Evening star., 1949-02-14
dutch Witness Links
Axis Sally With -Four
Specific Treason Acts
By Jones J. CuIIinone

By jones J. CuIIinone
Testimony to link Mildred E
(Axis Sally Gillars with four spe-
cific acts of alleged treason was
offered in District Court this
morning as her trial entered Its
fourth week.
E. F. Wijngaard, a radio sound
engineer from Hilversum, Holland
testified he saw Miss Gillars per-
form in four Home Sweet Home
programs which were broadcast to
this country and to American SOL
diers by Radio Berlin during the
war.
Mr.. Wijngaard said that Miss
Gillars was accompanied by Prof.
Otto Koischwitz when she came
to Hilversum to use Dutch radio
station facilities to record the
Home Sweet Home" program.
Koischwitz Identified Earlier.
Prof. Koischwitz was identified
earlier in the trial by Defense
Counsel James j. Laughlin, who
claimed he dominated Miss Gil
lars life in Germany and exerted
a Svengali-like influence over her
in Germany.
The Home Sweet Home"
broadcasts were put out by the
Nazis to discourage Allied troops
by making them homesick.
The German broadcasters had
trouble, Mr.. Wijngaard testified,
in obtaining cooperation from the
Dutch musicians and singers who
were ordered to participate in the
program. When Miss Gillars sig
nailed for laughter at her Jokes
"the orchestra always came in
late" he said.
On one occasion, the witness
testified, Jan de Vries. a Dutch
radio singer, turned his back on
the microphone and walked away
from Miss Gillars during a per-
formance.
Stirred Sally's Ire.
Mr.. Wijngaard said that Mr.. de
Vries refused to speak on the pro-
gram because 1T was a German
program" Mr.. de Vries, the wit
ness testified, had been assigned
to sing with the Dutch band but
felt his assignment did not call
for him to engage in conversation
with Miss Gillars.
Miss Gillars became very
angry" with Mr.. de Vries when
he turned his back and walked
away from the microphone, Mr..
Wijngaard testified, but no action
was taken against him.
The Dutch radio station at Hill
versum was under control of the
German army, the witness said,
and all of the Dutch personnel
were aware that they might "be
taken out and shot" If they did
not obey orders.
Mr.. Wijngaard provoked a loud
outburst of laughter in the court
room while he was describing the
physical appearance of Prof. Koi-
schwitz. He said the professor
was shorter than Mr.. Laughlin
and had blue eyes of the same
color as those of the defense at
torney.
did he resemble me in any
other way?" asked Mr.. Laughlin,
who is almost completely bald on
the top of his head.
Yes" the witness replied. "He
had less hair than you"
Mr.. Laughlin joined in the
laughter.
Motions Are Debated.
Three motions for mistrial and
two motions asking that two news
paper women be cited for contempt
of court were debated by Mr..
Laughlin at the bench immedi-
ately after court convened this
morning.
Mr.. Laughlin said he asked the
judge to declare mistrial on the
following grounds:
l. That two paragraphs in an
article by Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, jr.. who writes a syndi-
Gated column under the by-line
of "Austine," were prejudicial.
2. That a story which appeared
under the by Line of Miss Ruth
Montgomery. New York Daily
News syndicate writer, last week
was prejudicial.
3. That Judge Edward M. Cur
ran erred last week when he in
tervened in the cross-examination
of Hans Won Richter. Govern
ment witness, and asked him If
his wife was not regarded as a
German citizen when she made
broadcasts for the German radio.
Judge Curran overruled the mo-
tions involving Mrs. Hearts and
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