Begins Cairo, Sept. 11.
One hundred and eleven persons were killed when Italian planes raided Tel Aviv, in Pmestive. on Monday.
Official figures released this morning show that 104 Jews and seven Arabs lost their lives, One hundred id fifty-one peopled were injure and, among the casualties, were 55 children.
First reports stated some United States citizens were among the dead. but this had not yet been officially establish, although it is known that several American-speaking Jews were killed.
Flying at a great height, the raiding enemy aircraft dropped bombs indiscriminately over the city, most of them landing in the Arab quarter far from any possible military objective. A number of houses was destroyed and some fires started, but the flames were quickly brought under control, A communique issued from British General Headquarters today reports slight damage, as the result of a further enemy raid on Mersa Matruth, but no casualties resulted.
"One of our patrols," it adds, "had a successful encounter with a party of banda (Italian irregulars) on the northern frontier of Kenya."
In the Sudan, the communique stated, quiet prevailed in all sections.—Reuter, Such an opinion was today reflected in an article by tht famed columnist, Mr. Walter Lippman, which concluded that the essentia! issue in the campaign was whether President Roosevelt or Mr. Willkie was better able to organize the internal and external security of the United States.
Mr. Lippman counselled both parties to avoid decisive issues, and urged voters to reflect carefully before they take an irrevocable decision.
Until the Maine elections, diplomatic quarters generally estimated that President Roosevelt was gaining in strength, but returns there will cause caution-#nd-delay in attempted rst ce CE eer —United Press.
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