Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1936, Page 4

REBELS UNHURRIED AS ATTACK NEARS Gjen. Mola’s Men, 60 Miles * North of Madrid, Take Own Time, BY ELMER W. PETERSON. . - (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) 'CEREZO DE ARRIBA, Spain (On the front with the extrems right wing of Gen. Emileo Mola’s rebel army), July 25.—Protected on their flanks by two anti-aircraft guns, concealed in tle brush on either side of & hot, dusty road, a scant 100 officers and soldiers today lay hidden behind an impro- vised barricade of trucks and busses, camouflaged by the branches of hur- tiedly stripped trees. Such is the actual advance guard position of one of Gen. Emileo Mola's rebel columns as I found it after a 300-raile motor trip from the French trontier. The present position of this column 1s 60 miles north of Madrid on the main highway through the Province of Burgos. Far from being virtually in Madrid, as the northern Fascist army has been reported, the soldiers here have yet to cross the Guadar- tama Mountains. Mountain Pass. To their front is the mountain pass, 4,500 feet high, held by troops of the Leftist government. Strategic gate- way to Madrid, the loyal forces have concentrated their heavy artillery just below the neighboring crests, ready to shell the advancing columns. On the forward slopes, machine gun nests in hasty shelters and im- provised pill boxes command the crit- ical last 1,000 vards of the mile over which the Fascists must advance be- fore they reach the protecting over- hangs that will provide cover for the assault on Guadarrama Pass. These troops have seen no battle yet. There is not even an atmosphere of hurried advance. Rebel squads loll in the sunshine paying no attention to the government planes that circle high overhead but make no move to attack. For the past three days the column here has remained immobile, lending credence to reports that the six or more Fascist columns converging on Madrid are playing a waiting game. So far as can be learned here, Fascist troops from Soria Saragossa are also at ® standstill. Main Body Halted. The main body of the advancing Rightists is halted 25 miles to the rear in the sleepy town of Aranda de Duero. Three thousand men and youths, in 1l manner of uniforms and equipment, lounge about singing, oiling their guns, or strolling aimlessly through the old town and the peaceful countryside. Mingling with the seasoned Spanish soldiery are large detachments of young Fascist militia, blue-shirted and wear- ing headgear varying from steel hel- mets of World War days to the berets typical of Spanish students. Spanish (Continued From First Page.) yesterday to have taken refuge in a fortress a few miles from the town. From Gibralter came word that two new contingents of rebels from Span- ish Morocco were advancing on Mal- aga, Spain, LOYALISTS SEEN VICTORS. To Cut Off Rebels in Mountains Near Madrid, Is Plan, (Copyright. 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) MADRID, July 25—~The Spanish Government disclosed today that 28 of Spain’s 50 Provinces are in the hands of Fascist rebels, but declared loyal trops were gaining the upper hand. The office of public safety stated 22 Provinces were held by the gov- ernment and that Communist and Socialist militia, aided by assault and civil guards, were accomplishing a cir- cling movement back of the Gua- darrama Mountains, intended to cut off the vanguard of the rebel drive on the capital. The government, it was announced, hoped to push the rebels, commanded by Gen. Emileo Mola, back as far as the line between Segovia and Avila in the north, where loyal troops of militia, conmanded by Col. Mangada, will attempt to smash the Fascist remnants, Officially, it was reported, the liber- als had captured the strategic Gua- darrama Mountain pass of Alta del Leon the height of the lion), giving encouragement to the loyal forces throughout the nation. The Madrid government wireless sta- tion announced loyal troops brought down two rebel planes at Somo Sierra Pass. The broadcast declared another plane left Morocco under orders from rebels to bomb Leftist troops, but en route the pilot threw overboard the observer, & lieutenant in the Foreign Legion, and then landed at Getafe, ‘where he placed himself under orders of the zuvirnment,. Loyalists Fortify Pass. Alta del Leon, it was said, has been fortified by loyal engineers to pre- vent recapture by insurgent forces. The left wing of the loyal army occupied Chinchilla, near Albacete, in a severe fight. The rebels, how- ever, still held Albacete proper. The government declared Albacete would probably fall before dusk. Maj. Perez Saras of Catalonia left Barcelona for Zaragoza with 3,000 loyal troops, while government forces which left Lerida recently reported at Mora de Ebro. An official radio announcement stated the Loyalists had seized the Hotel Maria Cristina at San Sebgstian. Other forces were reported en route to Vitoria, 31 miles southeast of Bilbao. Rebels roving near Guadalajara were officially announced as having been defeated. Government troops seized Motril, near Granada, where a great mass of rebels was concentrated. That point is one of the most strategic sections of the Granada bulwarks. A column from Madrid was said by the government to have captured Alta Del Leon, an important point in the mountain range northwest of Madrid. Orders were given for new conscripts to report to their respective enlistment centers for active service. A government radio announcement said last night: “The rebel forces in various points near Algeciras were completely beaten today. Guadar- rama now is wholly clean of in- surgents. “Machine guns during the last 24 hours have been cutting a way for the advance’of loyal columns towards places occupied by the rebels.” Newspapers reporteghthe rebels left ihe This radiophoto from London shows members of the Red Cross caryflng a wounded man to the nearest first aid station during terrific fighting in Barcelona. arm in a sling. At Barcelona CHEVY CHASE GIRL SAFE IN REBELLION AREA. MISS PRISCILLA ANN WRIGHTSON, Chevy Chase (Md.) girl, is in one of the centers of the Spanish rebellion. Her family reported today she was safe at the home of her cousin, Lynn W. Franklin, United States consul general at Bar- celona, whom she has been visiting. She is 20 years old and the daughter of Mrs. Wil- liam D. Wrightson. Her grand- father was Gen. William Gorgas, byilder of the Pan- ama Canal. —Harris-Ewing Photo. a large quantity of arms and ammu- nition at Guadarrama. Segovia and Guadarrama were of- ficially announced as being in gov- ernment hands. The government said | loyal columns from Navacerrada and | Guadarrama freely advanced, pro- tected by guns and airplanes until they reached Alta del Leon. The popular front continued to confiscate buildings. The Marquiz de Herejia's Palace de Eszinolas, near the office of the Associated Press, was taken over by militia. The governor of Alicante an- nounced he had seized t{wo news- papers, El Dia and Diarlo. BATTLE AT GIBRALTAR. Rebel Batteries Shelled by Loyalist ‘Warships. GIBRALTAR, July 25 (#).—A battle between six Spanish warships and rebel forts at Ceuta, Morocco, raged today in the Straits of Gibraltar. Three cruisers, the Jaime Primero, Libertad and Cervantes, backed by three submarines, shelled rebel bat- teries on the shore. Land and sea gunners matched shell for shell in the fight, visible from Europa Point. A heavy fog drifted in, however, and obscured visibility by the time the war fleet had found the range. By this time fire from shore batteries appeared ineffectual. Most of the shells appeared to be dropping into the fort, while little damage was caused in the town itself. REBELS IN QUANDARY. Pause 60 Miles From Madrid to Map Strategy. HEADQUARTERS OF THE NORTH- ERN FASCIST ARMY AT BURGOS, Spain, July 25 (#).—The rebel troops which have been marching on Madrid intent on smashing the Leftist govern- ment paused today about 60 miles from the capital city, their next move unde- cided. The insurrectionists’ military leaders admitted their various columns were by no means storming the very gates of Madrid. “All our troops,” Lieut. Col. Haz- puru of the Fascist general staff, told the Associated Press, “now are approx- imately 60 miles from Madrid.” Starvation Move Hinted. Questioned ds to whether this indi- cated a plan to try to starve out the Popular Front or interfere with Ma- drid’s water supply, he declined to vol- unteer further information. “Maybe,” he replied. It was apparent the Fascists had a good reason for halting their ad- vance. Enthusiasm throughout the region for the rebel cause was observed, ap- parently in the firm belief- that Ma- drid soon will be in rebel hands. It was equally apparent that the Fascists might find the approach to the capital city from the northern side far more difficult than they an- ticipated. Realizing defeat now means their ruin, the Popular Front forces were reported to have fortified passes in the Guadarrama Mountains with every instrument of war at their com- mand. See Madrid Needing Defenders. Hopes that events within Madrid itself might compel the retreat of the mountain defenders formed the basis of the Fascist military strategy. All points en route from the French frontier to this city, the writer found, were alive with that Madrid ‘would be entered by the rebels. Americans (Continued From First Page.) here to believe that the decisive struggles may not come for some time. Anxious over reports from Spain, which included news of the killing of a Spaniard and a British subject in an automobile protected by the Amer- ican flag, State Deparument officials hadl sought all day yesterday to estab- lish telephone connection with the Bowers villa at Fuenterrabia. Assistant Secretary of State Wilbur J. Carr finally was relieved to hear Bowers' voice over the wire. “Ambassador Bowers reported,” the State Department announced, "thltl he is quite all right. “In speaking of general conditions in Spain, the Ambassador said that reports received are contradictory. He is cut off from communication with Seville and Madrid, but in San Se- }nsmn there has been serious fight- ng. “Stray bullets have struck the hotel where the American cheacery is lo- | cated, and two hotels have been taken over for hospitals. Martial law is in effect fram Barcelona to Malaga along the Spanish coast. “Rebels have Pamplona, Bugos and Saragossa. In San Sebastian the governmeat is in control. The gov- ernment is also in control of Madrid. “The Ambassador explained that he was unable to cross the (French) border to submit telegraphic reports, since all traffic even in diplomatic cars was closed, and that he was depending eatirely on radio. “In Seville the rebels are in con- trol and from that point they are broadcasting stories of rebel suc- cesses.” THOUSANDS EMBARK. British and French Vessels Aid in Rushing Out Refugees. PARIS, July 25 (#).—American, Brit- ish and Prench vessels, co-operating today in the evacuation of refugees from Spain, brought more than 3,000 forelgners, including United States citizens, from the scene of civil war. The American export liner Exeter steamed to Marseille bearing 162 American refugees and other nationals from Barcelona, while the U. 8. Okla- homa arrived at Bilbao and the Coast Guard cutter Cayuga stood by at San Sebastian, ‘The French liners Djenne and Chella have already taken more than 2,000 foreigners from Barcelona to Marseille, British and French war- ships carried approximately 1,200 per- sons from San Sebastian to nearby French ports. All U. 8, Citizens Unburt, Hallett Johnson, counselor of the United States embassy in Madrid, re- ported to the embassy here there were no casualties among United States na- tionals in San Sebastian. Ambassador Claude G. Bowers was believed still to be at Fuenterrabia, a fortress just northeast of San Se- bastian, where he has his Summer residence. Advices from Rome said the Italian government had sent four cruisers into Spanish waters for the protection of its citizens. American refugees arriving at Mar- seille said various Italian and German buildings, such as club houses, had been burned in Barcelona. They said the Italian consulate there had escaped destruction, however. Johnson reported that a British destroyer had taken 15 American refugees from San Sebastian to 8t. Jean de Luz, France. He said the 15 were all who wished to leave. Johnson himself is staying in San Sebastian. He suggested the Cayuga g0 to Fuenterrabla where Ambassador Bowers is staying and remain there until the situation clears. —_— POLICE BOOK READY Manual to Go to Press After Commissioners’ 0. K. The new manual for Washington’s 1,400 officers of the law is expected to be sent soon to the Government Print- ing Office, Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, who compiled the handbook, has com- pleted its revision and sent it to Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown and the District Commissioners for final ap- proval. “Policemen in Trouble” is the title of the new manual, which contains hundreds of items never -before pub- lished in a book for law enforcement officers he: Wmdfllpnisof for home modernizing firm. Life-time job for the right man. Must be capable esti- mating, selling and super- vising job to completion. Record must be clean. State qualifications, - salary _ex- pected. Address Box 445-X, Star office, ote civilian with his —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. U. S. Refugees MADRID EMBASSY PREPARES LIST OF AMERICAN CITIZENS By the Associated Press. ’ MADRID, July 25.—A list of ref- ugees in the United States Embassy here was prepared last night by the embassy. The names follow: (London, to which the list was phoned, reported that it was not com- pleted due to a break in connections and the conversation was curtailed by the Madrid censor.) Rosalind Bielow, Bound Brook, N. J.; L. E. Brett, Willlamstown, Ma Anna Louise Barley, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Brian, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Par- ter, Rochester, N. Y.; Leslie M. Cul- pepper, Jefferson, Tex.; Albert Carter, Murphys Boroy (State ungiven— United States Postal Guide lists a Murphysboro, IlL); Alfredo Cristobal Derquella. Manila; Pelar Verela Couder, Manila; Juan Couder, Ma- nila; Adelaide Duque de la Riva and daughter, Los Angeles; Miss Delano, East St. Louis, IIl.; Francis Dyer, De- troit; Miss Frederick, Olio, Mass. (unlisted in Postal Guide, garbled in transmission—Postal Guide lists an Olio, Ark.); Francis Freeman, Phila- qupm‘; Peter Frishtine, Dorchester, ass. Zilis, New Brunswick, N. J.; Irving Gould, Philadelphia; Joseph Gody, | Mount_Vernon, N. ¥.; Joseph God- | chalk, Philadelphia; Gen. Hosttos, his Rico; Jan Huntley and daughter, New mother, Anderson, 8. C.; Catherin Heywood, Columbia, 8. C.; Mildred Hart, Cleveland, Ohio; A. Hurdle- bring, St. Louis; Elizabeth Haye, New ; Mrs. Jess I. Harrier, Berkeley, .; James Hepburn, Baltimore; | William Jones, Brooklyn; Alice Kemp, Paterson, N. J.; Maria del Koalen, New York; Rube Larrouy, Rochester; Eleanor Webber Longoria and three daughters, Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mendoza and daughter, New York; Mr, and Mrs. Gleitzer McLaughlin, Minneapolis; M. McCrone, Baltimore; Miss Manvell, Worcester, Mass.; E. R. Moore, New York; Joseph B. Matthews, New York; Lonzia Athenso and Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Connell, Cincinnati; John Clauthe and wife and four children, New Orleans; Margaret Palmer, Union City, Mich.; Mrs. Irvine Pflaun, Chi- cago; J. F. Rivera and wife, New Jersey (town unlisted); Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ross, Pasadens, Calif.; Evelyn Rodelsheimer, Yonkers; Rogers Smith, his wife and four children, New Yorl Mary Burns, Alabama City, Ala.; Sylvia Cohen, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Helen Cutting, Brooklyn; Mary Fleet, Baby- lon, Long Island, N. Y., Mrs. Mary Henry, New York; Elizabeth Henry, Tucson, Ariz.; Marion Hay, Talla- hassee, Fla.; Virginia Hightower, Aus- tin, Tex. Kate O'Netll, Riverside, Calif.; Emma Kenward, Plainfleld (State not desig- nated); Judith Stapleton, Lawrence, Kans,; T. C. Irvine, New York; G. B. Roberta, Greeley, Colo.; Mrs. Harriet Bagwell and daughter, Cleveland; Mrs. George Stark, Roselle Park, N. Y., and Guss Jones, Cincinnati. PG SHOOTS 3 AND SELF PHOENIX, Ariz, July 25 (#).—An- gered by the asserted refusal of his parents-in-law to permit him to see his 16-year-old wife, Mike Montez, 18, fatally wounded his father-in-law, Ra- mon Espinoza; injured his wife and stepfather and shot himself. Vc Stewart, radio patrol car officer, said Montez admitted the shootings. 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