Evening star., 1948-01-02
A THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. C.
Z.
Jewish Nurse Killed
BY Shippers, Another
Funeral Is Attacked
ky the kssoeiotsd Press

JERUSALEM, Jan. 2.-Arab
snipers killed a Jewish nurse and
sprayed a Jewish funeral process
sion with bullets on the Mount
of Olives today, police said, as
communal strife ignited by the
United Nations decision to par
tition Palestine continued for
the 34th day.
The unofficial count of dead since
Arab-Jewish violence erupted at the
end of November mounted 10 511,
including PSI Arabs and $50 jews.
The Jewish nurse was aboard
Hadassah Hospital bus which eye
witnesses said was attacked on
Mount Scopus by Arabs using auto
matte weapons and grenades. Po-
lice opened fire on the Arabs and
captured the house from which they
had fired.
A squad Of Hagana men rushed
to the scene and . three-cornered
battle between Jews, Arabs and the
police ensued. One policeman was
reported wounded and both the
Arabs and the Jews brought up re-
Inducements before the battle
ended.
Two Constables Killed.
An Arab was found shot In Jaffa,
| an Arab constable was killed In
LYDIA when he and three other
Arab constables refused to sur
render their rifles to q party Of
armed Arabs and British constable
was killed in the Petah Tiqva area
while escorting q Jewish convoy
from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
Seventeen persons-four Jews, II
Arabs, q German and . Pole-died
in sporadic outbursts Of violence on
the new years first day yesterday.
Rifle fire cracked across the slopes
of the Mount Of Olives this morning
as Arab snipers attacked Jewish
funeral procession, and police said
one mourner suffered serious wounds.
A short time later Arabs attacked
q Jewish bus in the Jaffa Gate area
of Jerusalem but no casualties were
reported.
Fourth Attack on Funeral
The funeral was the fourth to be
attacked and the flrst to reach the
cemetery on the Mount OF Olives in
four days. A British policeman and
a Hagana guard escorting . oortege
were killed In q similar attack Tues
day.
Qn London, an authoritative
British government source said
yesterday 1t was entirely possible
that Britain might abandon her
mandate over Palestine before
the current target date Of May
Is because Of the continuing
strife)
David Ben Gurion, chairman Of
the Jewish Agency Executive, de-
clared in a statement to reporters
that Savage interruptions -
war has been declared" against the
Jewish community and that "the
disciples Of Nazis and Fascists at
tempt to incite the Arab masses In
Palestine and neighporing countries
against the Jews.
"This declaration Of war which
has cost so many Jewish and Arab
lives has been ignored by the Brit-s
ish government and her helpers In.
Palestine, who are making no Diff
ference between attackers and at
tackled" he said.
Visaless Jews Hunted. !. -
In the north, troops Of the etk
Airborne Division continued to.
search for nearly TOO visaless Jews
who streamed ashore in an area
allotted to the Arabs, under parti-
tion, after beacling their craft, the
United Nations, on Nahriya beach
yesterday afternoone
The Army announced that 121
uncertif1ed immigrants-59 men, A
women and 18 children-from the
beached United Nations" were de-
tanned after searches in Nahariya
In addition, 1t said, IL men were de-
tained for screening.
Presumably the, remainder Of
those aboard the ship had success
fully made their way inland.
More than 1000 other illegal"
Jewish immigrants who tried to
crack the British blockade Of the
Palestine coast were intercepted at