The authorities have notified all Jewish doctors of the Free City that they will not be permitted to practice after Jan. I, 1939. The doctors were ordered to liquidate their offices by that date.
The Colonization Department of the White Russian Republics currently circulating invitations urging Jewish workers desiring to emigrate to Birdjanto write in for information. new collective farms have been set up in the fertile regions bordering the Zeya and Selemdji rivers. there mas one recent instance where an ex-soldier installed in the Jewish region appealed to the authorities to help establish 72 members of his family in new homes.
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