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...What is the biggest issue that fashion faces today? Mauricio Tortosa, NEW YORK CITY...
...others: Malaga, Bilbao, Santander, Tortosa...
...certainly decide the war. Last week Rightist Objective No. 2 was to complete the drive to the sea and definitely cut Leftist Spain in twain, although to all intents & purposes Generalissimo Francisco Franco accomplished this when Italian Fascist Militia fought down the Ebro River Valley, besieged the town of Tortosa (TIME, April...
...Italian "Black Arrow" contingent advanced fortnight ago, broadcasting their achievement directly to Rome, whence it was rebroadcast to all Italy. Then at the gates of Tortosa they ceased broadcasting. Generalissimo Franco, after the Black Arrows had failed for eleven days to take Tortosa, last week politely left them to continue their efforts, sent a smashing 100% Rightist Spanish offensive under General Miguel Aranda driving down to the sea a few miles south of Tortosa. Viñaroz was the first seaside town to be occupied. There General Aranda's Galician troops went down to the shore and jubilantly planted...
Meanwhile, heroic Leftist "suicide squads," operating in the Ebro delta to defend the besieged Tortosa, had kept Italian forces at bay for a full week. Tortosa civilians had long since evacuated their bombed, shelled and burning city...