Word: jose
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There were 13 counts against Lawyer Barriobero, ranging from accusations that he took part in the assault on the Montana Barracks in Madrid and that he helped sack a Madrid convent, to the fact that he was a militant 33rd-degree Mason. Summed up Captain Jose Rodriguez, the military prosecutor...
...less panicky was the Spanish Government in its retreat. Loyalist President Manuel Azaña passed over the border on foot. President Luis Companys of Catalonia and his government got to safety. So did President Jose Antonio de Aguirre of the now non-existent Basque Republic. Premier Dr. Juan Negrin stuck it out until the last minute, then took to a mountain pass to France. The last of his ministers were shortly on his heels...
Also in Perpignan popped up Jose Maria Sert, Spain's best known modern mural painter. As Generalissimo Francisco Franco's art representative, he wanted to check over the paintings which may soon -under the Loyalists' own terms-become Rebel Spain's property. Señor Sert declared himself satisfied that the paintings had been taken good care of, that they were all intact. On their nation's art Rebel and Loyalist had agreed...
...Rebel destroyer Jupiter nosed in between the Jose Luis Diez and the Gibraltar shore. Convinced now that the blockade could not be run. Commander Juan Castro changed his course, ordered the ship back to British waters...
Desperate, the José Luis Diez deliberately rammed the Jupiter and disabled her. The Loyalist destroyer then floundered toward the shore and grounded 100 yards from Catalan Bay. The Vanoc and Basque moved between the Jose Luis Diez and her Rebel attackers, played searchlights on the scene and began rescues in boats. The Loyalists' battle toll was eight dead, eleven wounded. The dead were buried at sea from a British destroyer. A strong British guard was placed aboard the Jose Luis Diez after her Spanish crew was taken off and interned in military detention barracks in Gibraltar. Next...