Show f 1 l I Stage Daylight Raid on on Madrid 1 SOVIET CAllS SPANISH NON INTERVENTION TREATY EMPTY TORN SCRAP OF PAPER J Determined Defense Bars Advance of Insurgents MADRID Oct 23 INS INS INS- Rebel bombing planes swept over Madrid in three separate air raids today the first carried carried car car- ried ned out in broad daylight t since the civil war began While damage was reported Blight the r raids caused tremendous tremendous tremendous dous excitement and brought clearly home to the population the imminent danger of the capitals capital's capitals capital's capitals capital's cap cap- ital's being overrun by General Francos Franco's invading insurgent armies Three planes participated in the first raid and two in the second All five were driven off by loyalist gunfire but two small bombs were dropped on the ground of Madrid 1 university northwest of the capital i At p. p m. m motorcycle sirens again warned the populace of cf another another another an an- other raid and bursts of machine gun fire indicated the rebel aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft had penetrated to the center of Madrid Rebels rut lilt Stone Wall Vall The r rebels bels ran up up against a stonewall stone stonewall wall of leftist defenses on the southwestern southwest rn front today but inthe in inthe inthe the northwest t where their offensive offen sive was concentrated the rectos shelled their way through Navas Del Marquez and drove to I within two miles of the historic Escorial palace Insurgent leaders predicted that the famous burial place of Spain's kings would fall faU in another day The Moors and foreign legionnaires legionnaires legionnaires legion legion- fighting eastward of NavalCarnero NavalCarnero NavalCarnero Naval- Naval Carnero however were halted by reinforcements from Madrid Madrid- who piled into the strong that have been under preparation for more than a month The rebels then brought up their artillery and called bombing aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft into action to blast the loyalists loyalists' loyalists loyalists' loyalists loyalists' loyal loyal- second line of defense and gain the Guadarrama River valley Bitter Battle Looms There one of the most bitter battles battles bat bat- Lies of the Madrid siege is in prospect prospect prospect pros pros- with the new supreme commander commander com corn mander nander of the loyalist armies General General General Gen Gen- eral Sebastian massing all his reserves for a offensive counter-offensive around M stoles six miles miles- from Naval Rebels indicated however that the he main offensive for the time being being being be be- ing would be around the Escorial since the advance there has lagged behind that on the southwestern line Bombardment of the Escorial sector sec sec- tor was resumed today consequent consequent- ly and rebel troops also advanced far beyond Navas Del Marquez Marques Upon the shoulders of General one of Spain's best known military now rests the seemingly impossible task of saving Madrid He concentrated today on strengthening the second lines of defense deepening trenches and building breastworks Eleven persons who refused to help build defenses according to rebel reports were shot V t. Fighting Widespread Twenty miles northeast of Toledo Toledo To To- ledo Jedo another hattie battle was raging around Anover on the Tagus river Striving to close the open end of the rebel horseshoe around Madrid the tho insurgents insurgents' drove farther south louth Continued on Page PaRe Two Column One REBEL BOMBERS i- i iA i A ATTACK IT ACK MADRID 3 Continued from Page Paga One below belo Guadalajara reporting the thed 1 d loyalists retreating with heavy 4 losses t A battle also alzo was vas fought at Castro I Del Rio southeast of oZ Cordova t where here both aldes claimed vi victory tory Renewal of the siege of do was was reported from the north where shelling of the rebel garrison has ha been beeri going on for tor S 3 36 hours from 4 Ute the surrounding hilts hills MADRID Oct 23 UP A A fierce I Insurgent threat to Madrid's food p supplies sent thousands of militiamen militia militia- men pouring into the Aranjuez sector sector sec- sec tor south of ot the capital today 1 C Battle for Railroad t C The insurgents attacked in force throughout the sector and the capitals capitals cap- cap f ilas ila's new high military command believed it m mea ment ent nt a bid id to reach the railroad to the east coast and I seize control of it iti i I 4 There was a second rebel thrust k a a coordinated drive inward from the Toledo Madrid and Maqueda- Maqueda it l I Madrid highways whIch hIghways which was Wa belIeved be- be to be an effort to join the rebel columns at Naval Carnero Illescas First concern was with tj e e attack on the railroad the railroad the last u ider loyalist control The g eints today were but a few miles from the road If they took It a. a as W was s 3 threatened a at a lit point near Aranjuez they would cut also the line that runs eastward to Cu Cunca the capital would have to to get fo food d for Its odd million odd people and arms for its lIghting fighting men only the main highway vay toi Valencia and anda afew a few other roads It Wa was admitted these would be inadequate C Fear Aerial erial Attacks As a a precaution it was Wa learned authorities here have curtailed serVice service ser- ser Vice on the railroad In expectation rot new airplane bombing attacks S The gove government poured thousands thou thou- sands of militia reinforcements southward toward Aranjuez in an to stem the reb rebel l drive The city was bombed J by the rebels and the cessation of wireless communication with Madrid Indicated the Aranjuez radio station the capItals capitals capital's capi capI- tal's taIs only commercial wireless out out- flit fit may have been hit t PARIS Oct 23 INS Fifty fighting planes from Soviet Russia reached loyalist forces In Spain yesterday it was asserted today in f. f rebel radio broad broadcast ast Sixty more pre are expected today Ij GIBRALTAR Oct 23 IRS IRS- INS Rebel airplanes airplane today bombarded the port of ot Cartagena while a soviet ship hip was Wa unloading arms ar and mu- mu the rebel radio at Seville asserted today a l LONDON Oct 23 INS INS Four Four Four- t jt steen iteen een loyalist aviators were executed in Madrid because they accidentally I- I bombarded the government lines Jines at 4 Olias Oli s Del DelRey Rey Reuters Reuter reported toJ today to- to J f i day r r i 5 TANGIER International Zone zon in Morocco Oct 23 UP Capture UPI Capture of a cargo boat flying the Greek flag and nd carrying war materials valued value at t pesetas to io loyalists by the Spanish fascist gunboat Canovas Cano Cano- vas as was reported report d here today |