The Archive · 1940

South American Nazi

Chief Arrested

Montevideo, Sept. 22, Arnuld Fuhrman, reputed leader of the Nazi movement in South America, and a naturalized Argentinian, was reported to have been arrested at Saito, Uruguay, yesterday.

Three other Germans were reported to have been seized at the same time and detention warrants were issued against five other Germans.

The arrests marked a renewal of Uruguay's anti-Nazi movement started in June. The Uruguayan Director of Investigation said the German activities now under inquiry "threatened to impair our national sovereignty.""—United Press.

London, Sept. 22. Residents of Edmonton, Canada, have cabled to Edmonton, North London, asking the privilege of cooperation in the latter's Spitfire fund. The offer of help has been warmly welcomed. Edmonton, Kentucky, and Edmonton, Australia will, it is ant cipated, also participate in the fund.

Among contributions to the Allied war effort from overseas is one of £10,000 from East Africa from the Kikuya Kawba Meru tribe to be devoted to British aircraft production.

Of £4,000 received by the British Government from Swazisland Protectorate, the sum of £800 was subscribed by the Swazis, while the Lord Mayor's fund for London air-raid victims has benefited by a contribution of £500 from the Bahamas Red Cross.—British Official Wireless,

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