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Show OFFICIALS WILL DETAIN CASTRO Washington, Dec. 27 Clpranlo Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, said to be on board the steamer La Touralno duo at New York from Havre Sunday will be detained at the Ellis island Immigration station until Secretary Nagel of Ibe department of commerce and labor bns passed upon his admission to the United States. Mr. Nagel today instructed Commissioner Com-missioner of Immigration Williams at New York to subject Castro to a rigid Inspection under the immigration immigra-tion laws to determine his ripht to 1 enter and to forward the result to H Washington. This unusual courso is H I due to thc fact that thc state depart H j meut has requested Secretary Nagel H i strictly to apply the immigration laws M I to thc ex-president. That department is searching for evidence which would bar Castro. H A special effort is being made to learn whether he was ever convicted H of any crime involving moral turpi- tudo H Thc state department today re. H celved a report from Venezuela con. H corning the status of tho depose H president. This was given to Secre H tnry Nagel, but its nature was not H made public. H |