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...ABDULLA WAYSHAK...
Through the Rye. In Youngstown, Ohio, Judge Frank P. Anzellotti dismissed a drunkenness charge against George Shirley when Shirley proved himself sober enough to spell the name of his home town, nearby Punxsutawney, Pa. In Bloomfield Hills, Mich., the charge against Abdulla ben Brahim was reduced from drunken driving to reckless driving when Abdulla proved his sobriety by walking around the police station on his hands...
...Trusteeship Council in any way. Both countries have indicated they intend to keep their hold on Jerusalem. Israel has moved most of its government offices there, declaring the city the nation's historic capital. Jordan's annexation of Arab Palestine, including the Arab sector of Jerusalem, greatly strengthened Abdulla's hold on the city. The best the Trusteeship Council can now do is to report back to the General Assembly and let that body take another slab at the problem...
Death Reported. Harilal Gandhi, sixtyish, fun-loving, black-sheep eldest of the Mahatma's four sons;* in Bombay. Disowned in 1921, Harilal was converted to Mohammedanism in 1936, took the name Abdulla, offered to give up liquor if his father would give up Hinduism. Within six months Harilal was deconverted, remained faithful to liquor the rest of his life...
...merely a family feud which last week resulted in the death of General Sidki, but his assassin, Abdulla Ibrahim, a relative of the murdered Defense Minister, unwittingly served the cause of the British. For General Sidki's rule imperiled Britain's dominance over young King Ghazi whose kingdom lies on Britain's air route to the East, and Sidki's taking off made the Orient safer for the King Emperor George...