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Show MADRID ROCKED BY MINE BLASTS MADRID, March 15 Four tremendous explosions apparently from government mine la battle-scarred battle-scarred University City rooked Madrid today as Insurgent artillery shells tor great hole in building In the downtown dletrlct Meager report from the University Univer-sity City sons where government militiamen and insurgent troops have contested for week described the explosive attacks as fresh attempt at-tempt to rout General Francisco Franco's force from their barricaded barri-caded positions. Just after the explosion, a government gov-ernment air squadron flew over the area on an observation flight Italian troops reported fighting on the Insurgsnt side were declared by the war ministry to have been forced from strateglo position In the Guadalajara sector, northeast of Madrid. Furthsr south and wast on the Jarama front the Insurgsnt were reported engaged In a strong attack on Morata da Tsjuna. Important fortified town west of the Madrid-Valencia Madrid-Valencia highway. But defense officer of-ficer ald the attack failed. BIARRITZ. France, March 15 (UP) The loyalist government radio ra-dio at Valencia aaaerted today that government troops had captured Cordoba, capital of Cordoba province, prov-ince, In southern Spain, There was no confirmation from any other source. ' LONDON, March 15 WV-Spanish government charge that Italian troop are bolstering besieging force of Madrid were expected to get an airing before the 27-natlon neutrality committee this week. Pablo Ascarat y Floras, ambassador ambas-sador of the Valencia government urged th British foreign office to pros for Immediate committee consideration con-sideration of the allegation contained con-tained In note handed both to the foreign office and th League of Nation. Italo-Oerman squadrons, ths notes charged, "under the pretext of guarding the oast" planned to attack at-tack Barcelona and Valencia while Italian troop closed In on Madrid. |