Bernard Baruch and Baron Maurice de Rothschild, French Senator, were due to sail Saturday on the lie de France, which is bound for Plymouth and Havre.
Maurice Wertheim, New York banker, director of The Nation and one of the founders of the Theatre Guild, was also aboard.
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