A BIG ATTACK
THE WAR IN SPAIN CALL TO SURRENDER GENERAL FRANCO’S PLANS (Independent Cable) (Received Feb. 25, 11.20 a.m.) ROME, Feb. 24 The newspapers feature an announcement that General Franco plans to attack Madrid, Almeria and Valencia simultaneously. Reports from Barcelona state that a combined attack may be launched In a few days led by the army that was victorious in Catalonia, with Italian legionaries and the navy. It Is declared that before the offensive General Franco will call on the Republican Army to surrender. BIG ASSAULT 100,000 TROOPS MASSED USE OF 900 AEROPLANES \lndependent Cable) PARIS, Feb. 24 It is learned that General Franco is massing 100,000 troops, including Italians and Moors, for an assault in the central zone of Spain. Nine hundred aeroplanes will be used, and at least 150 Italian tanks.
FRANCO’S TERMS UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER EAGER TO END THE WAR (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) BARCELONA, Feb. 24 General Franco, in an interview with the Italian news agency at Barcelona yesterday said: “Of all the Spaniards I am the most desirous of ending the war, but I will accept nothing but unconditional surrender.” DE JURE RECOGNITION GRANTED BY THE NETHERLANDS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) THE HAGUE, Feb. 23 It is officially stated that the Netherlands is granting de jure recognition to General Franco. OWNERSHIP OF A SHIP HOUSE OF LORDS DECISION (Independent Cable) (Received Feb. 25, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 24 The House of Lords, in delivering judgment in the case of the disputed ownership of a Spanish ship, held that the Franco administration is a foreign sovereign State. WARNING TO PARENTS RUSSIAN NAMES ABOLISHED MARX AND LENIN BANNED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 25, 11 a.m.) BURGOS, Feb. 24 A decree abolishes Christian names such as Karl, Marx and Lenin bestowed during the Republican regime. Parents are given sixty days, after which if the decree is uoL obeyed the State will bestow the name of the child’s birthday Saint.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20740, 25 February 1939, Page 7
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327A BIG ATTACK Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20740, 25 February 1939, Page 7
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