(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Several officials of the criminal investigation department, including one Jew, were sentenced to death on a charge of extortion.
Abramovitch, the Jewish official, and the others were charged with attempting to blackmail a Jewish merchant, Levitan.
COMMUNICATION TO THE EDITOR
Sir:
To receive the “Jewish Daily Bulletin” regularty for a year is indeed a privilage.
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Judea Industrial Corporation of New York Washington, D. C. June 14, 1927
Vacations for more than 7,000 women and children will be provided this summer by affiliated agencies of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, whose fresh air program was announced by Sol M. Stroock, president of the organization.
The announcement states that of the twenty-one summer camps conducted by Federation institutions, thirteen camps receive financial assistance from the Federation.
The total number of individuals to be taken care of this summer at the summer camps is 7033, and the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies has made a budgetary allotment of $45,133 toward defraying the expenses.
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