ALEXANDRE ISRAEL, SENATOR FOR AUBE SINCE 1927, FORMER CABINET MINISTER AND ONE OF THE CLOSEST ADVISERS OF EDOUARD HERRIOT, RADICAL SOCIALIST LEADER, DIED HERE YESTERDAY OF HEART FAILURE. HE HAD BEEN ILL SEVERAL WEEKS. BORN IN 1868, ISRAEL SAVED AS PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER FROM NOVEMBER, 1933, TO FEBRUARY, 1934.
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