Evening star., 1941-07-21
zapp Linked 10 Nazi
Propaganda Chiefs
AT Transocean Trial
Government Introduces
Postscript to Letter
Sent to kinsmun

Correspondence to show that Man.
fred zapp, expelled former manager
of the TranSOcean News Service in
this country, had "gread deal" to
do with the representative of the
German propaganda ministry" at
the German Embassy here was in
troduced at the trial of the news
service at District Court today.
The information was contained in
the postscript of letter assertedly
addressed by Zapp, now on his way
to Germany under orders of the
State Department, to kinsman in
his native land.
Zapp said in the postscript he had
met Mr.. Won Ginand," who was the
propaganda ministry representative
with the Embassy and that he had
"a great deal to do with him.
The news service is charged with
failing to register with the State
Department as the principal of
foreign government The prosecu-
ton charges it was an agency for
disseminating Nazi propaganda in
this country and South America.
Letter to Minister introduced.
The Government also introduced
a letter purportedlv written by Zapp
to the German Minister in South
Africa, dated 1888. in which Zapp
said he thought he would be sue
cessful in influencing the press of
this country despite the fact that
almost all New York is "enraged
against the German barbarians."
He also told the minister in the
letter that the New York papers
carried atrocity stories recalling the
cutting off of hands of children in
Belgium at the outbreak of the
CWorld) War Zapp claimed in
the letter that English newspapers
were the sources of the stories.
mentioning the News Chronicle and
the Manchester Guardian.
The prosecution introduced for
Identification voluminous letters
from the files of Transocean which
later will be read into the record.
The prosecution told Judge Whit
field Davidson the Government
probably would finish its case We'd
neSday. Defense counsel indicated
its case would take only few hours.
Cost of TransOcean Service.
Three more officers of German
American newspapers testified dur
ing the day that they paid Ger
man consulates 81 per month for
the service which the Government
contends was propaganda directed
from Berlin by the Nazi regime
A fourth officer of German
American paper. Joseph Simmons.
business manager of the Detroit
Daily Abendpost, said his paper paid
nothing for the service from 1888 to
1889
William B Maloney, special assist
ant to the Attorney General en-
phasized by questioning of Mr..
Simmons that no other news service
was so generous" with its news as
to give it away.
Refused to Pay SIS.
herman fernO, managing edltOr OF
the Rochester IN " Abendpost,
said he received the service for the
nominal sum of 81 a month after
he had informed Transocean that
he would not pay the s25 per month
first asked. Postage alone on the
service, which came by mail,
amounted to from to II cents daily,
he said. He paid the German
consulate general in New York City,
he testified
Paul H. Mueller. publisher of the
Chicago Abendpost said he paid
his 81 to the German consulate in
Chicago for four years beginning
in 1885, but that in the spring of
1910. Manfred Zapp, manager of the
service in this country, called on
him to ask for more money and he
discontinued taking the service.