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Show ESCAPES CHARGE OF TREASON IN TACOMA I TACOMA Wash April 21 Ham Frederick Kurth lost his American citizenship cit-izenship In the federal court ester-dn ester-dn and thereby was saved from possible pos-sible arrest and charge of LfSUSOn to the United States. Kurth was in court to answer a! charge that he had violated hisotth of citizenship which he took here in 193 1. The government showed ho returned 1 to Germany, fought with tho German army until the armistice and returned return-ed to New York In 1918. He was denied admittance to the United Slates, then went to Mexico nnd recently returned to Tacoma, according accord-ing to the evidence. Judge E E. Cush-man Cush-man stopped tho case before all evidence evi-dence was In with the remark. ' I declare the defendant's citizenship revoked that tho court may be spared I hearing him tried on a charge of treason." trea-son." Federal officials said the, would attempt at-tempt to have Kurth deported. |