The United States Consul-General told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today he was closely watching the case of George Issa Katimy, 36, a naturalized American, detained in connection with a bomb explosion in Jerusalem Sunday.
Katimy, a Christian Arab, was arrested when driving past a workers’ restaurant on King George Avenue in the heart of the capital just when a bomb exploded in front of the premises, slightly injuring a Jewish pedestrian. Katimy comes from New York, N.Y., is a graduate of Teachers College of Columbia University and recently returned to Palestine to marry his childhood sweetheart.
Yochanan Josef Mizrachi, 35, who was wounded in the Old City on Jan. 10, died today. He is survived by his wife and two children.
Military court trial of Abraham Aziz and Eliahu Brunn on charges of possessing revolvers, scheduled for today, was postponed until Friday. They are the first two Jews to face trial by an army tribunal for violation of emergency regulations. Counsel for the accused have entered pleas of guilty.
Trial before a military court today faced a German woman who arrived in Haifa with two revolvers in her possession to visit her Jewish ex-husband, from whom she was separated after Hitler’s accession. The woman, Frieda Kuva, 37 years old, was arrested for illegal possession of arms after she landed here from the S.S. Galilee. Her ex-husband and two children live in Tel Aviv.
Six shots aimed at the home of Mayor Hassan Shukri of Haifa penetrated a passing Jewish bus crowded with passengers, but none was hit.
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