Cornerstone for the first building in Kfar Masaryk was laid yesterday in a ceremony attended by many notables, including representatives of Jewish national institutions, the Consul General of former Czechoslovakia and Arabs representing the newly founded Arab-Jewish Workers’ Federation. The colony was established recently and bears the name of the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia.
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