A ten-thousand ton Liberty Ship named after Haym Salomon, the Polish immigrant Jew who helped to finance the American Revolutionary War, will be launched here tomorrow at the Fairfield Yards of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. Representatives of the Jewish community and of church groups will be among those who will attend the ceremony.
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