Evening star., 1936-07-29
REBELLION VICTIM
|SFLOR|DA WOMAN
Mrs. Fernando GalIardo Is
Daughter of Editor of
Tampa Times.
Ey TIE Associated Press.

Ey ire hsSOCihlco EICbs'
An American woman wounded last
week in the revolutionary fighting in
Northern Spain was identified today
as Mrs. Fernando Gallardo, daughter
of Col. D. B. Mckay. editor Of the
Tampa (Fla) Times.
Her identity was established by off,
cials of the American Embassy at
Madrid, who notified the State De-
partment that Mrs Gallardo had been
brought to safety in the embassy there
from Guadarrama, where she was
wounded.
For the last several days she had
been a patient at the Guadarrama
Sanator:um, while fighting between
rebel and government forces continued
in that vicinity.
Nature of Wounds Unrevealed.
The extent and nature of her wounds
were not revealed.
So far, Mrs. Gallardo is the only
American known to have been injured
in the Spanish civil strife.
A report dispatched from the Amer
| ican consul at Barcelona last night
| advised the State Department that
labor groups were reported To be taking
control of all factories.
/ Plants of General Motors and the
Ford Motor Co. are in that city, bu:
there was no specific information as
to whether they were affected.
Consul Lynn w. Franklin said there
had been no change in the situation in
the city, where yesterday he said
church burning, robbery and murder
were continuing
Stranded Americans in Madrid given
new guarantees of protection by the
rebel-threatened government of Spain,
we're laying final plans for their escape
to an American cruiser waiting at the
| Alicante seaport.
Some lab Americans, the largest
group still reported on Spanish soil,
planned TO board trains tomorrow for
their flight from the capital city, focal
point of revolutionary strategy, accord
ing to advices received by the State
Department.
While 3l-year -old Eric c. Wendelia,
third secretary in charge Of the Amer
ican Embassy at Madrid, made final
arrangements for the evacuation Of
Americans he had worked three days
to achieve, the Coast Guard cutter
Cayuga, floating embassy" Of Am
bassador Claude G. Bowers. sought a
rendezvous early today with two battle
ships of Bilbao.
There Sc Coast Guard cadets who
started out on the cutter for training
cruise will be exchanged for a detail
Of Navy enlisted men from the battle
ships Arkansas and Wyoming to aid in
further rescue of Americans from
Spanish ports.
The cadets will return TO Hampton
Roads, Va, on the battleships, which
are en- route from Cherbourg, France,
on a midshipmen'S training cruise.
The Nays heavy cruiser Quincy
waited today at Alicante for the ar
rival of those Americans fleeing from
Madrid tomorrow. If the train from
Madrid goes instead to Valencia, State
Department officials said. the Quincy
is prepared to move there within a
few hours
At last reports, 148 native Americans
! had taken refuge in the Madrid en-
bassy. About $50 other American ma
tionals-mostly Filipinos and Puerto
Ricans-were believed also to be in
the capital.
After reporting Madrid quiet In an
earlier message. Wendelin late yes
terday messaged his State Depart
ment superiors:
THE diplomatic corps at Madrid,
acting jointly under the Chilean AM
: bassador as acting dean. has demanded
and received formal guarantees Of
protection for life and property of
members of the diplomatic and con-
sular corps and foreign residents in
Madrid.
. They have also received guaran-
tee that missions would be permitted
to communicate with their govern
ments by all available means"
Word that Americans at two danger
points outside Madrid were still safe
reassured State Department officials.
Although continued burning Of
. churches and uncontrolled robbery
ard murder" we're reported from Bar
celona, the State Department was ad-
vised no Americans had been listed as
= missing or injured there.
Calm at Vigo was reported by Con-
sui William w. Corcoran, who re-
ported no American casualties in any
of the principal Galician coastal cities
and said American lives and property
were safe there for the present.