Show English I Children Arrive in U. U S. S Seeking Haven From War filar Peril NEW YORK Ju July y 8 UP p Three Thre Three l hundred fifty British refugee ch children children chil chil- dren arrived unexpectedly on the I British liner Samaria Monday Monday Monday- 38 8 hours after the first contingent of 71 reached New York on the Scythia Scy- Scy thia thia-as thia as volunteer workers speeded speed d dup up a natio wide nation wide child refugee aid campaign Most of the newcomers were with parents or guardians and most had residences arranged They ranged from babies to teen age the average being about 8 8 Most of them had experienced air raid alarms but none was found who had been in an actual bombing The Samaria left Liverpool with about June 30 only 30 miles ahead of the Star the British internment ship which was torpedoed A destroyer and a seaplane escorting the Samaria Samaria Samaria Sa Sa- Sa- Sa maria out to sea wheeled unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpectedly away to go to the aid of the Star Among the Samaria passengers were Henri Bernstein the French playwright who has fought several duels with critics and who is an outspoken antinazi I lost everything in France he heI I said Another passenger was Baron Alphonse Rothschild of the Viennese Viennese Viennese Vien Vien- nese branch of the banking family family family fam fam- ily whose brother Louis ransomed himself from the German secret police after the Austrian annex annex- The baron his wife and two young daughters and two sons of his cousin Baron Montefiore Rothschild were bound for Can Can- ada Formation of the national child refugee committee to organize local committees over the country and coordinate the activities of various various various va va- rious groups already active was announced shortly before the ships ship's arrival I |