A Jewish Agency spokesman today denied reports that the Haganah had been blowing up arms caches of the Irgun and the Sternists and kidnapping their leaders. These reports and rumors that “Jewish terrorists” had arrived abroad were aimed at discrediting the Zionist movement, he charged.
Jerusalem was suddenly plunged into darkness this evening when all electric service failed. First reports said that the main transmission lines had been cut at a point outside the city.
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