Foreign News: Hero to Jailbird

Since Der Führer dosed the Fatherland with his anti-Jewish purge, German Jews from Scientist Einstein down to the small-town sausagemaker have been kicked around. Prime exception has been 47- year-old German Jew Arnold Bernstein, head of Arnold Bernstein Line, Red Star Line and Palestine Shipping Co. Hitler, during his four years of dictatorship, has paternally patted Mr. Bernstein's head, graciously welcomed his contributions to German trade. Loudly cheered by Nazis was Jew Bernstein for elaborately equipping "garage ships" and docks with high-speed elevators, enabling cars to be transported at big savings. Loudly cheered...

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