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RAIDS ON BANKS

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Raids by armed men were made on bank branches and sub- post offices in Belfast recently. A policeman and a woman were wounded.

Old-age pensioners were. In Fallsroad Sub-Post Office draw- ing their pensions when four men armed with revolvers enter- cd. Others were stationed out- side. Mr Charles Lough, the sub- postmaster, said that one of the men stated: "We are the I.R.A. Don't scream. We want the money." They took about £800 from the till.

Less than 200 yards away 2000 Wos stolen from the Falls-road branch of the Munster and Leinster Bunk. Three inen entered the bank and ordered the staff to kneel while they raided the tls. The Falls-road branch of the National Bank was also entered and about £200 taken,

Two men were seen to hurry out of the bank carrying a sub-machine- gun. The others were armed with revolvers. Two policemen appeared and a good deal of shooting followed. During a raid on Edenderry Sub- Post Office, in the Crumlin-roßd dis- trlet, Miss Davidson, the subpostmis- tress, was shot in the arm,

Turkey Would Aid Syria

Syrian leaders are nesured of the full support of Iraq and Tur key in resisting Axis efforts to occupy Syria and the Lebanon, according to reports from usually reliable Damascus sources,

This is the result of Turkish-Aral rapprochement efforts, in the face of their common danger, cables the "News Chronicle" special pondent in Cairo.

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It is also, apparently, the outcome of the Iraq Foreign Minister's visit to M. Sarajoghu, Turkish Foreign Minisler.

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AMERICAN OBSERVERS-Now York City Fire Chief Daniel A. Doosy, Fireman George T. J. Scott and Chief Fred Wodemeyer inspact fire apparatur at London headquarters. They were sont to study fire-provention methods in warfare.

STABBED DETECTIVE

AFTER STEALING BICYCLE

A sentence of 12 months' rigorous Imprisonment was im posed by the Singapore district judge, Mr J. McFall yesterday on a Malay, Jaffar bin Chik, whom ho convicted on "the very serious offence" of stabbing a detective with a knife.

On a accond charge, of stealing a bicycle belonging to Loh Soo Teng from the Municipal Services Club in Farrer Park on Nov. 3, the same day, Jaffar was also convicted, and sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment.

A year's police supervision is managed to get past them, and ran to follow the terms of imprison-away. Chasing him, they cornered him in Buyong Read, but in the re- ment, which are consecutive.

sulting struggle he drew out a knife

GUNNER'S

POSE AS A MAJOR

At Marlborough Street Police Court recently Clive Edward Grunspan, 22, a gunner in a searchilght unit of the Royal Artillery, was charged before Mr J. B. Sandbach; K.C., with being in the unlawful posses- sion of a War Department pass, and with being an unauthorised person wearing the Order of the British Empire and the Military Medal ribtions, the Order, Distinguished Servico

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the Military Cross, and Croix de Guerre.

It won stated by the police that on October 5 Grünan entered 'n | shop in High Street, Marylebone, wearing the uniform of an Army enajor, with tho decorations "dli- played on his breast, and a staff officer's cap.

He represented to the shopkeeper that he was collecting money for the purchase of mittens for soldiers and was in command of the anti-aircraft section in that division. The shop- keeper collected 43. Ed, and gave it to him, but after he became sus picious and spoke to a flight lieuten- ant in the R.A.F., who challenged Grunspan as to his right to wear the | Service clothes and ribbons.

Had Taken Pass

Grunspan produced a pass issued to Major C. E. Grunspan, of the War Ofice, "for the purpose of in- vestigation." Later, however, he confessed that he had taken the pass from the regimental sergeant-major's office at his camp. The flight lieuten-| ant was not satisfied and called the police, with the result that Grunspan was arrested..

In a statement to the police he The story told in court was that and stabbed one of the detectives, said that nt the time of his arrest Lol Soo Teng, a clerk employed by Law Foong, infileting a wound in his he was dressed in the blue patrels the Municipality left his bicycle in- back half-an-inch long and two of a major of the Royal Regiment side the club at 3.45 pm, on Nov. inches deep, which kept him in hos-of Artillery, with decorations. 3.-When he came out of the club pital for 12 days.

It was the second time he had threequarters of an hour later the In his defence Jaffar dented atcal-been detained for the offence of bicycle had disappeared.

ing the bicycle and stabbing the de-obtaining clothes of a rank other fective.

than his own, the first being in France, when he was detained for passing himself off na an oMeer. The charge was dismissed, and he

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