(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
All records in the income of the Keren Hayesod, Palestine Foundation Fund, were beaten during the month of July.
The amount received by the Keren Hayesod headquarters in London during July totalled £75.073. The highest income the Keren Hayesod registered until now was in May, 1923, when it amounted to £66,236.
The July income of the Keren Hayesod includes £29,000 from the United States of America, £25,000 from Mr. Bernard Baron, the millionaire tobacco manufacturer of London, and £5,000 from the Jewish community of South Africa.
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