(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The fact that the majority of Jews who emigrated from Poland in 1926 went to oversea countries, is shown in the figures on Polish emigration during the year, which have just been issued here by the State Emigration Office.
Of a total of 167,509 emigrants during the year, 20,406 were Jews, which corresponds roughly to the proportion of Jews to the general population of the country. While the majority of the non-Jewish emigrants proceeded to European countries, the majority of the Jewish emigrants went overseas. The Jews formed only 2.3 per cent, of the emigrants to European countries, while they formed 39.3 per cent, of those who went to the overseas countries. Out of every hundred non-Jewish emigrants, 20.8 went out of Europe, while of every hundred Jewish emigrants 87.4 went to non-European countries. This shows that the Jews are not merely emigrants who return after a season to Poland, but that they are seeking permanent places of settlement.
Of the 2,797 Jews who emigrated to European countries, 1,569 went to France, 745 to Belgium, and 71 to England. Of the 19,609 Jews who went overseas, the largest number, 5,813 went to Palestine, 4,760 went to the Argentine. 3.535 to the United States, 2.597 to Canada, 351 to Cuba, 294 to Uruguay and 283 to Australia.
Pending outcome of the investigation of charges by retailers of live kosher poultry that the wholesalers are attempting to stifle competition by foreing the retailers to buy from specified wholesalers, Assistant Attorney General William B. Groat, jr. announced his office would be given all day Sunday to receive complaints before the High Holidays.
At the resumed hearing before Referee Joseph S. Rosalsky Wednesday Mr. Groat examined several wholesalers as to conditions in the industry.
Herbert Frankel, commission merchant denied that the unloading of cars of poultry was delayed to fix the price through regulation of the supply.
Abraham Weinstein, a live-poultry Inspector, testified that last Monday of sixty-four cars of poultry standing on the tracks only thirty-one were unloaded.
Harvey Nirenberg denied that certain retailers had been told by alleged gangster by they must buy their poultry from him.
Other wholesalers denied retailers were allocated to specified wholesalers and that they refuse to sell to retailers outside their allocated territory.
The establishment of two scholarships for violin students and the continuation of the two piano scholarships established last year have been announced by Spaulding Frazer, chairman of the L. Bamberger & Co. Music Scholarships Committee.
Like the piano scholarships, those for violin will include one senior and a junior scholarship, each calling for four years’ tuition in violin and supplementary studies. The senior scholarship will be placed at the Institute of Musical Art in New York, the other with a New Jersey institute. The four scholarships are offered through the Bamberger firm.
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