SABOTAGE IN PUNE FACTORY
MR DIES’ ALLEGATIONS (U.P.A.—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright] , 5 WASHINGTON, 2nd December. J ] The chairman of the committee jn-. 1 5 vestigating un-American activities, Mr 1 . Martin Dies, in a radio address alleged. ! that highly valuable experimental aeroplanes in an unnamed factory were re-j r cently destroyed by five separate acta, , of sabotage. He said the committee t ; had ascertained that a clique of Ger- i ; man Nazis was employed in highly, » strategic positions within the plant." i The sabotage included metal bars jam-| ming the flight controls and flight . mechanism, bolts removed from the i brakes and gas. gauges tampered with. Mr Dies said an inspector issued a ■ warning against taking a plane aloft, J but his advice was ignored and the - plane was destroyed. 5 Mr Dies appealed for support for r the probe into un-American acts, in. [ eluding support for the continuance of 5 the committee.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 4 December 1940, Page 5
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