Abraham Avadio, who served for many years as treasurer of the World Zionist Organization, died here this morning. He was 74. Mr. Avadio was associated for many years in Germany with Prof. Otto Warburg and others in furthering the Palestine Land Development Company. He settled in Palestine before the outbreak of World War II and had come here to dispose of his private library, intending to return to Israel later this year.
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