New York, June 18.
Herr Guenther Tenn, former chief ct the German Transocean News, Service in the United States, apparently attempted to commit suicide early on Monday in his room at the Ellis Island immigration station, Mr. Byron Uhl, District Chief of the United States Immigration Service, revealed yesterday. Herr Tenn made a slight incision in his throat and a small cut on one wrist with a razor blade, Mr. Uhl stated.
Herr Tenn has been held at Ellis Island for deportation proceedings following his arrest several weeks ago for failing to register with the Department of State as a foreign agent—Wnited Press.
The official text of the announcement of the German retaliation for the blocking of German accounts in the United States follows:—"The United States Government, by the President's decree of June 14, ordered the blocking of accounts in the United States of citizens of the German Reich. By order of the German Government necessary measures will be carried out with immediate effect concerning accounts in Germany of United States citizens." United Press.
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