Evening star., 1936-08-02
Both Factions
Reinforced
at Madrid.
ZARACOZACOAL
OF LOYALISTS
All Power Firms i'm
Country Are Con.
fscated.
BACKGROUND

TO p01Cer OF Popular Front, LeJttSI,
government as result OF elections
February Is. Subsequent repres-
sipe measures taken against Right
lists.
Army rallying point OF Fascist
forces, seeking to seize potUer and
: prevent communism in Spain.
Beginning in Spanish Morocco
the revolt soon spread to Spain
proper, and insurgents, aided BY
plentiful supplies OF money and
arms, hare fought back Lettists to
gates OF Madrid, Uhere battle has
ragged several days.
BY the Associated Press.
Fresh blood was spilled last night by
Fascist and Loyalist Spanish troops
locked in combat over control of the
Spanish republic.
Bitter guerrilla fighting occurred
north of Madrid. where the depleted
ranks of Gen. Emilio Molas legions
met with rife fire the challenge OF
government militia standing with their
backs to the capital city.
Madrid, armed to its nethermost
borders, enlisted the support of rein
forcements.
Fresh troops poured into Roblegordo,
Mola's headquarters 40 miles north OF
the city.
Conflscation of all electric compan-
les throughout Spain, as well as sew
eral industrial firms, was announced
late tonight by the Leftist Spanish
government.
The industrial organizations taken
over by the administration included
some public utilities. In addition, two
radio broadcasting firms in Madrid
were seized.
Fulfills Program Points.
The seizures, the regime of Pre-
mier Jose Giral Pereira declared, were
taken to comply with some points in
the program on which the Popular
Front administration was elected in
February.
At the same time the government
announced the arrest of former Pre-
mier Ricardo Samper Ibanez at Va
lencia. It said he was attempting to
flee from Spain aboard a French
steamer.
(Samper directed the Spanish gov
eminent from April 29, 1884, to Oc-
tober 4, 1934)
The government claimed new sue
cess against the rebels in the South
asserting it had cut the insurgents
communications between Granada
and Cadiz by capturing the town OF
Lola.
Government militia converged ON
Zaragoza, Northeastern Spain rebel
meeting ground. The Fascists en-
sconced there were determined to hold
the city at all costs and consolidated
what they have described as fresh
gains in North Central Spain.
Barricade at Barcelona.
Leftists at Barcelona threw up a
barricade against feared rebel attack
by land, sea and air as troops which up
to now had been its insurance against
assault were dispatched to Zaragoza
10 help crush the revolt.
Gen. Francisco Franco, generalissimo
of the rebel forces, was prepared to
pour more troops on to the Spanish
peninsula from Spanish Morocco by
eirplane.
1t was reported in Paris that the
rebels had placed a s1,320,000 order
for airplanes with Italy, but Franco
was quoted as saying no contract Of
that kind had been entered into.
Some political quarters in Paris
were represented as believing that
Premier Mussolini of Italy and Chan
cellor Hitler of Germany might be in
the background Of the Spanish Fascist
movement.
The battlefront was far flung. In
the north, in the south and at sea
opposing forces traded blow for blow
with partisan announcements of vic
tories. OF Gijon loyal airplanes beat
q tattoo with bullets on the decks of
the rebel cruiser Alnnirante Cervera.
In the town proper rebels fought OF
loyal infantry.
At Cannes, France, the former
Spanish royal family disclosed that
Prince Carlos, brother-in-law of the
Prince of the Asturias, had gone to
Spain to determine the attitude of
the rebels toward the Bourbons. The
family said he probably would join
the insurrection.
The commander Of a fight Of
italian seaplanes which in part came
to disaster over French Morocco was
quoted as saying he was flying supplies
to insurgents in Africa, under orders
Of Q private flrm.
Civilians in the village Of Oyarzun
were slaughtered in q cross-fire of
Fascist and loyal guns in the battle
for control Of the northern seaboard.
Rebel troops controlling the town
led to fields while artillery from the
fort at Guadalupe and from San Sc
bastian poured hot fire into homes.
Mola Advance Halted.
The bombardment halted an ad-
vance by Gen. Mola on Irun, Leftists
asserted, one Of his objectives in the |
North before turning again to the at
tack on Madrid.
Final goal of the Rightists in that |
sector, officers said, was Pasajes. Bay
Of Biscay port which would give an
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