SEARCH FOR WANTED

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 11

SEARCH FOR WANTED

HOLD-UP OF TRAFFIC

BIGGEST IN HISTORY

LONDON, July 26. The Berlin correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" says that the Nazis effected the biggest hold-up in history without a hitch. 'Hundreds of thousands of inot.or-cars and 1000 trains were stopped on the stroke .of 12 o'clock, and -were allowed to' proceed punctually at 12.40. Meanwhile the occupants Svcro compelled to leave the vehicles and submit to an inspection of their letters and other personal documents. Fashionable women riding in taxis were indignant when they were.forced to disclose the contents of their handbags and submit to a perusal of their correspondence. ' , I The search was extremely thorough. Mats and cushions were removed from motor-cars, panelling was unscrewed, and mechanical parts 'were inspected. Even spare tires were opened. The search for subversive literature was unprecedented. ; Traffic jams occurred in largo cities. Thousands of excited people were imprisoned in railway stations until the police, assisted by. an array of Brown Shirts, examined all luggage. The police describe the search as satisfactory.' Several people for whose arrest warrants had been: issued were caught. Baggage' searches revealed some forbidden written material. Numorous arrests were made for the illegal carrying of arms.