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\ : 78 Arrests in Palestine Linked | -To Unofficial Jewish Cooperation By JULIAN LOUIS MELTZER a . Spectal to Tax New Youn Taexs. . an ‘JERUSALEM, March 13—The(fifty miles apart, the attacks were __ ]Government announced tonight the|coordinated at 9:15. Late tonight jarrests: of seventy-eight persons, there were no reports of casualties. jincluding fifteen members the! One of the trains was a freight tern gang and twelve of theIrgun train traveling toward Jerusalem, Zvai Leumi, as a result of assist- about four to five miles south of ance from members of the Jewish|the city near Beit Safafa. A.land- community. : mine planted from a bridge blew commerce.” ‘ Political observers were inclined to wee in both passages two Gov- ernment aims. The first is an at- tempt by the British authorities to go over the heads of the central aval blockade were taken aboard Jewish bodies—which have refused|the steamer Empire Rival. Their vactive cooperation in fighting ter: aeration was presumably Cy- i i i i t ic 9 - : ie ey ‘rorism—and to enlist direct pu Police and : hing the Bokharan Jews’ quarter inside Je- Fifty-one of those arrested were) up urider the engine. The second] aid against extremists. The second is a clear hint that if the Jewish e\rusalem’s martial-law area found a cache of ten grenades, a quantity officially said to be “connected|was an oil train on the main Haifa- 2 : h effecti with terrorism.” ‘The announce-|Lydda junction line. As it blew up, community continues such effectlv . : assistance, it will be rewarded with ‘ ment said that the police had alsolheavy firing from ambush Waé/ the early removal of martial law, of explosives, detonators and caps,), and five atretchers. | Twelve. per- sons in the house were taken away been enabled to detain wanted per- directed on it. Half the tank-cars| affecting the economic Hives of sons found during screening opera-|were derailed and the other half nearly 300,000 Jews. pvioust for questioni tions as a remilt of similar co-jof the train rolled downhill - overnment is obviously ap- lestioning. i pied grec ; : pealing to those elements that feel| Eight armed Jews robbed a small joperation by the public. It added; The communiqué on the arrests! that t frorist activities are solely|bank in Tel Aviv and, escaped ada? ° responaible for the present distress|$65,000. yo ee made. Jewish official bodies to assist se-| resultiny from martial law. Pit ob-| The traffic curfews imposed Tonight unsubstantiated reportsicurity forces in combatting and! servers believe it more plbly that nignt z Haita and the sou said that Army authorities believed!rooting out gangsters, help has the Jewish public at igfge, feeling) districts o estine were rem they had arrested a top member|been received from members of the’ ‘™%t the Government #litends to by: tonight. 1 |There was no official announce-\“Further public cooppration will ment of the arrest. . Terrorists attacked two trains} Continued on Page 7, Column? | ¥ ernment-operated rail- a road system tonjzht. Although : - } + / « E887 wocae a ARN WECkeAHor . Sw SSE > EZR ...nes wevces « GUTBOR seen eee . Hendon nf . Pennington ..--- Mr. Quinn Tonma.... F Dir. Mr Mr. Haro ......-=- Mr. Mr » NEAS®. wenn J-3 } Ww YSER TL 5 or = NerroreTane tor e+ ( | | 7 , + . -! . wl i Clipped at the Seat of _ * Government . DE — } -_ x, BR [J05-3631- 7 VY: NOP RECORDED Pogues & # . QAAPR 4 1947 ak a