Reports reaching Warsaw today told of mounting terrorism in Dzialoszyn, in Lodz district, climaxed by the mysterious death of a 22-year-old girl named Necha Shijit, member of one of the oldest Jewish families in the town. The girl’s body was found at the bottom of a well. In the last few days, the reports said, Nationalist youths have been firing openly at Jewish youths in the streets. No arrests have been made.
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