July 30, 1936

Dept of Agr July index of prices highest since Sept, 1930

Spanish rebels attempt to replace him with J M Pujadas

defends project in press conf; tells residents of Campobello, N B, and Eastport, Me, that it will be completed in future

Army officers, officials and prominent women, suspected of Fascist activities, arrested in govt purge; confiscation of Cath Ch educ institutions hastened; govt holds all Mediterranean and Atlantic ports, but Cadiz; 12 rebel airmen shot down; major battles imminent at Seville, Cordoba, Valladolid, Segovia and Saragossa; loyalists claim capture of La Linea and San Roque; firing reptd resumed in San Sebastian area; Gen Bernal named to command loyal troops in mts; fighting continues in Guadarrama Mts; govt opens credit for indus com; Bank of Spain donates sums for govt army; G Lena to command govt's Asturias force; Barrera's wife and daughter arrested; govt force captures Huesca

fishing launch struck by lightning, Solomon's Is, Md; Sen V Donahey and Capt W Hayden stunned