Joseph J. Kraus, a New York pharmacy manufacturer, signed an agreement today in the office of the American consul here whereby he obliges himself to contribute $1,000,000 towards the proposed anti-cancer hospital of Dr. M. Salzborn, a Vienna Jewish physician on the condition that Dr. Salzborn’s anti-cancer methods prove to be correct. Dr. Salzborn claims to have discovered a cure for cancer.
Mr. Kraus today handed over $50,000 in cash when the agreement was signed with Dr. Salzborn. The agreement provides that Dr. Salzborn is to utilize the initial $50,000 to buidd a cancer hospital to experiment with his cancer cure. While the experiments are being carried on a group of American doctors will come here to watch and study Dr. Salzborn’s healing methods.
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