The Pioneer women’s Organization has cabled $10,000 to the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem for the care of Danish and other refugee children who will be maintained in the institutions of the Working Women’s Council, its sister organization in Palestine, it was announced today. Miss Dvorah Rothbard, national secretary, said that this sum has been allocated by the organization’s Child Rescue Fund established last spring to provide for children coming into Palestine from Teheran. Up to date a total of $110,000 has been forwarded to the Jewish Agency on behalf of the Child Rescue Fund.
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