ARREST OF GERMAN
Mass Murder Charge
(N.Z. Press Assn —Copyright) BOLOGNA (Italy*. August 21
A German tourist was arrested at Bologna last night on a German warrant naming him as a former Nazi major who ordered mass deaths in Russia during World War 11. Erhard Kroeger, aged 58. was locked up to await extradition to Wuppertal. Germany. the Associated Press reported.
An arrest warrant from Wuppertal said Kroeger must answer for mass executions on Russian soil in 1941.
New Commander—President Kennedy today named Rear-Admiral' Thomas H. Moorer to take over command of the United States Seventh Fleet in the Far East. He will succeed Vice-Admiral William A. Sehoech. —(Washington. August 20.)
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29908, 23 August 1962, Page 18
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