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Show 119 Survivors Of Zamzam Reach Lisbon LISBON Weary and bedraggled, bedrag-gled, 119 survivors of th Egyptian liner Zamzam, sunk by a German 'raider last April 17, arrived at (suburban Sintra Monday, finishing finish-ing a major step in their 18,000-mlle 18,000-mlle Odyssey. Most planned to await passage to the United States, which may take a few weeks, while some of the 107 missionaries and their families fam-ilies hoped to continue to Africa. After coffee and baths many went to sleep, since they had been sitting up for the last 48 hours in day coaches from the Spanish border. AH except two slightly feverish children were in good health. Portuguese gave them a gala welcome. At a station en route to Lisbon the whole town turned out to watch the hungry Americans Amer-icans eat a Red Cross meal at tables ta-bles set up on the station platform. plat-form. There were toasts and vivas I for Portugal and the United States. (Continued on Page Eight) German freighter, rushed , clothing stores. Many had lost e' erything but the clothes they V" and like David Scherman, liie mT azlne photographer, "had " canged for 40 days." 11 ' Scherman had the prize h luck story. He obtained one of thJ war's major picture beats J2j! exclusive pictures of the sinki of the Zamzam, life aboard th? German ship and the arrival fa occupied France which the q6 mails allowed him to develop Biarritz. Just before he left ho ever, they took them away W" Dr. Tinsley Smith of the Pre byterian missions, and Dr. Nich" olas Dreyer of the Du pont com" pnny, disclosed there had bn considerable sickness amon" th Americans aboard the Gn-mJ ship. It was mostly dysentery m other minor ailments which were quickly cured in France. HERE'S MORE ABOUT 11!) SUKYIVOliS OF ZA.MZAM BKACH LISSiON (Continued frorr Page One) "The Portuguese have the first smiles we have seen since leaving Fernambuco (Recife)," one of the arrivals said. Many of the passengers, who had traveled from the southern Atlantic to occupy France In a |