The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18

the defenders were mercilessly
slaughtered save for those who were
able to take refuge In France. The
town was reduced to smoking ruins,
and the victors promptly started
an advance westward against San
Sebastian. their main objective in
the north. Recognizing the fact
that this large resort city could not
long be defended. the government
administration there offered to sur
render the place If full amnesty
were promised; but declared if this
were refused the city would be
burned to the ground and the 625
fascist prisoners held there would
be shot. There was great discord
among the defenders, the anarch-
lists insisting on destroying the city
anyhow
Then the Basque nationals took
a hand, assuming control of the
city and sending a lot of the an
archists to Bilbao. This move re-
suited in a virtual nrmistice while
negotiations for surrender of the
city went forward.
| Later it was reported that the
rebel forces had rejected the terms
of surrender, and Smelling of the
city began. The civilian inhabitants
were fleeing in panic.
South OF Madrid the government
forces were said to have made
progress and there were claims that
Talavera had been taken and that
the Acazar in Toledo was practical
ly battered to pieces by loyalist
artillery. The rebels advance on
Madrid from the south and west
was supposed to have been halted.
The Madrid government was re-
org anized and Francisco Largo Ca
ballero, left wing Socialist, was
made premier.
French workers in Paris in a
great demonstration insisted that
the government abandon its nom
Intervention policy and give active
aid to the Spanish government.
Premier Blum, while not conceal
ing his sympathy with the Madrid
crowd, declared that If France
dropped neutrality, Italy and Ger
many would be able to give the
Spanish rebels much speedier and
more effective aid than the French
could give to the loyalists.
Representatives of twenty four
powers were scheduled to confer in
London on plans for the establish
ment Of a nonintervention control
committee. Portugal, however, was
still holding out.
n REWS of two Portuguese war
~ ships mutinied and decided to
take the vessels to the aid of the
Spanish government forces at NAL
aga or Valencia. AS the ships
started to leave their buoys the
shore batteries opened fire. Twelve
of the mutineers were killed and
twenty wounded, and the others
speedily gave in. The Lisbon gov
eminent said the men were under
the influence of communist propa-
ganda.
g ENATOR GEORGE w. NORRIS
" of Nebraska, Republican, w h o
said he wished to retire from public
life, is a candidate for reelection
in spite of himself. A petition plac-
ing him on the ticket was filed by
more than forty thousand of his
friends, and only one thousand sig
natures were necessary. Mr.. Norris
Is seventy-five years old. Chairman
Farley of the Democratic party said
the filing of the Norris petition made
him Every happy"
Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Geor-
gia, severe critic of the New Deal,
was defeated for nomination as
United States senator by the pres
ent incumbent, Richard B. Russell.
IT Washington state Gov. Clarence
d. Martin was renominated by the
Democrats and former Gov. r. H.
Hartley was named by the Repub-
licanS. Gov. EG G. Johnson o. Colo
RADIO captured the Democratic NOM
ination for senator and will be Cd
posed by r. L. Sau:er, Republican.
Arizona Democrats refused renomi-
nation to Gov. B. B. Moeur, select
ing ms e d r. G. Stanford of
Phoenix. In Connecticut the Re
publicans nominated Arthur M.
Brown for governor.
II EROIC actions and dramatic
- rescues marked the collision of
the excursion steamer Romance
and the steamship New York in a
dense fog ten miles off Boston.
Mass. The Romance sank in twen-
ty minutes, but every passenger
and member of the crew was taken
safely aboard the New York. The
rescued numbered 1853, most of the
passengers being women and chill
dren from Greater Boston. The
New York then turned back into
Boston harbor with a twelve foot
hole in her bow. There was no
panic aboard the Romance, and the
officers and crews of both vessels
displayed discipline and bravery
that ELECTED high praise.
TgLIANA, crown princess of the
- Netherlands, has found her fu-
ture husband in a German prince.
Bernhard EUR Lippe-Biesterfeid. The
announcement of their betrothal