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Show Headliners MARSHAL HENRI PETAIN The "hero of Verdun" emerges from retirement to serve France ' ln another crisis. Now 82, Marshal Henri Petain has been named am- s.5! bassador to new-r new-r f t -! ly reorganized In- I 1 surgent Spain in , I an obvious ges-! ges-! , ture t0 win Gen. . -V i Francisco Fran- Si ' co's friendship by L... U emotional appeal. Many years ago, M. Pela.n as instructor in the French war college. Marshal Mar-shal Petain instructed Spain's new iron man, himself a famous Twentieth century militarist. Later, in 1925-26. Marshal Petain joined forces with Franco in leading lead-ing the expedition that defeated Abd E! Krim, Riff leader in Morocco. Mo-rocco. Petain also went to Madrid Ma-drid and negotiated an agreement with the governor of Premier Prima de Rivera. |