Thrift House, the permanent rummage store at 9 West Fifty-seventh street which turns over the proceeds from its sales to the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropies, yesterday opened a cruise shop, to enable persons with limited incomes to assemble wardrobes for wear at Southern resorts. Recently Thrift House contributed $29,000 toward the Federation’s campaign for $2,071,000.
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