Show i MADRiD V-LiC V II LIBRARY iii WOMAN f ARMY OF BOYS SENT TO GUARD RAILWAY LINK Loyalists Open Drive Against Advance of Rebels j i MADRID Oct ct 1 l' l I INS S Along with hundreds of others accused of spying and other activities connected with the revolution an American wo woman man Mrs Jane Cienfuegos described as the former Miss Jane Anderson of Atlanta Ga loday is held in the women's j jail ail here S' S Mrs Cienfuegos came from Alicante Alicante Ali All cante August 16 and registered at a hotel as an American newspaper Newspaper News paper woman She was arrested on September 21 and taken to police headquarters then tr transferred transferred trans trans- ns- ns to the jail Tuesday Wife of a a. Spaniard she appeared to be about 36 years old Snatching back Bargas from the hands of rebels and sending airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes to blast the thin insurgent lines at Maqueda and Guadarrama loyalist forces today opened a powerful powerful pow erful counteroffensive on the Madrid Madrid Ma Madrid front and sent an army of 14 year-old year boys to Aranjuez to save the capitals capital's last outside rail link At the same time as if to show the rebels that this civil war is being be be ing fought on more than one front frent the loyalists il 1 Catalonia threw their militia into action along along- the mile 60 Huesca line driving driving I ing back the rightists and ing men and a large quantity of ammunition and arms The semicircular Madrid front Is Isnow Isnow isnow now a a. zig zig-zag zig ag line if rival claims claims' are to be reconciled with the enemies enemies enemies' enemies enemies' ene ene- mies' mies lines almost interlocking Loyalists comman command Bargas but on the road from Toledo to Ma Madrid rid the insurgents are reported to have taken Illescas only slightly more than 20 miles from here and near Bargas Loyalist Counterattack Another counterattack continued at Maqueda In the heart of the long strung out line of communications communications com corn stretching 50 miles from Talavera to Toledo The central rebel line on the Madrid Madrid Ma Ma- irid front meanwhile pressed farther far ther eastward toward the capital attacking in the vicinity of Santa SantaCruz SantaCruz SantaCruz Cruz de do Retamar while several minor conflicts raged in the mountain mountain moun moun- tain thin passes of the Sierra Guadar Guadar- rama One hundred Were killed when a a. fresh attempt was made to storm rebel Oviedo while loyalists said efforts to lift the city's siege by an advancing column of General Emilio Emillo Molas Mola's troops were frustrated Another Molisto column column column col col- col- col preceded by air raids and ar artillery artillery artillery ar- ar tillery bombardments battled slowly slowly slow slow- ly along the sea wall toward Bilbao Franco Named Dictator At Burgos rebel headquarters General Francisco Franco already ady virtual dictator of two-thirds two of Spain was proclaimed dictator of the provisional Spanish government and commander in chief of all land sea and air forces Its ranks decimated by war the I Spanish cortes parliament assembled assembled assem assem- bled in Madrid today and unanimously voted confidence in the government gov gay of Premier Francisco Largo Caballero x S LISBON Oct 1 INS INS INS-A A new Alcazar siege is under way at Quinto little town in Saragossa province northeast of Madrid it was revealed today For six weeks Barcelona leftist militiamen have been besieging besieging besieging be be- only rebels occupying Continued on Page Two Column One Onel AMERICAN HELD IN MADRID JAIL Continued from Pa Pago o One a a fortress at Quinto it it- was dis dis- dis- dis cIos closed ST. ST JEAN DE LUZ France Frances Oct k 1 i INS INS Fifty Spanish loyalist soldiers soli sol sol- zol- zol diers with their wives and children v are are under siege by rebels in the Toledo seminary it was stated here i today They took refuge in the buildIng build build- r ing when unable to escape from froni ther the city r I r League agu Receives Receives Loyalist Protest GENEVA GENEV A O Oct Ost t. t 1 UP UP e The Spanish delegation t to the league made public today a memorandum intended to support their charges that Germany Italy and Portugal have a aided ded the rebels The memorandum contains a note the tho Spanish government to the nonintervention countries submitted submitted sub sub- September 15 informing them it had sent protests to Germany Germany Ger Ger- many Italy and nd Portugal against their alleged aid to the rebels j LONDON 0 Oct 1 UP General UP-General General Francisco Franco anticipating a rebel victory that would make mahe him dictator tot of ot all Spain has assured Great Britain through emissaries that he would use Spain's weight to maintain the present status in inthe inthe inthe the Mediterranean usually reliable sources es said today otay I |