VICTIMS OF NAZIS
ENGLISHWOMAN IN PARIS ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH. FOR LISTENING TO 8.8. C. BROADCASTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, November 30. It is authoritatively stated that the Government is aware that the Germans have sentenced to death an Englishwoman, Winifred Harle, proprietress of a secretarial establishment in Paris. It is believed that she was accused of listening to 8.8. C. broadcasts and distributing copies. The American authorities have persuaded Berlin to reconsider the case. There is no information about Florence Frickard, who is also reported to have been sentenced to death in Paris. Antoher Englishwoman, May James, who was arrested in Paris, has been in a military prison for about a fortnight. It is believed that she is accused of espionage and the illegal possession of a wireless transmitter.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1940, Page 4
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