Ten ships are scheduled to leave Bremerhaven, Germany, this month carrying 8,500 DP’s to this country, the International Refugee Organization announced here today. This number is an increase by 2,253 persons over the total number of DP’s brought here in March. Six ships will arrive in New York and four at Boston.
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