London, Jan. 6.
New York Hears Request LI the evidence in our p: ossian indicates that the bombing of Barcelona on Year Eve was a deliberate attack on American banks have been notified xt the British request but it was believed they would not follow the Bank X England's ruling unless instructed o do so by the Federal Reserve Board.
Sterling in the past week has de "redated about four cents, touching 1.63% today. News of the alleged British drive against spec couraged brisk demand for ate this afternoon, boosting the rate o 4.64%, a cent above yes'érdaj's "lose.—United Press. human life, with bombs designed for that purpose," declares a report issued by the British Commission investigating air bombardmen/s in Spain, issued yesterday by the Foreign Office.
The report adds that the attack was made at a moment w hen the stree might be expected to be more than usually crowded, in a part of the city where civilians deemed themselves immune.
The majority of bombs dropped, it is stated, were of zo, and were unsuitable for attacking building or shipping Owing to the interval of cig; lit! minutes between the air raid alarm, and the fall of the first bomb, the report declares, the casualties amounted only to 44 dead and 66 seriously wounded, with 95
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