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Arab Police Inspector Slain in Haifa; Jew Dies of Wounds

December 21, 1937
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ARAB TERRORISTS TODAY SHOT AND KILLED SADUA RAB, 40, ARAB POLICE INSPECTOR IN HAIFA. RAB WAS SHOT DOWN FROM AMBUSH AND DIED INSTANTLY.

A JEW NAMED GLOBERSON, WHO WAS WOUNDED LAST WEEK, DIED THIS MORNING. THE BULLET RIDDLED BODY OF SHLOMO BINUN, 27-YEAR-OLD JEWISH SPECIAL POLICEMAN WHO WAS SLAIN BY A BAND OF 15 ARABS YESTERDAY, WAS FOUND NEAR SEJERA TONIGHT.

GENERAL ARCHIBALD P. WAVELL, AFTER CONFIRMING SATURDAY THE DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED BY A MILITARY COURT ON ASSAD KHALIL, GAZA ARAB, FOR POSSESSION OF ARMS, TONIGHT COMMUTED THE SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

THE TRANSJORDAN FRONTIER FORCE LAST NIGHT ENGAGED AND DISPERSED A BAND OF 20 ARABS NEAR THE PALESTINE-SYRIA BORDER, KILLING ONE. THE ARABS LEFT BEHIND A GERMAN RIFLE AND AMMUNITION. SYRIAN TROOPS WERE REPORTED RUSHED TO THE BORDER TO REINFORCE THE FRONTIER GUARD FOLLOWING REPORTS OF NEW ACTIVITIES BY ARAB BANDS.

OFFICERS OF THE BLACK WATCH REGIMENT LAST NIGHT ENTERED ALL CAFES AND CINEMAS IN JERUSALEM AND ORDERED TROOPS TO REPORT AT CAMP IMMEDIATELY.

A BOMB EXPLODED IN THE ARAB VILLAGE OF SAKIA, DAMAGING AN ARAB ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S HOME.

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