A SUMMARY COURT TODAY SENTENCED ELEVEN PERSONS TO JAIL TERMS OF ONE WEEK TO SIX MONTHS FOR PARTICIPATION IN ANTI-JEWISH DISORDERS HERE LAST SATURDAY.
A YOUTH CONVICTED OF LEADING THE RIOTS WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. OTHERS, WHO PILLAGED JEWISH SHOPS DURING THE DISORDERS, RECEIVED TERMS RANGING FROM ONE TO TWELVE WEEKS.
SEVENTY OTHER PERSONS UNDER ARREST FOR THE RIOTING ARE AWAITING TRIAL. NATIONAL SOCIALIST HEADQUARTERS BROADCAST THE SENTENCES AS WARNING TO OTHER PROSPECTIVE DISTURBERS OF THE PEACE.
MEANWHILE, DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES CONTINUED TO BE INVOKED AGAINST JEWS. THE CHAMBER OF DOCTORS ISSUED A REGULATION PROHIBITING “NON-ARYAN” DOCTORS FROM PRACTICING AT NIGHT OR ON SUNDAYS.
AT THE SAME TIME A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS AND CAFES THROUGHOUT DANZIG BANNED JEWS FROM THEIR PREMISES. THE ACTION WAS IN RESPONSE TO AN APPEAL BY THE NAZI PARTY TO THE ASSOCIATION OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYERS. THE RESTAURANTS COMPLYING WITH THE APPEAL POSTED SIGNS READING “ENTRY FORBIDDEN TO JEWS.”
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