Over 900 Jewish refugees enroute to Israel from Shanghai today left Naples aboard the Israeli vessel S.S Negba. on the final leg of their journey to the Jewish state. A second group of Shanghai refugees is expected to arrive at Naples within a week.
The refugees, who were at sea for six weeks before being transferred to the Negba, complained about the bad food and inadequate sanitation facilities aboard the S.S. Wooster Victory which brought them to Naples. Two deaths and two births occurred aboard the Wooster Victory during the long voyage around the Cape of Good Hope.
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