The Royal Mail Lines today instructed all passenger offices and agents that it has been advised that Paraguay has prohibited entrance of all Jews regardless of their nationality or the class in which they are traveling.
According to the steamship company, the Paraguay ban applies even to those Jews who are on route with visas from Paraguay’s consuls in various countries.
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