Jews in Lithuania are forbidden to walk on the sidewalks or use any means of public transportation, under several new anti-Jewish regulations issued by Von Rintelen, Nazi Commissar for Lithuania, according to information received in Polish circles here today. Jews are obliged to walk in the roadway in single file and keep to the right.
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