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Two Jews Sentenced by Palestine Army Court; 3 Hurt in Attacks

January 23, 1938
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For the first time since its creation last Nov. 18, an army court today sentenced two Jews, Abraham Aziz and Eliahu Brunn, to prison terms of five years each for possession of weapons in violation of emergency regulations. Brunn had accidently wounded Aziz seven weeks ago. Both pleaded guilty.

Two Arabs sentenced by military tribunals to death for possession of weapons and firing upon police will be executed in the Jerusalem prison tomorrow. The authorities yesterday arrested Rassim Khalidi, secretary of the Arab Cooperative Societies and a cousin of exiled Mayor Khalidi, under the emergency regulations.

Two Jewish passengers, including a post office official named Tischnowski, were slightly injured yesterday when a bus en route to Mount Carmel was heavily fired upon. A bomb was thrown at another bus, but did not explode.

A driver was slightly injured when a lorry enroute to Jerusalem from Nablus was fired upon. Jewish workers returning from American-owned stone quarries to Jerusalem were shot at, but none was hit.

A military court released on $2,500 bail Frieda Kuva, 37-year-old German, who was arrested with two revolvers in her possession when she landed at Haifa to visit her Jewish husband, from whom she was separated after Hitler’s accession to power in Germany.

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