Palestine police in a raid today on factories at Tel Aviv arrested eight men suspected of terrorist activities. Thirty-eight others were held for questioning. The area of the factories – two diamond polishing plants – was cordoned off by troops while police interrogated several hundred workers and searched plants and machinery.
It was officially reported from Eritrea today that the 12 Jews wounded during a disturbance last week in the camp where 300 Jewish deportees from Palestine are confined are making satisfactory progress. Two others were killed in the outbreak.
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