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Chronicle (Levin), 21 June 1946, Page 5

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Press Assn.

Palestine Is A Scene Of Armed Tension

By Telegraph

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Received Friday, 11.55 a.m. JERUSALEM, June 20. Tied hands and feet and dumped into a room in the kidnappers' hideout in Bucharim, the Jewish quarter in northwest Jerusalem, Major Chadwick escaped when his armed guard dozed. Major Chadwick loosened his hands and jumped with his ankles still loosely tied from a chair to a hole in the roof. The sentry woke, but Major Chadwick had yC/ched the street safely, boarded a passing bus and reported ^^military headquarters in Jerusalem. Major Chadwick said he received good food from his captors, but his wrists had been lacerated by the ropes. He could not describe the house in which he had been held. Troops with fixed bayonets cordoned the denselypopulated area, while one hundred impassive, bearded Jews watched police patrols and radio cars, led by Major Chadwick, begin a search for the other officers.

Sixth Aiiborne Division troops todav Tiin.ii iicel roadbloeks at everv street corrie)- in Toi Aviv, and oivilians in the Mreets were oliookod for tlioir identitv oards every 20(1 or .'!()() yurds. Tlio parat roopors bivouacked in tlio niain roads and dug gun oniplacoinonts in tlio pavoinonts. Shirt-sleevetl troops uitli toinniy-guns and Ston guns at tlio roady palrolled in forco. Many soldiers who had been standing to all night slopt in tlio doorways. Coils of barbod wire and improvised harricados of tables, oliairs, wheelbarrows and tar iiuitois blocked all tlio sido stroets leuding from Allonliv Road — Toi AvivX mai 11 slroot. Tlio niuiiioipality 's appoul for the rot urn of tlio kidnapped offioors is plat-ardod thi-oughout tlio city. Tlio population, who aro lorbiddhu to appoar on tlio lialoonios. poorod from windows on to tlio dosortoil stroots. Two Jows wero fatally injnrod wlioti they rosistod ti military soaivli in tlio 1'ppor Galilee village of Karfgiladi. Tlio search lastod from ."5 a.tn. to I p.iu. Many .lows from tlio siirroiinding dis triot triod to ontor tlio villti^o to liolp tlio villagers, hui tlio military arrost.nl tlieni. I'olioo tind soldiors searching tlio village of lliinita in Xortlnvest Paleslino, oonliseated ti signalli ng tippartit us.

Tlie sotflers at first rofus'od to open tlio iiatos of the village and triod to lilook tlio ontranoo with beehives. It is fearod tliat tlie British mirsing sistor wlio is ovoi'duo from local loavo lias been kidntipped in Toi Aviv. Tlio H.A.F. officer wlio was kidnapped with four Army officers from tho Toi Aviv offioors' moss is Flight-Fieutenant T. Y. Russell. Deputv Assistant 1'rovost .Marshal. Tlio British Ariny offioors kidnapped aro Captain flpencer, Royal Fngineers; Captain RaC, Royal Electriotil and Merhauical Fngineers; Cti])ttiin Wtirlm rton,- 4th Paraehute Battalion; nnd Captain TayJor, 17th Faraoliulo Bat taliou.