U.S.A. AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1942, Page 6

U.S.A. AFFAIRS

FRENCH AMBASSADOR

WASHINGTON, July 17

The French Ambassador to the United States (M. Henry-Haye) was scheduled to confer with the Assist-ant-Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) concerning Vichy’s attitude to the French warships to-day, but he was switched to a lower ranking official, Mr. James Dunn, political adviser on European affairs. This diplomatic rebuff is believed to have been directed against Laval rather than M. Henry-Haye, who told the Press that the situation had been confused by a number cf things, and that he wished to point out the true facts. GERMAN BUND RAIDS.

NEW YORK, July 18

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents simultaneously raided 65 homes of members of the GermanAmerican Bund in 31 New Jersey towns and arrested an undisclosed number of German aliens. They confiscated large quantities of contraband. The chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Mr. J. Eelgar Hoover) later declared that the New Jersey Bund was virtually wiped out. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced the arrest of Baron von Schoenermack, a native of Heidelberg, Germany, and a radio announcer and news commentator at Frederick, Maryland. It is alleged that he falsely assumed the name of Brandon Roberts under which he was employed, and that he represented himself as a United States citizen. Von Schoenermack denied misrepresenting his citizenship. CENTRAL AMERICAN PRODUCTS "BOSTON, July 19.

The American United Fruit Company, the world’s largest farming organisation announced a large-scale project for developing Central American crude rubber and other typical Far-Eastern tropical products, including hemp, quinine, and teakwood. The company disclosed that experiments carried on for several years were so promising that production will be introduced immediately in Costa Rica, Gautemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, but important rubber deliveries from these sources are not expected in the near future. EXTENSIVE FLOODS. (Recd 1 p..) NEW YORK, July 20. Violent floods rolling through north and central Pennsylvania and New York, damaged hundreds of homes, business establishments, and industrial plants. At least eleven lives have been lost. Railroads, roadways and bridges were washed out, and power plants and the telephone service are disrupted.