(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A decree of executive elemency was signed by President Moscicki releasing Hirsch Frenkel, assistant rabbi of Tarnopol, from military imprisonment for refusing to obey the order of his superior officer in the Polish army to shave his beard and earlocks.
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