The 100th institution of the Ort was inagurated last week in Switzerland, it was announced here today by Dr. David Lvovitch, vice-president of the World Ort Union.
Dr. Lvovitch made the announcement on the basis of a cable from Dr. Aron Syngalowski, leader of the Ort Union in Europe, who also reported that at Sonnenberg, near Luzern, the Ort is establishing a training workshop for interned Russian girls at the suggestion of the Soviet Refugee Delegation and the YMCA. The cable disclosed that the Yugoslav Governement in Belgrade has invited the Ort to begin operations in Yugoslavia.
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