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THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH CHRONICLE.
J.N.F. Acquires 12,000 Dunams of Land.
Tel Aviv.
Twelve thousand dunams of land has be('ll acquired by the J cwish Na- tional Fnnd <luring the first half of the present Jewish year, according to a statement publi hed by the Keren Kaycmeth.
The lands include territory which bt>longed to Germans and the Briti ·h military authoritiP8. Besid0s these purcha es the ,J. ~.F. }ms also con- ti111wd with its normal activitcs.
Half a million trees were planted during the past six months in ~7
localities and seven new ·ettlement had been established on K<.>ren Kaye- meth land.
The .T.N.F. also assisted a number of ·settlements ,.,,·hich had suffered as a, rl'sult of the war, and had helped in the maintenanc\' of certain proper- ties in the Negev.
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Arab Villagers Anxious to Return.
Outstanding Women Scientist.
IMPORT ANT APPOINTMENT FOR MISS TIKVAH ALPER.
)[is, Tikvah Alper has be n ap- pointed to head the new bio-physics section form d at the national phy- sical laboratory in Pretoria under th"
direction of the Council for , cientifi.c and Industrial Hesearch.
:Jlis. Alp r, who is an )I.Sc. of the Uninrsity of Cape Tmn1, work d for two years in Germany with Prn- fos ·or Li C' :\Jeitiwr, the woman . eientist who, with Professor Otto Halla, played a leading part in the cliscu:-;sions and xperirnents which fiually led to the development of atomic vile.
Early this year she brought the fir 't quantity of man-rnacle radio- acti\'e isotope to the Union, hotised in a lt•acl C'Olltaincr stmve<l in her cabin in the ship in which . he came from England to take up h r appointment.
l t 'ms a ·mall amount of rndio-actfre co halt.
Amo11g the e.·perimentH which l\Ji. s AlpPr irns been eondnctirnr at Oncler-
Tel Aviv. ···
:-;tepoort with radio-pho. ·phorns i. 0110
Heprc>scntati,·cs of Palestine Arabs to discon•r how muc-h radiation a dc•- who fil'd from their hornes to H:vria oll
the outbreak ol' ho. tilitit's in tl;e Holy ,·eloping ehick t'mbryo c:an stand.
Land have asked Jewish authorities Slit> is doing this as a pr liminary to experimt•nts on Yin1.- rn0taho]isrn in Tpper Galilee for permi siou to n•- whi('h arc to he mad0 h:v Profes.·or turn to their villages in tho Hulch van den Ende, of tlw t nin•rsity of arl'a in northernmost Pa Jestine.
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ape Town, for whom radio-ca~·bonThe Arab dl'ltgates promi.- d tlrnt ·
. . . Ill a sp eial form is beino· p1 oeured tlw1r P< oph· wonld faithfully ahidl' :'.\1" Al · tl
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D ~1 b , t lw la"'-' of the lsraeE . overn- . ~ iss 1wr is le '~·1 e o r. ~\ .· t 1 tr l t d th • t nw, who has done nnport.ant work
men auc ou0rcc o 't1rre11 r e
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ti d on ant Jra.· at 11dcr:-;tc•poort. Slw is arm; icy possessP .
I · t' 'tl tl T . I th" Jangl1ter of :Mr. and ::\1 n;. Abra- n eonv1•r ·a ons w1 i ie • ew1s i l \.l ·
ffi · l tl A b f b"t 1 u1111 i per, ol Durhan. 01w of her
11 c·w sJ ie ra re llg;C'l'S 1 t_cr Y istc>rs i:s Hose Al wr, the wPll-known 1·ompla111Nl about thP trPatmeut !!JV 'll ~, si11gp1·. l
tht>m in Syria wher , tlwy said, they
"<'l"t> hdd in f·onc<•ntration cu mp . Th .J ewi h rt>pl · wn that th 1ir re- turn to th0ir f01·111t•r horn s wn im- po · ·ibl0 a long n. a state of wat 1·m1tin11e
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Arabs Blamed for Slaying of U.N. Truoe Guard.
Lake Snccf'ss.
The cleat h of Olc> Helge Bakke, a l nit<'d 1 ntions gnard who was kill0d '\ hiln on trncc enforcement dnti s in .Tcn1salcm. waf' blamed on the .:i\rahs in a report subm:tted to U.N. Recn~
t:.u·~·-G<>m'ral Trygve Lie hy Dr. Ralph Bunche, top aide to Palestine metlia- tor Count Folke Bernadotte.
"An examination of bullet holes in the jeep (that Bakke was driving to Hadassah Hospital)," the report stat d. "rev0.aled that the fil'e must ha,-c come from the left front, namely, Arab positions. The jeep re- c·1.>i,·ed appro.·imat 1ly nine bullet holes in the rear seat and canopy," the re- port adde l.
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Postal Services with 3 5 Countries.
Tel Aviv.
Thirtv-fivp nH•mbers of th0 Int r- nationni Postal•Uuion ar, n w op rat- ing st>rvi<:e · with th State of Israel.
Algiers, Tunis, FrenC'h Morocco and tlw Arnh State· surrounding Israel havt' not Yl't rc'sHmed postal commu- ; 11il'ations ,~·ith thP .Jewish State. ·
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Israeli Orchestra Performs m Jerusalem.
Tel AviY.
Afkr a11 <•ight months' ahsence from .J1•rnsall'm tlH hr:wli Philhar- rnonit· On·lH' ·tra pNformed jl'l' Jeru- salem on )fonday night under tho patronngi> of the Israeli ommandcr in .Jen1salem. The orelH' tra tra- velkd to .J 0rnsalem Yia the Burma Hoad.
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Israel Not Represented at Olympic Games.
Tel ..1hiv.
l Taeli sportsmen arp not re.pre- seutccl at tlw Olympic Ganws in Lon- don. ln view of the undesirability of tal-ing athh•tp · out of th 1 armv, it had at :first b en deci<l •d to se~d a ymholiral delegation of two womeu athPlctes. But a Briti.-lt visa for these dd(lgatcs cou Id not he ohtainecl and their journey bas now been can- cc>lled.
Local sports circles at'e incli1wd to h0lieve that ~ince Palestine no long"r l'.·i ·t.- and sine Lsrael is uot a mem- b0r of the International Olympic Federation, Britain was not ready to jssue visas.
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Golda Myerson and Dr. J. G. McDonald Leave
for Israel.
Ne"· York.
Golda ~ [yerson, nO"w recovered from lwr n•c:t•nt accident. ldt tor Israe1 aC'C'Ornpanied by ::\Ir. ::\Jerlzini.
Dr. .Jam G. )Jae Donald, the United States rl'prc> .. entative to lslaPli, has }pft America to take up his 1ww appointment.
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Sniping m Jerusalem.
Tel AviY.
From JNn ·alem during the wePk- nd C'ontinuous Arab sniping at J w- i.-h p de:-;trians a11d traffic was re- ported offi<'ia lly. .Jewish quarters have also bePn shelled from the direc- tion of the Old Cit.v. Police action against Jaba Ain Ghazal Ijzin oonth of Haifa was eomplctecl at 110011 011 S1111day.
'L'h1• main Haifa road i. now being clearl'd or mines and roadblocks and it is hoped that the roatl will lJe pass- able ,·ery soon.
Esther Salaman and Paul Hamburger.
PRIVATE RECJT AL IN AID OF ISRAELI UNITED APPEAL.
The Women's Section of the Israeli Unitetl Appeal have arranged a prfrate recital by the well-known visiting Eng- lif'h arti ·ts, Esther alaman, l\f ezzo- soprano, and her husband, Paul Ham- burger. pianist. The concert will take place at the Bai•bizon-Pla<r,a Hotel.
Admission is by programmes only, whiC'h mav be obtained from the nion of :rewish Women at 148, St.
Georg(''s Street. Phone 3-1675 .
Esther Salaman.
:\liss 'alnman will sing group-; of Il0hre'" and Yiddi, lt as well as English folk-, ong ·, am! ~lr. HamburgPr, in addition to tH·c·ornpanying his wifP, will pla,\· work:s by 'l'drnikon;ky, Brahms,
D1•hnl--s~· and l'hopio.
l\lr. Hamburger and Mi:;s Salnmnn ba\'t' ju.-t returned from a very :--nc·- ('essfui tour of tht• l'nion and mn. iC' lonm; will bt' glad to a,·ail t!wrn.·l'ln·~
of thiH opportunit · to hear l\liss ~ala
man ))('for her rt>turn to 1~~11gland.
pa1ticularl• in tlw \iddi li :rnd l[-
h11•\\' ·011g; at which .-lw e. t•el .
'I lit> ho pitality of tl1P Barbizo11 Plaza Hotel i"I bc>ing prm·idNl Ii.\ tlH ver.v gen rous co11rk,_y of it propriP- tor, ~Ir. 1 'imon , achar.
Only limited number of pro- gr:unrnes; at l' HYailabl0.
New
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France.
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Paris.
A new Ort b11ilding was dcclicat<'d nt Montreuil, a Paris suburb, ir.. which all department of the French Ort or-
<Yani. ation will now be <'entralise<l.
The building is a gift of the Inter- national Ladies' Garment 'Yorkers' Cnion of the U.S.
Leon Meiss, prcsiclt>ut of tho "French Ort, presitled during the dedication ceremonies, which were attended by L'.S. Ambassador J·efferson Caffrey;
Da,·itl Dubinsky, I.L.G.W.F. presi-
(lent; Labour 1Ministor Daniel Mayer;
T raeli Consul-General Abraham Gold- berg, Leon Blum and other notables.
A mbas 'a<lor Ca ff rev stressed th
"importance of initiating a con truct- i•a and reaJi tic programme of cono- mie and spiritual rehabilitation for the clii;placed Jews." Speaking on behalf of t.lie Fr nch Government, l\laycr de- clared : "If being on the ide of the Jews mean: solidarity v.·ith tl1e suffer- ing of our people, th' n 1 am on their sid ." He thank0tl the J.J;.G.W. U. for donating the Or building and es- pressed the hope that "I. rael may soon he recogni~ecl by all civilised nations and find its place among the l nite<1 Nations."-J.T.A.
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Arab Refugees in Amman.
Tel Aviv.
Thon .. nds of Arah rcfng '0 are ar- riving iu the Tl'ansjordan capital, Amman, and arc camping in the .-tree aeC'ording to the Transjordan da.ily "A Ta· r."
30th July, 19
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Mr. Max J. Spitz SurveJ Relief Work in GermanJ Austria and Poland.
RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRI EARLY NEXT MONTH.
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:\lr. )lax J. Spitz, National Charia1 man of the Routh Afriean J ewm Appeal, who left here in :\lay last ;rE
visit New York and Europe in t S
int<>re ts of the 8.A.J . .A., ·pent L, fruitful fc"- weeks in the Unit il States "'hen he contacted not 01;\·i1 the heads of the American Joint D tribntion Committ e but al ·o the 0 the Oze, the H.l.A.R. antl otlZi American organisations.
A· a ret:>ult of Mr. pitz' aetiYit. it in the l nited , 'tatc the 8.J .D.C. 1_ai planning to call a conference in Par''lll lhi.- C'Oming 1Tovembcr to diseuss t~·e problems oi Emopean .J ewi ·h aid. w·
is hopcc1 that re. pousible leaders a a 1 rcpresentatiYes of all C'Ountries a
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orga.msa .:on:-;_ eo11e('l'JH' w~t l ila, cffc<'t of n1d to the survivors . Enrope will be present. Among thelll will. probably be the leaders of t 1 various C'enr,ral Committee of f J ewi:-;h displaced per ·ons' camp~ ~1 well as representative.- of th' orga 0 sations with whom )Jr. Spitz was fro t011C'h in the U .•. A.
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tlH' begiuning of .Tune he1e11\
1 ·l'W York for Paris and .-iuce th 0 lw has :-;111·n've<l the rPlil'f and nh bilitation wo
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l'k lwing performed . 'arious .Tewi·h bodie' in Germai1 P1 .i\ ustria a11d Poland. .\ couple lu
"('l'k · aµ;o lie r<>tunwd from this to T SJ to purii<·i11nte in thP annual Cl•ntr
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Boal'd ~IPt'ting of tlto Ort whil'h
]i .. Jd in Paris from 11th to luth .Jul flp took n \rt>ry uetin1 part in tb 1·011!c>•'l'l\('l' and was indt0d to par
1 i1 ak a· ( hai1 mun m· r the <' 1 d •:tlrn~ "ith an ilt•m hHrn11 a
\ mc1 i an ( ornrnittP< a L "hie It th '\ 0111 I lw disc·11ssell nll'ion:
of (•n11tron•n;y
1\ 1.1 •ril'a r n n°d
t!1P Ort.
ThP 1 Pport, of thi · meeting whi 11aR sinec n•achrd Sou1l1 Afrir·a, n
ol' ::\fr . ._ pitz: "BN·a11:e of his contar i •ati "ll<'f' a11Cl de,·otio11 to tlw cau n11d tlw gn•at intNcst he display •la i" tL•.- matter Ii<~ wa instrument ia.
i111 l 1'ingi11g about a just ·olntion whir <' ,vill he of great heH fit to our orgai saiiou :\Ir. Spitz, \I ho is aceon rt panied by his wife, is expected to r c
turn to .J ohannesb11rg in the first ha n<l
of Augn t. ,he
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S.A. JEWISH BOARD OF DEPUTmic~
(Continued from Previous Page.) ep I" ~mergene~· 1~ i un . d ~H lm" ntisterecl hy ~iioi as rountrie ·, of which 'outh Africa wrtai a member. Distribution would
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en effected by field commission controllehe by the Go\ernments of member com 1 tri . , and eYery stage of tran port C!.rcifoodstuff , ·lathing and other neccs lOJ
tics of life, properly supervised. I· ,.e the terms of reference of the fund ti rnilitary-C'ontrolled areas would not b ou included for relief. Of the funds co1 lected in South Africa, 10 per cent WOU ld be de\ote<l towarns relieYing th
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tragedy of German children.
While he was aware that Je,yi 11 or ,\
ganisation' were at prese1Jt immer e ir in th' Israc>li United Appeal, he fel ~H
that ,Jewish ·women in particular. hou]i> 1 not negleC't thei1' dnti s in this appeal ·t A lightning campaign during Augns was envisaged.
Mr. Kuper said that he wi heel, 01
behalf of Deputie ·, to thank Dr. Fil•lc ing for his addre '... He hoped that hi appeal for a. istance would not fall 01 deaf ears. He said that the Board ha1 appointed a represen.tative to tho Jo hannesburg ommittce of the U . Appeal for Children.
