Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-21 | Page 2 | U. S. Senate Probe Halts Executions

I ug Ua S1 S. Senate Senaie Probe Halls Hlis Executions v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May ay 21 Th- Th T- T The army has halted the execution of all war criminals condemned by American war crimes courts at Dac Dachau au Germany pending the outcome of the senate investigation tion Uon Jon into the trials A senate armed services subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee is looking into charges I that United States army interrogators interrogators I gators used brutal methods in obtaining obtaining ob ob- ob- ob taming confessions from Nazi soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers involved in the massacre of American prisoners of war during the battle of the bulge Six German defendants still under the death sentence for the their r part in the mass shooting have been granted stays until the senators senators senators sena sena- tors finish their investigation The new action announced Friday night affects 14 more Germans condemned condemned condemned con con- for such crimes as the murder of British and American airmen