Evening star., 1938-05-26
Ey the Associated Press.

i
ican government today said its planes
raided and destroyed Cedillista rebel
airport a few hours after War Min
lister Manuel Avila Camacho had de-
clared rebel planes, some of them
flown by United States pilots, had
bombed several small towns occupied
by loyal Federals.
Bombing ships raided the rebel air
port near Ell Rusio, in San Luis Po-
tosi State, yesterday, the government
press bureau announced, blasting and
firing gasoline tanks and scattering
the party guarding the field.
From Tampico came word that a
swift plane swooped low over that
port and let fall shower Of leaflets
propagandizing the cause of Gen. Sa-
turnino Cedillo, the rebel chieftain.
Two Pitched Battles.
Other developments included the
report Of two pitched engagements
between detachments Of Federals and
Cedillista bands, one of them last
ing eight hours, and the decision by
President Laxaro Cardenas to send
school teachers in the wake of his SOL
diers into the small villages and
towns to explain his program to the
peasants.
Details Of the reported raids by
Cedillista aviators were not divulged
by Gen. Avila. He said, however, that
Cedillo had foreign aviators in his
employ, among them United States
flyers.
The government communique quoted
him as saying Cedillo had but three
planes in his service, two of them de-
signed for commercial use and the
other military machine.
Other sources, however, asserted the
rebel leader last August had 10 ma
chimes. two Of them transports and
the eight others pursuit or observation
ships, all acquired in the United States
One government report of aerial
activity said a band of rebels near
Ell Salto, In San Luis Potosi, was dis
persed by bombing.
Federals Claim Success.
The government claimed success in
both land engagements, one at Villela
Hacienda, near Santa Maria del Rio,
IN San Luis Potosi, and the other
in the mountains of Guanajuato
State, adjoining San Luis Potosi to
the southwest.
A great number of casualties" was
inflicted and the rebels scattered in the
Villela Hacienda battle, it was claimed.
In the Guanajuato fight, the first
official confirmation of rebel activity
in that state, the government said 80
rebels and soldiers were killed in
combat starting at am. and continu-
ing until 2 pm, near place, called
La Sauceda."
The rebels dug themselves in, it was
related, and their Notifications were
taken in l1and-to-hand fighting. Gen.
Bonifacio Salinas and a captain were
wounded.
Engineers Being Sent
Besides sending school teachers into
remote districts Of San Luis Potosi to
explain the government cause, Presi-
dent Cardenas decided to send en-
yineers Of the National Irrigation Com
the Agriculture Department
and the Department of Communica-
tions and Public Works.
Their orders were to determine the
states needs for schools, dams, power
plants, highways and other improve
mentS.
Agrarian department engineers were
told to look over still undivided
'Latifundia Large landed estates
and mark them for division among the
San Luis peasantry. Such an estate
s Las Polomas, the seat OF Gen. Cedillo
Senator Ernesto Soto Reyes Of
chairman Of the Senate's
majority bloc, told the Permanent
Of Congress yesterday
'vandsls" were active in Guanajuato,
Queretaro and Michoacan States, as
we'll as San Luis Potosi. He main
aimed, however, the situation In San
Luis Potosi rapidly was returning to
normal.