"Washington, Mar. 19.
Dr. Manfred Zapp, manager of the German Transocean news agency. and his assistant, Herr Guenther Tenn, yesterday pleaded innocent when indicted in the United States District Court here on a charge of failing to comply with the 1938 foreign registration act.
The indictment charged that they were engaged in disseminating propaganda for a foreign country and "other activities of a political nature."
The complaint charged further that Dr. Zapp had failed to register on time as a foreign agent and that Herr. Tenn had failed to register at all. It also charged that Dr. Zapp "fraudulently had omitted to state material facts" when he finally did register.
They were charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the 1938 act requiring compulsory registration of all foreign propaganda and politico] agents in the United States—United Press.
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