A total of 220 Jewish refugees from Shanghai today sailed for Israel aboard the transport Campo D’Oglio, following their temporary stay at the Barletta DP camp. The steamer was the last to depart before Passover.
(A Haifa dispatch reported the arrival in Israel today of 1,100 Jewish immigrants from Italy. They came aboard the S.S. Galilah.)
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