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Show SWINDLERS IN BERLIN FORGE BREAD CARDS By International News Service. BERLIN, Julv 2?. In spite of all precautions pre-cautions of the authorities, a small gang of swindlers has again succeeded in putting put-ting many thousands of forged bread ards into the hands of consumers here who were able to pay for them. The for-ceries for-ceries were discovered some time ago, but the vendors worked so secretly that no trace of them could be found until one of the band got drunk ana was picked up by the police. , J . When the man w as searched in the police station several hundred of the bogus bo-gus bread cards were found. After he became sober he confessed, and named his accomplices. Half an hour later the police raided' a small job printing office, where 2O.O0O of Ine -'ards were confiscated. Fourteen men and four women were arrested. It is estimated that the swindlers swin-dlers within six weeks sold about SO. "00 of the forced cards at prices ranging from o cents to J2 apiece. |