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asked co be kept isolated from the other incemees, including the other ltalians. u A
S3 year old housewife from Windsor. Onrario. Presscllo was interned on 14 June
1940 UDder D.O.C.R. 21 and desi&nued F.8. Prc:sseUo was released from inlmUnenl
on 14 June 1941 after an objection 10 hec case was heard by Justice J.D.
Hyndman.-
The cue of another inremee. Luisa Guapeli is interesting because she was
interned for being an aclive member of !he Feminine Fascia who also taught Fascist
subjects in the haHan schools. lmemed under Reaulation 21 and designaled F.lI. the
naturalized Guaaneli was held in • Toronto jail for silt weeks before being sent 10
Kingswn Pc:nicentiary." While inremed GuapeJi was accused of conducting
unauthorized corresponderx::e. a charp which she vehemently denied. In investigating
the charge. Warden Allen foond Gl.II&neli unc:oopemive for which he declared she
refused "to adhere 10 the truth in qlle$tioning, and with this in mind we will give her
case our special attention here. '" all communicadons 10 or from Guagneli sbould be
very carefuJly examined, and every possible auard must be kept 10 prevent her from
rcsuminc die activities which she appeared 10 haw pncriced durUlc her iIarcera1ion
"NAC, RG73. ace. 80-811253. ben: 73. 23-1·2. Re: FmtIIh r",emee PraselD.
MtJria, 29 March, 1941.
-NAC, RG 24, CS408. H@7236-84-2. E. Lapointe 10 Wood. Re: Mrs. Maria
Pruselo. 14 June 1941.
"NAC. ROn. ace.80-3lJ253. ben: n. file 23-1. pan I. AJlan 10 GoYemor of the
Jail. TOI'OOIO. Ont. IW: Fentak IItlmt« LofdsD CiII4IMli. 18 December 1940.
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