Horrors Revealed By Famed Guns
Continued from page one reports brutal killings in Catalonia as insurgent forces retake areas. It describes the murder of Rev. Frederic Munset in Barcelons, the execution of baker Placio Armegol and his family in Bonanova, and claims priests were killed or tortured across districts. Nuns were said to be ravaged and girls died in horror. Robberies by retreating red forces are noted, with a claim about Azana and Del Vayo leaving France with jewelry.
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Let Us Promote Peace and Mind Our Own Business
A columnist urges the United States to stay out of foreign quarrels and wars. He expresses friendship for Britain but insists America should protect its own welfare, criticizing entanglements and long-term imperial costs while praising noninterference and prudent neutrality.
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Destruction and killings amid retreat in Spain war
The report recounts widespread depredations by government troops and insurgent forces in Catalonia and beyond. It cites looting of churches and archives, desecration of tombs, destruction of bridges and buildings, and mass killings of clergy and prisoners, with horrific details from Gerona, Lerida, Malaga, Oviedo, Teruel, and other locations.
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Teruel
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Thousands Flee Spain as Refugees Pour Into France
Dispatch from Perthus reports an immense exodus of Catalan refugees crossing into France seeking safety from the war. An estimated 15,000 people, including women and children, reached French soil with hundreds of thousands more streaming toward the frontier amid Franco’s advance and government bombardment claims. French reinforcements were sent to frontier points to maintain order, and Paris and London prepared to share shelter and feeding costs for noncombatant evacuees.
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Catalonia
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London
Suspect Held in $300 Plaza Hotel Watch Theft
Detectives F. G. Moore and C. W. Lee arrested a 20 year old man Saturday in connection with the theft of a $300 watch at the Plaza Hotel in December.
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World War I era leaders urge peace and strong defense
In a London dispatch Mussolini told Hitler Italy will not withdraw troops from Spain after a Franco victory unless France concedes to Mediterranean demands. Churchill urged restraint and strength, arguing war must be avoided and that nations should resolve differences through discussion, not force, while warning against labor and Ulster opposition.
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Sunday Express
Leaves His Wife 16 Stranded in Chicago
Chicago dispatch: Mrs. Patherine Malcomb, 16, says her husband Henry brought her from Birmingham, Alabama, to downtown Chicago where he gave her cents, then dumped her from the car and suggested a separation. Police are investigating.
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Rebels Push War To Speedy Close In Catalonia
General Franco’s insurgent army returns to the front to hasten the northern civil war phase ending in Barcelona. Morocan and Navarrese forces push north of the city while Madrid and Valencia may still be fought. mass celebrated as 90,000 soldiers knelt in Plaza Cataluña. City attempts to restore normalcy include stock reports and resumed streetcar service amid food delivery struggles.
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