BOMBING OF CITIES
RESUMED BY FRANCO COASTAL TOWNS RAIDED. FOURTEEN HOUSES WRECKED IN GANDIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) MADRID, March 1. General Franco has resumed the bombing of coastal towns. . Thirty bombs were dropped on Gandia, wrecking fourteen houses. Valencia and Cartagena were raided several t imes. '1 here were no casualties. POST FOR VETERAN MARSHAL PERTAIN OFFERED AMBASSADORSHIP. (Received This Day, 11.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 1. “The Times” Paris correspondent says M Daladier has offered Marshal Petain the ambassadorship to General Franco’s Government for a provisional period of three months. In view of his age of eighty-two, he will be accompanied by professional diplomatists, who will relieve him of specialised tasks. M Daladier believes that the respect due to Marshal Petain's distinguished career will make him an invaluable representative at a critical period. Marshal Petain will reply tomorrow.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 March 1939, Page 8
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143BOMBING OF CITIES Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 March 1939, Page 8
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