Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 5

SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 8§, SHIP AIR ATTACK LAID T REBELS British Again Protest to Franco—Italian Cap- tain Killed. BACKGROUND— A British tanker and ships of Italian and French merchant marine were bomibed Friday off Algiers by unidentified planes. The incidents recalled the bomb= ing late in May of the German pocket battleship — Deutschland. That act by Spanish government planes brought about the shelling of Almenia by German ships and was a factor in Rome and Berlin's withdrawal from the non-interven- tion patrol. BY the Associated Press LONDON, August 7 eonvinced Span planes were respo to her long series of regime of Gen. Francisco Franco with another against the air attack day on the tanker British Corporal Merchantmen of Italy and France also were targets ree unidentified planes in area about 30 miles off the Algerian Coast d the captain n steamer, Franco Solari Great Britain, insurgent air- today added | protests to the yester- died of w But Italia suming planes Spanish made the att action, although indignation. The British and French vessels were not harmed Consul General's Explanation. Britain's protest, a note to insurgent suthorities at Palma, Mallorca, was made after her consul general at MAlgiers reported the bomb and ma- thine gun attack “probably” was the work of “anti-government aircraft (Spanish insurgent radio stations Hendaye, however, broadcast an offi- cial statement denying categorically that airplanes which attacked British Italian and French vessels were units of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's | air fieet. A broadeast communique said “such acts are not the work of a re-| sponsible government They could only be made by units from \«n)!ncm or Barcelona.”) Aboard the Italian vessel, Lh«‘l Mangioia, not only was the captain fatally wounded, but a Dutch observer | for the International Non- Immennon Control was injured Official spokesmen at Rome, whic h\ has formally recognized the insurgent regime, said no official reaction would be announced unt:l an investigation was conducted Comment at Valencia. Officials at Valencla said tacks were made by insurgent looking for two government which made port earlier with pm ant” cargo. \e tanker British Corporal, laden .v.. benzine, was made the target for 40 bombs and machine gun fire from three monoplanes Palma, an insurgent naval and air base on one of the Balearic Islands, n easy fiying distance of the of the attacks Mongioia, which was believed seaming to aid the British Corpora was caught in a rain of bullets and bombs, a splinter striking the captain {n the chest and breaking the arm of governmen acks, took expressed keen hey Worn-out | the ar-! planes ships “im- | fund Tokio Boy bcouts Ald in Defense bicycles collected from dealers in Tokio and sold as scrap iron for the benefit of a public jund for national defense. These Japanese Boy Scouts are making bamboo tubes in which to collect donations to the Groups of Scouts comb the city carrying the tubes into which coins are dropped 1937—PART ONE. ALFONSO AND WIFE | Abbe Reveals Former Rulers of Spain Will Be Reunited. BACKGROUND Last March informed sources in Rome said Alfonso Spain, de- throned in 1931, and former Queen Victoria refused to become recon= ciled despite earnest efforts of the Italian royal family. They were separated shortly ajter gotng into exile. Royalists generally support insurgents in present civil war, and insurgents have Italian backing. of he Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland 7—Abbe Pierre d'Armailhac an- nounced tonight he was authorized stale that former King Alfonso of Spain and former Queen Victoria Eugenia were “fully reconciled The former King now s Lausanne for the wedding August 16 of Princess Dolores of the Bour- bon house and Prince Auguste Czartor an house. By to estranged h mona been the Spanist Abbe to Perform Ceremony The abbe made his announcement connection with a discussion of > August 16 wed- perform for the ceremony atives of lissimo attend, but did he plan "me isco Franco w not give their names Twice Hinted Reports former rulers Spain were con ting a recon- ciliation were in Rome July 10 when appeared together forma first time in six yea patrons for their cousin, Prince aro of Bourbon- | Orleans, on hi: to Carla | Parodi Delfino. Previously Rome eldest d Reconciliation of the couple for: ik for tr Alv marriage the the met of a couple birth 1ghter, in on son to the former dzughter Prinfess T the latler’s husband, Pr r Torlonia while Alfonso maintained a small court in Rome's Grand Hotel. Late last month the former Queen visited at Doorn with the former Kaiser ;(;rzma { 1AD CLUB TO CELEBRATE 15 MEMBERS’ BIRTHDAYS Kennedy With 13 are Merleman and | | Next ‘ Be Honored to Fetes on August Fifteen birthdays Adve hington during being cele- by the Club of Au Columbus, secretary, announced yes- terday. In accordance with inauguration of he custom of celebrating birthdays of —Wide World Photos. the members members, next to be the neutrality officer. More than 100 American tourists were delayed for several hours when the luxury lin®r Conte de Savoia of the Italian Line halted to aid the Italian ship's wounded. The liner's commander and surgeon boarded the Mo a The French ship, the Djebel Amour was apparently nol bombed, but was swept by machine gun trace of the attacker although coast inhabitants reporte¢ they saw it after hearing the explosions of the bombs Rebellions Reporied. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, August 7 (#)—-Both sides in the Spanish war reported today that armed rebellions had broken out with- in the ranks of their fo Insurgent sou charged by mperl Fre .. street fighting between inte S, August 7 (P —A mysterY | yoiunteers and Spanish government militiamen was going on in Albacete and other important government cen- s anarchists sought to overth lencia governme government an amed had fortified the Bishop's Palace of Toledo rce fight against comrades in the insur- fire s that Bombs Imperil Freighter. e ate today dropped two bombs e Greek freighter K. Ktistakis ed when Prench military distress sign place at 5 pm., 1 Coast, and sea~ the coast said the the ship advices miles off rian men in nessed ti apparent incide missed who wit- missiles ex- he ancier their former ~held cit Heavy rifle fire could be heard from vernment positions rong of civilians began to was reported Insurgent declazed the described as being ft which attacked and French merchant- similar to the aircrs British, Italian t yesterday Distress calls immediately ut by the freighter but cancelled The Prench planes fa China Continued From First Page ose to the city flee were se later iled to find an officers 1ce ser former army at Irun vice had Premier miles railway to be another Reports Japanese were rinese into ry works iver, west of e scene of the h the night of southwest of Hankow, goal of Nan- boat squadron e Gu. command of the g e up of the Oar 1zon se armies were each other observers at Tientsin esti- mated the a with which Japan dom ortheastern Hopei now otals 45,000 officers and expe the 33,000 units we: Manchuria was moving omj; Poreigr nously General | nis con nates all e at major ere has been | here placed and comma betweer ne and the the Peiping Yellow River was p! 150,000 half of them controlled by government—while below River along the Lunghai were about 200,000 more Chinese central government about 100,000 soldiers be 1 Nanking and Shanghai. 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Telephone: MEL, 5231 ESSAGE coun e £l Cabaliern, extreme Socialist was the head of the anarchist Largo leader revoit THe international troops were sup- porting the rebellion, the insurgent officers asserted Largo Caballero was reported seek- ing to fuse all extremist factions into | a common front to upset the mod- erate government of mier Juan Negrin and oust such military leaders as Gen. Jose Miaja, chief of Madrid's defe inta (Valencia dispatches last week ted that the Spanish government cabinet was taking firm measures to deal with etxremist elements within its coalition regime.) In the face of reports strife, Madrid-Valenc reported government the Aragon front i Frontal and flan atening to p lissimo ¥ the of internal commanders uccesses along ern Spa attacks e Insurgent Franco's commanders Ea in neisco said. Lansing, Mich.,, has reduced its 1 bonded debt from $7,000,000 in 1932, to $2,878,000 in July, 1937 real war, including his 38 German-trained divisions DIET RUSHES WAR BILLS. superior Feverish Patriotism Marks Closing of Special Session. By the Associated Press TOKIO, Augus otism marked the cl Japan’s special two-week pi tary session, at which appropriati 419,000,000 yen (about $121,500,000) were i through to support mili- tary operations in China A passed by e Diet,” as as called, declare at “Japan should maintain pe and order astern Asia by eject anti-Japanese agitation from t of China which slights ir just Premier F ons rushi resolution the “war- ng nationa imimaro Konoye, s statement from his sick-bed, wh s prostrated by heat The Diet's resolution in connec North China incident Japan's role in preserving Eastern Asia represents the e nation tremely serious.” he session passed 34 out of 35 bills the governmen not disposed of w al by jury, whic he sald ion with the and peace true spi Th shelved Unless with meet to will specially convoked crisis, Parliament again until December dea not WILLARD CORNER $141h and F Sts N W WLIDN Merleman, advertis- ing manager of Grosner's, and George | P. 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