While in a concentration camp, he said he managed to win the confidence of Nazi agents and worked his way Into the Gestapo. Krebs said a close check was kept by the Gestapo on Ameri cans traveling abroad, on the theory that many of them were naturalized citizens going home on vacations. This check, he said, was valuable for many pur poses. Including the prospect of putting "duress" on friends and relatives abroad of naturalized American citizens "when the time comes." The witness translated for the committee two cablegrams from Reward your fun 1 ly ith vacation at the HOTEL MANX Ua Francisco 6mm Incited hotel . . ttwtll r L'nion SfMrt . in the rtry heart of the theatrical, reitaurant and shopping district. HOTEL MANX SAN FRANCISCO Ml' Germany to Transocean news headquarters in the United States as requests for Informa tion about Joseph Curran, presi dent of the CIO national mari time union. He said Transocean News was formed to supply the people of North and South Amer ica with "propaganda not readily recognized as such," and was "front" for the Gestapo. Gestapo Policy Told. Krebs said that the "Gestapo attack" also was directed to ward undermining activities of the United States in Latin Amer ica. "The Gestapo follows a policy of not openly antagonizing pub lic opinion in the United States," he asserted, adding that the German speaking people In South America constitute "an Ideal recruiting ground" for the Gestapo. infi Gestapo, he continued, has sent its agents into the United States both as political refugees and as legal quota im migrants. Before the current war, he said, the secret police's main contact with the United States was through trained German seamen who eventually became members of the seamen's unions in this country. He said that "political pris oners" were sent to the United States to make reports while their families were kept under surveillance in Germany. These persons, he asserted, were told that if their reports did not come In regularly or were not accu ate, their families would be ar rested. The witness asserted that the Gestapo did not make a direct campaign to Infiltrate agents in to labor unions because the Communist controlled national maritime union plays exactly the same game Hitler and Goebbels want a trade organization to play." E L Jersey City, N. J., May 27, VP) The American export liner Siboney, completing her last Atlantic trip In commercial ser vice before becoming a United States army transport, arrived from Lisbon today with a prob able fortune fished from mid- oceans p e r h a p a $2,000,000 worth of embergris. Capt. Wenzel Habel said he thought assays would Identify the white 3-ton mass found floating 300 miles east 'bf Ber muda as ambergris, a valuable whale secretion used in per fume making. YEAR IN PRISON FOR Phoenix, Ariz., May 27. UP) Five Hopi Indians held stead fastly today to their position that they "want no part of the white man's war" and were sentenced to a year and a day in prison for failure to register. The Indians told Federal Judge Dave W. Ling they would not turn against the prophecy they said was written on stone tablets advising the tribe not to become Involved In the white man's conflicts. Births Horn. Mnv 94 to Mr. and Kfri Earl D. Deen, of Eagle Point, a boy weighing four pounds. In Osteopathic Clinic and Hos pital. POISON OAK? Try a bottle et ZEMACOL fee man Mtlanta or roar aionti tborrtallr rofuneo. Oet eotttr nasi el rVrSTCRN THRIFT. As Hun trim I INI II 2 li fNTIKg I VvJ-J FAMILY I il LII? I Tr.m $4 ' RAINBOW'S END t Paxim, on the a I amorous Ftsihrr Wivtt, where tou caa paa fur (old aod help pejr for jour vacation. Fv frtm J HOTEL SAN CARLOS faniin yon Mwimy . , . filiform.'! mat hinorit city . . . otrluukinf fort Ord, en U " fr $2.50 HOTEL CLUNIE villi In lutmut "VltrMtJm Ctft Se." al Sttrcmrml; Capitol City ol Colifornu. '- $1.50 MEDFORD MATT; 40 MILLION WOMEN WILL BE ORGANIZED TO AID IN DEFENSE Atlantic City, N. J., May 27. W) The General Federation of Women's clubs created today a new department designed to organize "at least forty million American women" Into a na tional defense campaign. This new department was set up by the federation's commit tee, with instructions to organ ize "every group of women In every county of the United States." Mrs. John L. Whltehurst of Baltimore, president of the fed eration, said the proposed wo men's defense organization would be "the mightiest ever witnessed anywhere In the world," and that "when It be gins to function Hitler won't dare attack us." Every women's organization In the country would be enlist ed, Mrs. Whltehurst said, add ing that "this federation will It's J. U V w less, (f n Ss-HU TOTBTJNE. MEDFORD. In no way attempt to domin ate It," County, state and national coordinators would be elected. TOWNSEND CLUB 5 MEETS THURSDAY Carl Fichtner, president of Townsend club No. 8. has called a special meeting for 8 p. m. Thursday In the Kurtz music studio, on North Ivy street to elect delegates to the sixth na tional delegation. President Fichtner pointed out that the special meeting for No. S members only has been called in order to conform with the Instructions in the "conven tion call" and club manual and because of the fact that a prev ious election had not followed the rules In several phases. As other Important business In connection with the conven tion and club activities will be acted upon, the president urged that all members attend. Closing tlm. for Too Late to ela Uj Ads Is 1:80 p. m. .3 and find out what real vacations are made of fun to travel with Dad I like to stay in town A HOTEL IS THE PLACE TO STAY It costs a lot less than you think OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 194T. GOVERNMENT POIR OVER STATE BALLOT IS DEFINED BY COURT Washington, May 87. (Pi The supreme court held today that the federal government's power to regulate elections in cludes a state primary to select a nominee for congress. Justice Stone delivered the 4 to 3 decision, involving a ques tion described by the Justice de partment as of "paramount pub lic Importance." Justices Douglas, Black and Murphy dissented and Chief Justice Hughes did not partici pate. Stone asserted that "we think that the authority of congress . . Includes the authority to regulate primary elections when as in this case, they are a step in the exercise by the people of their choice of representatives in congress." He explained that this ques tion had not been passed on specifically In any previous de My Dad's First Class he takes mother and us children to hotels at night We think that's half the fun of traveling. We always see lots of interesting things to tell our friends about. When I get big I'm always going to stay in hotels, too. A big part of my vacation is the shops and stores of other cities. When we stay at hotels right in town I see them all. And a hotel gives us a headquarters where we can meet at anytime, without depending on the car to get us back and forth. cision of the supreme court, in cluding litigation involving for mer Senator Truman H. New berry of Michigan. Heretofore the authority of congress was generally assumed to be restricted to the regula tion of general elections. TO DEFEND NATION Tacoma, May 87. UP) The Rev. Arthur Bell, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church who came to Tacoma in 1922, stood SCREENS HSCREEN DOORS Buy 'em at the factory. TROWBRIDGE A CABINET WORKS 10th k Grape Phone 4112 J il,fc....W4-,. M Somebody else A lot for your money I'm convinced that staying at hotels pays plenty of dividends in comfort and convenience. Sure, sometimes it costs a few cents more. But uben I consider all the extra fun and pleasure it brings my family, I figure I'm money ahead to travel First Class and stop at hotels all the way. ASSOCIATED HOTELS OF THE WEST In a line of foreign born citizens and took the oath of allegiance to the United States government here today. Shortly before becoming a U. S. citizen he had given a crisp "yes" to the question concerning his willingness "to take up a gun tr-a defend this country" if la Jr mm iMokl towbon Wklitor. R rraol THtt WHttKIY waits on me To me, a real vacation means two whole weeks free from worry about beds, and meals, and cleaning up the house. We always stop at hotels because my hus band says I deserve a taste of the kind of service I give at home the rest of the year. To me a hotel means a place to enter tain our friends, a forwarding address for mail, having my car worked on at night while I get a real sleep in a com fortable bed, in quiet, safe surround ings. Hotels mean every service I desire under one roof. his services were demanded. j "You have no scruples?" the examiner persisted. ' "No," answered the minister, who came here from Canada. Glass We sell glass, reglaze your oroken windows reason ably Trowbridge Cabinet Works. tS 4 YIASS Ola. Scheikv DWIII.r, Con. M.Y. ft T N N A R V K Y M. TOY HOTELS rtm ! i ii i tr tcntx) nxT
