Show I i ADRID SPURNS SURRENDER ORDER REBELS GRANT HOUR 48 STAY TO SAVE LIVES Loyalists Hold Lines Only 10 Miles From Capital MADRID Oct 28 Na UR Na Nationalist airplanes circling over Madrid dropped leaflets today warning that nationalist authorities would kill five loyalist loyalist loy loy- alist hostages for every rightist right right- hostage slain in the capital Insurgent wireless ireless stations as asserted asserted as as- the tho nationalists had prepared prepared pre pre- pared for tor immediate dispatch an ultimatum demanding the surrender surrender sur stir render of the city within 48 hours and promising to spare the lives of people who Mho capitulated The cabinets cabinet's reply at an emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency meeting was to reaffirm its decision to defend the city to the thelast thelast thelast last trench to mobilize every able- able bodied man between the ages of ot 20 and 45 years and to assert that there was no reason for surrender Nationalist planes began a terrific bombing and and- machine machine- gunning of the loyalist lines in the Guadarrama mountains north and northwest of the capital apparently preparatory to a mass drive from front that dire direction tion Lo Loyalists Hold Lines Leftist Lef militiamen remained on their defense lines on the Madrid side of the river little more than 10 JO miles from the southern suburbs of the city General staff chieftains expected the next attack to come from the northwest and north and leaders at atthe atthe the front were warned to stand tand fas fast t. t Nationalist airplanes bombed the Madrid suburbs again yesterday paying particular attention to rail rail- road tracks They succeeded in doing doing doing do do- ing some damage to tracks but failed in the apparent effort to de destroy destroy destroy de- de stroy the important Tres Ojos bridge over which all trains for the south and for C Catalonia leave Leftist airplanes resumed activity and bombed the big nationalist airdrome airdrome airdrome air air- drome at the general headquarters at Talavera de do la Ia Reina Aviators who took part in the raid asserted they damaged severely a large largo fleet of at nationalist planes Madrid Isolated Madrid was cut off completely ly at last by road as well as railway communication direct to Aranjuez to the south Civilians evacuated Aranjuez itself and arid half a dozen towns immediately south of Madrid de la Ia Calzada de do Velasco Grinon and others were others were abandoned to the nationalists The second line of leftist defense and the final one outside Madrid remains near Parla a little more than 10 miles to the south Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist Na- Na planes bombed Getafe airdrome airdrome airdrome air air- drome and other strategic points be before before before be- be fore and behind the loyalist lines MADRID O Oct 28 The UP The The Span Span- Spanish Spanish ish fascists shoved their outposts today within 10 miles of Madrid Madrid- almost within range of their heaviest heaviest est eat artillery While the capital struggled to or organize organize or- or for its defense against a a. rising rising ris ris- ing lag tide of confusion and dissension within and an encroaching wave of fascists on its outskirts the insurgents insurgents insurgents gents command jubilantly drew drew plans for a triumphant entry Rebels Take 5 Towns r d Fascist leaders having ta taken en five new villages announced they were I ready for the final thrust 1 Loyalist leaders combated the difficult difficult dif dif- problem of a a. r roaming ming riny of at war refugees in the city tattered cold hungry and penniless who added thousands of mouths to be be fed from the city's dwindling sup aup- plies Fearful the impoverished wanderers wander wander- ers era might start looting and food riots menacing the city's organization tion at a crucial moment the cabinet cabinet cabi cabi- net ordered them billeted The cabinet after a lengthy session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion disclosed the confederation of labor demanded represents represents- Continued on pu-e pu Two Column Five MADRID IGNORES REBEL DEMAND Continued from Pate Pau One Ont tion In the government for the syn syn- faction which supports it but has no official al voice olce To Solidify rower Power Well informed sources believed the demands would be met speedily to the governments government's authority authority authority au au- and hold together the peoples peoples people's peo pea i ples pies front The insurgents hoped they could array such a formidable force against the capital it would submit without battle They relied principally principally principally pally on a fleet of swift tiny tanks and nd armored cars to charge the capitals capital's streets The date for tor the attack rumored attack rumored imminent remained Imminent remained a military secret se secret secret se- se cret however and the tho extent to which the city itself would be shelled was left for the future to tode decide de It was to depend on the effectiveness of ot fascist strategy which seeks to foment a mass panic with threats and evidence of Irresistible Irresistible irresistible irre Irre- strength Rebels Push On In the mountainous forests west of ot Madrid the Insurgent column pushed steadily tow toward rd El Escorial strategic government nt communications communications center Untrained Madrid militiamen militiamen militiamen mi mi- fought vainly to check the fascist progress but were overwhelmed over over- whelmed by the insurgents insurgents' superior tactics in mountain guerilla combat A press dispatch to Paris from the Spanish battlefront said fascist pilots after scouting the Madrid sector reported the government militia mi ml- litia had retreated to the capitals capital's suburbs I Carlos CarIos president of ot the i newly-formed newly provisioning committee commit commit- tee for the Madrid area said the capital had sufficient food supplies to resist an absolute siege for lor two months and there was no danger of ot a shortage |