FORCE JAILED AS
SPY FOR HITLER
Hamilton Field, Cal., Dec. 22
U.R) Staff Sergeant Frank Hirt,
30, a United States army air
forces mechanic and former
member of Adolf Hitler's storm
troops, has been arrested at the
Fairfield-Suisun air base on a
charge of conspiring to commit
wartime espionage for the Ger
man government, with the in
vestigation of Hirt's suspected
spy activities wide in scope at
its climax. Hirt was understood
reliably to have confessed that
he was a graduate of the nazi
espionage school at Berlin, where
he said he learned the myriad
tricks of the spy trade.
The army announced the ar
rest and the United Press learn
ed independently that Hirt, after
persistently denying nazi espion
age activities, made a partial
confession of guilt as he pre
pared to submit to a lie detector
test.
The army specifically charged
Hirt with the following;
Conspiracy with German
agents in Europe and Brazil to
obtain and send to Germany in
formation about American mili
tary planes.
That he was recruited, trained
and financed in Germany for an
espionage mission to the United
States by Karl Bauer, notorious
nazi espionage agent.
That after his enlistment in
the U. S. army he corresponded
with German agents and con
tinued as an active member of
the conspiracy until his arrest
this year.
The army said Hirt admitted
that he belonged to the nazi
party in Germanv: anrt that h
was a corporal in the reiehs-
luenrers s. A. It was under
stood in addition that Hirt had
been a member of the Hitler-
Jugend, or nazi youth move
ment.
Hirt was arrested last March
at Fairfield-Suisun, a trans-Paci
fic staging point and terminal
for the army air forces ATC
transports and combat planes
destined for overseas assign
ment.
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CLINE HELD FOR
TRIAL IN TEXAS;
San Francisco, Dec. 22 U.R)
Albert Leonard Cline, 56 year
old ex-convict whose nationwide
trail over the past 14 years
strangely coincided with the
mysterious deaths or disappear
ances of at least 10 elderly men
and women, today was ordered
held to face Dallas, Tex., murder
charges.
As District Attorney Edmund
Brown reported new evidence
unearthed in Los Angeles set a
definite pattern in the deaths of
at least five persons associated
with the silver haired former
choir singer, Judge Edward
Molkenbuhr denied Cline's ap
peal for release.
Molkenbuhr, in arraignment
proceedings, ordered Cline held
in county jail on a fugitive war
rant for Dallas authorities until
Jan. 12. Police officials from the
Texas city were reported en
route here to take custody of
Cline, whose attorney contended
he should be released because of
"insufficient evidence."
Police Capt. John Englcr told
the court that the Dallas war
rant charged Cline with the
murder of a woman variously
identified as Alice W. Carpenter
and Mrs. E. Delora Krebs Cline
in a Dallas hotel last year.
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Columbus, O., Dec. 22 U,R)
Joe E. Brown, the screen and
stage comedian who performed
for American troops up to and
sometimes in the battle lines of
the war, today was revealed to
have marked up two Japanese
casualties by q u 1 c k-shooting
with a carbine.
The story was related after
Brown, making an opening
night appearance here in the
Broadway stage hit "Harvey
had recognized MaJ. Gen. Ro
bert S. Beightler, commander
of Ohio's 37th division in the
audience, and called him to the
stage.
Beightler said that during the
fighting on Luzon, when the
37th broke out into the Cagayan
Valley, Brown was riding in a
lead tank.
As the American forces en
tered a town, several Japanese
broke and ran. Brown, the gen
eral said, lumped from the tank
and began firing a carbine. One
of the enemv fell, and the come
dian later picked up his battle
flae.
Then another Japanese who
had fallen jumped up and began
to run. but Brown felled mm
with another burst from the
carbine.
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IN AUTO STRIKE
Detroit. Dec. 22 (U.P.l An
uneasy holiday lull prevailed in
the auto Industry's labor troubles
tonight with at least 287,000
automotive workers idle across
the nation.
Of these 175,000 were CIO
United Auto Workers on strike
against General Motors, with
112,000 more temporarily laid
off because of other production
problems, notably shortage of
parts from supplier plants.
Ford Motor company lam off
80,000 workers at three Detroit
plants and 20,000 others else
where in the nation because of
lack of supplies. Most, however,
were to be recalled Dec. 26. A
progressive layoff of 10,000 De
troit workers in Packard Motor
company plants continued
through the weekend. Again
parts shortages were blamed.
And the prolonged glass indus
try strike caused an indefinite
shutdown of one Briggs Manu
facturing company plant and
layoffs for 2,000 workers.
Tow Line Passed to
Troop Laden Craft
San Francisco. Dec. 22 U.R
A tow line was secured late to
day to the army transport Im
perial adrift near Humboldt Bay
on the northern California coast.
by the coast guard cutter Shaw
nee.
The trnnnshin reouested aid
yesterday when her main en
gines broke down off Cape Men
docino, Cal., the transport was
en route from San Francisco to
Ft. Lewis, Wash., with 581 offi
cers and enlisted men eligible
for discharge.
PLANNED FOR CP.
Central Point, Dec. 22 Con
struction of an 800-seat modern
concrete theater building is
planned here next summer ac
cording to Walter H. Leverette
of Mcdford who purchased the
Harry Dunn property on Pine
and Second streets yesterday as
site for the structure.
Leverette, who owns show
houses in Mcdford and Ashland.
Ore. ,and Yreka and Weed,
Calif., said growth of the Cen
tral Point community makes a
theater here desirable.
Hazing of the old Thiess build
ing which occupies the propos
ed theater site will start in the
early spring. The structure has
been used for several years as
an union warehouse.
Program Tonight
At Friends Church
Thirty-five children of the
Friends church will participate
in a Christmas program at 7:30
tonight according to Milo C.
Ross, pastor . Following the
Sunday school program the
youth of the church, numbering
about 25 boys and girls, will
present a short pageant, writ
ten by Judy Tokahira, and en
tirely arranged by the ultend-
ers of the weekly youth night.
Candy treats will be given all
boys and girls.
The church is located at De-
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