Street Fighting In Capital

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1946, Page 5

Street Fighting In Capital

Press Assn,

' PRESIDENT BELIEVED SH0T

I By Telegraph

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Received Monday, 7 p.m. LA PAZ, July 21. Fighting is rnging in La Paz streets according to the La Pa/. ITnversity radio station. _Many have been killed on botli sides. The revoUitioiiarie.s are ajipealing for medieal supjilies for the wounded. I The radio aunounced fhat President X'illar-roel was killed by the people. 1 The radio called on Tliomas (futierrez, president of the Distvict ('ourt, to liano over the Government to the revolutiou aries and appealed to the armed forces to isolate Xlanzaneda which is the foea! point of resistan«e by Yillar-roel 's suj) porters. Two rcgiments have joined the rebels. Heavy fighting occurred at La Pa/ arseual before the insurgents, who in eluded students, forced Yillar-roelists to retire. Large stores of anns and ammunition are concentrated in the Fniversity where a regiinent has been fonued to quell anv counterniove. A seareh has begun for leaders of Yillar-roel 's national revolutiojiarv movement. The revolutionaries fought three days to seize the Clovernmont and attacked the town luill and traffie headijuarters and after seizing weapons, stonned the icentral gaol and liberated political j prisoners. (roverninent Buildings were next captured. Tlie people 's revolut ionarv move iineiit lias liamed three niembers of the ncw government including the Dean of jtlie Superior ('ourt, Nestor (hiillen, :and rcpresentat i ves of the rniversity and Teai-hers ' Fedcrat ion. The Associated I'ress savs a studeiu leil re\ olnl ionaries who yesterday hangcd Prcsideni \'illar-rocl I'rom a j lamp posl but llicrc sccms to be no exact delails as lo liow Ihe President mct his death. Some sonrces sav hc was thrown I'rom a balcony into a strccl thronged wilh dcmoiist ra t ors.

Otlicr rcports sav revolutionaries twice hangcd Yillar-roel 's I xnl I'rom lamp jiosfs and also hanged l.tiis Uria, undcr-sccrct arv of thc Prcsidency. Iii snrgents slripped Villar-roel 's body, drapcd it over a. tank and paradM throug'li the streets. Tlic revolutionaries chtimed t his displav took most of the figlit out of thc President 's followcrs Who had conlii.ucd to resist. Yilla"roel almost cscapcd whilc thc insurgents were advancing fowards tlic ccntrc of Ihe city. Thc (iovermnenl Building radio station was lieard asking thc air base (o scnd cars to pick up tlic President and some niembers oi Cabinct and tnke them to a wnitiiig plane. Thc President 's party. would slioot a wav tlirough Ihe crowds. The revolutionaries ciuickly erected barricadcs and attacked and scized (lovernmeut Building. It *is 'reported-' thaf c-keVeikil Aiioutbevs'" of Cabinet. were killed.