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Pioneers From America Arrive In Russia To Aid Rehabilitation
A group of American pioneers arrives in Riga on their way to Siberia to assist Soviet plans, with engineers William Mahler of Newark and William Vanhoffen of Chicago leading a contingent of miners and farmers from across the United States. They sign up for two years, bring seed grain and food, and promise to staff coal mines and a steel plant to address Russia’s labor shortage.
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Ural Mountains