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DEPARTURE OF JAPANESE STEAMER ACTION BY IMPORTERS San Francisco, Aug. 1. The departure of the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru received an unexpected check when importers filed libel actions seeking possession of valuable cargo, which includes 2.500.000 dollars worth of silk. On top of that millions of dol - lars of contraband United States currency had been smuggled aboard. Customs agents began opening every safe deposit box and searching every stateThe Tatuta Maru with a large list of anxious passengers hovered off the coast six days before docking until she received an assurance that the Customs Department would grant clearance, but the ship's movements are now in the hands of the Justice Department.— U.P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 2 August 1941, Page 5
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