Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-12-17 | Page 2 | Germans Clash before Madrid

GERMANS CLASH BEFORE MADRID i MADRID Dec 17 INS INS Nazi Nazi German fought red German and fascist Italian traded bayonet thrusts with Italian exiles today as alien rebel volunteers famed loyalist International brigade in inthe inthe inthe the front line of the furious insurgent insurgent insurgent gent battle to throttle Madrid While the capital dug Itself out of the horrible wreckage of a deadly deadly dead dead- ly raid by 39 rebel bombing airplanes airplanes air air- planes planes- planes planes-e. e record number for the civil war war the the struggle for strategically strategically c cally lly vital Boadilla Del Monte seven miles northwest of Madrid raged back and forth Rebel sources asserted the town capture of which would cut off the loyalist line to the Guadarrama mountains and facilitate encirclement encirclement encirclement encircle encircle- ment of Madrid had already fallen MADRID Dec 17 U Bombed UPI Bombed Madrid feared today Its fascist besiegers besiegers besiegers be be- would unleash another in infantry infantry infantry in- in fantry attack following an air raid in which at least 63 persons were killed and more than wounded About government planes took the air against the invaders and officials said shot down four enemy pUl pursuit uit planes and one bomber Heavy fighting continued far into the night centering around Boadilla Del Monte and the university city section I PARIS Dec 17 INS INS To To rub rubout rubout rubout out with bullets the gory facts of the fate of prominent Spaniards a loyalist Spanish government airplane air air- plane plane and and not a rebel bomber as Madrid asserted downed asserted downed a French embassy transport and killed a French journalist in a recent International international international inter inter- national sensation The amazing story of this futile aerial sink and leave no trace attempt reached the foreign office today from French embassy sources in Madrid on the eve of the arrival in Paris of the body of the slain newspaper man it was learned on unimpeachable authority The story probably never will be disclosed officially officially because because of leftist leftist leftist left left- Frances France's sympathy with the radical radical radi radi- cal Spanish government While the Madrid government Is Issued Issued issued is- is sued a statement charging that the attacking plane was a rebel craft and hinting that it was a German- German made machine it was reported to today today today to- to day that the bomber was flown by bya a pilot belonging to the F. F A. A E. E Fed Federation de Espagna Espagna Espagna Es- Es a Spanish loyalist anarchistic tic organization These circumstances may explain why the French foreign office when questioned earlier in the month about the report that the attacking plane was German Germen sought to hush the incident by belittling it as of no international importance HENDAYE France Dec 17 UP UP- UP Uncensored reports from war-torn war Madrid quoted reliable sources to today today today to- to day as having said the Madrid government government government gov gov- gov- gov Is convinced that only with definite foreign aid can it defeat defeet the Spanish fascists Most of the informed leaders in in Madrid the uncensored reports said feel that Russia acting alone cannot cannot cannot can can- not carry the role of Madrid's savior any longer The wariness of France In not becoming involved is one of the major disappointments to the workers workers' workers workers' workers workers' work work- ers' ers class which from the beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning of the war believed it could depend upon the French proletariat for aid VATICAN CITY Dec 17 UP UP- UP Pope Pius may make a Christmas eve appeal for peace in Spain it was said today on semiofficial authority