PRIESTS IMPRISONED
ALLEGATIONS IN AUSTRIA PEOPLE'S COURT DECREED VIENNA, June 22 Sixty Catholic priests have been arrested on charges of alleged immorality, and some have been, imprisoned for seven months or' less. A decree published in Berlin extends Germany's high-treason laws to Austria. A number of Austrians will vitcd to servo on a People's Court, which will bo empowered to punish espionage or any form of action against the Nazi regime by beheading.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23072, 24 June 1938, Page 11
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