Twenty American seamen who were arrested in Palestine and later deported by the British authorities for helping “illegal” immi##ation of displaced Jews arrived here today aboard the S.S. Marine Carp. They form## the crew of the blockade runner “Ben Hecht” which was intercepted by British naval its March 8 as it approached the Palestine shore. The ship was owned by the American League for a Free Palestine.
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