SPIES ACTIVE
OPERATIONS IN SWITZERLAND WORKING AGAINST FOREIGN POWERS. OVER FIFTY‘UNDER ARREST. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 1.25 p.m.) LONDON, November 2. The Berne correspondent of “The Times” states that more than fifty spies have been arrested in Switzerland, mostly working against foreign Powers. The police possess twentyfive thousand records of potential suspects living in Switzerland. WOMAN SENTENCED FIVE YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright GENEVA, November 2. Madame Rota was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and ten years loss of civil rights. Madame Virginia Rota was accused of trying to cross the frontier with drawings of Swiss anti-aircraft guns and other secrets. NORWEGIAN CONFESSES THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 1.25 p.m.) LONDON. November 2. The Calo correspondent of the American Press states that a young Norwegian arrested in Finmark, charged with espionage, confessed and then shot himself.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1939, Page 6
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144SPIES ACTIVE Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1939, Page 6
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