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LAtOUR UNIONS HELP IN EUROPE FINANCING SABOTAGE OPERATIONS (By Tckitraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Recd. 7.50 p.m.) New York, Dec. 28. The New York Post says that millions ol dollars are being sent to Occupied Europe by A.F.L. and C. 1.0. unions to help underground Labour leaders and the Allied sabotage network prepare lor the United Nations' invasion. Under the direction of Sidney Hillman. of the C. 1.0., and Mathew Woll, of the A.F.L., unions are raising approximately 4,000,000 dollars to promote industrial sabotage behind the German lines. Immediately substantial sums are collected the money is despatched by secret agents to Europe. Then couriers distribute it to ccmtacts in French mines, German factories, Czech munitions plants, and railroads throughout the Continent. A considerable part supports 1500 "underground” secretly-printed newspapers, such as Le Populaire.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 5
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132AMERICAN DOLLARS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 5
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