Nathan Straus, Sr., famous American Jewish philanthropist, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital Friday afternoon from his summer home in Mamoronek, N. Y.
Mr. Straus suffered from an attack of acute appendicitis. It was said that no operation would be attempted because of the fear that it would not be withstood by Mr. Straus, who is seventy-nine years old.
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