Reports were circulating here tonight that High Commissioner Sir Alan G. Cunningham had obtained the British Government’s approval of a plan to increase the monthly immigration quota for Jews to 2,500. He reliable source was willing to confirm the rumors, but the possibility of such action was not excluded.
A magistrate today refused to release on bail the 20 members of the ## the blockade runner Ben Hesht. He remanded them for trial in 15 days.
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