A check for 1, 000, 000 francs toward relief of victims of floods in this country was contributed here today by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
M. Rombko, deputy JDC director here, accompanied by Meyer Obadia, president of the Moroccan Jewish Community, gave the check ti Col. Driss Ben Aomar, Governor of Casablanca. There is much suffering in various parts of the country, due to this year’s serious floods.
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