SOVIET AUTHORITIES
ATTENTION ATTRACTED
MR. GROVER PUNISHED
(Received January 3, 10.2$ a.m.)
MOSCOW, January 1
Mr. Brian Grover, the British engineer who flew, from Stockholm to Staritza in an effort to draw the attention of the Soviet authorities to his efforts to rejoin his Russian wife, was convicted of illegally entering Russia and fined 1500 roubles, in default one month's imprisonment. Confiscation of his aeroplane and his expulsion from Russia for five years were also ordered.
A cablegram received from Moscow on November 21 stated: After making a daring, unplanned flight of 650,-miles-from Stockholm in a 70 horse-power sports plane, Mr. Grover was arrested at Starjtza. A pilot flew Mr. Grover from England to Stockholm, where, during the pilot's temporary absence, Mr. Grover hastily took off, facing severe winter weather with little flying experience to bring back his Russian wife, who for a year has been unable to obtain a permit to leave Russia, while he has been unable to secure a Soviet visa to go to Moscow>
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 8
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