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Evening star., 1939-09-24
Woodfeld.Howard
Invitations Issued:
Damascus Notes

DAMASCUS, Nd, Sept. 23-1nvi-
tations have been issued for the
wedding of Miss Elizabeth Casandra
Woodf1eld. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Dorsey Woodf1eld, and Mr.. Ken
meth Howard, of near Gaithersburg
Thursday in the Upper Seneca Bap-
tlst Church at Cedar Grove.
Mrs. Richard Schaeffer enter
tanned at shower for Miss Wood
field this evening.
Miss Lucille HoWes entertained in
honor Of Miss Celeste Hawkins at a
party at High Knob, near Frederick
Thursday afternoon. Miss Hawkins
will leave shortly for Blue Rridge
College.
Mrs. Herbert Hyatt was guest of
honor at a birthday anniversary din
ner given Thursday evening at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Roland l..
Green. The other guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Hyatt, Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Hyatt, jr.; Miss Hilda Hyatt,
Mr.. Kenneth Howes, Mrs. Emma
Souder, Mrs. P. R. Souder, Mrs.
Delma s. Harris and Miss Louise
SOuder.
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Notes in General
From Leesbur6
C,nnnounifx,

LEESBURG, Va. Sept. 23.-The
Rev. and Mrs. j. Armistead We'll
bourne spent part of the week at
princeton, N. j., where they went
with their son, Mr.. John We'll
bourne, who has resumed his work
at the university.
Mrs. Granville Meade went yes-
terday to Philadelphia for a
fortnight's visit.
Mrs. E. H. Heaton is the guest
OF her daughter, Mrs. Stevens
woodruff, in Detroit.
The mayor of Leesburg, Mr.. Lucas
B. Phillips, and the recorder, Mr..
Roscoe Rhodes, were at Old Point
Comfort this week to attend the
conference of mayors of the State.
Mrs. Leroy Chamberlain of Wa
terford is spending some time with
her sister, Miss Ruth Wellman, in
the latter's home at Woodstock,
N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cope have
SOlu Jnelr nome IN Purcellville and
will make their future home in
Chicago. Mr.. Cope has been in the
Middle West for some time, Mrs.
Cope remaining in Virginia until
the place was sold. She went to
Washington for brief visit before
joining Mr.. Cope in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hempstone Van
Sickler bought the home from Mr..
and Mrs. Cope where they moved
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Nichols,
Miss Mary Nichols and Miss Eliza
beth Cockerill have returned to their
homes in Purcellville from a motor
trip through New York State and
the fair.
Mrs. j. Henry limerick was host
ess at the Courtney Inn in Pur-
cellville Wednesday afternoon.
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Society Notes
OF Fairfax
Vicinity
Mrs. Richardson
And Daughter in
Pennsylvania

FAIRFAX, Va, September 23.-
Mrs. Frederick Dawson Richardson
and her daughter, Miss Randolph
Richardson, are spending the week
end in Harrisburg Pa, where they
attended the wedding of Miss
Frances Johnston to Mr.. Edwin 8.
Rockefeller. Mrs. Richardson and
her daughter will leave tomorrow for
Wellsboro, Pa, to spend q week
with Mrs. Richardson's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
X. Tallant.
Miss Phyllis Richardson left
Thursday to resume her studies at
Warrenton Country School, Warren
ton, Va.
The Misses Lena, Bessie and Grace
Gamer, who have spent two weeks
at Rehoboth Beach, Del, have re-
turned to their home in Fairfax.
Mrs. Walter Tansill Oliver, jr.,
has returned from Roanoke, Va,
where she has been the guest Of
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Burnam
o. Grove.
The Misses Edith Malone and
Ann Farr, who have spent the
summer with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson M. Farr, have returned
to Tappahannock, Va, to resume
their studies at st. Margaret's
School.
Mrs. Franklin P. Sagendorf, her
younger daughter, Miss Joan Sa-
gendorf, and Mrs. F. w. Richardson,
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Russell have returned from New
London, Conn.,, where they have
been since early in July.
Mrs. F. P. Dickinson Of Freder-
icksburg is the guest of Mrs. George
Timberlake.
Mr.. Walter Barrett and Waller
Barrett, jr., of Garden City, Long
Island, arrived Sunday to visit DR..
and Mrs. Robert S. Barrett. The
younger Mr.. Barrett will remain in
Alexandria to attend the Episcopal
High School.
Mr.. Robert Whittle, who has been
spending the summer with his
aunt, Miss Lucille James, in Pc
tersburg, Va, has returned to the
Episcopal High School, where he
is a member of the faculty, and
was accompanied by his nephew,
Frank Whittle, who will begin his
freshman year at the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis G. Walker,
Miss Mabel Frommelt and Miss
Ruth Bragg have returned home
after spending several weeks in
Provincetown, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Embrey, for
merly of this city, who have been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sid
ney Douglas, have left for their
home in Mansfield, La.
Miss Helen r. williams is the
guest of her brother -in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel w.
Burns, in Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Fenniman of
Brooklyn are visiting their son-in.
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. I.
R. Whitestone.
Mrs. Joseph A. Williams has left
for Jackson, Miss, where she will
make her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris L. Horner
and Miss Marcia Horner, who for
merly lived here but more recently
have spent several years in Europe.
have returned to Alexandria for
the winter and have taken the house
at 221 South Lee street.
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Georgia Society
To Give Reception

Senator and Mrs. Walter F..
George and the members Of the
congressional delegation from Geor-
gia will be among the guests at the
reception and dance which will be
given Saturday evening. October 7,
at the Shoreham by the Georgia
State Society.
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
Harry l.. Brown, president of the
society, and Mrs. Brown will head
the receiving line at the function.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the party includes
Mr.. Charlie Ingram, chairman;
Mrs. Ingram, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Harrison, DR.. and Mrs. John Tyner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Lawrence, Miss
Mary Alice johnson, Mr.. Clark Cole
and Mr.. Lawrence Thurston.
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va, 10 SpeNu LQe winner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peyser
Entertain Guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Peyser
have as their guests Mrs. Peyser's S
sister, Mrs. Albert Raiss, and her
daughter Suzanne of Scarsdale, N. Y.
Mrs. Richard Bonwit has taken
an apartment at the Roosevelt after
spending the summer on the West
Coast and has as her guest her
daughter, Mrs. Edgar Stromberg of
Albany, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Brylawski
are spending several weeks at their
new summer home near Leonard
town, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Pelzman,
with their two sons, Fred j. and
Richard, again are in their home
after a summer vacation in Maine.
Miss Nancy Weyl is returning to
the Broadmoor today after spending
the summer in Pittsburgh with her
mother, Mrs. Ruth Weyl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Wertheimer
and their two daughters, Shirley
and Donna, are at 400 Connecticut
avenue, where they have taken an
apartment.
Mrs. Samuel Revness of New York
Is spending week in Washington.
Return From Vacation
In Atlantic City.
Mrs. A. Harry Ostrow with her
two children have joined DR.. Ostrow
at their Dupont Circle apartment
after spending the summer in At
lantic City.
Mrs. A. E. Lichtman and her
daughter, Miss Rhoda Lichtman,
have returned from a trip to
Hawaii and, with Mr.. Lichtman, are
at the Shoreham.
Mrs. Norman Luchs and Mrs.
Berdie Samuels are leaving WASH
ington today to spend a week at the
Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Raphael Turover is back in
her home on Thirtieth street after
attending the Geneva Conference
and a visit in France.
Mrs. Fulton Brylawski and her
daughter, Miss Helen Brylawski, are
back from visit to the West Coast
Evening star., 1939-09-24

and New York, visiting both fairs.
Mr.. Brylawski is in Hollywood, Calf,
until the end Of September.
The Misses Millie and Hortense
Morris have as their guests their
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Morris of Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. David Bergazin and her
daughter, Miss Lillian Bergazin, are
back in Washington after a months
stay at Mount Clemens, Mich.
DR.. and Mrs. Sylvan A. Steiner
are occupying their new home, at
61OO Third street NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Fur
man and their son, Ronald Sidney
Furman, are now in their new
home. at 1908 Alaska avenue NV.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
On Trip to West
And Honolulu

Mrs. John D. Battle and Mrs.
Elda S. Johnston, who left WASH
ington August 25 for two months
vacation in California and Hawaii,
will return to Washington about
October 25.
En- route to California they
stopped several days at Lake LOU
Use and Banff. and spent a week
visiting the exposition and the
movie studios. They sailed Septem-
ber Is for Honolulu, and plan to
visit the Grand Canyon, New Or
leans and the New York Worlds
Fair before returning home.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Maloney in Reserve

Ebert S. Maloney, jr, great
grandson Of the late Senator Roger
Q. Mills Of Texas, has been COM
missioned a second lieutenant In
the United States Marine Reserves.
1t. Maloney, a nephew Of Brig.
Gen. George Richards Of the Ma
rlne Corps, is an honor member of
this years graduating class of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where
he holds the cadet rank of sergeant
major Of engineers.
Evening star., 1939-09-24

have returned from Stafford Court
House, Va, where they visited Mrs.
Sagendorf's brother and sister-in-
law, Delegate and Mrs. Frank Mon
cure.
Mr.. Sagendorf has returned from
Asheville, N. c., where he attended
meetings Of the International As
sociation Of Electrical Inspectors.
Mrs. Thomas G. Henderson and
her daughter, Miss Virginia Anne
Henderson, have returned to their
home at Chantilly, near Fairfax.
following a weeks visit to relatives
in Salem, Va.
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OF Personal Note
MIR. and Mrs. George Speck
Will Live in WASHINGTON

Mr. and Mrs George Speck
ember IT, In the apartment Of the brides parents Allen
Ford at the Broadmoor will make their Washington
their return from their wedding formerly Miss
Doris de
Mrs Alvin Newmyer is in Atlanta visiting Bena
Masse attending
Miss Carolyn Massel to Mr. Seig Of Atlanta.
Maj and Mrs Jesse Miller with their children opened their
home Chevy Chase after spending cottage
Bluemon, o "
Miss Bertha Ber of New spending
era weeks Washington visiting going to Alexandria
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Back From Beach

Miss jeanette Loeb has returned
from. a four months stay in Allan
tic City.
Mrs. Leah Loeb, mother of Miss
Loeb, who also was in Atlantic
City through the summer, has made
no plan to return until later in the
autumn.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Miss Joyce Is Bride
OF Mr.. Cissel

Mr.. and Mrs. James Thomas
Joyce announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Jeanette Marie
Joyce, to Mr.. Cornelius Anthony
Cissel, Thursday, September IL.
The wedding took place in st.
Jerome's Catholic Church, Balti-
more. The Rev. Father Roache
of1ciated.
Mrs. Cissel recently was gradu-
ated from Holy Cross Academy in
this city.
Mr.. Cissel formerly lived in Bal
timore.
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Former Alexandrian to Wed
In Atlanta October ID
Miss Anne Jones to Be Among Guests
At Nephew's Marriage; Miss Lloyd
Entertains at Cocktail Party

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept 23.-Mr Mrs. Henry
Bewk engagement approaching
marriage Of their daughter Miss Elaine Robinson Dcey
Winfield Marshall JONES' Mr. Winfield
this city, Mrs Jones grandson of
Marshall Jones Alexandria, bridegroom
Harry Beverly Miss Lewis
wedding will take place Saturday October H. Atlanta
Jones will to Atlanta to attend her nephews marriage
Lloyd
honor OF Miss Caroline Cavery Rust Mr. Edward
Iam who will be married Wednesday
Leeburg. Later this evening IT, were
Evening star., 1939-02-16

kas, Fine and Quinlan were filed
yesterday and formal rules citing
the five to show. cause why they
should not be adjudged in con-
tempt were signed by Justice Laws.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
House Member
|AssoIs JogeI,
|Louds Anthem

Representative Fred L. Crawford
OF Michigan came to the defense of
'The Star Spangled Banner" in the
House yesterday following criticism
Of the national anthem by Fred
erick Jagel, noted grand opera singer.
The Representative said in part:
Il can take Mr.. Jagel into my
congressional district, where 95 per
cent of the people, including their
Congressman, never saw an opera,
and give him lesson in the mean
ing The Star Spangled Banner has
for those red-blooded Americans.
"Mr. Jagel may be famed for
hitting high notes In Aida or La
Boheme,' but he struck a new low
note in disrespect for an anthem
that has thrilled Americans for q
century and q quarter
The Representative declared cit is
shocking to learn that an American
citizen finds no meaning in the
sacred words of our national
anthem" He stated his preference
In no uncertain terms for the song
INSPIRED by Old Glory at Fort Nc
Henry" to any "streamlined" substi-
tute proposed by the grand opera
star.
Mr.. Jagel had based his objection
to the national anthem on the
ground that the tune was difficult
to sing and had besn composed by
q British writer Of drinking choruses.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Personnel Council
Tackles Program

The Council of Personnel Admin
istration, created as an advisory
board on protection and improve
ment" of the merit system, has be-
gun its work with q membership
nucleus of personnel directors of IT
Government departments and agen-
cies.
Chairman Frederick M. Morgan,
head of the National Institute Of
Public Affairs here, announced per-
sonnel directors already function
ing with the council are:
Edward Yardley, State Depart
ment; E. R. Ballinger, Treasury
Department.: Jesse M. Donaldson,
Post Office Department; Charles
Piozet, Navy Department; Mrs. j.
Atwood Maulding. Interior Depart
ment; Roy F. Hendrickson, Agri-
culture Department.; Robert Smith,
Labor Department; Dick Carlson,
Civil Aeronautics Authority; Ste
phen p. Ryder, Civil Service Com
mission; Theodore Wilson, jr., Farm
Credit Administration; Russell, H.
Herrell, Government Printing Of
flee; John B. Switzer, Interstate
Commerce Commission; Thomas A.
Mcnamara, Railroad Retirement
Board; Francis P. Brassor, Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission;
Robert NJ Barnett, Social Security
Board; Russell Cook, United States
Housing Authority, and G. Hender-
son Sweet, Veterans Administra-
ton.
Several other departments and
agencies have not yet notified Chair
man Davenport of their appoint
ment of personnel directors.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Funeral Plans Halt
As Dead Baby
Cries LustiIy
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WOODSTOWN, N. j., Feb.
16.--A baby for whom his par
ents started to plan a funeral
cried Justify yesterday after q
physician revived him by IS min
utes of artificial respiration.
DR.. Ralph w. Davis of Audu-
bon aroused 14-month-old Ed
ward Danner from a pneumonia
coma. which the parents-Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Danner-had
mistaken for death.
On the advice of the banners
friends police had rushed the
baby az miles to DR.. Davis
home. After the doctor care
fully flexed the child's chest
with his hands for almost a
half hour the baby returned to
consciousness. Then the par
ents happily heard him wall.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Record Flight Gives
Sufficient Data for
Developing Plane
1t. Kelsey Leaves D. c.
After Reporting to
War Department

The record transcontinental flight
by 1t. Benjamin S. Kelsey, Army
Air Corps, last Saturday In a new
twin-engined pursuit plane, during
which he attained a speed of 420
miles per hour, has given the War
Department sufficient information to
60 ahead with immediate develop
ment of the plane, which was
wrecked in a crash at the end of the
flight.
Had the crash occurred at the
start Of the trip, development might
have been delayed as much as
year, it was larned at the War De-
partment following a visit here late
yesterday of 1t. Kelsey. On the basis
Of the flight record, however, the
War Department is justified in 60
ing ahead with immediate develop
ment of this unusual type of air
fighter, it was stated by Air Corps
officers.
1t. Kelsey, none the worse for
his crash at Mitchell Field, New
York, took of from Boiling Field
today after reporting the results OF
his flight to Maj. Gen. Henry H.
Arnold. chief of the Army Air Corps,
and other Air Corps officers. 1t.
Kelsey, who is in charge OF pursuit
development projects st the Air
Corps Materiei Division, Wright
Field, Ohio, Is working on plans
for several new pursuit planes, some
Of them even more advanced than
the twin -engined Lockheed in which
his night was made last Saturday.
1t. Kelsey reported that within q
year 1t is almost certain an even
better airplane will be- available.
Taking of from March Field,
Riverside, Calf, at got am. E. s. T.
Saturday, 1t. Kelsey landed at Nit
chell Field at 4:50 pm. after stops
of 20 minutes at Amarillo, Tex, and
Is minutes at Dayton, Ohio, he re-
ported at the War Department. He
gave his average speed for the 2,460
miles as approximately 1865 miles per
hour, He reached 400 miles per hour
for time in the vicinity of st. Louis
and picked up a tail wind which
kicked up his speed to 420 across
the Alleghenies.
1t. Kelsey is q native of Water
bury, Conn, where he was born
March 8, 1906. He was graduated
from Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology with q B. 8. degree in
1928 and was commissioned q I'd
lieutenant In the Army Air Corps
in May, 1929, before going to the
Air Corps training center from which
he was graduated In June, 1890.
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Messages
{Continued From First Page.)

lection of an act creating a Water
Pollution Control Division in the
Public Health Service and for es-
tablishing Federal aids, grants and
loans on the ground it would have
prevented consideration of appro-
priations for this service "as a part
of the anntal budget for all pur-
poses"
II hope" he added, s'that at this
session the whole problem of water
pollution may again receive your
attention"
The Chief Executive said that in
asmuch as the needed works are
chiefly treatment plants for munich
pal sewage and industrial waste, the
responsibility for them "rests pri-
marily with municipal government
and private industry" ..
Unprecedented advances in clean
ing up streams have been made pos
sihle by the public works and work
relief programs during the past six
years, the President asserted. If
necessary construction work is to
continue along with effective re-
search, education and enforcement
activities, he added, the Federal
Government must lend financial
support and technical stimulation. !"
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Foufo|d Program
On Trade Reported
Aranha Talk Topic
BroziIion Holding Daily
PorIeys With Moreenthou,
Hull and Others
BY the AsSociatad Press.

BY the Associated Prsss. .
A fourfold program Of trade i'm. :.
provement was said by usually well-es
informed persons today to be tn%:
volved in the current conferences
between Foreign Minister Oswaldoss
Aranha Of Brazil and United States
omcials: 4,
l. Credits from the Export -Im-a
port Bank to United States firms
selling merchandise or constructing =
public works in Brazil, and to Unitedss
States importers buying Brazilian.
products which do not compete with;
domestic articles. IS
2. A sale of gold by the United
States Treasury to Brazil. ~
3. An arrangement to put certain
facilities Of the Treasury's $2,OOO,-
100000 sterilization fund at the dis
posal of Brazil in stabilizing its cur
rency.
4. Technical assistance from
United States experts to Brazil in
setting up central banking system
similar to the American Federal
reserve system.
Mr.. Aranha, who first became ac- /
quainted with Washington as Bra
lillian Ambassador, is conferring
daily with Secretary of State Hull a
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen-
thau and other officials, and yester-
day visited President Roosevelt. =;
Brazil was said to be glad to trade
with this country as much as pos-
sible. -
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Revised Program Urged
For Wheat and Cotton
BY the Associated pre.s

By the Associated Press.
A complete revision of the admin
istration farm program for wheat
and cotton was proposed in the Sen
ate today by Senator Lee, Democrat,
Of Oklahoma.
The Oklahoman introduced his
domestic allotment farm bill, under
which the Government would as
sure growers 20 cents a pound for
cotton and $1.25 bushel for wheat
consumed in this country.
Present attempts to restrict pro-
duction Of wheat or cotton would
be abandoned, but farmers would
receive the guaranteed price-well
above present markets levels-only
on allotted shares of domestic pro-
duction.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Hotel Greeters' AuxiIiury
Holds Dance TONIGHT

The Women's Auxiliary. Hotel
Greeters of America, will hold its
annual spring dance tonight in the
gold .baQ room of the Shoreham
Hotel.
Mrs. Harry Kopel, president of the
auxiliary, will be in the receiving
line with Miss Lottie Taylor, honor
ary chairman, and Mrs. Harry D.
Stewart, general chairman.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Votes Sisters Get
Chance for Film Fame

A chance at fame and fortune in
Hollywood lies ahead for the four
Yates sisters-Margaret, IS; Jerrine,
81; Lynn, 20, and Carol, 19-who
live with their mother, Mrs. Lillian
Yates, at 1920 Wisconsin avenue
NV.
Carol, Lynn and Jerrine. dancers,
have been invited to make q screen
test for a major Hollywood studio,
the mother said today. The fourth
sister, Margaret, has a flair for
writing and she'll try for q job, too.
The dancing sisters have ap-
peared in vaudeville and in night
clubs and hotels In Washington,
New York and Chicago. They
started their careers In Birming-
ham, where they were born and
educated.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Gen. Franco Shifts
Forces 10 Assault
Madrid Stronghold
Repair Shops Ordered
To Speed RepIenishine
Of War Supplies
By the Associated Press,

~ the ASSoclAted Press.
PERPIGNAN, France, Feb. 16.-
Generalissimo Francisco Frances
seven best army corps, which recently
completed the conquest of Catalonia,
were reported by insurgent dis
patches today to be moving toward
Central Spain for an assault on
the last stronghold Of the Madrid
government.
Arsenals and repair shops have
been ordered to speed up the work
Of replenishing war supplies, the
dispatches said, indicating there
would be only a brief period before
the start of the new campaign.
With the central armies of the
two sides now about equal, insurgent
advices reflected confidence that the
shift In strength would tip the scales
heavily in Gen. Frances favor and
give him final victory.
= Shifts Began Two Weeks Ago.
The troop transfer began two
weeks ago, when Italian forces and
other units were withdrawn from
Northeastern Spain after the fall of
Barcelona January 26 and before
the insurgents completed their con-
quest along the French frontier
February 10.
The quick fall Of Catalonia, with
comparatively few insurgent losses,
was said to have made troop reor-
ganization only a matter of days.
The signal for the new offensive
awaited the repair of trucks, tanks
and planes and the provision of
fresh guns and munitions.
The only military action men,
toned by communiques of either
side was insurgent shelling of Ma
drid. Government advices said in
surgent guns poured more than 200
shells into the center of the city
yesterday and resumed their bonn
bardment this morning for the fifth
day in row.
Aimed ut Civilian Resistance.
The shelling, like earlier repeated
air raids on Barcelona, was believed
by border observers to be designed
to break down civilian resistance.
The insurgent attack, however, was
expected to be directed against Va
lencia rather than the imposing
fortifications Of Madrid.