(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Suicide among Jewish merchants in Roumania is spreading, due to the economic crisis.
Joseph Rosenberg, seventy year old Jewish merchant of Foscanyi, committed suicide last night. Business difficulties were given as the reason for his act. The suicide of other Jewish merchants was reported from other Roumanian towns.
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