The S.S. Marine Marlin carrying 887 passengers, 68 of whom are survivors of Nazism coming to the United States as quota immigrants, arrived here this morning. Many of the immigrants will join relatives in time to spend the Passover holiday with them. The passengers originally sailed from Bremer##aven, Germany, aboard the S.S. Ernie Pyle which was forced to turn back to Flymouth, ##ngland, because of engine trouble. The S.S. Marine Marlin picked them up there.
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