Forty-two swindlers who are responsible for the misery and plight of many hundred Jewish refugees stranded in the various European cities were arrested today in connection with the recent discovery of forged Polish passports and falsified American visas. A widely organized association with headquarters at Lomza was detected. Three officials of the Holland-American Line are charged with complicity in the swindlers’ undertaking.
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