LOAD OF MONKEYS FOR ELEPHANT
IiONDbN, July 22. Thfe Work of aii entire Division of the British Contirol CotnffiisSiotl in Gerihaxiy is held up by a nffih Who deWarfes that he eX'chaHg&d a wagdii ldad of monkeys fdf ah eiepfiaiit, says ihe Daily Mail's Hamburg correSpdiident. The Coiitrol Commission's reparatidns and rdstitution ddlivferies hranch is wrestliiig with a chSfe brought by a Dutchman Who fiied a claiin for the retitrn of a femalfe elephant allegedly stblfen hy the Germans during the Ocfcupation. The domniission, after a loiig iilveStigation, found in Hanover an elephaiit tallying with the clescription Of tihe oiie they Were seeking. The Gferman owner denied that the elephant was looi. He claimed he had exchahged a Wagon load of monkeys for it. Officials have been brought to a standstill by the entaiiglement of evidencfe and claims. -
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 July 1946, Page 5
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