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Big Battle

Battle In Palestine 40 Jews Dead: British Break Up Fight

Levy Once For All --Cripps

Engagement On Mount Scopus

Jerusalem, Apr. 13.

Forty Jows were killed today when Arabs, Jews and British fought out 'a_three-sided battle on the slopes of Mount Scopus, outside Jerusalem. The British brought up two-pounder guns, machine. guns, Bren carriers and armoured cars, rescued many Jews, took them to hospital and then called a truce with the Arabs to end the six- hours fighting.

has

scun,

1

Force

Londons, Apr. 13. Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer, wind- ing up the five-day, debate in the House of Commons inte to- night on the Budget and the economic position, gave an on-

The action, one of the hottest-reached Jerusalem today.

started Jawish source reported. surance that there would be no Jerusalem

wrecked the A proposed Royal Air repetition of the special levy on after Arab mines Investment income.

leading vehicles of

operation to bomb the village of £ small

Delr Yasseln, three miles from "This, no far as I and the Go- Jewish convoy which tried to

Jerusalem, where 250 Arab me, take food to the Hadassah Hos women and children were mas- are concerned, is once-for-all levy, as i have nalepital and the Hebrew University sacred by Irgun and Stern Gang before," he declared.

on Mount Scopus.

terrorists on Friday, was called of "when it became clear the terrorists had left the village.

the Palestine Govern- reinment announced toxiny. most of whom

vernment

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The other points Sir Staffor made were:

Britain'

The preservation of reserves at their present level was an absolutely curdinal point in any planning she did now.

Britain must try

to bring about at the earliest date complete balance of her over- sere payments. The surplus for which he had budgeted was a very special thing for this year, It w hot some- thing which the Government con- templated having to budget for

every year,--Reuter.

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Encouraged

London, Apr. 13.

The government disclosed to- day plans to set up a £5,000,000 national corporation to encour- age inventions "In the public interest.'

The British intervention is be lieved to have saved the Jews from an all-out mortar attack.

The Jows called up forcements;

were engaged outalde the convoy area while the Arabs. firing from rooftops and from behind, stane walls and sand bagged emplacements, rushed up two armoured cars and ting of petrol for a Shat "rebomb" altack on the stationary vehle- Tea. Some Jewish reinforcements fought a

Arabs.

morlar duel with

Burning Bodies

Russia's Giant Air Force

Washington, Apr. 13. The United States. Secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Stuart Symington, told Congress today the Russian Air Force was big- ger than the American and was growing fast.

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"TREVEAN” “TREVOSE" "TREVEAN”

Mr. Symington, testifying be- fore the House Armed Services that Cominittee on the Bill to increase

the Air Force from 90 'to' groups, suid he was, asking for "not a wartime but peacetime force."

The additional groups

would require the construction of 1,500 new planes, an increase of per soline) from 400,000 to 502,000 men, he said.

It was understood that the bombing or the village was pinnined for Sunday. Men of the Haganah, the Jewish defence force, are now occupying the village.

"Insincero"

The personnel programme The Jewish Agency's

should be completed by 1960, and expres.. sions of horror and disgust at the

the full 70 groups in operation massacre of Arabs in Palesling uy 1052-Reuler. by Jewish terrorists were the

cribed by the Arab Office London today

and insincere,"

des..

in Syrians, Iraqls, Lebanese, Egyp- ns "meaninglessons, Transjördanians and Pales- tinbins moved out of Katans in strmil

than small groups, leaving less 1,000 trainees in the camp.

An official Syrlan source said that the new army group v will be organised for action in the Jeru- solcm sector. This army, the source said, will absorb irregular Judean units formerly under the command of Abdul Khader Hus- scini

Mediterranean and the

Piles of burning bodies, sentter- They were so, it said, because ed around the blazing wreckage the Jewish Agency was both in- of the Jewish convoy, met the directly and directly responsible Highland Light Infantry men for the terrorism In Palestine. after they bnd beaten UIT ferocious

had It policy

encouraged Arab ottocks. and

terrorlam. It had never done rescued 蟲 score of Jewish

anything to check terrorism or survivors.

help in apprehending the

rorists.

The bodies of 35 Jews, melly burning, were counted and more were scattered by the roadside. Jowish "Cabinet”

tor-

Referring to the massnere Deir Yassein, the statement add-guerillas of Sheik Hassan Sala- ed: "For the Zionists to pretend mch. now that the Irgun atrocity was an act of private enterprise done

ex- The combined forces are

the pected to be placed under

uy their left hand without the command of a Byrian Colonel and knowledge of their right is

sickening proposed

The Jewish Agency today formally announced the forma tion

of a 13-man Cabinet which will form the Contral structure of the Jewish State in Palestine. The Cabinet will be composed of 12 Ministers and a Head of the Government.

piece of hyocrisy." "A fanatical, aggressive na- Lionalist movement which by force that which does not be. long to it by right must, in the end, resort to such methods," the

"Like Nazism, short of no horror or bestiality is seeking Its end,”—Reuter.

The corporation will subsidise research, held the patents on in- public ventions developed with

A Jewish Agency spokesman funds and acquire private inven- tions considered important to the told a press conference in Jerusalement added.

It will have the right to solem today that over 50 nation.

key push. Inventions which it thinks appointments would be made in are not being exploited properly the new Jewish Civil Service. and to make sure that products

which,

of British research are not paten- ted by for

foreigners

bill Under the terms of will be introduced in Parliament the Board of Trade will advance funds up to £5,000,000 during the the first five years. Eventually corporation

is expected to pay its own way.-Associated Prese

BAGUIO BOMB TRAGEDY

Buguio, Apr. 14.

Nine persons, including

four

The spokesman added that the Ministers would take over. the Government of Jewish Palestine from May 16, the day after the British authorities are due to give up the mandate

up

are:

over Palestine. The Ministries. set Foreign Affairs, Defence, Interior, Economies

and Finance, Im- migration. Commerce and Indus- Agricultura and Public Works and

try,

Labour

Fisheunications, Justler... Educk-

tion, Health and Social Welfare.

The

spokesman announced the children, were killed and a small establishment of a national food boy critically Injured when a long-buried bomb exploded while being removed.

system for Jewish Pales- tine under El Ezer Perelson, De- puty Mayor of Tel Aviv, would be called the Food Con- trollor.

who

Two houses a few metres away from the scene were damaged. The victims had dug a crater Convoy Gets Through around the bomb, but as they Another food convoy, the big- pulled it up the rope snapped and gest yet to run the gauntlet of à terrific blast followed, blowing the Arab blockada of the Holy the people around to bits.

City-200 vehicles, carrying an The bomb was an American- estimated 600 tons of food, in- made

the 1,000-pounder. United cluding special suppiles for

Jewish holy festival of Passover Press.

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will be deployed from 'Rämälläh to Hebron for a projected, offen-. sive against Tel Aviv and tho Jewish section of Jerusalem. Associated Press.

Forty-two

42 Dead Jerusalem, Apr. 13.

persons, including Dr. Halm Yassky, internationally Famous director of the American- Arab Troops Move

financed Hadassah Hospital, were -reported-killed-today in an hour=" Damascus, Apr. 14. long battle in the Arab Sheikh The second Arab army. for the Jarrah quarter of Jérusalem. liberation of Palestine began

Reliable sources

sources ilsted 34 Jews, moving on Tuesday into the seven Arabs and onc British Haly Land from Syrian training soldier among the dead. Twenty- four Jews were reported to have Approximately 5,000 uniformed been Injured.-United Press.

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