A transport of diesel generators and 150 sewing machines will be sent to the Jewish autonomous region of Biro-Bidjan by the American Biro-Bidjan Committee, it was announced here today. The announcement said that the power units and the machines will go to vocational training schools and factory and firm units where 3,500 Jewish war orphans are being cared for.
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