Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1936, Page 5

TWOU.S. VESSELS OFFFORWAR ZONE Surprise Orders Send Kane and Hatfield to Duty in Spanish Waters. By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, August 18.—Surprise orders from Washington sent the de- stroyers Kane and Hatfield off to pa- trol duty in Spanish waters yesterday, about a week earlier than was ex- pected. They will relieve the battleship | Oklahoma, which has been aiding Americans in the war zone, and the Oklahoma will proceed to the Pacific Coast to join the United States Battle Fleet. Eight hundred men from other des stroyers here volunteered for eight vacancies which had to be Tilled on the two warships before they left. They are carrying 212 men and offi- cers and also several Coast Guardsmen assigned to the Coast Guard vessel Cayuga, now in Spanish waters. | | The eight men chosen were selected | - from volunteers who still had two years or more of their enlistment to serve. Lieut. Comdr. Gerald D. Linke also replaced Lieut. Comdr. R. B. Matthews, whose tour of duty as com- manding officer of the Hatfield was nearing an end. The Kane is com- manded by Lieut. Comdr. J. D. Alvis. After arrival of the two warships from Delaware to be outfitted, Comdr. S. B. Robinson, head of the expedi- | tion, flew to Washington Saturday for conterences. NICE, France, August 18 (#) —The | United States cruiser Quincy reached | here last night from Barcelona, bring- | ing American refugees from Spain, Spanish (Continued From First Pagep would be feminine help in factories to turn out ammunition, heavy cloth- ing and underwear. Bloodshed continued. Government | forces, enraged by massacre of 1500 loyalists in western Badejoz, ordered & “battle of cxtermination.” In hand-to-hand conflict, the op- | posing forces fought desperately in the ! Badajoz area close to the Portuguese border. But territorial gains were small. Loyalists, aided by aerial bombers, | asserted a rebel column was routed in Caceres Provine in an attempt to reach Fascist forces at Badajoz. THE EVENING “~Severe punishment of rebels” was inflicted, the government said. “Trucks were seized and 300 rebels taken pris- oner.” Loyalists were advancing slowly in | the Andalusia Provinces of the south- ern sector, the Madrid government as- serted. The battle for Oviedo, on the far north, continued, but the gov-i ernment was unable to force a path into the town. | Artillery fire was exchanged in | the Guadarrama Mountains, north of Madrid throughout the night, but | neither force made any concerted at- tempt to advance and the bombard- | ments caused little apparent damage. | Attacks continued on the Isle o(’ Mallorca, in the Mediterranean, but the government denied reports 500 | Joyal troops were killed and 250 taken prisoner in rebel ambush there. The loyalists insisted three col- umns of their troops captured sev- eral towns on the island. The war map would appear to give rebels the advantage in the first) Where Rebels Have Taken Control in Spain v Q - | 'l Il Il T I Il 1l 0 // ) s )1/ #BURBCS oMADRID LY STOLEDO FR. MOROCCO STAR, WASHINGTON, REBEL TERRI- TORY = Y, 50 w0 150 MILE: Bombardment (Continued From First Page.) the rebel shelling remained an open question. The war commissar at San Sebas- tian announced several prominent hostages, including the Count Alvaro Mendieta y Romo de Romanones, for- | tionals In case of & recurrence of in- cidents similar to a rebel plane’s bom- bardment of Biriatou Sunday. Spanich refugees trom pesieged Irun _ | and San Sebastian fled in increasing | More numbers to protection here. than 200, many of them women and | children, arrived yesterday. BURNING OF 500 TOLD. bY the Associated Press. mer premier, would be put to death if ' the insurgent warships continued their | bombardment. Duel With Fort's Guns. The Almirante Cervera had engaged in a fierce duel with Fort Guadelupe, displaying far more accuracy than did the Espana in yesterday's assauit, The ships were believed to have scored several direct hits in the first | hour of firing. The fort replied twice, but failed to find the target. A large cross of Calvary, famous landmark near the fort, disappeared. It was not determined whether the cross had been struck by a shell or removed by loyalists, fearing it would prove a guide for rebel fire. Rains Shells on San Sebastian. ‘The Espana trained its heavy guns directly on San SebaStian, while the | Almirante Cervera concentrated on the fort. Government land defenses at Irun were being withdrawn to permit occu- pation of stronger positions near Be- | hobia. The Almirante Cervera abruptly ceased its bombardment at noon and steamed in the direction of San Be- | | bastian to aid the Espana in shellug that city and the government fort at San Marcos. Government leaders said casualties of the bombardment were “few” and month of fighting, but the battle of 1pgi the damage was unimportant. greatest importance had mnot re-| sulted—a major advance on Madrid. The northern seaboard cities. Irun and San Sebastian, still held out against Fascist attack, but with in- creasing hardship. Capture of Badajoz, 210 miles southwest of Madrid, brought the| robel advance toward the capital| @bout 200 miles from its originating point, the southern port of Cadiz. | The Fascist forces controlled most | of the southern third of the Spanish peninsula and the important north- ern headquarters of Burgos and Zaragoza. The government still held its capi- tal, & large circular area outside and the Mediterranean coast cities. REBELS CLAIM VICTORY, By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, August 18.—Confusion over the situation in Mallorca, scene of Spanish government assault on| el strongholds, heightened today ith a report that the rebels had “exterminated” a government landing party. | From Madrid, the government claimed sweeping victories on the is- | Jand, with trifling losses. Today's report stated the govern-: ment troops lost not only their entire | force, but also a field gun, 20 machine guns and an armored car. A government plane was reported shot down and the crew killed. The advices, received by responsible quarters, said a communist uprising | followed the government attack in | Mallorca, but the rebels suppressed it. } At first the government landing| party entrenched itself in caves near Porto Cristo, but finally was dislodged, | the report said. | Government ships were reported standing off the island, and it was| considered likely another landing at- | tempt might be made. o | i | | | Mexico's west coast Winter vege- table crop is under government con- trol. RESORTS, 2 . w | VALE OF KASHMIR Here tourists find _thelr paradise. Excellent motor- ing conditions . . . thrill- ing panoramic 'landscapes vast underground wor- derlands of the Ca the famous Natural Bridge_ . . the beautiful new Skyline Drive and many ntherlmgurl;:.l l;:rl:» tion: sno nigl y d-ol: and Ole Virginia hos- pitality at some of "the hostelries in the *GOLF oFISHING *EIDING *SWIMMING For Complete Information Address Department F-2, Shemandoah Valley Ime. nton, paper Paris-Soil said rebel and ernment leaders in the Irun-San Se- bastian | tiating for a truce.) (A dispatch published by the news- bv- sector were rumored nego- France hastily set up rigid border patrol. Worried by the fighting just across the Bay of Biscay, French gendarmes and mobile guards set up field telephones with direct communi- cation to Paris. Planes were held at Biarritz Air- | port ready to protect French na- SAINT JEAN DE LUZ, France August 18.—The story of how 300 | screaming rebel hostages held by | Leftists burned to death at Bilbao in | a warenouse fre started by shells from a rebel cruiser was told here last night by sailors of the German destroyer See-Adler. Hundreds of others, the sailors said, were burned horribly, but were being given treatment with all tne medical supplies the destroyer carried, which were left with authorities at Porto Galete—the waterfront district outside Bilbac. The fire was started by explosive | shells from the rebel warship Espana, which over the week end blew up huge gasoline storage tanks after heavily shelling the port. Earlier attempts by rebels aboard | the cruiser Cervera to shell the stor- age tanks were prevented when the defenders hined up the rebel hostages | in front of them so that the attack- | ers would have blown up their own | men with a direct hit. Stalemated by the protective wall of living flesh, away. A rebel plane later the same day attempted to bomb the tanks, but its marksmanship was faulty. When the warship Espana demol- ished the tanks Saturday it could not be learned whether the government defenders had again lined up hostages | around them. The prisoners used as the human wall were brought from prison ships and presumably were imprisoned in dock warehouses which were made a wall of flame by the exploding gasoline. |~ Refugees tonight reported that the entire Bilbao water front still was | in flames. At Gibraltar reports were current that 50 rebel prisoners, weighted with A City Bank Personal Loan Makes It Possible Don’t pass up that vacation trip for A YEAR TO PAY lack of funds. You may borrow $120 or more from us WITHOUT COL- LATERAL and with only two co- makers necessary. Neither borrower nor co-makers need be depositors to apply for a loan. 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The watery executions were carried out under the cover of darkness. {DISPENSARY DEDICATED | AT CAMP OF BOYS’ CLUB | A medical and dental dispensary | given to the Boys' Club of Wuh-; ington by the Optimist Club is being | dedicated at the club’s camp, near | Dumfries, Va., this afternoon. | Capt. A. E. Nesbitt, president of the | | Optimist Club, is master of cere- monies; Henry Schaffert, past presi- dent of Optimist International, de- livers the dedicatory address, and Wallis Gardella makes the presenta- tion. Roosevelt (Continved From First Page.) the improved condition of business generally. The President arose at his custom- | ary early hour today despite the fact that he retired at a late hour because of the party given last night in honor of the 22d birthday anniversary of Franklin, jr. He took time off from his labors today to confer briefly with Franklin Brooks of Larchmont, N. Y.: | Henry Hornidge, former mayor of Mamaroneck, N. Y.: Louis B. Wehle of ! 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