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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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FBI agents are pursuing suspects in a spy ring accused of stealing Army and Navy secrets for a European power. Two soldiers and a red-haired German woman have been arrested in New York, with tightened security at Mitchell Field.
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G-Men Traveling by Train, Also Plane After Alleged Conspirators
ARMY. NAVY SECRETS ARE REPORTED STOLEN
Two Soldiers. Red-haired German Woman Are Already Under Arrest
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. - By plane and train, G-Men today fanned out across the Nation in quest of a score or more of known suspects in a highly organized spy ring which has pried into Army and Navy secrets for cash from an unnamed European Power.
Reed Vetterli, head of the New York FBI office clamped down strict silence on apparently fast growing ramifications of a plot which broke last week with the arrest of two soldiers and a red-haired German woman.
Meanwhile Col. Thomas Hanley has tightened guard at the big Army base at Mitchell Field, Long Island, where valuable Air Corps secrets have allegedly been stolen by the conspirators.
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New York
Event Date
Feb. 28
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arrests of two soldiers and a red-haired german woman; tightened guard at mitchell field
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FBI agents are fanning out across the nation by plane and train to pursue suspects in a spy ring that has stolen Army and Navy secrets for cash from an unnamed European power. The plot broke last week with arrests. Reed Vetterli imposed silence on the growing ramifications. Col. Thomas Hanley tightened security at Mitchell Field, Long Island, where Air Corps secrets were allegedly stolen.