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Smuggling Plot Aimed at France Revealed In Barrel Discovery
New York customs officers uncover a shipment of contraband liquor hidden as hides in French barrels from the ship Chicago. Forty bottles per barrel were found in five barrels, totaling a potential value near twenty five thousand dollars. Officials anticipate arrests of shipper and consignees. Also reports on Germany trade talks returning to Washington with Dr Wiedfeldt and a possible German draft for negotiations.
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