PARDONS FOR CONVICTS
THOUSANDS IN RUSSIA OPENING OF CANAL MOSCOW, July 16. To commemorate the opening of the new 80-mile Moscow-Volga Canal, enabling ships to reach Moscow from the Baltic, Caspian and White Seas, the Soviet Government has granted a free pardon to 55,000 convicts who worked on the job for five years.
The trade unions have been ordered to find them immediate employment.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19379, 17 July 1937, Page 5
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64PARDONS FOR CONVICTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19379, 17 July 1937, Page 5
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