An Italian Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Palestine to further Italian trade there and throughout the Near East, reports the Chicago Daily News in a dispatch from Wallace R. Deuel from Rome. The inauguration of the Chamber of Commerce was announced by the National Institute for Exports.
According to the dispatch, the headquarters of the Chamber will be in Jerusalem, with branches at Haifa and Tel Aviv. Its activities will be directed by the Italian consul general in Jerusalem.
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