Three Jews and five Arabs were added today to the death toll in Palestine disorders, while the Government announced the end of an Arab general strike in Haifa after a day and closed post-offices in II Arab towns in view of terrorist raids.
The Haifa strike was called yesterday by terrorist bands aiming to paralyze government functions in the strategic port city. All Arabs were ordered not to testify or initiate litigation in Government courts. Jewish workers exerted efforts to maintain vital public services.
The shutdown of II post-offices, including the one in Lydda, where the British military airport is located, was believed to be both punitive and protective in intent in view of raids on post-offices in recent weeks. Postal authorities also suspended transmission of money orders to 30 post-offices, including safed.
A Jewish worker, Elieser Goldfarbs, 25, was killed from ambush while opening the gates of the Beth Oved colony near Ness Ziona. A Jewish auxiliary policeman, Jacob Benherzl, who was accompanying him was seriously wounded after firing 20 shots at the attackers. Special policeman Arieh Reiner, 24, an immigrant from Krakow, Poland, was ambushed and killed yesterday while guarding a party of Jewish workers outside beer jacob.
The third Jewish fatality was listed when the body of an unidentified youth, discovered dressed in Arab clothing yesterday near Beersheba and buried in the Arab city of Jaffa, was identified today as Albert Salameh, 20-year-old Haifa law clerk who had been doing business among Arabs. Identification was made by his sister, who expressed belief he had been slain by Arab terrorists.
A band yesterday invaded the Deir Sheikh village near Jerusalem, killing the wife of the mukhtar (local chieftain), her three sons, aged 14, 12 and 10, and the mukhtar’s shepherd.
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