Vichy, Feb, 12, Gen, Franco crossed French' terrltory yesterday on his way to Italy, ils special train erossed the Franco:
London, Feb. 13 'The s. Orford, of over '20,000 tons, has been sunk, according' to fan announcement made py the Ger~ man radio today, quoting "New York naval circles,"—Reuter.
London, Feb. 13.
ARSHAL Philippe Petain and Generalissimo Francisco Franco conferred after luncheon today in the Prefecture of Montpellier, France, said a Vichy despatch of D.N.B., offic German news agency.
D.NB. said that Sr. Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish Foreign Minister, M. Francois Pietri, French Ambassador to Spain, and Sr. Francis Juan Lequerica, Spanish Ambassador to Vichy, were present during the conversation—United Press.
Vichy, Feb. 13.
Marshal Philippe Petain' arrived shortly after noon today in a southern elly {0 meet Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain, who has just finished a conference in Italy, with Premier Benito Mussolini, Sr, Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish Foreign Minister, will be with Gen. Franco as he was during the Franco-Mussolini conference at which, it was. said, the (we distaters discussed changes in Mediterranean power as result of the British offensive in northern Africa "Today's rendezvous will be the frst time Marshal Petain will have met Gen, Franco and Sr. Suner since the hectic days last May in Madrid when the Marshal rushed from the Spanish capital to return to France and. diagnose the French army's Aimeulties.
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