Word: franco
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Apparently it was Franco's late bombing of Teruel which prompted Mr. Hearst's outburst. But no protest, even though rational, could induce the armed powers of today to return to the ideal of eliminating barbarism from warfare. The simple fact is that nothing, until the world shakes bands upon the eradication of war, will prevent the horror...
...Debt Lower Than Franco, England...
Pretender Xavier, only 48, went bustling down from Paris to Salamanca "for the purpose of investing Franco as Regent" (i. e., as a Carlist Regent). After the Generalissimo and the Prince conferred, it was announced they had agreed "on the necessity of uniting all Spaniards worthy of the name on a basis of national and traditional principles...
When Prince Xavier stayed on in Rightist Spain, however, not only Legitimists but powerful London friends of Franco became alarmed. After all, the mother of Legitimist Juan is a British princess who today lives in London, receiving full honors from the royal family as Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. Last week's Rightist announcement at Gibraltar said the Carlist Pretender had been expelled from Rightist Spain for engaging in "political activities...
When Leftists attacked Teruel they took it by a surprise movement which encircled the town from both flanks. When General Franco counterattacked Teruel he poured his army into a frontal assault and did not take it. Last week Leftist generals used their heads again. Franco's army before Teruel is supplied by a single road running north to Saragossa, parallel to the main Aragon front. Instead of trying to repulse Franco by pouring men into the town, Leftists launched four attacks at four separate points in an attempt to cut this road. If any of the four had succeeded...