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Wynken and Blynken and Nop^ Laval Ousted From Cabinet; Enemy Crushed a rx January Draft | Reported to Have Plotted All Along Front, Quota for D. C. Revolt and War on Britain Greeks Raised to 202 A Report ▲

__ Defenses Flandin, Successor, Laval Move to Get Deposed Petain Aide Mountaintop 1,000 to Get Physical Declared Tumbled To Keep Policy of French Fleet for Said to Be Under Examinations in Snows Tie With Nazis Nazis Reported Arrest at Home Despite 1 Response to Call Bj the Associated Press. t By the Associated Press. BttUTiFuCN A B> the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. SN “warning order” for 202 Wash- NEW Dec. 14—Max Dec. 15 — l 6nJ SNowHat'A YORK, ATHENS, (Sunday). men to be made VICHY, France, Dec. 14—The BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 14.— V*E*{ Wtut You V ington young ready Jordan. N. B. C. correspondent, Greek troops slogging through heavy wwtstiwjroitMji for induction next to learn to- Pierre Laval to or Nov. Army early world was permitted in a broadcast from Swit- Charges that plotted snowfalls have crushed fierce Italian .5 ? A Basel, month was issued 3d 2 man with pwr13 that by Corps Area night that Pierre Laval. No. zerland, said Pierre La- set up a separate government defenses all the tonight mountaintop along l V/*TtR headquarters late yesterday in a of the Vichy government, had been himself as head and even lead val was lodged in a jail at Vichy, Albanian front, capturing more sudden acceleration of the selective ousted, but that his policy of col- France into war against Britain France, and that his resigna- prisoners and armament, the Greeks j| >Ti service in be from program the area. laboration with Germany will tion as vice resulted were behind his dismissal the declared premier officially early today. The 202 figure, set tentatively continued under Pierre-Etienne an Vichy government, authoritative from unsuccessful attempt Italian resistance was said to be pending dispatch of official notice Flandin. sources declared to persuade Marshal Petain to tonight. especially stiff in the Northern to District draft officials tomorrow M. Laval was deposed as vice pre- the aid of the Marcel area on the give Germany Interior Minister Peyrou- Pogradetz route lead- or Tuesday, marked an increase of mier and foreign minister last night. French fleet Britain in ton and other these to but a against ministers, ing Elbasani, government more than 100 per cent over the M. Flandin took over the foreign return for liberal Nazi peace sources accused M. Laval of said it was not said, spokesman holding “tentative maximum" proposed as The vice was ministry. premiership terms. scheming to set himself up as lead- up the Greek advance. L_ Flynh Washington's share in the January left Two inclot hesmen en- Other Greek units J empty. pla er of an independent regime at Paris were battling call several days ago. As hectic events of the last tered the Hotel du Parc in the and of using his ministerial rank to their way northward along the Ad- Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, selective full led M. Laval to 24 hours unfolded—their story Vichy and jail build up his prestige for war on riatic coast line toward Chimara en! fwmjs service executive for the District, still not be told—informed per- about midnight, he said. route to and also s~ » may Britain. Valona, cutting j was notified by wire of the quota sons said the action was directed Marshal Petain was quoted toward those from inland The one-man purge which washed ports | revision and plans were launched M. Laval's activity as saying Germany's latest trails in the mainly against M. Laval out of the Vichy cabinet Tepeleni region, reports immediately to speed up local draft at home and not against the prin- peace proposal as advocated by here said. left M Peyrouton chief of police as boarfl work to provide the necessary of German collaboration, which M. Laval came at too high a The Greeks have claimed ciple well as the already men. said. interior minister, as NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, price, the correspondent a total of 7,250 and strong man under Marshal Petain. troops captured 1.000 to Be Examined. Chief of state, has indorsed. j the high command said additional M. Laval, yesterday's "crown On the basis of experience in the were taken in Hitler Told of Change. is said to be a in prisoners yes{erday's M4*m first more than 1.000 classified prince,” prisoner r> call, along with 60 automatic ./-«J Significant was the official an- Broken Italian his estate, guarded by soldiers and fighting, 1-A registrants will have to be given nouncement that the 'change had Army "GP" men, strong-arm squads built weapons. physical examinations before the News Called Satisfactory. been communicated to Reichsfueh- up by M. Peyrouton and other 202 selectees will be made available “The news from the front is rer Hitler before the public was told, French leaders who distrusted M. high- for induction. on Border ly satisfactory, the spokesman said. informing him that pro-German. Fighting Laval. A tentative order received by Gen. “In some we are the Rightist Flandin was "more apt" Over Paris place making Cox last Tuesday called for a maxi- Dispute Trip, usual advances, whereas in than his at "collabora- others mum of 82 men for the Jan- predecessor sources said the straw only Diplomatic the Italians are putting up stirt tion.” In Defense of uary call, but corps area officials Libya which broke the camels back of but, The old marshal himself told the resistance, everywhere it has decided to boost the call when it M. Petain’s toleration of his vice been crushed the fact that people the change would not affect despite became apparent that the Army premier and foreign minister was snow is in the French relations with Germany, al- Inside Country very heavy fighting housing construction program, re- Battling the simple question of who should though M. Laval was the man who regions.” ported lagging, actually was pro- Is On, go to Paris to represent the Vichy border I had done more than any one to Already Going (Yugoslav dispatches gressing almost on schedule in the government when the remains of from the Northern Lake Ochrid bring France close to the axis. British Indicate area. Napoleon's son are returned from said Italian were Yet Marshal Petain, in words region planes Gen. Cox said that as soon as offi- Germany to the Invalides at Adolf active there, with Press. heavily bombing cial notification of the quota is re- weighty significance, explained B> the Associated Hitler's order. Greek positions in the Pogradetz ceived the total will be broken down to France that the resignation" of CAIRO. Egypt, Dec. 14—The According to these reports, M. area ) for the 25 local boards. It w’as M. Laval w?as essential for reasons Italian African Army, broken into draft Laval said Marshal Petain himself The Ministry of Home Security of interior policy, for the country's bits, harassed by unending air attack believed a formula of proportionate should go. Marshal Petain refused, said Italian planes attacked some unity, and went on: and declared here to have been effec- registration would be followed in they said, and was backed villages, but that no civilian casual- Features of the December Dinner of the Gridiron Club “I remain at the helm! The na- tively driven from Egypt, fought on up by apportioning the quota between the other ministers, but that was ties were reported. case of tional revolution continues!" and about" its own colonial frontier only boards—just as in the the an incident the It also said that “according to a first call last month, the Dis- The best available diplomatic of Libya tonight in an action that following graver when M. Laval. supplementary telegram from ap- opinion saw behind the ouster a had become a defense of Fascist charges against trict was called on for 51 selectees. authorities, growing distrust by both Marshal soil. Tire stage was set for his ouster propriate police among President Indicate January 6 has been set tentativelv those abducted as hostages by Ital- Generous Children Deluge Petain and Gen. Maxime Weygand, The term "on and about" was used yesterday afternoon. as the opening induction date for the ians when they retreated from month's call of the powerful supreme commander in by the British command itself in an Here is tne sequence of events, ac- selectees. Greek' territory were four more Africa, for M. Laval’s negotiations official communique which did not cording to authoritative diplomatic Gifts Bill Greek notables from the Matinees' With Walter-Logan Station Here Abandoned. with Germany. Gen. Weygand, it is add the obvious implication that reports: Igournen- 'Toy itsa district.” Washington men called up to fill known, has been afraid France something very near to a counter- The other ministers’ insistence Official sources in Athens said D. C. to Share the quota at that time will be in- might lose sovereignty over some of invasion was developing with the that Marshal Petain should not go 10,000 Needy Youngsters small Greek forces met and put to Will Be Vetoed ducted at the 5th Regiment Armory her African possessions, and has apparent purpose of trying to destroy to Paris for the ceremonies tomor- in the war Italian Cash Donations Needed in Baltimore, induc- spoken out against any cession. Be- the entire Fascist force. row surrounding the return of flight early large Yule Joy; the.Washington forces along the Greek- tion station at 458 Indiana avenue hind him is the undefeated French While no military authority would "LAiglon's" remains angered M. deployed Returns From Cruise Africa. Albanian border when Italy issued N. W. having been abr.ndoned yes- army in discuss future British plans, it was Laval, who made an issue of it. Star-N. B. C.-Warner Bros. to Greece in October. A full page of pictures on The on orders from area Laval Known to British. that at some her ultimatum And Entrains for Brief terday corps Despise indicated points fight- Stalked on A-9. I-rom Meeting. These sources said in "toy matinees," officials. M. Laval, on the other hand, is ing already was going on within they spoke He stalked a to Italian alle- Warm known to despise the British and Libya. from the cabinet meet- order to "put stop Stay at Springs The lone replacement selectee vet several received has indicated his desire to see them May Restrict Fighting. ing accompanied by friends, gations that w’hen Greece About 10,000 needy children here will find toys in their Christ- to be inducted to fill the city's first- crushed, perhaps even with the ac- including Education Minister Geor- the ultimatum Greece was entirely of (Picture on Page B-2.) call quota will be initiated into One informant pointed out the mas stockings because other boys and girls, thousands them, Artny tive of the French, their former ges Ripert—(now also ousted (—and prepared for war and mobilized Bj th* Associated Press. life tomorrow at the help question of supplies and particularly Bros, matinees” yesterday. regular Army 12 Star-N, B. C.-Warner “toy — ally. went, to his suite in the Hotel du They added the Italian attack was attended CHARLESTON, S. C Dec. 14 recruiting station, 631 Pennsylvania water was a dominant one and said Parc where of the to buy M. Petain. naturally, can make no he conferred with his made after “many months of prep- To make it possible for parents needy youngsters President Roosevelt left here by spe- avenue N.W., where most of the ad- a continuation of the British offen- chief break with the Germans at aide, Fernand de Brinon. aration” and that Italian armament other that “make” a Christmas, cash gifts are necessary, cial train today for Warm Springs, ministrative of the Indi- open sive probably would involve an effort the things personnel this time nor even withdraw from M. Pe.vrouton, War Minister Gen- was "unprecedentedly heavy.” Ga.. after a 12-day cruise ana avenue station was absorbed to try to restrict the fighting gener- and should be made as soon as pos-v completing the more or less vague "collabora- eral Charles Huntziger and other in the Caribbean and the Atlantic Future selectees from the District j ally to the hill regions beyond the of sible so the parents can make he has to Hit- ! members of the Heavy Bombing Pogradetz Christmas House cruiser Tuscaloosa. and tion" which pledged Libyan borders. anti-Laval group purchases in time for the holi- aboard the nearby Maryland and Virginia it is obvious that he continued to talk with Roosevelt a clear which were ler. However, Marshal Pe- Italians day. Cash contributions may be President gave counties, also served by known An aspect of the future situation, By Reported Broadcasts reels M. Flandin. despite his tain. mailed to Christmas House, in care indication he would veto the Walter- the Washington induction station, he declared, was that YUGOSLAVIA. Dec. 14 will not the Italians OHRID, If in the of bill for court re- will be pro-axis views, go beyond Suddenly, the of The Star, or to Christmas you’re vicinity Logan providing transported by rail to Balti- would be seriously hampered by the during evening, they i/Pi— Italian planes heavily bombed brought Marshal Petains own decisions in and action House. Eleventh street and Penn- Christmas House, at Eleventh views of rulings of various quasi- more for induction formalities, in- loss of amounts of emerged began. in Pogradetz and this “collaboration." huge equipment Greek positions street and Pennsylvania ave- Government examinations d"- pursuing As though by magfc. hard-boiled of the Greek sylvania avenue N.W. judicial agencies. j eluding physical which British control of the Medi- on the northern sector WMAL “Pierre Laval." the marshal said former mobile and mem- a as a ticket of ad- nue N.W.. at any of the Asked at a press conference ! cidedly more rigid than those given terranean would make exceedingly guardsmen advance line in Albania today, caus- Bearing toy over the radio, “is no longer a part bers of Doriot's extreme attended broadcasting periods, stop by to whether he had made up his mind prospective trainees by local draft difficult of Jacques which border mission. the children who replacement. ing heavy explosions, a contribution and take the he said he had board of thfc government.” rightist French Popular Party ap- the “toy matinees" gave so gener- make on legislation physicians. A reports said might have oeen ex- j j Then he announced that the con- military spokesman would not on the streets. bore Representatives of organi- ■pretty well,” and that he thought peared They ammunition dumps. ouslv that it took 15 trucks to haul part. Transportation Paid. act under which M. Laval confirm rumors that Salum, just armbands ploding zations can to had been stitutional with the letters ‘'GP on this all the toys from the theaters to the : arrange appear | reporters guessing pretty within had fallen Reports heard in frontier i Selectees who fail to measure would have him as chief Libya, to the them and wore leather and on one of the broadcasts by accurately what he would do. up sujfcseded jackets was in Toy Center at Sixteenth and I “is British. town said damage heavy to physical standards will have to anything happened, leather motorcyclists' helmets. streets from which will be calling NAtional 5000 and ask- i Numerous news dispatches have Pogradetz, which was captured by N.W., they be returned to the The action in Egypt itself, as sum- for Christmas House. suggested that he probably would j District at Gov- "annulled They were the mysterious "Groupe the Greeks November 29. distributed. Each truckload con- ing I Cut. marized by general headquarters, veto bill. Roosevelt said emment expense, while those who Communications de Protection" which had tained about 1.200 toys. the Mr. he wdll be wTas simply one of appeared The Greeks were said to be gaining are will go to Fort M. Petain s successor, now, “clearance"—a j had not yet received the bill, but passed directly of only once before—to guard Marshal local successes in the northern Donors the Council of Ministers, process rounding up the stray some Complimented. Today that he he had until Wed- George G. Meade, Md., reception selected by Petain when he visited Marseille. I thought arises. Fascist units still in the front despite the bombings, and As she watched the toys being de- No broadcasts. Christmas center for the corps area. If the necessity country. At i nesday to act on it. He expected to of the the same time, about 100 British and Greek planes bombed livered. Miss Sibyl Baker, who is House closed till 8.30 a.m. to- Abandonment of the Official announcements The Italian defeat was called a return to Washington Monday. Washington to the after picked soldiers in regular army uni- the Italian line on the in charge of the Center, said: morrow. Come tomorrow or induction changes were read press “rout" the British supply Toy The held a confer- station—a move made in by command. forms surrounded President press in which France had been cut the Hotel dti road. "The children of Washington have mail the interest of and a day As always, there was no definite Pogradetz-Elbasani your gift. ence aboard then made a tour “economy ef- a ship, from all communication with the (See A-10.) • Italian planes again attempted had tremendous impulse of gener- to area off figure as to the number of BERN, Page of the navy yard, which has five de- ficiency,” according corps prison- These are the finest j outside world. They were read by ers to bomb Salonika, Greek port on osity. toys that a number of captured, but an incomplete of- Tomorrow i stroyers under construction and or- spokesmen—provoked the interior min- the Sea, after the have ever come from a ‘toy mati- on the Marcel Peyrouton, ficial estimate it at Aegean giving : ders for nine more. protests part of local officials, put 26.000. to- nee.’ 9:45 to 10 A.M. ister who now is a strong man in the city a rest of several weeks. They who contended that the as gether with vast quantities of guns, Schoolgirl Plays He had little to offer in elabora- District, were driven off Greek The toys filled a large room and 4:30 to 4:45 P.M. government. tanks, arms and by pursuit tion on his of the base the “49th State,” should have its equipment of all 7:30 to 7:45 P.M. inspection was he wrho cut off the com- without near the overflowed into others at the Toy It sorts. Her Role, Then Dies planes getting sites on the cruise, and said that he own station. Other protests were munications yesterday, even those city.) (See CHRISTMAS, Page A-22.) he had based on the factors: This estimate, which the British knew nothing besides what following of embassies and ministeries. Of Fractured Skull seen in the Tuscaloosa's radio That with expenditure of a rela- .-.aid was conservative, placed in ac- M. Laval’s powers over press, By thf Associated Press. tively small sum the structure used tual more than Deer Hunter 16th ‘‘newspaper” about difficulties in were custody one-fourth Slain; radio and motion pictures la.. Dec. 14.— an with Britain to house the station here could be of the Fascist army which invaded CINCINNATI, reaching agreement decree, to Paul Baudouin. in first-class given, by in the The shadow of death lay across Victim in Jackson Earnest Note of on a site in Trinidad. put condition. Egypt early autumn and now Pennsylvania* Suggests Unity secretary of state for the president the school Press. That the station has been driven back to the high auditorium Bv the Associated Silent on Defense Delays. admittedly of the council. Chevalier point Jacques here last as 15- — Nor did he have to handled first call selectees with where it started—an army which stage night MOUNT JEWETT, Pa., Dec. 14 anything say was named minister of education, to efficiency second to none in the at its peak strength had been esti- year-old Shirley Joan Hall Three hours before closing of the Concludes about the kind of report made succeeding Georges Ripert. Congress Strengthen Evening whereas mated by the British at 80.000. walked on, but she played out two-week Pennsylvania deer season, him at Martinique by Capt. Ernest crops area; “frequent Thus the swarthy, white-tied La- her role in the J. of the United States hitches” developed at the Baltimore The troops which had escaped age-old tradi- Bartholomew Lombardo, 21, of Blankenship val, who made the first personal con- tion of the a Government observer on the center during first call inductions. capture m the flight into Libya theater. Clarion was shot to death today by Law Of Gridiron Fun Navy, tact with Hitler after'the defeat of Just before first curtain at Sabotage French Island. That every effort should be made (Continued a hunter who mistook him for game. on Page A-7, Column 1.) the to have local (See VICHY, Page A-7.) school play, Shirley, who Young Lombardo had bagged a Reporters, he said, probably know selectees passed or had a leading part, fell down a deer and was filling a jug. with Powerless to Prosecute Fire of Satire more than he does about the subject rejected by physicians and examin- of Rapid of aid to Britain the ers who are Santa Saved From Roof flight nine steps leading to water from a creek near Burning and conferences residents of the Dis- the girls’ dressing room. Laid Well, 6 miles south of here, when hit. In Acts on Armaments Directed at All, but Secretary Morgenthau has been trict. The entire staff of specialists Greek Steamer Reported ROCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 14 UP).— tenderly on a cot by fellow Coroner Thomas R. Clark said the having with Sir Frederick Phillips, used at the Washington station- The fire department had to be For Countries Ends on a British thespians. she cried a little, shot was fired by George Sheakley, Foreign Harmony treasury expert. hailed by Maj. Seth Gayle, jr„ sta- In Distress in Storm called out when Santa Claus ar- but when her call came she 44, of Petrolia. who was A reporter remarked that William tion medical supervisor, as rived in Pa., among experts this city. went on By J. A. FOX. “Reunion in America,” a crashing Knudsen of in Bs the Associated Press. and played her role a party standing about a campfire the National Defense their particular fields—was com- with a flavor, con- NEW YORK. Dec, 14.—The 4,798- Descending in a parachute from well. 300 Sheriff The Federal Government cannot song patriotic Commission had said plane produc- posed of Washington practitioners. yards away. George cluded the Gridiron Club's annual ton Greek steamer Orion sent out an airplane, the good St. Nick made At home, she developed a se- Calhoun took Mr. Sheakley to the prosecute for. acts of sabotage on tion was 30 per cent behind sched- That Washington, as the Nation's an armaments for winter dinner at the Willard Hotel ule urgent distress signals tonight, inter- unscheduled landing on the roof vere headache, then lapsed into McKean County Jail at Smethport produced foreign and Secretary Stimson had said Capital, should have an induction of a business countries, or under last night. construction of barracks for cepted by Mackay Radio, which said block. Firemen, unconsciousness. Her parents for a hearing Monday. private industry, con- station that would prove a model for cheered thousands of rushed her to a law. General Jack- from its sati- was two months behind. the rest she had a broken steering gear in by school hospital, where Mr. Lombardo was the 16th gun- existing Attorney Turning customary scripts And of the country. children, son told rical vein—which had been in evi- he was asked whether he to It a North Atlantic storm. brought him down over she died of a skull fracture. shot victim of the deer season in yesterday Representative planned was believed probable that of California in The Orion reported at 7:28 p.m. an extension ladder. Pennsylvania. Voorhis, Democrat, dence throughout the evening—the do anything about speeding up the should the January load of selectees that she needed help immediately, a letter in which he suggested that famous newspaper club sang a song work. prove too heavy on the Baltimore close this Mr. Mackay said. Tire ship’s position Congress loophole. of unity at home, to the great and Roosevelt’s only reply was station the Washington center General's communi- was about 700 miles northeast of St. The Attorney the near-great gathered about the that that was not the way he had would be re-opened. John's, Newfoundland. Fascist Reverses Stir on cation was occasioned by a report board. The guest list included heard about the matters through the Effects from the House committee on un- Lloyd's Register lists the Orion's Speculation members of the cabinet, of the ship's newspaper. American activities Burnet home port as Piraeus, Greece. Be- baring reputed Supreme Court, other high officials Gov. Maybank of South Bullitt Leaves Florida acts of sabotage on an airplane be- of the Government, and leaders in Carolina and Rear Admiral William fore the start of the war, the Orion, To Britain HOBE SOUND, Fla., Dec. 14 WP).— and if Italians Surrender manufactured for the H. commandant of built in 1909, traded regularly be- Germany ing British, every walk of life in the Nation. Allen, the Navy William C. Bullitt, former United tween and South America. MAJ. GEO. at a Pacific Coast plant, and rec- The club aimed its shafts at Yard, had been received aboard the Europe By FIELDING ELIOT. point of view might be expected. an aircraft carrier or two and some first States Ambassador to France, con- call ommending prosecutive action. The Tuscaloosa, and Mr. Roosevelt said Her latest reported port of As blow after blow, in Albania, in has now (losses deducted) cruisers become avail- itself for the “uncanny prevision” cluded a two-week vacation here Italy heavy might was the was which she left Africa and case understood at Justice with which earlier Gridiron shows he was pleased to learn of progress Galveston, Tex., at sea, continues to fall something like 50 destroyers, 70 able for the Far East, where the ap- today and left for Washington. last 15. Department to be the same as that had “forecast elec- being made in expanding the yards August upon Fascist arms, and the word large boats (50 to 800 tons), pearance of such a British the presidential torpedo force, referred to recently in a statement and its shipbuilding facilities. “armistice” begins to make its ap- 70 to 80 motor and supplementing the light cruisers, de- tion’s outcome. Then it turned a torpedo boats, by Committee Chairman Dies. As for strengthening coast defense pearance in the rumor sections of 12 small minelayers. stroyers and submarines of the Neth- rapid Are of satire upon the Demo- Alien Law Has Limitations. crats and alike. Nor batteries in the vicinity, the Chief Registration press dispatches, it may be useful These would all be tremendously erland Navy, would provide a bal- Republicans "This case illustrates a limitation did it the Executive dismissed that as Spanish Washington non-citizen resi- to examine just what is at stake in useful in the of British anced fleet based on and overlook National Defense protection Singapore of Federal law which your commit- War stuff, out of date, and not the dents must register at the City the Mediterranean, what advantages in the Atlantic theater. Surabaya which would, in Commission. shipping conjunc- tee may wish to consider.” Mr. way to defend the Nation. Post Office. Massachusetts ave- Britain might derive from Italian In has under con- tion with American pressure from Foote's Administration Ends. addition, Italy Jackson told Representative Voorhis, To an inquiry whether the South nue and North Capitol surrender, and how great a loss such struction 12 small cruisers of 3,300 the eastward, provide a sharp check street, who is a member of the Dies Com- The dinner marked the comple- could play any special part in the before December 26. a surrender would be to Germany. tons and 41 knots which to Japanese expansionist designs. speed mittee, in deploring the inability of tion of the presidential term of defense program, the President re- Failure to comply with the The greatest and most immediate would make ideal ocean escorts for The extent to which British naval the department to act. “I refer to Mark Foote, Washington corre- Alien in (See PRESIDENT, Page A~-3.) Registration Act of 1940 advantages to Britain would be convoys. These are all in advanced units might be withdrawn from the the fact that there is no law of Con- spondent of the Booth newspapers involves a connection with the of of penalties up to fine prosecution stages construction. It is hardly Mediterranean will depend, however, gress now in force under which this of Michigan. Harold Brayman of of SI.000 and the war at sea. These be con- to be imprisonment for may expected that in the critical on certain other factors becoming department could obtain, or the the Houston Chronicle had been $ six China, Soviet Reported months. Fraudulent state- sidered under three heads: (1) Pos- situation now existing with regard clarified. One is the position of the Federal courts could sustain, a con- elected t6 the presidency for 1941 at ments in registration are sible surrender of Italian to British would not insist French which in that area pun- warships: convoys, fleet, viction for an act of sabotage on an (Continued on Page A-17, Column 1.) Tea-Arms Deal ishable by deportation. (2) release of British warships now as a of the armistice condi- probably disposes of one new battle- manufactured under Making part airplane being B> tbe Associated Press. Aliens 14 years of age and operating in the Mediterranean; (3) tions on the handing over of these ship, seven or eight cruisers, 40 de- contract for a The foreign country. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—The British older should register in person, reopening of the Mediterranean to smaller ships, which would help so stroyers and a strong submarine Federal sabotage laws even as ex- Three Injured by Bomh> radio reported tonight that China while parents or guardians may British commercial shipping. very much. force. The Spanish Navy is not neg- tended by Congress less than a HAVANA, Dec. 14 (*>).—'Three per- and the Soviet Union have signed an register for alien children under would be ligible, having six cruisers, 21 de- month make sabotage a Federal It quite likely that in the Check Against Japan. ago sons were slightly injured today agreement under which China is to 14. Special arrangements can stroyers, 16 submarines, six large crime when committed on arti- event of Italy’s asking for an armis- The release of British warships only when a small bomb exploded in a sell $100,000,000 worth of tea to the be made in the case minelayers and a number of of persons tice, Italian feelings might be saved now in the Mediterranean torpedo cles ‘intended for the use of the operating and vessels. restroom of Havana’s Municipal U. 8. S. R., “making it possible for unable to visit the registration the British boats escort Until the United States in connection with the by permitting the mere would affect something like 40 de- Building. Little property damage the Chinese government to buy war office because of illness or possibility of hostile action by these national or disarmament and Internment of the stroyers, perhaps a few escort vessels defense,’ upon premises was caused, and police said no ar- material from Russia which it needs physical forces, or their passage In whole or used for the of disability. heavy units of the Italian fleet. As and a substantial number of cruisers. plants manufacture rests were made nor were they able for the war against Japan.” C. B. S. to smaller a rather A with types, different squadron, of capital ships, (Sm ELIOT. Face A-4.) (See SABOTAGE, Pace A-18.) , to discover a motive. recorded the report here.

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