Word: niceto
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...Died. Niceto Alcalá Zamora y Torres, 71, first President of the second Spanish Republic (1931-36); after long illness; in Buenos Aires. A Monarchist turned Republican, Alcala Zamora became President after a bloodless revolution in 1931, was himself kicked out of office by leftists three months before the outbreak of civil war in 1936, was finally exiled by Franco...
Refugees. Only one of the Republican leaders stayed to face the music. He was 70-year-old Julian Bestiero, who handed Madrid over to Franco and got a 30-year prison term for his courage. In France are ex-Presidents Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Manuel Azaña, ex-President Luis Companys of Catalonia, onetime Premier Francisco Largo Caballero, Generals Juan Sarabia and José Asensio, many others. Premier Juan Negrin and Foreign Minister Julian Alvárez del Vayo are in Mexico, as are some 6,000 of the more Leftist Republican supporters. Madrid's Savior, General...