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years toll a different story.. li the O,wn. aid Japanese Kuehn was purportedly in apprehended on December 8, original system of signals here, apd the Kuehns enter- 1941, and he was sentenced Sto be shot February 21, 1942, too complicated and Okuda, tined frequently and had a according to the F.B.I.re reputation for hospitality. Fby a military commission in Honolulu. : port, told him to come back He was also reportedly i with a simpler system nightly frequenter of down- Later' the' sentence was NUMBER OF SHIPS town bars, where he spent commuted to s0 years at money lavishly. hard labor. "He (Kuehn) also handed He frequently wrote letters It was not until Jone of to Okuda.awritten tabula to Honolulu editors in which. 1943 that details of the secret tion of fhe number and types he defended the pro-Nazi trial were revealed. of American ships then in According to s Urited Hawaiian waters," the O.W.L. French government of Pierre Press report from Washing. said. Laval. ton at that time, Kuehn con- "The F.B.I.reports thst on Kuehn's trial was secret, fessed to the F.B.I. that he or about October 25,1841, and first public accusations approached Japanese Vice $14,000 in cash.had been linking him with spy activ. Consul Otojiro Okuda some- delivered to Kuehn at his ties were made in a divorce .time in November, 1941, and residence with the dormer action filed by the husband offered to assist the Japa window by Tasasi Morimura. of Mrs. Kuehn's daughter, nese in obtaining informa. Hourth secretary of the Japa. early in 1943. tion regarding United States nese consulate, the O.w.I. Among belongings of the defenses. Iso sald. Kuehns which were auction- Okuda reportedly accept. Kuehn, who served in the ed off for $14,746 were such ed and Kuehn, accompanied German Navy during' World items as antique Chinese by his 10-year-old son, Hans War I, had come to Honolulu screens and vases, fine sil- oachim, went to Pearl Har- In 1935, allegedly to study verware, diamonds, pearls, Spor and made observations. the Japanese language.He Persian and Chinese rugs, mever went back to Ger. ermine scarves, teakwood SIGNAL SYSTEM many, but made two trips to furniture of every descrip- J "A few days later, he went Japan during the next four tion, Leica and Zeiss cam- t. the Japanese consulate years. eras, motion picture camers, and submitted a slgnal sys. And during his first three daggers, swords and hunting tem which he had worked years here, more than $70, knives. out which could be used by 000 was deposited to his Ithe consulate in furnishing credit in a Honolulu bank by information regarding num- a Rotterdam bank associa ber and types of American tlon. . ships in Pearl Harbor, as OPENS BEAUTY SHOP well as data about ships that had already left or were Despite these deposits, about to leave,' the Office of Kuehn is reported to have War Information report said. been in financial difficulties The signais included a dis. in 1939 and his wife's daugh play of light in the wlndows ter opened a beauty shop. Fof houses owned by Kuehn This was later said to have mnd his wife at Kalama and Been opened mainly to ob Lanikai. The house it Ka. tain Navy businesa. 'lama had s dormer window Mrs.Kuehn went to Japan *in the attic built specifically in 1940 and reportedly Jor aignaling purposes. {Ex brought back $16,000 in casb. the.signals were not reveal