FRANCO CONFIDENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 276, 21 November 1936, Page 9

FRANCO CONFIDENT

PLANS FOR MADRID PREPARING FOR OCCUPATION HEALS FOR THE NEEDY

ANOTHER AIR BATTLE

Telegraph—Press Auociatio.l—Copyright! LONDON, Nov. 19. Confidently preparing for occupation of the capital, General Franco on his arrival at Avial announced the appointment of a new “Mayor of Madrid,” whose first care would be the hasty reprovisioning of the city. Huge reserves of food are being stored up in towns around Madrid. All of the towns occupied by the rebels have agreed to provide a specified quantity of bread until condition are normal. The Galician Provinces have been ordered to send the | whole of their fish catches to Madrid j by special train. It is also proposed j to irstal restaurants in the capital, providing for the needv two free meals daily. Eleven bombers and nine fighters flew over Madrid this afternoon and apparently aimed at the Ministry oi War building, but missed it. Two adjacent buildings were destroyed, oul there were no casualties. Anti-air- | craft guns opened up, the.” the detenu- i er s ’planes appeared, neading straight j f the raiders. Soon over 30 ’p.anes j wet engaged in a spectacular ba tie, I twe crashing in flames. The rai-.crs I were driven off. it is estimated that 100 caj._.alties occurred when 30 rebel ’planes raided the city early this morning, apparently aiming at the skyscraper Telephene Exchange, which they missed. Ta? exchange girls carried on at the ' switchboards while the bomb* were failing. The Government cla ms th it the 1 mi’itary situation is little chitged. < Forty thousand reinforcements have arr.ved to assist trie loyalists. The cruiser C marias is reported to ; have sunk a Go.crnment munition! snip. A Moscow message states hat it is j announced that the rebels released the i steamer Soyuz Vodnikov, oil laden for | a Belgian port, and which was ordered : to Ceuta, and two other Russian ves- : seis detained last week.