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Spirit of Club High.

THE Grifts leave for home as pos
- = sibly the most spirited Washington
ball club of all time From the most
calloused veteran down to the veriesi
rookie they have the bit in theil
mouths. For all of their collective
youth, they're a cocky. devil-may-care
band that very conceivably may prove
to be the giant killers of the league.
Of all the general assets of the
1886 club, as compared with the
team of a year ago, the spirit prob
ably is the most striking. There is
for instance, no Heinie Manush sulk-
ing in the outfield Instead, in Jesse
Hill, the Griffs have picked up un-
doubtedly the best team player on
the squad.
Jake Powell, although unimpressive
thus far. figures to be better ball
player. He has a year of big league
play under his belt. is heavier and
stronger, and should be improved
generally.
Right field, the only open position
on the club. is certain to be well
guarded. regardless of whether CaA
Reynolds, Johnny Stone or Dee Miles
opens the season. They form a trio
of capable outfielders with Reynolds
apparently leading the race by a
schnozzle.
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Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Base Ball,
Washington vs.. Cincinnati at
Orlando. Fla.
Maryland VS.. Cornell at College
Park, Md, 4.
Basket Ball.
Rinaldi Tailors VS.. Globe Ref1ners,
Tech High School, $50.
Eastern High VS.. Government ALL
Stars, Tech High School, 7:30.
Hand Ball.
District A. A. u. Tournaments,
Y. M. G. A.
TOMORROW.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Cincinnati at Cor
dele. Ga.
Maryland VS.. Cornell at College
Park, Md, 4.
Boxing.
District amateurs VS.. Catholic
Youth Association of Yonkers,
N. Y; Turner's Arena, e:15.
Hand Ball.
District A. A. U. Tournament,
Y. M. G. A.
THURSDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Cincinnati at
Macon, Ga.
Maryland VS.. Vermont at College
Park, Md, 4. >s
Lacrosse.
Maryland VS.. Harvard at College
Park, Nd, I.
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FURR BOUT NEXT TUESDAY.

Phil Furr, District welterweight
champion, will defend his title against
Cary Wright. local 147-pounder. I'M q
15-round fight at Turner's Arena next
Tuesday night. A Jewish. holiday is
the cause for shifting the bout from
the regular Monday night assignment.
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~ HLhN6S, Eldp MdICu Ol.-
4 The fine managerial hand Of
I Stanley Raymond Harris,
~ whose tracings can be noted
in every movement of the latest model
Washington ball club, has effected.
among ADLER accomplishments, q
coaching line brain trust possibly sec
ond to none in the American League.
The average base ball fan probably
doesn't give hoot who is on the
coaching lines. If the manager Of
the club is out there, so much the
better, because he's in a convenient
spot to take what abuse may be de-
creed necessary by the customer. But,
by and large, a coach is accepted as
somebody who stands on the lines.
occasionally directs a runner to go
for another base or hold up and makes
a lot of noise with yells of encourage
ment to the batter.
The good coaching firms embrace
more responsibilities than traffic
coping and noise making, however,
and the Nationals current set-up of
Harris, himself, and First Lieut.. Earl
McNeely already has presented evi-
dence Of this fact. A good pair of
coaches will win a lot of ball games,
because they will turn signal thieves.
Baker Master "Thief."
nEL BAKER, the able third base
coach of the Detroit Tigers, long
has been regarded as tops" among
American League coaches as a signal
thief. This rating does not include
Harris, who has confined himself to
bench-managing the last couple years,
but Baker ranks with Bucky. 1t is Del,
former catcher and a smart potato,
who calls practically every pitch for
Hank Greenberg, who is strictly what
the boys call a guess hitter" 1t
was Baker who beat the Washington
club out Of a couple of ball games
last year by calling every curve ball
Ed Linke was throwing, much to the
CONSERVATION of Mr.. Linke and all
concerned.
Baker stood out among signal thieves
in the last couple of years, but this
season he will have real competition.
Harris return to the coaching box al
ready has been felt by the Nationals,
and Buckys choice of Earl McNeely
as a successor to Johnny Kerr on
third base will not be regretted. Nc
Nicely is something Of an observer Of
signs in his own right. and from his
perch at third base 1t i'll behooves
right-handed pitchers to tip of a
pitch by even the slightest Of motions.
A southpaw has Harris. on first base,
to combat.
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Newsom Best Since johnson.

IN THE box there is no doubt but
that In Buck Newsom, screw-bally
as he may be, the Griffs will have
one of their best pitchers since WAL
ter johnson hung up his glove. Buck
never has been winner in his two
years of American League base ball,
but this seems to be blossom time for
the Hartsville harlequin.
Ed Linke bears all the earmarks
Of a winning pitcher. Jimmy De
Shong, on occasions, has flashed a
fast ball and curve calculated to
make the Yanks rue the day they
let him go in trade for Bump Hadley.
Earl Whitehill, after a tinid start,
has been working more like a busher
than a 36-year-old veteran in an at
tempt to get into shape
Aside from the prospects of mould
Ing good slab staff around the So
called big Four" there have been
more pitching reasons for rejoicing
on the part of Harris and Griff.
Henry Coppola is coming around in
the fashion expected Joe Bokina has
been surprise package, who may de-
velop into a helpful hurler. Kendall
Chase is making such rapid strides
that he may stick.
Lanahan Disappoints.
THE sourest of all the sour notes
concerns Mr.. Richard Lanahan,
one-time Eastern High slab star and
former Washington sandlotter. Har-
ris, who held such high hopes for the
young southpaw, is ready to give up on
him and devote more attention to
Bokine and Chase. Monte Weaver,
the sensation of 1882, apparently is
not the hurler he used to be, although
Monte still has a chance. Ditto for
Jack Russell. Jack has been ordered
to wind up to cultivate more decep-
tion and it Is believed this will add to
his effectiveness.
The only other disappointment in
camp has been Sam Holbrook, under
study to Bolton. It is obvious that
Sam could do better If he spent an.
other year in the minors and caught
every day. He has the spirit, but right
now he Is rather short on ability. The
same Is true of Bill Starr, who, along
with two Of the II pitchers, probably
will be cut when Harris prunes his
squad to % men on May is.
But the fulf1llment of expectations
far outnumbers the disappointments.
A pretty good ball club, rich In prom
~. u en- route
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Infield Rich in Promise.

WITH bow to the up-and-at- 'em
Nv spirit of Hill, the potential i'm
provement in Powell, and the general
prowess of Reynolds. Stone and Hill,
the infield nevertheless has provided
the greatest measure of JOY.
Buddy Lewis, 19-year-old third
baseman, has been positive sensa-
tion at bat and acceptable afield.
At shortstop Cecil Travis has more
than fulfilled expectations. The
youngster, never quite at home on
third base. apparently has discovered
that added room to roam at short is
more to his liking.
Buddy Myer, slow to round into
shape, but worrying no one, still
promises to be the grand second
baseman of yore while Joe Kuhel, un-
less all signs are wrong. is going to
be the first sacker of 1888.
The last week has witnessed big
change in Cliff Bolton, who will do
all the catching unless injured. Boil
ton, working like a Trojan, suddenly
has rounded into shape, regained his
batting eye, and, best of all, he has
evinced a new interest In the business
Of smartly handling the pitchers.
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By a Stan CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

~ RLANDO, Fla, March 81
The Griffs were to bid
farewell to Orlando today
~ by seeking to even score
with the Cincinnati Reds on Tin
ker Field.
With Ed Linke and Henry Cop
pola dividing the slab assignment,
the Nationals were to play ball,
attack a wholesale order of steaks
and grab train for Cordele. Ga,
where the Reds again will be played
tomorrow. On Thursday the two
clubs will meet at Macon and on
Friday they will wind up their ex-
hibition series at Rome, Ga. Gin
cinnati defeated the Nationals,
to S, in the only game played so
far between the teams.
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CLUB SPIRIT HIGH
Al END OF CAMP
Harrismen Seen 30 Per Cent
' Better Than '35 Lot-AII
Berths BoIstered.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,


~ RLANDO, Fla, March 81
A Washington ball club, rated
in better condition than any
~ Capital team in a decade,
pulls up stakes tonight in this citrus
center training camp, and by devious
route, heads northward prepared to
furnish the surprise of the American
League pennant quest.
Twenty-six strong. the Nationals
will leave for Cordele, Ga, following
their farewell game with the Cincin-
natl Reds, and week from today will
arrive in Washington to inaugurate
a final preliminary series before the
barrier is sprung.
The team, as it leaves tonight, has
wound up what Manager Bucky Harris
and President Clark Griffith enthusi-
astically term a virtually Utopian five
weeks of training With only two or
three exceptions, not sour note has
been struck, and in each instance of
an off note it has been in a minor
chord.
When I look back at last years
club at this stage of the season." de-
clared Harris today, Il feel mighty
proud. This team is 80 per cent
% better, at least, than the 1885 squad.
That was joke team in comparison" "
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CARDS GROOMING
FOR CITY SERIES
Play Browns After 11.Tilt
Tour-0ne-Run Beatings
Have PhiIs Peeved.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LBANY, Ga. March 31.-The
n Cards, who broke camp at
~ Bradenton. Fla. yesterday.
4 came here today to begin a
schedule of II exhibition games before
arriving in ST. Louis to tackle the
Browns April II and II.
Yesterdays win gave them vic
tories against defeats in games with
major league clubs this Spring.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-The Phils
are somewhat peeved over losing two
consecutive games by g. single run
to the Red Sox and the Reds.
Leiber Lays at Bat.
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ahead and use the bag Until fur
ther notice.
There is a much broken rule
prohibiting pitchers to 60 into
their hip pockets, but, if necessary,
Linke can carry the bag elsewhere.
He already is mulling over various
methods of complying with the
rules and still getting the benefit
of the heating arrangement.
COLLEGE BASE BALL.
Michigan State, 10: Clemson. 0.
Louisiana Tech, 7; Purdue, 2.
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Nationals Shou Striking improvement Ouer Last Years Squad
"POPPLNC3Sc> -
VIII Jffa%6!!!. ~ Il 4

finesse Of Pete Appleton, but although
Pete has been around base ball for
years, 1t was not until this Spring
that he was cured, by Harris, of a
tip-off fault in winding up. Linke
long ago was ironed out.
The offensive division of the Griffs
already has prospered, rather reluc-
family, too, from the alertness of the
Harris -McNeely combination. Most Of
the Washington batters are timid in
relying on stolen pitching signals, but
few notable instances of this benefit
Of late is bringing 'em around.
Reynolds Apt Pupil.
CARL REYNOLDS, who has come
to understand Harris system of
play through association both at Bos-
ton and Washington, paved the way on
the Nationals recent transforming
tour of Florida camps. Lefty Sullivan
of Detroit made family perceptible
change in grip as he pitched to Rey-
nolds. mo hurry, Carl" yelled Harris
and Reynolds, waiting back, teed of
on knuckle ball for solid single.
Harris. like Baker and others of the
more astute signal swipers, adopts a
few expressions that mean much to a
batter. mo hurry" is the pitchers
'let-up" ball. BE ready" is the fast
one. Get a-hold of one" generally
means look out for curve.
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Thomas Scores With Browns.

Thomas Scores With Browns.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Rogers
w Hornsby, who brought his
Browns in for game with the Phillies
today, was extremely pleased with the
work of Pitchers Al Thomas and Earl
Caldwell against Milwaukee yesterday.
They kept nine hits we'll scattered.
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IL DORADO. Ark.-Hank Leiber,
- the Giants cleanup man, has
been at bat 26 times and has made
only hits.
The Giants and the Indians ar
rived here together today from Alex
andria. La, where they played yes
terday. Odell Hale of the Indians
was right at home in Alexandria, where
he got his start in the Cotton States
League in 1929.
On his first trip to the plate in
the Cotton League he drove in two
runs with a single. Yesterday he
duplicated the feat.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-The Pirates
are hoping they can continue their
home-run hitting pace Schultz, Jen-
sen, Todd and Dickshot all toured the
bases in one Jump at Austin yesterday.
Fun for Dodgers.
CLEARWATER, Ta.-Several OF the
Dodgers played two games yester-
day. There was a nine-inning intra-
squad tilt in the morning, preceding
the 13-inning tie with the Red Sox in
the afternoon.
Ed Brandt and Van Mungo, the rival
managers in the morning game, added
to the frivolity by engaging in several
heated" arguments with the umpires.
The Cub regulars were expected to
return to work against the Dodgers
today. A mixed lineup took beat
ing from the Cards yesterday. Man.
ager Charlie Grimm has named Jim
Carleton and Clay Bryant, right
handlers, to pitch.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-The Athletics
came here to meet Knoxville today.
Mack said: "Our team has not yet
found itself and is just cropping along.
Many edges must be sharpened before
we meet the Phils in the city SERIES"
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TAMUL|S TO TRAIN
At YANKEEFARMS
AiIing HurIer Will Rejoin
Club Here-A's 'Groping,'
Mack Means.
By the Associated Press.

py tne hsSOClhLeQ FIeSS.
ut. PETERSBURG. Fla, March
31.-Vito Tamulis. the Yankee
pitcher, who is convalescing,
- will join Newark temporarily.
He will be handed over to Bingham-
ton, another Yankee farm team, in
High Point, N. c., April and will re-
join the Yankees in Washington
April IA.
The itinerary was devised to give
him further training without much
travelling.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Manager
Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White
Sox, rummaging around for pitchers
capable of stopping the Pirates, has
picked Phelps and Chelini TO try it
today. John Whitehead was forced
to pass up his turn after being hit on
the head by ball yesterday.
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Linke Gets ''Heat Bag Stock
Will Use Device to Warm His Pulseless Arm,
DESPITE Tiger Protest.

By a stan Correspondent of The ST.
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RLANDO, Fla, March 81
\ The fine managerial hand Of
j Stanley Raymond Harris,
whose tracings can be noted
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MADRID FALL SEEN.
Rebel Leader Says Hunger Will De-
feat CapitaI.

Rebel Leader Says Hunger Will De-
feat Capital.
WITH NORTHERN REBEL
FORCES AT VERA, Spain. July 25
R.-Col. Luis de Villaueva, com.
mander of an important Spanish
rebel column here, claimed tonight
that the Fascist forces had closed
all the exits to Madrid and that the
fall of the capital was assured with
in a week from hunger and thirst.
The army under Gen. Emilio Mola
he declared, now was holding a sta
tionary position so miles from Madrid
and had plugged up the last means
Of exit from that city.
The revolters' artillery shelled San
Sebastian, SPANS Summer capital,
intermittently throughout the after
noon. The harbor of the city, now
in the hands of loyalists, assumed
an international appearance, with two
British and two French destroyers
and the United States Coast Guard
cutter Cayuga anchored there or
shutting refugees over to nearby
st. Jean de Luz, France. Two Ger
man pocket battleships" were ex-
pected tonight.
When the Cayuga steamed into the
harbor and dropped anchor, the crew
promptly removed the hoods from
her guns.
The Popular Front government s
militia clashei with rebels only q
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u. S. AIDS FAMILY
|0F SLAIN SPAN|ARD
Destitute Wife of Consulate
Employe Killed on Duty
Gets Help.
BY the Associated Press.

oE tilc ASSoCldLco freSS.
Distressed at the staying in BARGE.
Iona Of a Spanish employe Of the
United States Consulate, while he was
seeking to protect American citizens,
the American Government moved yes
terday to give financial assistance to
his destitute wife and children.
Secretary Hull cabled instructions to
American Consul Lynn w. Franklin
to make available to the family sum
not exceeding $500 for funeral expenses.
He also directed that the family be
paid the equivalent Of one months
salary Of the slain employe.
At the same time the State Depart
ment, believing the widow and four
children would be eligible for compen-
sation under the American compensa-
ton act, mailed forms to be executed
by her. If applicable, the act will pro-
vide payment to the widow OF IS per
cent Of the husbands salary until her
death or remarriage and 10 per cent
to each child until the age of 18.
The father, Santiago Itsurralde, a
clerk in the consulate for II years, set
out from the consulate in an automo-
bile flying an American flag last
Wednesday to bring back George Jen-
kins, head of the Ford Motor Co. at
Barcelona, who was on the outskirts
of the city.
He and his chauffeur. an unidentified
British subject, were killed before they
reached their destination.
-e-
Lifeboat crews of England had the
busiest year in 1885 in l9 years.
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after her arrival in Marseille on the
British warship Gallant
She said all was well," Wrightson
reported.
His daughter had been staying in
Barcelona with her cousin, Lynn w.
Franklin, United States consul gen.
eral at the Spanish Mediterranean
port.
Miss Wrightson is the granddaugh-
ter of Gen. William Gorgas.
Also evacuated, on the American
steamer Exeter, were Bessie F. Robin
son of Fredericksburg, Va, and Mrs.
Dorothy M. Temp and her two children
of Richmond, Va.
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YOUNG DIES IN UTAH
Son of Mormon Leader, "a, Had
Been Ill Month.

SALT LAKE CITY, July Is R.-
Col Willard Young, "a, son of Brigham
Young, famous pioneer leader of the
Latter-Day Saints Church, died today
following months illness.
Death came as all Utah completed
a weeks celebration of the 8eth ami
versary Of the arrival in Salt Lake VAL
ley of Brigham Young and his Mormon
followers.
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Americans are in the Embassy-lso
of them.
Secretary: deeply appreciate your
work there.
Wendelin: We are doing the best
we can. We have had the most whole
hearted cooperation from the Ameri-
can people themselves. We are very
overcrowded in the Embassy, but the
women, children and men are CO.
operating to an extraordinary degree
Secretary: Give my best wishes to
the members of the Embassy and to
the Americans and tell them we will
keep in touch with you and cooperate
with you in every possible way.
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LIBERALS REPORT GAINS.

Rebels Driven Out OF southern CITIES
Government Says.
MADRID. July 26 Sunday @.-
The Spanish Government. in an in.
ternational broadcast early today
claimed the nine day old rebellion was
clearly dominated by loyal forces ano
that rebel centers would be seized
within a few days.
Albacete, key city in the southeast
was captured from revolters last nigh,
after a heavy aerial bombardment by
government planes. the administra-
tion Of Premier Jose Giral Pereird
asserted.
The important southern cities OF
Cadiz. Seville and Cordoba were sur
rounded by the Liberal regimes fight.
ers, the government declared, adding
that victory at those points was Ger.
tain.
The fall Of Albacete, dominated by
Fascists for almost a week, reopenec
communications between Albacete ana
the cities of Murcia, Alicante, Car
tegena and Valencia.
Continuous Bombing.
First news of the capture came In
government announcement tonight
Liberal officials moved Immediately tc
consolidate control of their loyal force,
In the southeast provinces.
The insurgents surrendered after two
days of continuous bombing by loyal
fighting planes, the government de.
clared. The bombardment was con-
centrated on rebel intrenchments and
the city itself was completely spared
the ministries Of war and communica-
tions said.
All towns in the province were re-
ported quiet. The population of Al
bacete greeted government forces en-
tering the city with shouts of viva Ia
republica!" The leader of the rebel
forces killed himself.
Only the rumble of an artillery bar
rage directed against rebel forces on
the northern slopes Of the Guadar-
rama Mountains disturbed the quiet Of
the rugged region so miles from the
capital.
Resting and consolidating their po-
sitions, the Liberals sought to solidify
their control over three jagged passes
which attacking Fascists sought vainly
to penetrate in bloody clashes during
the past three days.
Loyalists Hold Pass.
Ieftist arms and men flooded the
Somo Sierra pass. In the Leon cut,
government troops dominated the
rocky pathway. Similar forces held
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Continued From First Page)
to the refuge under the protection Of
Popular Front soldiers.
Mrs Bowers. who earlier was re-
ported i'll, was described as improv-
ing and not in need Of medical at
tention.
More than $50 American refugees
remained inside the embassy at Ma
drid, awaiting evacuation. Their sit
uation was reported to the State De-
partment as satisfactory" with no
serious trouble expected unless troops
ran wild" in the streets,
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impenetrable the pass Of Navacerrado

impenetrable the pass Of Navacerrado.
In the capital, military and civilian
authorities worked to bolster the gov
ernment's defenses to prevent occupa-
ton of other. provinces than the 28
which the rebels controlled. The other
% Of the country's governmental sub
divisions were firmly in the hands of
Leftists, officials declared.
In the Northeast and Southwest,
marching columns Of loyalists peared
the objectives of projected series OF
assaults on rebel strongholds.
Three separate movements plunged
toward Zaragoza-already reported
raked by aerial bombardments. Con-
verging columns moved In from Mad
rid, Valencia and Barcelona.
Seville, where local militiamen defied
rebels who attempted to dominate the
entire territory, was the destination
of fast-moying army Of reinforce
ments in the south.
CThe shipment of 100000 francs,
approximately $780, 900, to France
was reported from LIE oBurget on
tne arrival OF q spanish pldile')
Oviedo Held by Rebels.
Oviedo, chief city of the Asturias,
was reported from lie Bourget on
Col. Amanda, who seized it after pre-
tending to lead Liberal defense units
through its streets.
Fighting in the Guadarrama Noun
tains yesterday resulted in the death
of 1000 Fascist soldiers, prisoners
taken near Zaragoza declared.
The energetic defense Of the Liberal
troops threw the rebel attackers into
confusion resulting in extreme diff
Guilty in evacuation of the wounded.
The capital itself became increas-
ingly calm with the majority Of effort
directed toward organization Of the
defending forces.
MAnRIn FALL SEEN
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DISTRICT GIRL SAFE
FLEEING BARCELONA
Miss Wrightson Cables Father
She Reached Marseille on
British Warship.

Priscilla Ann Wrightson, Chevy
Chase, Md, girl whose grandfather
led the fight against yellow fever
during construction of the Panama
Canal, was safe in Marseille, France,
last night after being evacuated out
of the Spanish civil war danger zone
in Barcelona.
William D. Wrightson, her father,
Of IS Hesketh street. Chevy Chase,
said he received a cable from his 90
year-old daughter at noon yesterday
Evening star., 1936-07-26

Lifeboat crews of England had the
busiest year in 1885 in l9 years.
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mile and a half from here, with
slight casualties reported. Scattered
encounters occurred elsewhere in the
north as the second week of civil
warfare started, but for the most part
holiday Of Santiago to bulwark their
positions.
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Spain

Continued From First Page.)
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REFUGEE BROADCAST
Persons Fleeing Spain to Be In.

terviewed on Radio.
A special transatlantic broadcast,
in which refugees fleeing the bloody
Spanish civil war will be interviewed
from Hendaye, on the French side of
the border, will be heard over Station
WJSV from 9:45 to 10 am. today.
Dan Brigham of the Paris office of
the New York Times and G. H. Van
ackere, French representative for the
Columbia Broadcasting System, will
question the refugees.