| Show MADRID MADRI DIGS IN FOR OR LONG SIEGE Loyalists o 0 u n d dRebel dRebel dRebel Rebel Stronghold By Br Associated Press Pru Madrid prepared Saturday to withstand fas fascist rebel assaults as two columns of fresh troops intent on crushing the revolutionary stronghold of Zaragoza in northeastern northeastern north north- eastern Spain encircled that city At the fascist militia was reinforced to speed up the advance advance advance ad ad- vance on Madrid Long truck caravans rumbled over torn shell-torn roads bringing fighters to the front lines for a final attack on Buitrago 40 to miles north of ot Madrid Ma Ma- Spanish rebel troops arriving In Burgos Spain from the Guadarrama Guadarrama Guadarrama Guadar- Guadar rama mountains north of ot Madrid tol stories of women they described as communist warriors who fought taught I Ithe the insurrectionists like tigresses The insurgents said they had to advance over the bodies of ot fallen women warriors Fridays Friday's flurry in French political circles over the possibility of ot International international international inter inter- national repercussions froma from a flight light of ot Italian seaplanes to Spanish Morocco Morocco Mo Mo- rocco seemed to have simmered down to a French determination to remain neutral Informed sources in Paris said the Continued on on P K Two C Column Five MADRID DIGS IN FOR LONG SIEGE Continued from Page rAge One danger of provoking open German and Italian fascist t aid for the SpanIsh Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish rebels had ca caused sM Leon Blums Blum's socialist government to take a mid mid- the road course Fascist Pact Feared Reliable sources said Berlin and Rome might have two interests inthe hithe in hi inthe the success of at the rebellion Premier Premier Pre Pre- mier Mussolini might want concessions conces conces- Ions alone in North Africa to assist Italy's expansion in the tho Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean and Hitler might have an agreement with Mussolini Mussolini Mus Mus- to gain that and other ends Political sources In Paris said Great Britain had turned a deaf ear to 10 French suggestions of a British French and Italian agreement for neutrality Nevertheless the French government government government govern govern- ment sped its investigations investigation's of the flight of Italian airplanes Official inquiry was reported to have disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed that one plane which crashed and another which was forced downin down downIn In French Morocco were vere part of ot a e fleet of 21 Italian bombers en route rebel h headquarters Planes Reach Morocco 1 Advices from Melilla Spanish Morocco Mo rocco said sald 18 of oC the 21 planes had arrived On the battle front airplanes and ships hips of at the loyal force air were dispatched dispatched dis db dis- dis patched against insurrectionists insurrectionist at Huelva Zaragoza Huesca Calatayud Calatayud Calatayud Cala- Cala Cordoba Gijon Oviedo and Palma Mallorca island Tho The last detachment of ot British refugees from Madrid left for ValencIa Va- Va lencIa seaport by train All AmerIcans Amer Amer- leans cans who had desired to leave the capital have been evacuated Operations on the northern front of the rebels indicated they expected expect expect- ed a long struggle for possession of ot Madrid Suicide Pl Planes nes Flying Lisbon Portugal heard a rebel broadcast which described tho the departure departure departure de de- de- de for Valencia from Seville of ot Insurgent volunteers of death aviators pledged to sacrifice their lives in hurtling laden explosive-laden planes into loyal Spanish strong strong- holds Their objective was three government warships Seizure of American automobile plants plant in Barcelona Barcelon by the antifascist antifascist anti fascist central committee for Catalonia Catalonia Cata- Cata lonia onia was confirmed in a message received by the state tate department in Washington today Am American Consul Lynn W. W Franklin Frankin Frank- Frank in un notified the department that the Barcelona plants of the Ford Motor company and General Motors corporation corporation corporation corpo corpo- ration had been taken over by the committee Sounds Rebel Attitude Sources close to the former Spanish Spanish Span Span- Spanish ish royal family at Cannes France said Prince Carlos Caries law in of ot the prince of the Asturias probably probably probably ably would join the Spanish He was interested in de determining determining de- de the tho attitude of or the rebels toward oward the Bourbon royal roal house LISBON Aug 1 UP Reports UP-Reports Reports from rom the border today said miners were killed and more than 00 wounded when Spanish rebel troops with artillery and machine guns juns ousted them from the Re- Re mine near Puebla da San SanAbria SanAbria SanAbria Abria in Zamora province Spain Approximately 2000 men were routed from the mines it was re re- re ported Many allegedly attempted to cross the border into Portugal but were taken by the tho rebel troops FRAGA Spain Spain Aug 1 UP UP- UP Two hundred rebel troops were killed billed or wounded today when loyalIst loyal loyal- 1st st forces captured the town of Gaspe aspe in Zaragoza province a rebel stronghold BARBASTRO SP Spain n Aug 1 UP Loyalists occupied the tho town of today after a furious two two- hour battle In which ten government airplanes bombed and destroyed most of the village Victory enabled Colonel Villalba's troops to concentrate upon the city of f Huesca on which lo loyalist alist militiamen are advancing to cut communications between s strong t r 0 n g grebel rebel ebel forces in Zaragoza and provinces |
