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Blackade Runner Carrying 800 Visaless Jews Intercepted by British off Palestine

December 23, 1947
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A blockade runner named “You Can’t Frighten Us” with ?00 visaless Jews aboard was captured off Palestine tonight by a British naval patrol.

The vessel is reported by Jewish sources to have left a European port early this month. Although there has not yet been any official announcement, it is assumed that the vessel will be brought into Haifa.

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