The body of Charles H. Jordan, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee who disappeared last Wednesday evening in Prague after he left his hotel room to buy a newspaper (see Page 3), was discovered today in the Zoltava River in Prague, the State Department reported.
The body was found at 1:30 P.M. local time by a civilian in a rowboat, floating at a water barrier downstream from the May 1 Bridge. The civilian notified the police who informed the American Embassy. U.S. Consul Norbert J. Krieg viewed the body on the river bank and identified the clothing, the jewelry and the general features as those of Jordan. The cause of death was not immediately determined. Mrs. Jordan, who had remained in Prague during the search for her husband, was notified.
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