QUEST FOR GERMAN.
ESCAPE . FROM INTERNMENT. Received August 21, 9.5 a.m. , MONTREAL, Aug. 20. Somewhere. in Ontario, the police reported, a powerful radio transmitting set was found under the roof of one of the internment camps. Armed forces are seeking a German prisoner who tore up the boards of- a room, tunnelled his way under two buildings and under the barbed wire surrounding the camp, and came up in a cornfield.
It is believed the prisoner changed into civilian clothes in the cornfield and escaped. He is described as n surly, dangerous character. The area is being combed in the course of Ontario’s greatest man-hunt. - • It is believed the mail obtained wood for a 3ft liigli tunnel from other workers. The careful construction suggests a general exodus was planned while the guards were off duty or asleep above the prisoner as lie crawled to freedom. Tho military believe lie received help from outside.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 225, 21 August 1940, Page 7
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153QUEST FOR GERMAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 225, 21 August 1940, Page 7
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