Zulmati Schlomo, who early this week told a story of escape from a hospital in Trieste after having been wounded and captured by the Italians in the early days of the African war, was under arrest today as an impostor. It was announced that Schlomo, who claimed to be a Falasha Jew and a lieutenant in the Ethiopian army, would be deported.
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