The Jewish young man Kolenberg, who slew General Slaschoff, stated to the Soviet authorities that the reason for his act was to avenge the death of his brother.
His brother was shot in Nikolayeff, Ukraine, at the order of General Slaschoff, during the civil war.
The new Braker Memorial Home for Old People in the Bronx, was opened on Wednesday, when twenty-one men and women were admitted to the institution.
Any person over 50 years old able to pay $1 a day with a guarantee of $200 for funeral expenses, and who is in good health, may live at the home which was erected from a be-guest of $55,000 from Henry J. Braker. The institution will accommodate 100 persons.
A testimonial dinner was tendered to Meyer S. Mintz, director of the New Jersey Region of the United Palestine Appeal, Sunday night, in Newark. The principal speaker was Judge William M. Lewis. Philip J. Schotland, state chairman of the Appeal; Bernard Miller, Newark chairman of the Appeal; and Rabbi Julius Silberield, who headed the testimonial committee of more than one hundred, also addressed the gathering. Mr. Mintz, who recently made a tour of Palestine, reported on the progress being made there.
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