The 30-ship American naval armada which sailed from Norfolk, Va, for a seven-month tour with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, was amply stocked with Passover supplies, shipped by the National Jewish Welfare Board, it was revealed today.
Jewish Welfare Board officials said that the emergency shipment was one of a number of Passover emergency problems handled by the JWB in its “Operation Passover” for Jewish military personnel in the United States and in 65 foreign countries.
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