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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 7

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REBELS IN SPAIN NEW OFFENSIVE PLANNED. PRIEBTB IN THE TRENCHES. United Press Assn.—Else. Tsl. Copyright. (Received August 13, 1 p.m.) MADRID, August 12. I The loyalists, In a surprise attack In the Lopera sector, on the Cordoba front, wiped out the defenders. > > The prisoners Included a boy of i fourteen. A message from St. Jean da I Luz says that the Franco-Bpanlsh i frontier at Irun haa been closed, r It is believed, owing to a new offensive to-morrow against Santander. Aooordlng to Father Laocadio Lobo priests are now celebrating Mass In the front line of the Republican trenohes, the Last Sacrament being given to dying soldiers. I ATTACKS ON SHIPS. t TORPEDOED IN FLAMES. l J MEMBERS OF CREW MISSING. BOMBS FROM THE AIR. ) United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright l Received August 13, 1 p.m.) TUNIS, August 12. A Spanish Republican steamer was , torpedoed in flames near the fortified ; Italian island of Pantelleria. Twelve t of the crew of 42 are missing, i MARSEILLES, August 12. i Insurgent planes rained bombs on f the steamer Tchepu, which Is believed i to be Greek or Russian, and drove her ■ ashore ,on the Catalan coast. The pilot was fatally wounded. A Republican submarine chaser was driven ashore in the vicinity. Several torpedoes exploded, but the crew were saved. NO SEPARATE AGREEMENT. THE POSITION OP CATALONIA. 300,000 SOLDIERS FOR FRONT. BIG OUTPUT OF ARMS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Aug. 13. 1 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 12. Tlie Barcelonia correspondent of tlie Daily Telegraph says that Senor Luis Company, a resident of Cat*lonia, denied suggestions that Catalonia would consider a separate agreement with General Franco. He added that Barcelonia factories are turning out there warplanes daily, also guns, shells am! tanks, and have surprises in store for the rebels. Catalonia lias been criticised for not sending more soldiers to the front, but this has been due to lack of equipment. Phe is now catching up with her ammunition needs. and will have 300,000 soldiers leaving for the front as fast as she can arm them. TAPPING OF MESBAGES. TELEGRAPH EMPLOYEE ARRESTED INFORMATION TO THE REBELS. Untied Press Assn.—tier. Tel. C jjr.ghk MARSEILLES, Aug. 12. ; Adrien Scnienac, a telegraph emj ployee, has been arrested on a charge of lapping official messages addressed to Valencia from Algiers and travelling by way of Marseilles. It is alleged that he supplied General Franco with the contents of the messages. He is said to have avoided retransmitting messages .when possible, or else to have taken copies ami liauded them lo General Franco’s spies. The discovery that telegrams were missing aroused tlie suspicions of the police, who raided Seutenae’s house, where a woman friend handed over a packet of coded telegrams from Valencia. Several of the messages announced the sailings of the steamers, including the departure for Spain last month of three Government merchantmen which subsequently were attacked by an unknown submarine. One of them was sunk. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE. BRITISH SHIPS SUCCESSFUL. CARGOES OF FOODSTUFFS LANDED United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received August 13, 11 a.m.) MADRID. August 12. Four British ships discharged 26,000 tons of foodstuffs on the northern coast during the last 2i hours, despite the blockade. NO DEMONSTRATIONS. RULING IN VANCOUVER. united Press Assn.—Elec. Tsl. CopyrlrbL (Received Aug. 13. 2 pm) VANCOUVER, Aug 1. The Mayor lias prohibited Radical demonstrations al the Gorman and It&lUa consulates on behalf o( Madrid,