More than 200 Jewish refugees arrived here yesterday on the S.S. Ernie Pyle from Germany. The passengers included about 50 Jewish orphans. The United Service for New Americans provided a corporate affidavit for 108 of the immigrants.
A group of 230 refugees, stranded in Shanghai for more than eight years following their flight from Nazi-occupied Central and Eastern European countries, will arrive in San Francisco aboard the S.S. “General Meigs” on Saturday, it was reported today by U.S.N.A.
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