The first shipment of “non-monetary gold,” ?ed tentatively at $1,000,000, and destined to aid victims of Nazi persecution, ?ed in New York on December 15 from Germany, it was announced here today by the ?ratory Commission of the International Refugoe Organization. Comprising 848 cases ?welry, china, silver, rugs and other valuables, the shipment will be sold in the ?ed States by a merchandising advisory committee of the I.R.O.
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