Hebrew University Professor and His Wife Feared Lost in Syrian Desert: Not Heard of for Month: Were

Great uneasiness exists here because nothing has been heard for a month of Dr. Ahronee, of the Hebrew University, a distinguished zoologist, who went together with his wife on a scientific expedition in the Syrian desert. Their itinerary included the entire desert by slow stages from Damascus to Mosul by way of Palmyra and Baghdad. Dr. Ahronee is well acquainted with the desert, and the lack of news may mean only that he has had no facilities for communication. Dr. Jourdain, an English zoologist who went to join Dr. Ahronee and his wife, arrived here to-day a month after he had left them. The Palestine Government is in communication with the Syrian and Iraq authorities, and it is likely that search parties and an air reconnaisance will be organised.