The authorities in the Slovak city of Lucenec today called upon the inhabitants to turn over to the police all persons who are spreading false rumors concerning the Jews.
Anti-Semitic forces in Slovakia are circulating reports that Jewish doctors are inoculating non-Jewish children with poisonous serums and that other Jews are distributing poisoned cigarettes and food.
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