Word: francos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Year, I nominate General Francisco Franco in appreciation of the death blow he has dealt to international Communism; for liberating the Spanish people from the yoke of Moscow; but chiefly for saving Christian civilization in Spain and thereby throughout the world...
...wife of Leftist Aviator Harold Dahl (captured by General Franco's Moorish troops, condemned to death, and subsequently pardoned) did not read TIME'S story (Oct. 18) carefully. TIME said California wanted them both: him for three forgery charges, her for a movie contract in Hollywood. But TIME erred: Aviator Dahl is wanted on eight counts for passing rubber checks...
...Spain, where it is traditional to make business appointments ''between half past four and a quarter to eight," few people were surprised when Francisco Franco's elaborately touted final offensive against Catalonia, first threatened four weeks ago, again failed to materialize last week, was postponed from mañana (tomorrow) to mañana (tomorrow). What attacks there were on the Aragon front were all on the Leftist side. A brave but foolhardy attack by Catalan militiamen against a Rightist stronghold known as Hill, 1100 was beaten back after a loss of some 400 men caught...
...sunny Morocco, impatient wives and sweethearts of Moors fighting under Rightist Franco demonstrated at Tetuan, screaming: "We want our men back!" precipitated a bloody 24-hour riot put down by 130 executions. Meanwhile, the mere presence in the Balearics of Son Bruno Mussolini (TIME. Nov. 8) provoked so many bomb raids as Leftists tried to exterminate him, that last week Spanish Rightists were vastly relieved when Bomber Bruno flew back to Italy with part of his Fascist squadron...
...Franco's blunder in attacking Madrid, "he declared," showed how little of a Spaniard he really was." Almost complete unity and cooperation in defending the city resulted from this action, he added. "The Spanish people will never submit to a Fascist government...