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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-18

Future security is to you your company pay window when you buy U S. Savings Bonds through the payroll savings plan. Back Your Future
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-18

It's just good, common sense to buy U. s. Savings Bonds the convenient payroll savings plan. Back Your Future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-18

body of men can be set on a ped estal and decorated with a halo"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-18
The Washington Merry-Go-Round

fContinued from Page OneJ
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-18

Steamer Prince George in port with full list of tou cuding Knights Columbus party and from Long Beach
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-18

soOuS miles north Douglas Island TT and saved by pouring buckets the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26

Dealers attributed the decline to
almost complete lack OF demand
rather than selling pressure.
In the foreign list a number OF
Brazilian issues yielded fractions
to more than a point. gwo Greek
loans improved and Chilean bonds
were in demand.
Some Gamers
Corporates closing behind plus
signs included Baltimore & Ohio
convertible at 66 "a, Boston &
Maine 4 lbs at 60 IA, Chicago &
Eastern Illinois incomes at SO IL,
Monon income As at 10, St. Paul
incomes at 81 10, Rock Island con-
vertibles at SO "a, Denver & Rio
Grande Western IS at Is -, New
Haven Is of ST at So IA, and NY.
Ontario & Western refunding As
at %.
Frisco obligations were under
the ga" Is dropping l
"a to 50 and the collateral CPS
down 3 1-8 at SIS 3-8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
COTTON
f YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, July 25-(Pe Cot
ton futures declined the daily per-
MISSILE limit of S. a bale for the
second consecutive session Thurs
cav as price control uncertainties
AZ d favorable cotton crop report
bv the government on Wednesday
continued to bring in heavy liquida-
ton.
There was also a noticeable in
crease in hedge offerings. induced
by the fact that futures prices have
declined SIS to $19 a bale under
the % year peak established last
Friday. There was considerable
switching activity between various
deliveries.
The overnight weather report
indicated that cleac and warm
conditions prevailed over most OF
the cotton belt, which vas favorable
for the new crop. Mills were moder-
ate buyers and a substantial
amount of coverings by spot firms
was associated with export bust
ness.
Futures closed S. a bale lower.
Open High Low Last
Oct 1888 33.45 1898 33.3Sa off 100
Bee AZ 40 $3.50 33.40 80. 4Oa off 100
Mich 1928 33.O8 1898 32.68a off 1OC
Nav 20 68 81. 70 80. 68 80. 68a off LOG
,J1v 1904 321O 1904 32.04a off 1OC
Oct 30. 60 30. go 3O.33 3O.33a off 100
Middling spot 34.06n off 100
Nominal; A-Asked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
Local Quotations

FURNISHED by Allen c. Ewing 4 COL
Bid Asked
American Opt 1.60a 40 AZ
ACL of Conn. 4.00a 76 1-8 81 3-4
Boston Fund LIB 24.55 26.4O
Carolina ms 1.4Oa-- 81 80 -
Car Pol S. Pr $5a 100 1923
DeVllblss 1.00a 49, 1858 "a IA
GRIP Sec RI Eq .30b--5.59 6.15
McBee .4Oa - 8 IA 91-8
Mass Inv Tr 1.52b---- 1895 1920
PEG Sv Bk&Tr 2.5Oc rs -
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
STOCKS IN THE spotlight

NEW YORK, July 25-R-Sales,
closing price and net change of the
Is most active stocks Thursday:
Comwlth and Sou %, 900 As up 4
United Corp 1880 SIS up y
Allegheny 10, 800 6 up IS
Mont Ward $500 72h-A
Unit Rex Drug $500 15b-M
Unit Corp Pr 5000 56h up %
Canad Pac 8,100 17A up Is
Radio 7,7OO 1872 up Is
Colum Gas.and Ell $500 1918 up u
Param Pict 7,40o 341s no
Equit Off Bldg 1900 3A up "a
U S Steel 1000 86B-b
Gen Motors $500 65% no
N Y Central 6,400 % up *
Jones and Lau Stl $500 46B up V
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
Sec Nat Blk &c., Is -
Stand Stoker 2.00a "a IS
Tide Wat Pow Com 38 IL 40
I'LL H MI M 40

VIII Saw & TT 1.8Uc- 49 -
a. Indicated annual dividend rate.
b, Income and profits dividends
paid in past IL months.
c. Paid in 1945.
(The above quotations are nominal
and are believed to be indications
of the price at which the securities
may be purchased or soE.J
Russia exported more then
1000, 900 pounds of candy to the
United States during the first
quarter OF 1881.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
e RLEAN COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, July 25-R-
Cotton futures plunged the limit OF
100 points here Thursday and trad
ing was frozen throughout the re-
mainder of the session.
Closing quotations yer weak S.
a bale lower.
Open High Low Close
Oct 1925 $3.50 1925 33.25a off 100
Dec 1928 $3.50 1928 33.28a off 100
Mich $500 1880 $500 3.0Oa off 10
Dec 1928 $3.50 1928 33.28a off 100
Mch $500 $3.50 $500 SO. GOA off 100
May 1912 1898 1912 80. 72a off 100
Jly 31.98 32.19 31.98 31.98a
A-Asked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
rr1r WITT M1NcT0N MORNING STAR, N. G
NEW ORLEANS MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, July Is -Rr
The average price Of middiing 10
Is inch cotton at 10 designated
southern spot markets Thursday
vas S. a bale lower at 1884 cents
4 pound. Average for the past 80
market days was 1890. Middling
7-8 inch average was 31.71.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26

serve five to seven years +,
prison. Ii s,st.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
SELECTED RAILS
Up ON BOND MART
Trading Generally Follows
Narrow Trend During
Session

NEW YORK, July 25-P-Se-
lected rails picked up fractions to
around 2 points in an otherwise
narrow bond market Thursday.
Volume slackened as the car
riers rallied from a new average
low for the year hit in Wednes-
DAYS dealings. Sales for the ses-
sion totaled $3,573,o 900 compared
with 81, 562, 900 Wednesday.
Some market analysts associated
the improvement with House pas
sage of the Reed bill rail reor-
~ganization bill. Others felt the mar
ket had pretty well discounted pos
sible effects of the pending rail
legislation.
Governments Down
In the over-the-counter market
long-term U. S. governments de-
veloped a sinking spell that ca--
ried the Victory Loan December
2 LIS down 6-32 to 103 1872 bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, July 25-R-(UsDA)
Butter: firm; Az SO score 67.75-
So; A 92-66.75-67.25 c 89-64.5.
Eggs: steady; large No. l and 2
extras 37-40.5; current receipts
31-33; others unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
DOCTOR SENTENCED

ASHEV1LLE, July IS. up -
Convicted of manslaughter in Bum
county superior court
Thursday, DR.. G.. D. Gardner, OF
Asheville, was sentenced by Judge
w. H. Bobbitt, of Charlotte, to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
N. C. HOG

RALEIGH, July 25-P1-NCDA
Hog markets stronger and
steady with tops of 21.25 at Rocky
Mount, 1880 at Clinton, and 21.50
at Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
NEW SPOTS

NEW ORLEANS, July rs -R)-
Spot cotton closed steady S. a
bale lower. Sales $50. Low mid
ding 28.05; middling $3.50. Good
mlddling 1870; receipts 319;
stocks 282, O44.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
POULTRY

RALEIGH, July 25-(P-(NCDA)
and egg markets slight
ly stronger to steady. U. S. Grade
A, large, As. Fryers and hroilers
80 to IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
July 25-
20 10 10 10 10
MI. r-Jrz Vyx:I Eo- via
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ga, July 25-PH
Turpentine, 102 IL: offerings and
sales, none; receipts, 60; ship
ments, "a; stocks, $50.
Rosin: offerings and sales, none;
receipts, 1876; shipments ISL;
stocks, 7,722.
Quote: unchanged since Wed
nesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
CHARLOTTE O

CHARLOTTE, July Is - R-
Spot cotton closed at 1920.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

The Wallace faction may brood o
little 1t was Gov. Kerr's bulk that
barred Senator Pepper from mi
crophone In Chicago at critical
moment In Mr.. Wallace's. rnisfor-
tunes in 1914. Gov. Kerr's energy
might appease them they are bitter
over the present purposeless drift In
the party.
The wistful hope that Mr.. Farley
Evening star., 1946-11-21

Little old real Henry McLem0re.
ize as / wrote that column that /
was forming q habit which would
haunt me every year around
Thanksgiving time and stay with
me despite every effort to shake it.
I could not have become more Of a
slave to thing had I pulled pipe
Of opium that night, or had slice
|of heroin meringue pie for dessert.
Every year since then, with the
exception Of the years I was in the
Army, / have written a column
about carving a turkey, and with
very few variations, too. Heaven
knows, I have tried to cure myself
Iof this pernicious habit. So have
my employers, first the United Press
and then McNaught Syndicate, and
I have little doubt that many of my
readers have prayed I would
lstraighten up and stop writing about
carving q turkey at Thanksgiving.
Wild Light in Eyes.
But ! can't stop 1t, no matter
how hard I try. Right now as
write this, there is cold perspira-
ton on my eyes. I know they have
a wild light In them, but I'm help
less helpless In the throes of this
mania of mine. And to realize that
at this moment I am in the process
Of giving in once more to writing
about how to carve a turkey, is al
most more than can bear.
Oh, II there were only some society
or organization to help me.
realize now 7 can't lick this thing
alone. II only there were group
called "How-Not-Wr About Cary
Ing Turkeys Anonymous" how
quickly would turn to the members
for help. What solace it would be
to have some OF them in the room
with me now, and to have them
counsel me on how to get on this
fdreadful binge I'm on. I'd draw
comfort and strength from hearing
them tell me how they once were
in the same awful fix I am in, with
their home life shot, their children
having to drive old cars, and the
threat Of being fired hanging over
their heads, all because of the writ
ing about : turkey carving on :
Thanksgiving habit.
But there is no such group. There
isn't even q group called Chicken
Carvers Anonymous" to handle less
serious cases than mine. / tell you
I am so desperate would even turn
to "Hummingbird- -Carvers Anony-
NOUS" II there were such thing
Doomed by Science.
Medical science hasn't been able
to do thing for me. I am doomed.
Doomed So here I 60:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--Call
the whole Of November 28 Thanks
giving Day If you will, but for us
who have to carve the family turkey
Thanksgiving does not begin until
the horrible task Of carving the
turkey Is done.
"Some men are born turkey
carvers. Some achieve turkey carv-
ing. But most Of US have turkey
carving thrust upon us.
80 pSAAeCA Oue Al Aliduho-
giving column a few years ago, the
meat loaf should be the nationa
bird. The meat loaf doesn't fly
doesn't have lovely plumage. and
was never shot down by Pilgrim
| father, but 80
See? I wasn't lying to you. Its
got me. can't stop it.
Yee-eeep!
| Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc. /,
Evening star., 1946-11-21

prosperity as any other citizens. A
stoppage of work and wages mean.
more hardship for the workers thar
for anybody else. And II coal min.
ing ceases plants of every kind mus
shut down. Transportation still
rests largely on coal, as does tn,
manufacture of steel, basic materia
of most heavy industry.
Could Bring Depression.
Nothing more than coal strike
therefore, Is needed to bring on tn,
depression. The leaders of labor no
only wish to avoid depression, bui
to avoid being blamed for such {
catastrophe II 1t occurs. And they
know that the circumstances sur
rounding the three e-cornered dis.
pute between Mr.. Lewis, the opera.
tors and the Government are such
that the public is likely to give la.
Dor almost the whole blame for thu
expected national upset.
No matter how hard they have
worked, and with what success, II
other industrial disagreements tt
persuade the public Of labor's case
they have reason to believe that thu
public's mind is closed against labol
In this instance.
AS seen by most people. the situa.
ton will be as simple as this: AL
industry closes down for lack ol
fuel and materials, due to the Goa
strike. Ergo, we have q depression
due to the coal strike. The situa.
ton, labor leaders feel, viii not bs
that simple, but, they also know
1t will seem to be.
Labor leaders do not have all the
answers to the country's economic
problems. Few Of them pretend to
Most of them content themselve.
with arguing the rights and needs
Of their own groups, regardless oi
any broader considerations. They
expect other groups to do the same
for themselves. But there has beer
developing another type of labor
leadership, one that takes the whole
American economy for its field
These leaders have attempted Sc
lAouSAJ w 4CldtC tilC AlCCQS VI tllcli
groups to the needs of the remainder
of society and have undertaken
politically and otherwise, to have
something to say concerning over
all national policy.
Public Won't Listen.
AS the war came to an end such
leaders supported the administra-
tion's efforts to continue price con-
trolls and controls over essential ma
terials during the period of tran
sition to peacetime conditions. They
were among those who believed that
any other course would result in q
boom and bust.
When controls began to 60, how
ever, and prices began to soar, they
moved In to demand compensatine
wage increases. Then arose the
argument as to which came first
the hen or the egg-whether high
prices were responsible for high
wages or vice versa.
Labor leaders have believed they
were holding their own in this argu-
Evening star., 1946-11-21

rnight be brought back Ii being ex-
pressed In some quarters It Il con-
sidered doubtful that he could be
induced to return and pick up the
pieces. The influential voice OF Ed
Flynn OF New York would probably
be raised against him.
While Mr.. Farley always gives the
impression Of man still intensel,
interested In politics, he would re-
alize he was returning to far dif-
ferent problem. He rode the crest
Of wave here which is now al.
minishing. And Mrs. Farley would
still say no.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

|ments that eventually they would
win the public to their way of think
ing and at the same time obtain a
reasonable relation between wages
and prices.
They don't expect the public to
listen very long, however, If the De-
preston they fear is precipitated by
the closing Of the mines.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

ult w tA1S 1Chi-
ocratic National
Committee for a
meeting. BY that
time Mr.. Han-
negan expects TO
have q clear-cut
answer Tn his
o wn physical
prospects. He Is
eager to resign
as nat tion al
chairman when
a suitable sue
cessor is found:
he hopes to hold
on to his cabi-
net lob.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

q. What is the most northerlv
town in Europe?-V. p. E.
A. 1t Is Hammerfest, Norway.
However, in spite of It's northern
latitude the harbor is kept free OF
ice the year round by warm
westerly winds and the North At
lantic drift originating in the Gulf
OF Mexico.
8. D. M.
A. DR.. Elmer A. Sperry. In 1904
while watching his children play
with a gyroscope top, DR.. sperry
was SO impressed with the fea-
lures Of gyroscope rotor that he
analyzed their possibilities and later
devoted his time to their COM
mercial application.
Q. Are the f,neerprints of the
right and left hands OF an individual
ever the same2-W. B.
A. No two single fingerprint i'm
pressions have been found to be
identical. This being true, the finger
prints on the right hand are not
identical with the flngerprints on the
left hand OF any particular individ-
ual, nor Is the fingerprint on the
right thumb identical with the left
thumb, the right index finger identi-
cal with the left index finger, ct
cetera.
9. What artist used eggs In paint
ing miniatures?-D, A. Y.
A. 'Holbein Is said to have painted
his inimitable miniature portraits
with egg-yolk or egg-white or both.
q. What does the statue on the
Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City
representa-. B.
A. The figure which surmounts
the central spire of the Temple at
Salt Lake City b 12 feet In height
and is Of hammered copper, covered
with gold leaf. 1t represents the
Angel Moroni, the son of Mormon.
the compiler and writer OF the Book
OF Mormon.
Q. Has any other large building
beside the Knickerbocker Theater In
Washington. D.. c., collapsed as
result OF the weight Of snow2--
E. L. G.
A.-st. James Cathedral in Seattle.
Q. Who was the last Judge In the
United States to wear a wig?--A. z.
A. Justice William Cushing of
Massachusetts, was the last American
Judge to wear fun English wig. He
discarded 1t when street urchins in
New York ridiculed him by hooting.
@. How many persons receive
rural-deliyery mail service?-B. S.
A. At the end of the fiscal year
ls45, approximately 29,508 900 per-
sons were receiving this service. To
provide 1t rural carriers were COM
PEELED to travel about / ABS ,060 miles
per day.
Q. What Is the quotation from
Robert Louis Stevenson in which he
refers to the physician standing out
above the common herd-C. A. G.
A. 1t is as follows: There are men
and classes Of men that stand above
the common herd; the soldier, the
sailor, and the shepherd not infre-
quently; the artist rarely; rarer
still, the clergyman; the physician
almost as a rule"
Evening star., 1946-11-21

huu al Lie alJcI-
In oon finished
Tortilla Flat
q n d p o k E d
around in that
section Of Sa-
lin as W h er e
|Steinbeck's story
was laid.
Then, In the
|e,v nj &, with
Thank S giyin 8
only a few days
away, I wrote a
6 oil mn about
the difficulties of
carving q turkey
Little did I real
Evening star., 1946-11-21

pressive La b OF
legislation.
But the most
compelling im-
mediate reason
is connected with
the depression OF
recession tina I
m any fear Is
coming hard on
the heels Of our
brief post W q I
prosperity. La
bor leaders nat
urally are as
keenly desirous
of q long sus-
toinod naYtnd of
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Answers to
Questions

a reader can set the; answer to any
Sess SSHessfiSn Yn,o q isst by Mritins The Evening
N.k. Washington 2. D. c. Please ms
close y cents Tor return postage.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
IMcLennore
Haunted BY Thought
OF Holiday Dinner
By Henry McLemoYe

NEW YORK. 1t started back in
1886, at the Del Monte Hotel on the
Monterey Peninsula. I played golf
lat Cypress Point in the morning,
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Doris Fleeson
Hannegan W ats Move
Democratic Chairman Won't Resiel
Until His Successor Is Chosen

Democratic National Chairman Hannegan not now plan
to resign until the matter OF his rased out
informal conferences among party leaders.
Mr. Hannegan will leave shortly for extended Florida
on which has been ordered by his doctors the high
blood pressure which c him He does expect
Evening star., 1946-11-21
LoapeH Mel1etf
On the Other Hand
Other Labor Leaders Disturbed
BY Course Being Taken by Lewis

Few other important labor satisfaction
from the tactics pursued believe he Is
doing the cause of labor any good
There number of this that other
leaders dislike the idea having symbozed popular
mind by the Lewis personality and behavior
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Potential Candidate.

Potential Candidate.
There is one potential candidate
for the chairmanship, Gov. Bob
Kerr Of Oklahoma, whose term ex-
pires next month and who is here
casing the joint. The committee
personnel who are casing him in
their turn are satisfied that only a
little twisting of his wrist will be
needed to induce him to take over.
Gov. Kerr told friends at home
that while the job had its points,
he didn't want to be the party un-
dertaker in 1948. He indicated his
trip here was to get a better picture
Of the prospects before committing
himself.
A rich oil man who can afford the
job with its heavy travel and enter
tainment, Gov. Kerr is superficially
in the groove Of the old master, Jim
Farley. He is a natural politician,
large, genial and hustling. He is a
capable speaker and did consider
able transforming in the campaign
just closed.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
JOHN 6. AHLERs
ciOii Ensinssr

ItOH Englneev
Solution OF Diflcrlt construction
Problems Inclndine Financing
Now there Is clear road ahead for In
dividual initiative.
s70l N st.&.w. Mich. bs4a
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Hews To The Middle.

Politically he hews to the middle.
Among the New Dealers he can
point to his championship of OPA,
even to oil prices. He Is sufficiently
Southern to pass the Southern wing.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

lgdIII UI IIIt QUeSII6II UI IdUOF
to strike against the Govern
san another is the danger
lusing Congress to enact re-
Evening star., 1946-11-21

UIUUU PIUsouIE WII1CII dIIllCVS IIIlI
the Capital until January Is.
When the doctors give him clear
ance to come north, a call will go
Evening star., 1946-11-21

@. How many persons receive
rural-deliyery mail service?-B. S.
A. At the end of the fiscal year
ls45, approximately 29,508 900 per-
sons were receiving this service. To
provide 1t rural carriers were COM
PEELED to travel about ABS ,06o miles
per day.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

9. What artist used eggs In paint
Ing miniatures?-D, A. Y.
A. ,Holbein is said to have painted
his inimitable miniature portraits
with egg-yolk or egg-white or both.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26

spend the holidays.
Esther and John Petcrsheim, and
Grandma Swartzentluber are i'll with
pneumonia.
Simon Beachy has been confined to
his bed for three weeks, with illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Beckman and
daughter. Janet, spent an evening
with Nh and Mrs. Albert Sisk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Swartzentruber
were at Paradise, Pa, for several
days this week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Miller
Miss Jane Lichty returned to Sails
bury on Sunday accompanied by Ross
and Mary Lichty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gnegy and
son, and Mrs. VIII Welch were Sun
day dinner guests Of the S. w. Sla-
bach's.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger entertained
for Christmas, on Sunday evening"
with a turkey supper. Guests in
Guided Mrs. Lena Murphy, Mrs.
! Marie Edmiston, of Pittsburgh, Mr.
Harvey Gortner and family, and Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Bittinger, Of
GrantsvilIe
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Grove, viii
Welch, Mn. and Mrs. George Grove
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26

and daughter were in Morgan,own,
one day last week.
The Maryland Traffic Safety Com
missicn'> slogan for this week is:
Don't let an accident come be-
tween you and Santa Claus" DRIVE
Evening star., 1946-12-08
BY the Associated Press

FRANKF URT, Dec. THE
United States Army today an
nounced streamlining of security
measures at the Nuremberg Jail
and had removed as comrnan-
dant Col. B. C. Andrus, whose elabo-
rate precautions failed when Her
mann Goering cheated the gallows
by swallowing poison.
The streamlining was undertaken
to guard scores of Nazis awaiting
war crimes trials before American
tribunals, the Army said.
Col. Andrus has been succeeded
by Mai. Frederick c. Teich of Ma
con, Ca, previously Col. Andrus
assistant. Col. Andrus has returned
to the United States. joining his
wife who Is i'll in Denver hospital,
and it is mot known" whether he
will return to Germany, Nuern-
berg spokesman said.
The first of the new trials will
open Monday with the appearance
of % Nazi doctors, among them
Karl Brandt, former personal ply
sician to Adolf Hitler. They have
pleaded innocent to charges Of mur-
dering hundreds of thousands in
concentration camp medical expert
ments.
Meanwhile, United States legal
officials at Nuremberg announced
that Alfred Krupp Won Bohlen und
Halbach, 80, head of the former
Krupp munitions empire, will be
tried on war crimes charges.
He is held in the British zone.
Authorities there have agreed to
transfer him to American custody,
the officials said
The officials added that there is
no plan at present to try Alfried's
ailing father, Gustav, rs, who was
named in the four-power indict-
ment of Goering and the other top
Nazis, but whose trial was cancelled
when he became critically i'll.
Previously it had been reported
that the British and Americans
had agreed to try Alfred, who took
over the Krupp empire in 1943, but
the final decision to give him to a
United States tribunal was not an
nounced until today.
The officials indicated he might
be the first of prominent German