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aiscent Of World War days, but
sitting through official censor
min came reliable reports that the
] attractive wife Of one Of the men
I now under arrest has vanished.
The missing woman is Mrs.
Guri M. Rumrich. Her husband,
Guenther G. Rumrich, is under ar
rest with Erich CHASER and Jo-
hanna Hofmann, red-haired hair.
dresser on the Europa.
HULL IMPERSONATED
Rumrich was arrested after he
impersonated Secretary Of State
Hull to order so passports sent to
a room in a New York Hotel.
Mrs. Rumrich dropped out Of
sight Thursday after removing a
trunk and other belongings from
the New York apartment she
shared with her husband. She
intimated she was en- route to her
mothers home in MisSoula, Mont,
but she has not arrived.
Cryptic letters-one in code
found in the apartment may give
important clues in running down
the spy plot in all its ramifications,
investigators said.
The trio, according to Federal
agents, sought to convey highly
T. confidential information concern
. ing military operations at the
Panama Canal, construction plans
for two naval aircraft carriers and
an official code of ~ Army Air
Corps to representatives Of q
European nation.
: COPELAND COMMENTS
Revealing that foreign spies are
obtaining valuable information as
to the strength of Americas mer-
. chant marine, Senator Copeland
said the forthcoming Senate In
quiry into SubverSive influences in
the merchant marine would pro-
duce extremely interesting facts.
I'VE have definite evidence Of
spy activities aboard our mer-
i chant vessels" Copeland added.
For obvious reasons, I cannot
! reveal at this time the nations
Z employing these individuals"
American naval officers told
: Congress last week that this Gov
ernment's counter-eSpionage pro-
gram has been handicapped by
3 lack Of funds.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Charles Edison urged the House
Naval Affairs Committee to pro-
vide the Navy intelligence unit
with more money so that the
United States can obtain more
. accurate information not only
! about Japan, but about every
/ other foreign nation"
I & Pleas for q stronger counter.
espionage program will be renewed
before Senate committees, it is ex-
pected. -
DOCTOR IS GRILLED
Both Rumrich and Glaser have
served in the Army, Rumrich in
the Panama Canal Zone and at
Governors Island, N. Y. CHASER
was stationed at Mitchell Field.
Following the arrest Of the two
ex-soldiers, Federal investigators
subjected a prominent New York
I. doctor to an intensive grilling
They said evidence indicated he
. had been Spurred into the plot to
sell secrets of the Navy and All
Corps by an anti-Jewish phobia
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no charges were placed against
him.
McREYNOLDs AWARE
Questioned today about the e2
1stence Of a spy ring" in tn
United States, Representative San
D. McRevnolds. chairman of tn,
{ House Foreign Affairs Committee
admitted that he had knowledg,
OF such activities, but declined t,
reveal the source.
The Congressman said he wa!
advised Of spy activities from tn,
press and "other sources" AskeG
about the necessity Of an in
creased appropriation for intelli
gence purposes in the Army, h
] said:
I "At the present time don't
know Of any need for such funds,
but If it is shown to me they
are required, I will ask that
they he provided