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Show uu U.S. Inspector Probing Olive Peisosiing- Cases MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 11 Federal j investigation of the deaths here within with-in the past f ivo days of seven persons, attributed by physicians to poisoning dua to tho eating of ripe olives, was ; begun with the arrival of an inspector for tho United States department of agriculture. The inspector and a representative rep-resentative of the United States district dis-trict attorney conferred during the day with city officials and a representative of an olive packing concern who arrived ar-rived in Memphis this morning. All of those who have died were guests at a luncheon here last Thursday at which ripe olives were served. |