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Arabs and Jews Strike for 10 Hour Working Day

August 30, 1928
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Demanding an hour working day instead of the recent fourteen hours, Arab and Jewish bakers declared a city wide strike ##.

When strikebreakers were called in, in strikers spoiled the bread baked in drenching it with paraffin.

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