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Foreign News
June 17, 1937
Event 2 of 2
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Spanish Insurgents captured three ships with 3,000 refugees fleeing besieged Bilbao on June 17; children among them starving. Over 500,000 civilians face famine; Franco leads assault, occupation seen as inevitable. (178 characters)
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THREE REFUGEE
SHIPS CAPTURED.
BAY OF BISCAY
Three Thousand Reported
Aboard---Children Are
Crying for Food
HENDaye, France, June 17. — The Spanish Insurgents reported today that ships blockading Bilbao have captured three Spanish Government shiploads carrying 3,000 refugees fleeing from the besieged city. Many of the refugees are children "crying for something to eat."
More than half a million civilians are reported starving in Bilbao because of the breakdown in food distribution, it is learned. Refugees also state no food is being issued and hordes of fugitives from the countryside are swarming into the city, swelling the normal population to more than 200,000.
Insurgent Commander Francisco Franco is reported to be in full charge of the assault on Bilbao and the besieging forces are reported to have nearly completed a circle around the Basque capital.
Looting of houses has started.
Insurgent occupation of Bilbao is regarded as inevitable.
SHIPS CAPTURED.
BAY OF BISCAY
Three Thousand Reported
Aboard---Children Are
Crying for Food
HENDaye, France, June 17. — The Spanish Insurgents reported today that ships blockading Bilbao have captured three Spanish Government shiploads carrying 3,000 refugees fleeing from the besieged city. Many of the refugees are children "crying for something to eat."
More than half a million civilians are reported starving in Bilbao because of the breakdown in food distribution, it is learned. Refugees also state no food is being issued and hordes of fugitives from the countryside are swarming into the city, swelling the normal population to more than 200,000.
Insurgent Commander Francisco Franco is reported to be in full charge of the assault on Bilbao and the besieging forces are reported to have nearly completed a circle around the Basque capital.
Looting of houses has started.
Insurgent occupation of Bilbao is regarded as inevitable.