Word: johanna
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last February, Department of Justice agents arrested a brush-haired American youth of Austrian parentage, Guenther Gustave Rumrich, formerly a sergeant in the U. S. Army, and a plump German fräulein, Johanna Hofmann. Rumrich's blundering offense was describing himself as "Mr. Weston, Under Secretary of State," a nonexistent character, while applying to the U. S. Passport Bureau in Manhattan for 50 blank passports. Fräulein Hofmann, a hairdresser on the German liner Europa, was allegedly his accomplice, in a capacity, for which nature had not fitted her, of lure. On the strength of its coup...
...international "spy ring." By week's end the agents arrested two of Mr. Rumrich's alleged confederates, Erich Glaser, a 28-year-old German-born private in the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Mitchel Field, New York City's air defense centre, and Johanna Hofmann, a 26-year-old German hairdresser on the liner Europa. According to officials, all admitted that they were working for a "foreign power" but officials ostentatiously forebore to mention Germany by name...
...President Boomer's idea, the art exhibition was suggested by a 29-year-old German girl named Maja B. (for Johanna)* Geek, a secretary in the Waldorf's foreign department. Herself the owner of an inn in Baden-Baden, placid Miss Geek has been greeting German, French and Italian visitors for the Waldorf since 1932. She arranged her first Waldorf workers' show last year, but that was small pumpkins compared to this. Silver plaques and cash prizes ($10-$2.50) were awarded in four classes: culinary art, art work, needlework and miscellaneous crafts. Judges included President Jonas...
...Democrats, constituted a major- ity in the House. . . ." ED. Achmet's Women Sirs: In my Jan. n copy of TIME I read your account of Achmet Zogu's efforts to marry into European nobility, and thought that perhaps you would be interested in knowing why the Countess Johanna Von Mikes will not marry him. Outside Albania the situation is not understood, owing to lack of knowledge regarding Albanian marriage laws and customs. I lived in Albania-in Tirana from 1926 to 1928-and Achmet's difficulties with Shefqut Bey Elbassani were common knowledge at that time...
...Budapest knew last week, the young Countess had proved satisfactory. Then suddenly she returned by air and Albanian Court officials announced that no marriage will happen. "I cannot yet speak," said Countess Johanna von Mikes, "but, officially, nothing has happened." The family of the Countess face-savingly announced that she could not marry King Zog because, as a good Catholic, she could not possibly join His Majesty in the Mohammedan faith...