Word: francos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sound that gave Europe the "Hitler jitters" was the tramp of marching Fascists in Barcelona. Despite the official assumption in France and Britain that the triumph of Generalissimo Francisco Franco constituted no danger for them, there were facts that could not be disguised. Italian troops are still in Spain. Italy occupies lock, stock and barrel the strategic Island of Majorca. German guns back of Algeciras dominate Gibraltar, are able at any time to threaten Britain's Mediterranean "lifeline." Both France and England would have much to fear from German submarine bases on Spain's northwest coast, four...
LONDON-Spanish Insurgent headquarters at Salamanca tonight broadcast an official announcement that Generalissimo Francisco Franco's advance columns had captured Blanes, the first town in Gerona Province to fall to the Nationalists...
With Generalissimo Francisco Franco's troops edging nearer to Barcelona, France last week began to jitter over the probability of a Fascist victory on her southern frontier. In the Chamber of Deputies there were shrill demands-mainly from the Left-that France renounce the Spanish non-intervention policy and openly aid the Spanish Loyalists, just as Italy and Germany are openly helping the Rebels. The realistic French General Staff was reported to be contemplating occupying the Island of Minorca and Spanish Morocco if the Italian-backed Rebels win the war. There were scary rumors that the Rebel-held side...
...help from Foreign Minister Julio Alvarez del Vayo, of the Loyalist Government. As the lengthy debate neared its end, M. Bonnet was expected to play his trump card: an assurance by Dictator Mussolini, given to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in Rome fortnight ago, that as soon as Generalissimo Franco won the war, Italian troops would leave Spain. Since Il Duce has often found it convenient to forget his solemn pledges, this argument was not calculated to impress the French Left. The Government was slated for a rough time in the Chamber before a final vote is taken this week...
...from knowing what they are up to, nowadays a foreign correspondent's job is tough. One correspondent who has had his share of trouble is Minnesota-born Frank L. Kluckhohn of the New York Times. He was the first to report direct German and Italian aid to General Franco. After several months it became impossible for him to file stories from Rebel Spain. Then the Times sent Kluckhohn to Mexico City...