AIR RAIDS IN SPAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 247, 18 October 1937, Page 7

AIR RAIDS IN SPAIN

THREE TOWNS BOMBED GIJON LARGELY IN RUINS SURPRISE VISIT TO SARAGOSSA (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) MADRID, Oct. 15. The insurgents bombed from the ait the towns*of Gijon and Infiesta, in the north and Cartagena in the south. Moro than 100 bombs fell in Gijon, 40 persons being killed and 60 injured. Alarge area of the city is in ruins. Infiesta suffered two successive raids, and several blocks of houses were sei on fire. Cartagena also suffered severely. A thrilling air raid at dawn on the rebel aerodrome at Saragossa is described in a Government announcement in Valencia. A hundred aeroplanes made a surprise attack and machine-gunned with explosive and incendiary bullets 70 rebel aeroplanes parked on the aerodrome, of which 30 were destroyed. A huge fire is raging, the smoke being visible 50 miles away.

REMOVAL OF CAPITAL VALENCIA TO BARCELONA GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING VALENCIA, Oct. 15. It is officially admitted that the Government is considering its removal to Barcelona. The newspaper Delante says that the removal of the capital would be entirely justified not by defeatist motives but to stimulate war and industrial activities and ensure internal order. BRUNO MUSSOLINI LACK OF NEWS CAUSES WORRY ROME, Oct. 15. The Italian Government is reported to be worried over the absence of news from Signor Bruno Mussolini. His squadron bombed Barcelona and Valencia on October 3, and is believed to have been operating from the Balearic Islands. REPORTED SAFE Received Oct. 17, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 17. According to the Daily Mail’s Rome correspondent, an official communication from Spain says that Bruno Mussolini is safe. He is reported to have headed yesterday night’s insurgent raid on Barcelona, in which at least eight were killed and many wounded. FLIGHT TO SPAIN PERMISSION FOR MOLLISON Received Oct. 17, 7.30 p.m. PARIS, Oct. 17. After an appeal to General Franco on humanitarian grounds to grant him safe conduct to fly Mrs. Dahl to Salamanca, General Franco has given Mr. James Mollison permission provided he describes his 'plane, states the route he will follow and lands at San Sebastian. Mollison is now awaiting Visas. MUNITIONS TO SPAIN LARGE AMERICAN SHIPMENTS AN ITALIAN ALLEGATION Received Oct. 17, 7.30 p.m. MILAN, Oct. 16. The Popolo d'ltalia, in a bitter unsigned editorial, accuses the United States of furnishing arms to Republican Spain, including £2,500,000 worth in September, which were exported to Russia and reshipped to Spain. “Thus Mr. Roosevelt's declaration that 10 per cent, of the world's population are menacing the remaining 90 per cent, is a miscalculation,” states the newspaper.