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Greece Executes 13iATHENS, Oreeee Feb. 36 - «J-» — Two hundred persons suspected of Aiding guerrillas were arrested far questioning by Athens security police today as the government executed 13 more alleged Communists in its relentless drive to stamp out rebel elements.iCCOrikeibortringron-Alleged Communiststbelere.ula-ood,I lieduotheportntediant.onal Id a i atandPolice Chief Angelos Evert said that those arrested today would be screened within the next few days. It was the first such raid since the Christmas holidays when 600 persons were arrested in Athens and its port city, Piraeus.Those executed today included five members of the leftist self defense” organisation of Lesbo* Island which is off the coast of Turkey in the Aagean sea. Severalnon-nionaft-doraLRBvara convicted of alleged crimesdating back to 1M4 Press dispatches reportedj that a force of 360 guerrillas attacked the viUage of Vordonia, seven miles northwest of Sparta in the southern Pelopponesus. The guerrillas used at least 60 mi-chineguns in the attack but were driven out by government forces in hand-to-hand fighting, the reports said. At least five guerrillasiand nine Oreek regulars were reported killed.Reports from Patras, also inthe Pelopponesus, said that 600guerrillas attacked the outer defenses of Anuhora. across the Oulf of Corinth in the area of Nafpaktos. Oreek regulars were forced to summon air force aidbefore the rebels were routed, pressreports said.
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Kannapolis Daily Independent
Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Sun, Feb 29, 1948
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