HEYDRICH DEATH REPORT UNCONFIRMED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1942, Page 8

HEYDRICH DEATH REPORT UNCONFIRMED

SPINAL INJURY

Mass Arrests Of Czechs As Hostages tClit or I I'mAssim i. i' ii Hl. —( '(i|i\ rillll 11.I 1 . Tiec. I pin I.ONDON*. May !_'!) A n unconfirmed report from I'.erne States that llcydrich. (lestapo chief in occupied countries who was shot at, on Wednesday, is dead The livening Standard savs Hitler's I'll vmci.ui. l'ro|es>or Sauerbri ich. went in Prague and removed three bullets from I leydricli, \«. hi>■ h injured his spine and lus spinal cord. ('lie hundred people were imprisoned in Prague yesterday as a rept'i I f<' i' the shoot i ng. 11 mini lor. t lie ' jest apo police chief, and liO high Ce.l apo oIIm i, 11 have been sent by air 11 o 111 Iterlm to Prague to conduct in vest igal ion -; iii'o llie shooting of llcydrich. The invest igat ions began with ma s arrest of public leaders, including a purge of university professors and many high officials'of the I lach.a (iovernineiil. Two hundred hostages have been selected to die in case 1111 - re, 11 ci 11 pr its are never fou nd.

The Ta-;.s Agency savs that, the streets in every Czech town are deserted, except for (ierman armoured cars.

There Is still no confirmation of a net tie report, that llcydrich is dead, says another message, lie was given a blood transfusion, but it is feared in Merlin that it may not save his life. A report from Sweden says he Is hovering between life and death.

The frontier or Bohemia and Moravia is closed to all trallie. Roads have been blocked and civilian and rail I raffle banned. Tenseness pervades In fragile, where many shops have been closed. Despite "drastic measures the perpetrators or the attack have not been traced and the Hermans are unable to prevent, outbreaks of popular feeling. Reports reveal frequent signs of unrest in Czechoslovakia since Wednesday. At Osek, 00 miles from Prague." the police used arms In a clash with the population.