The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-07
FBI Nobs 6 For Thefts
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Philip Jacob Jaffe and Kate Louise Mitchell, co-editor of the New York magazine Amer asia'.
 Jaffee and Miss Mitchell and Mark Julius Gayn, nationally known writer who allegedly used some of the material, were arraigned in New York. They are at liberty on $10,- 900 bond.
 Face Maximum Penalties
 Those apprehended here were:
 It. Andrew Roth, formerly as- signed to the office of Naval Intel ligence.
 Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen, spe- cialist in the State Departments China Division.
 John Stewart Service, State De- partment Foreign Service Office employe who until recently was stationed in China.
 Roth was arraigned here last night and placed in the custody of the U S. Marshal for failure to provide S1O,OO0 bond. Larsen and Service were to be arraigned short ly.
 If convicted of violating the es- pionage act all face maximum pen alties of two years Imprisonment and $10,OOO fine.
 Hoover said documents recovered by his agents include originals and copies of official papers from the State Department, the War and Navy departments, the Office of Strategic Services, the Office of War Information and the Federal Communications Commission.
 He said the arrests followed a two and one-half months investi- gation which disclosed that the doc- uments usually were turned over to Jaffe at meetings in Washing ton and New York. He said the magazine "Amerasia" was estab- lished in 1897, with the announced purpose of promoting "the study of Pacific affairs"
 Under Secretary of State Joseph c. Grew declared in formal state- ment that it became apparent a few months ago that State ano Navy Department information of a secret character was reaching un- authorized persons. The F,BI was asked to investigate, he added.
 Hoover said that Roth, 26, was born in the Bronx and received de- greeS from the City College of New York and Columbia University. He studied Chinese at the University of Michigan in 1899 and formerly worked for "Amerasia" as a research associate. He joined the Navy in September, 1941, and studied Jap anese at Harvard University before being transferred here for duty with the office of naval intelligence.
 Larsen, 47, was born in San Rafael, Calf. Educated in China and Denmark, he worked for the Chinese postal administration Peiping, from 1916 until 1927 when he became an advisor to Teh-Ching- Mu, chief of the Mongol clans of Kokenmiao, inner Mongolia. After serving in other capacities in Asia including investigation of illicit arms traffic and intelligence operations in Manchuria, he returned to the United States and was employed until March. 1943, by navy intelli- gence as a civilian analyst o1 Chinese affairs. In August of tht following year he took over the state department job.
 Born in China Service, 35, was born in Chengtu China. He graduated from Oberlir College, Ohio, and worked for 2 time for a Shanghai bank. He en- tered the state departments foreigr service in 1883, serving in Yunnanfu Peiping and Chungking and witf U. s. military forces in China be. fore returning to this country.
 Jaffe was born in Mogilev, Russia in 1897, and was naturalized as { citizen of the United States on Ma! 4, 1923. In recent years he has beer active in organizations prominen in Far Eastern affairs. He also i president of New York printing firm that specializes in stationer. | and greeting cards.
 MlSS MitCilcli. olyu Md"l S1 ao uate, is 36. Born in Buffalo, N. Y. she travelled extensively in Europ' and the Far East during the 30's an( has written several books, including IndustrialiZation of the Western Pacific" India Without Fable, and "Japan's Industrial Strength" |" Gayn. 37, was born in Barim Manchuria, and was naturalized oI Nov. s. l943. His name original. was Ginsbourg. He is free-lanc writer and Hoover said his article have been published by several wide l ly-irculated magazines. At the tim