Fire Unmasks Spy
COMMUNIST IN POSSESSION OF FRENCH- SECRETS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, August 18. As a result of a suburban fire a widespread Communist espionage stem has been revealed. The fire brolco out while a man was cleaning clothes with petrol. He was severely burned and sent to the hospital. The firemen threw the contents of the room into the street. The police below examined tho papers in tho clothes and found Communist pamphlets, lists of members, and instructions marked “Private —Confidential,” containing important details of the French national defence, the new types army artillery, light tanks, and aircraft preparations, besides a box of the latest cartridges.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7240, 21 August 1933, Page 7
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111Fire Unmasks Spy Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7240, 21 August 1933, Page 7
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