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Franco Claims Further Vital Successes On Catalan Front
PROF. FELIX BARCELONA STILL FRANKFURTER REFUSES TO TAKE A CONFIRMED
DEFEATIST ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
THE SENATE YESTERDAY CONFIRMED THE
TION OF PROFESSOR FELIX FRANKFURTER, OF THE HAR- VARD LAW SCHOOL, AS AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT..
Burgos, To-day.
NOMINA-General Franco's forces advancing from Cervera along the highway to Barcelona have captured four more towns and are now within twelve miles of the big industrial centre of Igualada. The Nationalists have occupied Pallerrols,
diorlada, Lluida and Aguillo.
One of the most outspoken cham- pions of liberalism, Professor Frankfurter is very sympathetic to
the New Deal's objectives. Reuter.
TIENTSIN-PUKOW RAILWAY NEAR RESTORATION
Shanghai, To-day. Restoration of the railway con- necting Tientsin and Pukow is ex- pected to be completed this month, according to Japanese reports. Traffic on the line has been
up.
THEORY OF
FLYING TO BE TAUGHT
IN SCHOOL
St. Louis (Mo.), To-day. Between 17,000,000 and 20,000,
000 schoolchildren will be taught thasthopry of mechanical fight⠀ every year, It was decided. yes-
terday at the National Aeronau
tical Association's Convention Children, will be taught under Europe.
here Guar-systems similar to those used in
The scheme will be dovetailed in the Government's programme for teaching thousands of college
Igualada is twelve miles distant from the Franco
vanguard, and is reported to have been strong-students how to fly. Reuter. ly fortified by the Republicans.
The Nationalists are also threa- |tening Iguarda from the south- west, in an advance along the road from Mont Blanch.
These columns are only ten miles from Igualada.
A further 1,100 prisoners are re- ported to have been captured, to- gether with abundant war material and ammunition.
FRANCO CLAIMS
Since the beginning of the offen- sive, 38,000 prisoners have been
CHINESE TO PUT OVER TWO
MILLION MEN INTO NEW COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
London, To-day.
in-registered as placed in concentra-"Even if we don't get help from abroad we are sure
terrupted for more than а -year, tion camps. since the bridges were blown
According to the Nationalist Emergency traffic was maintain- High Command, the advance is be- ed only between Pukow and Pengpuing continued at the same pace on and between Hsuchow and Tsinan. all sectors.-Reuter.
By reopening this important line, connection between Peiping and Shanghat would be re-established. -Trans-Ocean.
BAN ON GERMAN FERTILISER
Washington, To-day.
A halt has been ordered in the purchasing of German, fertiliser
STREETS FULL OF POSTERS
we can win in the end," declared Mr. Chang Peng-chun, the well-known Chinese professor and lecturer, who has flown from Chungking to London in nine days, including three days spent in talks with officials at Rangoon.
There is no defeatist spirit in Mr. Chang Peng-chun told Reuter that the war had
Barcelona, the Catalan capital menaced by the rapid Nationalist
| advance, according to messages re- ['çeived in London.
The streets are full of posters bearing such slogans as "Defend Catalonia" and "Save Your Homes," while men are lining up outside the barracks in long queues wait- ing to join up.
All war wounded between the age of 18 and 41, previously dis- for use on Government farms in charged as unfit, have been recall- Puerto Rico, stated Mr.
to the colours, subject to a Fairbank, ot, the Puerto Rico Re-second medical examination. construction Administration yes-
terday.
Miles ed
NEW DEFENCE LINE
A
Mr. Fairbank said this action Civilians are crowding into Bar- was taken following protests to celona from towns and villages in Mr. Harold Ickes, Secretary of the war zone. Interior, by American fertiliser farms.-Reuter.
TENSION IN HAINAN
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stated The commander-in-chief yesterday that the Republic has constructed strong defences run- ning due North from a point five miles up the coast from Talavera.
BARCELONA VERSION
Barcelona, To-day. The insurgents continue to ex- ert strong pressure on the Catalan Tension has once again gripped front, says a Republican war bul- coastal towns on Hainan following letin. the appearance of Japanese aircraft
Hoihow, To-day-
and
air-
Violent fighting occurred in the over Hoihow and Yulin on Monday neighbourhood of Cervera
No bombs were dropped and the machines appeared to be on a scout-craft bombed enemy troop concen- ing mission.
Five additional warships have appeared in the straits and two are now cruising off Yulin while the others have positioned selves outside other ports. Own Correspondent.
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them
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Santa Coloma. Republican
trations and transports:
On the Estremadura front, the Republican forces repulsed two fierce... counterattacks heavy losses.
inflicting
now entered the second phase, the first defen- sive phase of the preparation for a counter- offensive all over the country when the Chinese would put into the field 240 divisions, of 10,000 men each.
There would be no positional battles and no battle front but a
ARAB TERMS FOR new type of warfare of space and
LONDON CONFERENCE
for
Beirut, To-day. The Arab Higher Committee has formulated conditions participation in the London Con- ference ort Palestine.
movement, with the forces spread all over the country,
Mr. Chang Peng-chun is confi- dent that, the Japanese have not enough men for effective resis- tances
Moreover, it looked as if help for China from abroad was coming at the time it was predicted, namely, eighteen months from the beginning of the war:
It is understood it will insist that' basis of the Conference be the
The Chinese planned not only to the drive out the Japanese but to Arab demands as defined by Committee, that the Nashashibi build a new state. Reuter. Party, (opponents of the Palestine Arabs led by the Mufti) be ** ex- cluded, and that the Higher Com-) mittee be recognised as sole repre sentative of the Palestine Arabs.
Reuter.
CHUNGKING AIR RAID TOLL
PROHIBITION OF SCRAP EXPORT
Washington, To-day.
A motion demanding that in fu- ture the export of steel and scrap iron from the United States should be prohibited, unless expressly sanctioned by the President of the U.S. has been introduced into Con- gress by Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat.
Chungking, To-day, Injured are still pouring, into hospitals here from the areas which Although Schwellenbach' bases. The Republican troops have cap-were bombed by the Japanese. his motion on the "need for just tured Col Caladar, west of Mon- Many have died in hospital. allocation of existing stocks of terrubio de la Serena.
It has just been revealed that scrap," political circles allow it to
•The 2nd Battalion, the Somerset On the Andalusian front Reone bomb fell on a Chinese board-be plainly understood that the mo- Light Infantry, arrived at Gibral-publican forces have broken through ing house, killing and wounding tion is primarily designed to place tar from England yesterday, to the enemy lines at two points and over 100 people, including guests impediments in the way of Japan- relieve the 2nd Battalion, the Nor-jeaptured the hill" and the village land employees.-Our Own Corres-lese purchases of scrap in the US. folk Régiment.
of Tozar.-Trans-Ocean.
pondent.
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