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Show AMERICANS AID U-BOATS. Charged That Supplies are Being Furnished Fur-nished Submarines in South Atlantic. Washington. rerslstont rumors of Cerinan submarines In the south Atlantic At-lantic were given additional color Tuesday Tues-day when It was disi lused emu: government govern-ment investigating agencies are running run-ning down a story that freighters of the American Trims-Atlantic company", Hying the American Hag, have carried supplies to sea for U-boats. Officials would not go Into details, but It was assumed the report prompting prompt-ing the Investigation probably came from members of the crew of the steamer Manitowoc quoted In news dispatches from l'orto Kico as charging charg-ing that the Manitowoc's and other Trims-Atlantic company vessels had trans-shipped to German submersible at sea quantities of food and fuel smuggled out of New York. I5oth the navy department anil the . .. .department of justice have taken a ""''band in the investigation. How far the inquiry has progressed was not indicated, hut officials by their silence gave the impression that no deliuite conclusions had been reached. |