The Polish Ministry of the Interior yesterday prohibited distribution in Poland of the Stern, Yiddish daily newspaper published in Biro-Bidjan, the autonomous Jewish region established by the Soviet in the Far East.
Because of the widespread interest among Polish Jews in Biro-Bidjan as a possible object of emigration, the paper has been closely followed here for news of the region.
The Ministry also forbade distribution in Poland of five anti-Nazi publications issued in Paris, Basle and Praha.
Robert Browning’s father obtained a position in the Bank of England through the influence of the Rothschilds, with whom the poet was acquainted all his life.
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