Bullets Spatter As Mass Is Said
Jerusalem, March 28 The spirit and pageantry of Easter passed almost unnoticed in the Holy City, says an Associated Press correspondent. The bark of automatic weapons in Arab-Jewish clashes almost drowned the early morning bells. Only the devout few braved the dangers to worship. Archbishop Monseigneur Arthur Hughes read the pontifical High Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and led the procession to the Tomb after the service. Members of consular corps ran the gauntlet of snipers’ bullets to attend the service.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 30 March 1948, Page 5
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