The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-11
|REYOLTERS WIN AND
THREATEN TO TAKE
PARANA STRONGHOLD
Position of Garrison at FIorian.
opolis, Now Isolated, Is
Held Precarious
RAILROAD LINES ARE CUT
Communication Between Rio de
Janeiro and Sac Paulo
Is Halted
LINES ARE CUT

Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. ll.-R
Victories Of Brazilian revolutionary
forces today drew the net of insurrec-
ton tighter about the cities Of Rio de
Janeiro and Sac Paulo.
Fall of Joinville and San Francisco,
state OF Santa Catharina. to a rebel
force has isolated Torianopolis. or
Desterro. sole federal stronghold
south of Parana. and has made the
position of its garrison precaricus.
Between Sac Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro a small insurgent force is
said to be operating out OF Lorena,
where the railroad line from the cap
ital city to Sac Paulo has been cut.
Revolutionary quarters insist they
have interrupted all communication
between the two cities.
North of Rio de Janeiro another
rebel force advanced toward Ciudad
Campos. railway junction of ITS 900
population which, If captured. will
Interrupt communication between the
capital and the states of Ekpiritu
Santa and Bahia.
eFedcrals Make Attack
There were only two apparent
points OF government progress. both
in the state of Minas Gearaes. Fed
eral forces Thursday. 1t was learned
occupied Barbacenas. railway poin,
where the Loyal Twelfth Regiment
Of Federal Infantry. with six noun
tain guns. is holding out against
strong insurgent force.
Sac Paulista troops captured the
town Of Oura Elmo, and proceeded
toward Itajuba. The railroad north
Of Rio de Janeiri Tobello Horizonte Is
being rebuilt as the federal proceed
and services has been re%established
as far as Juiz do Foro.
A small force of Minas Ceraes po-
lice attacked that city yesterday but
was repulsed by federals.
There was no information concern
ing insurgent armies in central Par.
ana. who Friday were said to have
been deploying for a major battle with
Sac Paulista federals nea Castro
General Miguel Costa. llls,lrgent
commander, reported his cavalry hac
skimirshed with the enemy.
The chief Of the rebel garrison al
Santa Ana do Livramento. Rit
Grande do Sui border point. said HI
had received orders from revolution
airy headquarters at Porto Allegro Il
impose a strict censorship on al
outgoing mail, telephone. telegraph
radio and cable messages as a "publit
safety measure" It was believed thu
censorship may have withheld de-
velopments in the Castro area.
Federal dispatches from Sac Pault
said federal airplanes had bomber
Jaguariahyva, just north of Castro
and junction point for Thomazins
and ~Jacayezinho, and stated the be-
lief rebel forces had withdrawn
since the planes saw only small
bands Of them.
Is Decisive Blow
In the capture of Joinville, tn,
rebels appeared here to have stgucl
one Of the first decisive blows Of TIN
revolution In southern Brazil. com
parable to capture of Pernambuco b!
Parahyba insurgents in the northern
part OF the repupl1c.
The rebel forces. commanded b.
Captain Caldas Braga. attacked tn
city and took It with only Is casul
ties.
The Eigth Battery. Of Artillery ant
a naval battalion Of two officers ant
100 men surrendered before the on
lslaught.
Revolutionary quarters publishes
the following summary by states 0
the progress of the revolution: "Th
revolution has been triumphant In l
states, as follows: Rio Grande d
Sui, Santa Catharina. Parana. Nina
Ceraes, Alagoas. Pernambuco, Para
lhyba, Flo Grande do Norte. Gears
Maranhoa. Para and Piahuy; sevel
states are loyal to the government
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