AN OFFICERSHIP IN THE LEGION OF HONOR HAS BEEN CONFERRED BY PRESIDENT LEBRUN OF FRANCE UPON A. ASSCHER, PRESIDENT OF THE ASHKENAZIC JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE AND A WELL-KNOWN DIAMOND MANUFACTURER, IT WAS MADE KNOWN TODAY.
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