European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 11 the stars and stripes saturday february 18, 19jo 5 yanks barred from Vogele trial 3 wire services denied visas by Ernie Reed staff correspondent v i e n n a. Feb. 17 5&s Only one american correspondent based in Vienna. Alexander Kendrick of the Columbia broadcasting system. Was granted an Entrance visa to cover the trial of Robert a. Vogeler,. Telephone executive Kendrick left Vienna by train last night for other american journalists from Vienna and correspondents from three of the wire services United press associated press and International news service who applied for visas to report on the trial were refused permission by the hungarian government to enter the country. Hungarian nationals Are covering the trial for the three wire British correspondent from Vienna Leo Murray of the Man Chester guardian was granted Avisa. Several other British journalists from Here were turned Down. Lawyer says Vogeler undoubtedly was beaten new York feb. 17 ins the attorney for Robert a. Vogeler scheduled to go on trial today in Budapest on spy charges expressed the opinion Here that Vogeler May have been in l. Ernst retained by Vogeler s lather William said he has no doubt the alleged Confes Sion of the International Telephone & Telegraph co. Executive was beaten out of him with a rubber lawyer told newsmen Here he will leave for Europe today with or without a visa in an at tempt to get into Hungary to see Vogeler who has been held incommunicado since his arrest last nov. 18. Trumped up charge Vogeler s father a retired Gen eral motors executive met reporters at Ernst s office. The 69-year-old widower said he was sure his son Isth victim of a trumped up charge part of the hungarian government s taking Over of the 1t&t defended his son an Annapolis graduate and onetime Amateur Golf Champion of Alabama As a Fine Man not capable of doing such things As the hungarians say he continued even Hitler allowed attorneys from foreign lands to appear in the Reich Stag fire trial As consultants advisers and of they the hungarians Don to we can t Call it a trial but an inquisition a billboard proceeding. I can t believe the hungarian govern ment is so insecure it can t leave one american lawyer lbs Man says Vogeler showed no sign of Strain new York feb. 17 a a . Correspondent present at the spy trial of Robert Vogeler in Hungary reported today the new York businessman seemed to be in full Possession of his correspondent Alexander Kendrick of the Columbia Broad casting system said Vogeler showed no signs of Strain although he was Pale after three months confine is filing his comments to Vienna for broadcast from there. The hungarian government has not made radio facilities available to him. The government has turned Down visa requests of . News agencies and newspapers seeking to Send americans to Budapest to cover the trial. Most dec roads dry Heidelberg feb. 17 special the Neucom Provost marshal re ported today that All roads through out the zone arc dry except in the Munich and Stuttgart areas where roads Are wet in spots. Mrs. Robert a. Vogeler wife of the . Telephone executive who went of trial yesterday in Budapest is awaiting the verdict in Vienna with their two sons Robert a., or. Left and William. Acme mrs Vogeler says charges can never be proved Vienna feb. 17 a the prosecution charge that Robert Vogeler has been a spy since 1942was termed utterly ridiculous and fantastic by his wife today. Bob was doing War work in Chicago in 1942. He did not come to Europe until 1945. Who was he supposed to be spying on in Chicago Hungary declared War against Bath Russia and the United state sin 1941. If Bob was a spy in 1942 was it against the nazi government of Hungary it is not impossible that Stalin will be tried in Hungary some Day on charges of maintaining Friendly rela Lions with the United states and great Britain in 1942."mrs. Vogeler was obviously under great Strain but she emphatically in asserted her Faith in her Hus May have some Way of making Bob say ridiculous things but they will never prove anything against him because the things they say about him just cannot be proved she said. 3 plead guilty in Budapest continued from Page 1 British intelligence but that after his appointment As chief of a hungarian Mission appointed to negotiate contracts with the Standard electric co. He worked consciously for the Benefit of the .Hado said that in the Spring of 1949 he enlisted actively in the . Intelligence system. He said he hated the soviet Union and communists and regarded the . Ashe Only effective opponent of the user Only 2 Western reporters allowed to cover trial Budapest feb. 17 a the trial of Robert a. Vogeler opened today in the courtroom where Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment last year on charges of ant state As the slate prosecutor was Gyula Alapi Young hungarian lawyer who also prosecuted Mindszenty and Laszlo Rajk former no. 2 hungarian communist Vio was convicted and executed late last year on charges of plotting with representatives of the . And Yugoslavia to overthrow Hungary s uial with Vogeler and Edgar Sanders a briton Are Imre Geiger managing director of it to s Buda pest Branch Zoltan Rado. A govern ment official Kelemen Domokos a factory director or. Istvan Jusith a roman Catholic priest and Baroness Edina Doery a barmaid. The courtroom holds Only about 100 spectators including reporters. The trial is being covered for the Western press by four reporters permanently assigned to Budapest and by two others who were granted visas to come in from Vienna. Five other Western report ers who applied for visas in Vienna stil have not received them. The three major american new agencies associated press. United press and International news service Are represented at the trial by hungarian nationals. The arrest of Vogeler and Sanders has caused a straining of diplomatic relations Between Hungary and the . And after Vogeler s arrest the us ordered Hungary s two consulates closed then banned a travel by americans to Hungary Britain followed this by breaking off Trade talks with Hungary As a retaliatory step for the arrest of judge announced that an authorized translation of the indict ment had been Given to Vogeler and Sanders eight Days ago. He asked them if they had received it and were Able to study 1l both answered indictment referred Severa times to a secret negotiation held Al a Budapest hotel at which a allegedly gave Sanders Vogeler and Geiger instructions on How to build up their alleged spying organization. The indictment said Sanders had been a British spy since 1940. Who Learned his Job in Winchester eng land and in Egypt to become an agent of the British military Intel indictment said Vogeler was a spy since 1942." Vogeler prejudged . Says continued from Page 1 reported proof of the espionage and sabotage charges is actual or merely a reporting of asserted facts. The attitude of the court and Vogeler s hungarian counsel to explore such questions must be noted. 4whether there is evidence of Bias or pressure from hungarian political authorities of conviction tolerance of courtroom demonstration or campaigns for convictions by the government controlled press.5the identity a b i 1 Fly Back ground and conduct of. The Hun Garian Legal counsel who defend Vogeler and the extent to which Vogeler is free to consult with his lawyer. Hunt for 3 pushed in b36 crash Tacoma feb. 17 a two ree snagged parachutes and tracks n the Snow turned the search for Ive missing airmen today to the West Side of Princess Royal Island. They alone were unaccounted for of the 17 men who plunged from an be coated blazing b3g bomber off he Northern British Columbia coast monday men have been brought Here and a 12th was to be flown out Day. A coast guard spokesman at Ketchikan Alaska said the tracks de Down a Small Stream toward the West Side of the Island. It s my understanding from the Crew of he plane making the re port that the parachutes and tracks Are in an area not yet covered by any ground party he Canadian destroyer Cayuga. Which has served As a base foreground parties searching the area moved to the Vicinity of tone new clues and was to dispatch a Crew into the area at search plane s report and that of returning ground parties that they had heard shots from the Island of the Rocky heavily wooded Island raised Hopes for the Rescue of the missing men. Hico sifts truck curbs by Devi get Schear staff correspondent Berlin feb. 17 s&5 a Hico Berlin element spokesman declared today thai Only the flimsiest pretexts had served As excuses for continuous flagrant violations of International agreements by the soviets on the superhighway to Berlin. In summarizing the Highway traffic situation for the week ending feb. 14, the Hico spokesman said a total of 17 German trucks were turned Back or confiscated by so Viet zone police during that period and also in those seven Days hundreds of other trucks were delayed by communist harassing confiscated or rejected shipments included pharmacy Utica St scrap Glass and furniture he said. By their dilatory tactics of de laying almost every truck the soviet directed police sought to weaken commercial links Between West Berlin and West Germany the spokesman said they also thought to persuade shipping companies from using the autobahn. By this Means the so Viets hoped these companies would use instead the soviet controlled railway system hungry for West Mark col Lane succeeds Richards Asig continued from Page 1 Germany until december 1920. Lane graduated from the infantry school it Benning in 1922 and from the tank school in 1930. He was placed on special duty with the inspector general s department in May 1935 and was detailed to the department in july 1939.when the . Entered world War ii Lane was inspector general Antilles department. In december 1942, he reported for duty in Washington and served during the War As a member of the Survey group of the Deputy chief of staff. This group was responsible for the examination of All projects connected with the Effort and for on the so evaluation of various phases of Thi War in. All Heaters of hostilities ceased. Lane be came chief of the inspection Branch office of the inspector Gen Era remaining in that Post unti coming to Neucom in november 1947. Cuban sought for fleeing $110,000 trial by Howard Kennedy staff correspondent Frankfurt feb. 17 is . District court authorities today sent out an All Points police Alert to . And German Law enforcement agencies for the apprehension of a Elf styled sex cuban Diplomat who failed to show up for trial on charges of illegal business transact ions totalling .5110,000, and illegal residence in the us. Zone. At the same time army agents vere investigating it possibility hat the fugitive Oskar Vaides 57, May have committed suicide. He has been missing since sunday when he left his Home in nearby Kami Gattein with a threat to take his Ife . Authorities Learned from Lis German born wife mrs. Maria Vaydes 31, who is scheduled to be ried Here March 2 on charges of illegal residence in the . Zone. Posts sail arrested Jan 11, Vaides posted 1 21,000-Mark bail. At a preliminary hearing he produced a cuban pass port and told the court i m in the Money changing business. You migh Call me a spoiled prosecutors w. Fred Johnson Aad John a. Mcdonald jr., said Vaides laces eight counts the principal charges being that he engaged in Possession and transaction of 5105,008 in travellers checks and $5,000 . Scrip. Vaides also is charged with being illegally in the zone More than a year illegal Possession of a pm card and knowingly possessing on counterfeit 100-Mark note. Registration opens today for third u. Of my. Session continued from Page i Caples of sociology sociology 111
