Recruiting began today in Palestine for another unit of the Royal Engineers, Reuters reported from Jeruselem. There are already 6,500 Palestine Jews enlisted in the British forces and a volunteer force is now in formation.
The authorities in Palestine have discovered Bren gun experts and other highly skilled technicians among recently-arrived refugees, and their services will be used in manufacture of munitions in India, The Times reported.
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