Spanish General José Miaja was put in charge of the Republican defence of Madrid, where things were getting overall worse in general.
Contrary to the common assumption, about 40% of Spanish Army officers remained loyal to the Spanish Republic.
And it wasn't just in Europe where things were getting worse.
The far political right wasn't just on the march in Spain. The Belgian far right wing Rexist Party announced its intention to march on Brussels in order to "sweep out the Paul van Zeeland government and its corruption" in a move inspired by Mussolini's march on Rome. Van Zeeland declared martial law.
The News issued its awards it its photo contest.
And a cartoon shows how some common comments I'll hear from some people today were common ninety years ago.
University education was expanding, but was far from what it is now. It's interesting to see the contempt of youth for professors expressed here.
I don't think that's a common view, but I have heard it from the time I was in university, up to now, from time to time, probably most recently when Chuck Gray's current campaign manager just went off on how professors at the University of Wyoming were all left wing, coming from a person whose views are closer to those who were advancing on Madrid on this day in 1936.
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