Philippe de Rothschild, son of Baron Henri de Roths-child, has been released from custody by the Vichy authorities, the New York Times reports. Rothschild, an air force officer, was arrested in Algeria on a desertion charge and brought to France for trail, but no bill was returned against him by the examining magistrate.
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