A “Wingate Forest” in honor of Maj.-Gen. Orde C. Wingate, British commando chief who died in a plane crash in Burma last week, will be planted in the Maale Hamisha Hills by the Palestine Jewish National Fund, it was announced today. The Jewish Agency announced that it will hold a memorial meeting for Gen. Wingate in the Yeshurun Synagogue here tomorrow.
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