A number of local Jewish charitable institutions and Jewish men and women are remembered in the will of the late James D. Phelan, former United States Senator and one time mayor of San Francisco, who died recently.
The Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum of this city receives $25,000. Among those named to receive parts of the famous Phelan art collection is Edmond Godchaux, veteran recorder of San Francisco county.
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