Determination to fight to the end any attempts by Nazi agitators to work within the German-American League of Essex Country was voiced here today by John Koerber, president of the organization, and Albert P. Frosch, president of the United Singers Society, whose picnic at Springfield, earlier this week, was “bombed” with Nazi literature dropped from an airplane.
Federal authorities and Springfield police are working on the case and expect to arrest the three men, said to be members of the Friends of New Germany, Nazi organization in this country, responsible for the “bombing”. The pilot of the plane, Chet Newman, was absolved of any blame in the scheme but was grounded by a Department of Commerce Aeronautics Division inspector for low flying.
On their arrest the men will be arraigned before a United States Commissioner in Federal court here. Their identity is said to be known to the authorities.
The complaining organizations are cultural and social groups, according to their officers, and have no political interests and programs. The propaganda “bombing” of their outing followed persistent refusal of their officers to permit Nazi agitators entrance into the organizations in an effort to “co-ordinate” them into line in support of the Hitler regime. The German-American League of Essex County is not to be confused with the German-American Commercial League, a pro-Nazi group.
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