Jerusalem 1940s

Jewish and Arab commanders, at a formal meeting presided over by the chairman of the United Nations truce committee and in the presence of the mediator’s chief observer, have signed an agreement regarding the demarcation of a “no-man’s-land” on the Jerusalem front.

After negotiations between the Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Israel defence army (the Hagana), the Irgun on Friday surrendered the five British officials of the Jerusalem Electric and Public Service Corporation who had been kidnapped in Jerusalem 10 days ago.

Apparently because of the Muslim fast of Ramadan, the Arab forces are refraining from fighting during the daytime, when the Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, and artillery duels are fought here every night, both sides using the heaviest weapons at their disposal.

Downes and Hawkins: Please find Christian names from Electric Corporations London offices. Irgun stated they are outside Jewish Defence Army in Jerusalem and other parts of Palestine, outside territory of State of Israel.

Five British officials of Jerusalem Electric and Public Service Corporation been kidnapped by Irgun Zevai Leumi terrorists.

A Jewish Agency spokesman has declared that the five Britons kidnapped last Tuesday near the Jerusalem electric power station are held on “very serious charges,” the nature of which he refrained from disclosing.