THEFT OF GERMAN JEWELS
THIRD U.S. OFFICER ARRESTED (Rec 9 p.m./ FRANKFURT, June 9. An American officer. Major David Watson, attached to the Frankfurt Headquarters of the United States Army, has been arrested on a charge of being concerned in the theft from Kronberg Castle of jewels valued at £75.000, belonging to the Hohenzollem House of Hesse. The jewels included a large diamond tiara, a pearl necklace, an amethyst brooch, as well as items of sentimental value. • A W.A.C, officer, Captain Kathleen B. Nash Durant, and her husband. Colonel J. W. Durant, have already been arrested for the theft. Major Watson is 34 years of age. He was decorated personally last June by General Eisenhower with the Bronze Star and Marshal Zhukov also awarded him the Russian Medal for Battig Merit. He holds the French Croix de Guerre and a Belgian medal.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24898, 11 June 1946, Page 5
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