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1936. HHA

REBEL WARSHIPS THE KING IN TURKEY

WIN SEA FIGHT

Loyal Destroyer Sunk With Heavy Loss of Life

ATTACK ON MADRID COMMENCED:

COLUMN

MARCHING

ON MALAGA

Gibraltar, Sept. 29,

The authentic version of this morning's naval battle to the west of Tarifa has now been disclosed here.

The insurgent cruisers Baleares' and Almirante Cervera met the Government. destroyers Almirante Fernandiz and the Gravina, and the fight was one-sided owing to the cruisers' heavier armament. The Fernandiz was repeatedly hit, took fire aft and sank.

The French liner Koutoubia picked up survivors.

The Baleares chased Gravina and the latter finally reached Casa Blanca considerably damaged, and landed her wounded.

The significance of the naval action was clarified when the insurgents later managed to transport troops and ammunition across the straits from Ceuta to Algeciras. The object of the insurgent cruisers was to clear a way for a convoy consisting of four aeroplanes, accompanied by a torpedo boat and the cruiser Almirante Cervera, while a second cruiser remained on guard at Tarifa. The transportation was carried out without a hitch and it is stated that! the convoy returns to Ceuta very soon to embark a further 2,000 troops.

It is also reported that a column of 8,000 insurgents, including cavalry and artillery, Is making a big atinek on Malaga This week, supporteu from the sea by two cruisers, including the Almirante Cervera.-Reuter,

Only 20 Rescued

Tangier, Sept. 29.

Thu Rightist cruiser Almirante

SURVIVOR Assault Upon TELLS OF Madrid Begun

ALCAZAR ORDEAL

Cervera attricked two Leflat destroy- COMMANDER'S SON

ers, the Almirante Juan Fernandiz and the Gravina off Cape Spartel in the Straits of Gibraltar to-day.

The cruiser's heavy guns badly damaged the Almirante Fernandiz, furcing her withdrawal towards Muloga. The cruiser then sank the Gravina.

The French Iner Koutoubha res-

....

SACRIFICED

(By Christopher Holme)

Talavera, Sept. 29. The story of the unquench- jable faith and unbreakable { punded to an S.0.5. and rescued 20 spirit of the garrison of the Euilors of the Graving, but the re-Alcazar was related by the first mainder of her complement of 175 survivor of that grim siege officers and men were lost.-United when he was carried into the

Press.

Malaga Bombarded

Gibraltar, Sept. 29. -A squadron of Rightist planes has Intensively bombed Mation during

the last 24 hours.

arrival bombs struck in the residential dis-- trict, destroying albers

local hospital, wounded, suffer- ing intense pain, with fever, and clothed only in filthy rags. The man was half-starved.

By Rebel Army

Rabat, Sept. 29.

The Insurgent advance against Madrid has begun, according to A wireless message broadcast from Burgos the rehels' head- quarters.

The Government forces are re- ported to bc hurriedly constructing three Jines of defence around

capital,--- Reuter Bulletin Service.

DEPERATE RESISTANCE

Madrid, Sept. 29. Loyalists are fighting desperately to halt the rebel advance on the Toledo-Madrid highway,

He catalogued the hardships of the Ministry communique

WHE

War

Picture shows King Edward VIII acknowledging the cheers of the great crowds which welcomed him on his recent visit to Instanbul. His Afajesty is seen being driven through the elty with Kemal Ataturk, the

'Turkish President,

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HALSE LEADS AIR RACERS Clouston Challenges For First Place

THREE COMPETITORS ARE FORCED FROM FIELD

London, Sept. 29. (10 p.m.).

Six of the original. nine starters in the England-to-Johannesburg air race have hitherto reached or are approaching Cairo. Two of the com- petitors, Capt. Halse, starting from scratch in a Percival New Gull, and Clouston, with a handicap of six hours 25 minutes 12 seconds, are already winging southwards in a neck and neck race, which began at Belgrade.

Both men flew from Belgrade to Cairo, 1,176 miles, non-stop. Capt. Halse remained in the Egyptian capital 37 minutes, but Clouston was content with 21

BREAKING FLIGHT minutes' rest while his machine was being refueled,

NEARLY SUFFOCATES. WHEN CRUISING 10 MILES HIGH

London, Sept. 29.

How he had probably saved his life by slashing open his flying suit with a knife when he was rapidly.

thus reducing Capt. Halse's lead to a meagre nine and a half minutes, in 2,249 miles,

in Max Findlay turned up at Cairo at 9.08, p.m. just over half an hour. All are thankful for Egypt's warmth after the Arctic conditions in Europe, where ice forming on the wings of the planes forced com- petitors to descend to low altitudes. C.W.A. Scott, who with the late

Campbell Black, won the England-

Salonica at 0.53 p.m. Llewellyn seven minutes behind him.

becoming weak and suffocating, was the experience RAF, after he had landed with a new altitude record

described by Squadron Leader F. R. D. Swain of the was

won for Britain. He flew nine and a half miles high.

The airman said he had climbed in a series of wide circles until he had only about three-quarters of an hour of petrol left and was at an altitude of 46,000 feet. Looking down the light was almost dazzling, but looking up the sky was the deepest blue, almost black. Below him he could see the whole of the English coast- line from Margate to Land's End. He had the impression England was a most minute country. Then the pressure suit he was wearing began causing him disco- fort and he had difficulty moving his arms and legs, with slight symptoms of

But cramp in his right arm. there, was, no difficulty in breathing. When, he hud-reached 51,000 feet

NEAR SUFFOCATION

he found he could not climb any higher and decided to call it a day, and shut off his motor and began to discloses. glide. The window glass in his 70 days of terror for a garrison of Rightists attacked three times at helmet was then hazed and the win- 1,200 souls, with a single doctor, Olias, 15 bombing plunes co-operating dows, of the cabin were also frosted The Argentine Consul, Senor

who worked day and night. Food with the infantry, but on each ocea so that he was unable to see any- Severo Livingstone, reporting on his

One hors was very scarce, at Gibraltar, said several killed daily to supplement the meagresion were repulsed and were finally thing, or even to read his compres,

five houses. He rations dropped from the air.

Major Moscardo, the Commmuder, a hospital, mobilising the organised a best educated women as nur

There was perfect system of dis- The Civil Governor last week

elpline. Everybody attendod daily visited all the foreign consuls in

en- and their spirits were muss Malaga and warned them that he livened by listening to the radio, and was unable to guarantee the safety of lives and property due to "the passing from hand to hand a humor- gravity of the situation."United us newspaper, handwritten on blank Press.

said

workers

civilians

were dropped in the quarters,

severnl injuring

→

Deserting Madrid?

pages of old books.

nurses.

BABIES OF SIEGE There was great excitement last week when two babies were born in Rubat, Sept. 20. According to the rebel radio the Alenzar. These events proved to Station in Seville, certain ministers have a strong moral influence, as the of the Spanish Government have defenders formally renewed their gone to Alicante to prepare a future pledges to die rather than hand over seat of government there,

the babies to the attackers. The departure, at a moment when

first big dynamite explosion, The Madrid is preparing to withstand on though it had been expected hourly. Insurgent attack, has caused heart-was like the end of the world. Many burnings between colleagues were killed, the wounded rebel re

Renter.

King's Cousin Slain

Paris, Sept. 29. Reports from San Sebastian state that Don Carlos, 26, cousin of the

lated..

But the women hid their tears to avold weakening our courage.

forced to retire. Meanwhile, Senor Azana has signed a decree, confisca ting all Rightists properties if the are participating in the hostilities,United Press.

owners

H.K. Rifle

Association

May Split

CIVILIANS DENIED USE OF RANGE

C. A. GRIMES

RESIGNS

ARABS SEEKING PEACE

KNOW FUTILITY OF VIOLENCE

KINGS MAY APPEAL

Jerusalem, Sept. 20,

purts

Melbourne marathon and Lively ampy Rose was out of Athens at

0.40 p.m.

Three Forced Out

Among the three who have been were South forced out of the race Africa's eldest and youngest pilats,

Miller and Smith. The third casually Is CG. Alington, the youngest com- petitor of all, flying the tortoise of the race which gave him the biggest

handleap advantage.

Capt. Halse reached Belgrade with

led with this.

BLIZZARD SMOTHERS DENVER

ELEVEN DEAD IN FREAK STORM-

Denver, Sept. 29. Eleven are dead and millions

ever

the high average speed of 200 miles of dollars of damage has been per hour, but said he was not sails done in Colorado in the worst

September snowstorm He was soon followed in by ather known here.-Reuter. competitors, including Tommy Rose. who landed at Lins because of an air bubble in one of his petrol pipes, The trouble was soon remedled and he reached Belgrade in good time, but declared there: "I must pedal harder."

STOP PRESS

mien

None of the competitors remained in Belgrade more than 22 minutes. traverse then set out to They

A fierce grass fire is threatening mountainous Yugo-Slavia for Greece, and the first news from Greece show-houses No. 16 and 16, Barker Road, ed that although Rose has a foster the Peak, and apparatus and machine he was only one minute from the Botanical and Forestry De- ahead of Scott. This is a tribute to partment have been rushed to the the work of the handicappers, as the scene. difference in the handicap times of these two is ten hours-Reuter,

Retiring Competitors

London, Sept. 20.* Two more competitors have retired}

Miller descended

2 half

Another grass Are at Big Wave Buy tus assumed alarming proportions and a truckload of fire-fighters has been despatched by the Forestry De- partment.

Alington Out

It was now that he commenced to! feel suffocation, Squadron. Leader Swain related. He gradually grew weaker, and when he pressed the release lever. to open his cockpit cover, it did not function. He then tried to lug open the zip-cord in It is believed final settlement of from the air race. order to get his head clear of his the Arab Nationalist problem is ap- at Ruma, through a shortage of fuel, helmet, but he could not find the proaching, with British troops daily and having spent four and

London, Sept. 29. cord. And all the time he was get-pouring into Palestine and taking up hours getting a fresh supply and ting weaker,

positions in various

of the continued on to Belgrade, he decided

not to continue the HighL

C.G. Ailngton, flying an Eagle, with country.

the biggest handicap, was first out of He thought the only thing to do The recent engagement in which 04

D forcett Victor Smith was forced to land the air race. He made was to cut open the celestroid win Arabs were killed and 45 houses at Skoplje, Serbia, with of trouble landing near Regensburg and

the dow in his helmet with his knife. demolished has discouraged the and was faced with 1 long and three occupants of his machine were This was most dificult owing to his tribes, bringing a realisation of the troublesome repnir job. He decided to uninjured. They landed in a field exhaustion, but with a final effort he hopelessness of fighting against

retire.

owing to petrol shortage. The tr managed to thrust in his knife blade, British division, causing an inrush of fresh air, and

Tommy Rose and C.W.A. Scott undercarrlage was damaged, Up to now 800 Arabs, 10 Jews and

A Yugo-Slay officer of the Belgrade. immediately felt a lot better, was 38 British troops have been killed. reached Salonika at 5.53 and 5,54 p.m.

aerodrome took pity on Victor Smith, able to see bls instruments, decided The Arab Supreme Committee is respectively.

Previously he was running short of petrol, and making an effort to find a way out Capt. Halse, who started from scratch Smith had been flying a open Bulletin The first fler to reach Calro was the young South African, and gave

him leather coat, prestige, but the ald expected from and arrived at 8.07 p.m., covering Stout an overcoat-Reuter Bulletin the Arab sovereigns is inexplicably 2,200 in 12.5 hours. He received an

animated greeting at the landing

HOPE OF INTERVENTION ·

ground, which was flood-lit. The neighbouring, desert was lit by, the Jerusalem. Sepl. 23.

beams of thousands of motor car Hope of the intervention of the lights.

Clouston arrived at 8.39 p.m. (Continued on Page 12.).. Reuter

landed,

of the situation without loss of

delayed United Press.

UNAWARE OF RECORD

"We were at the inst ebb on Sun- A crisis is imminent in the affairs Squadron Leader Swain was not day when shell explosions indicated of the Hongkong Rifle Association, aware that he had broken the record The Military authorities have decreed or on altitude flight when he come that relief was at last coming.

"Our enthusiasm was unbounded that the Association cannot make down from the stratosphere. His ex-King of Spain and brother-in-as we chased the militis running use of the rifle range, over which plane carried two seated harothermo- Arab Kings, in the form of an appeal law of the Prince of Asturias, was like rabbits for Madriti."

runs part of the Kowloon Golf Club,raphs to record the height attained, killed in the fighting against the

during week-ends.

but they are so complicated they

Government forces at Toledo.-

Reuter.

Aid For Rebels

FATHER'S SACRIFICE

As a result the civilian representa-had to be sent to the National Physl- The Diario Noticias recounts un in- tive on the Association's committee, cal Laboratory at Teddington for the cident to last week, in connection Mr. C. A. Grimes, has tendered his result to be worked out, with the Alcazar siege, which shows rosignation. and it is

stated thant

St. Jean de Luz, Sept. 20.

the strength of character of Major several civilian members of the As-scaled flying suit blown up to or- The pilot wore a special niriight, General O'Duffy, who claims to Moscardo and the high courage of the sociation are taking a similar step. have rolced an Irish Brigade of two man in

dinary air pressure and his face was of the Red mila time they can only shoot on adzting light. thousand men for Service in Spain

Their case, is that at the present screened by a visor of heavy glass. has crossed the frontier en route to telephoned

Majer Moscardo,

the He wore double gloves and breathed Burgos and Pampelona to see theatening to kill his son unless he Kowloon range during a Wednesday oxygen through tubes in his spherical Generals Mola and Franco, the rebel surrendered the Alcazar,

afternoon, when they are engaged in helmet. Icadors, "

Major Moscardo requested that his office work, and that unless they are

to

BRITAIN'S RICHEST, MAN

LEFT £36,685,000

abroad. London, Sept. 29.

The Chumcellor of the Exchenues A new valuation of the estate

may therefore receive £20,000,000.in duties. About MAE wat met of the late Sir John Ellerman, death and legacy

•The cockpit of the

was who died in 1933, makes him£14,000,000 has already been paid. It is stated that General O'Duffy's son be brought to the telephone, and permitted to shoot during week- niso tightly scaled, so w

It is generally considered that Sir plan is that Irishmen shall go out enjoined him to die like a hero, with ads, they aro deprived of any

The plane roared through the the richest man Britain has ever

John was much richer before the practice. to Spain in mufti and enllat in the the ery "Long Live Spain".

stratosphere at a terrific speed. The produced.

The estate is now valued at £30.- world alump began in 1931-Reuter. Spanish Foreign Legion. Reuter. His son was allegedly executed that Full-and-exclusive story appears, sun klare at those tremendous Special.

885,000, exclusive of his property Special... same morning-United Prest. 1 Jon Paga:8.

(Continued on Page 123

Service.

Exciting Duól

London, Sept. 20. The air race has developed an exciting duel between Capt. Inise. and Clouston. The former let Cairo at. 8.48 p.m. and the latter? 9.02 p.m., thus Haise is only a ba ten minutes ahead, with one-thi of the journey accomplished.

They are followed closely Findlay, who was at Cairo at 0.0 an Airspeed Envoy, the only commercial type machine in contest, with a crew of four and for eight,

Scott and Llewellyn left S at 0.52 und 6.60 respectively af left Athens at 9.40.-Reuter

Roze Cracks U

London, S (Continued on Page