LATE NEWS
THE AFGHAN TRAGEDY;
AMIE ASSASSINATED
HANDS OF A TRAITOR
United Press Association—By. Electric Tclicrapb—Copyright (Received November 9, 2 p.m.) CALCUTTA, November 9. • King Nadir Shah, Amir of Afghani* stan, was assassinated at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the hands' of » traitor. : '__• The information was received lit Calcutta at 3.15 a.m.i.by telephone from. Bombay, where the Afghan Consulate issued the text of a telegram from. Kabul announcing the assassination. Ono of the late King's sons—it is not stated which—has succeeded to the throne. The country is reported quiet.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 12
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89LATE NEWS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 12
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