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Hits Palestine Faction Riots

October 24, 1934
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asset to the movement, was also expressed in the Mapay statement.

The incident referred to in both statements took place late Thursday night, when Laborite sympathizers, said to have numbered about 1,500, gathered about a meeting hall where some ninety Revisionists had convened. When the speeches began, bricks and other missiles were thrown through the windows. Thirty persons were injured, among them Dr. Wolfgang von Weisl, and the crowd was not dispersed until police brought their nightsticks into play. Fifteen persons have been arrested in connection with the clash, a communique issued by the police disclosed.

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