Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-19 | Page 1 | Taxicabs Mobilize to Aid in Madrid Defense

Taxicabs Mobilize Mobilize- to Aid Ad in Madrid Defense I DRIVERS A WAil AWAIT CAll TO CARRY SHOCK TROOPS Trade Unions Ready to Join Army in Last Stand MADRID oct 19 AP The AP-The The Madrid government today mobilized mobilized mo- mo thousands of taxicabs to rush reinforcements to stem the advancing fascist hordes Three thousand taxis were placed in readiness to carry aid to any point on the civil war fronts around the capital in event of surprise enemy moves Drivers from t the te e mechanics brigade were assigned to the machines machines machines ma ma- chines for duty if the government government government govern govern- ment finds it necessary to duplicate duplicate cate the famous taxi ride of troops from P Paris uis to the Marne which saved sayed that capital from the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans in the World war The Madrid governments government's measure measure measure meas meas- ure was was described as purely a precautionary precautionary precautionary pre pre- cautionary one to be bo utilized only in n event of extreme emergency inasmuch inasmuch in in- as a great number of large lorries orries is for ordinary transportation Madrid's double decked buses have lave likewise been used to advantage tage Lage age since the civil war broke out Madrid Mobilizes Plumbers painters and carpenters carpen- carpen Lers ers were called by their respective unions to be pr prepared ared to assist lii in n the defense of the capital in event of an emergency Huge posters plastered throughout through through- out the capital urged every Madrid citizen to volunteer his services in inthe inthe the he militia The government was cheered by bythe bythe the he arrival at Alic Alicante n e of the Rusian Russian Russian Rus- Rus sian ian steamer Neva with 2800 tons of foodstuffs The government massed a large force orce of militiamen at de dea deha dela la ha a Calzada 16 miles south of ot the capital and stepped up its last- last ditch defense preparations With rail communications cut to the he Mediterranean coast new orders orders orders or or- ders were decreed to conserve food and power Gas water and electricity elec- elec use was closely regulated Officials supervised food supplies and new warnings were issued against hoarders Fascist commanders declared they hey had consolidated a strong force orce south of ot the city stretching from rom El EI Alamo four miles from Navalcarnero to about eight miles west vest of important communications communications com com- com com- point near Toledo 1 Candidate Backs White Metal s S S S SS S S k kI kS I S S 55 55 Sj i l a 4 I IS S S WILLIAM LEMKE Sixteen to one is the only solution