FLAG HALF-MAST IN BARCELONA
DEATH OF PRESIDENT OF CATALONIA. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 26, 7.30 p.m.) BARCELONA, December 25. The death is announced of Colonel Macla, president of Catalonia, following an operation for appendicitis, aged 74. The body lies in state in the palace and the public are allowed to file past. Casts were taken from the face for bronzes. The president's death saddened the Christmas crowds in Barcelona. All flags were half-mast, and balconies were draped with crepe.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19682, 27 December 1933, Page 7
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82FLAG HALF-MAST IN BARCELONA Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19682, 27 December 1933, Page 7
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