Praise of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency for its news service during the emergency period of the Palestine events was voiced in the Warsaw Yiddish daily “Hajnt.”
“During the Palestine events the Jewish Telegraphic Agency not only justified its existence one hundred percent but its necessity. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency was the first to deliver the news of the Palestine events not only for the Jewish press but also for the general newspapers of Europe and America, which led to a sympathetic attitude being adopted toward our cause. This to a great extent was due to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency which has proved in this respect of utmost importance,” the “Hajnt” declared.
Dwight W. Morrow, Ambassador from the United States to Mexico, will head a committee for the selection of Mexican scholars and artists to receive grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, it was announced by the Trustees of the Foundation. The Foundation received last June an additional gift of $1,000,000 from former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim for an extension of the Foundation’s Fellowships to include several countries of Latin America.
A general committee on Jewish religious radio programs has been formed under the chairmanship of David N. Mosessohn. The premier program of the committee will be broadcast from Station WEAF and a network on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 3, from 3 to 4 o’clock.
The director of the programs will be Rabbi Samuel M. Cohen and the musical director will be Joseph Achron.
E. F. Singer of Toronto, Can., was elected to the provincial legislature in the provincial election on the Conservative ticket. He represents the Toronto district, largely populated by Jews.
Mr. Singer is said to be the first Jew elected to the Toronto provincial legislature.
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