This information is corroborated in special despatches published in the “Jewish Morning Journal” and the “Jewish Daily Forward” of July 1st, written by their special correspondents.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the papers which printed it were attacked by the “Freiheit,” New York Yiddish Communist daily, on Thursday, while the report itself was labelled as pure invention.
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