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Show WAR FRAUDS UNEARTHED. Nation-Wide Conspiracy Between Manufacturers Man-ufacturers and Contractors' Agents. Washington. A "nation-wide conspiracy con-spiracy between manufacturers and contractors' agents' in Washington to solicit government- war orders under an agreement to pay commissions illegally ille-gally to the agents was disclosed Monday Mon-day by the department of justice. Simultaneously with the announcement, announce-ment, raids were made on hundreds of m a n u f a c t urers' business offices throughout the United States in search of papers showing the scope of the illegal ille-gal practice, and four Boston business men were indicted in Washington on charges of acting as contingent fee agents. Hungarian Crops Requisitioned. Amsterdam. All new crops have been ordered requisitioned by the Hungarian Hun-garian government, according to a report re-port from Budapest. All flour mills have been put under government supervision. |