FRENCH PROTEST NEW MEAT TAX 4CiviI Disobedience’ Cam paign ‘Just Beginning’ Vichy Group Told BY CHARLES S. FOLTZ, JR. GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 19.— (3>)_Thirty belligerent butchers in .the little French mountain town of Belley, went to jail today, giving the first definite hint of a civil dis obedience campaign which for some time has been reported spreading through France. Publication of the official version of the Belley battle in censored newspapers throughout Southwest ern France showed that authorities were acutely conscious of the im . plications. Belley is in unoccupied France near the Swiss border. The butchers, it was reported, met Thursday night and decided the Vichy government’s new meat tax was the last straw. The next day every butcher shop in Belley was closed. When police ordered them to re open, they refused. This morning ;) they all went to jail. “This is only the beginning,’’ they announced from their cells. Signs are sttll posted on their • butcher shop windows, “No more meat.” Citizens, already disgruntled at shortages of sugar, cheese, choco late, eggs and milk, appealed to tjie authorities, who said army butchers would take care of the trade twice a week. They said the butchers had meat on hand, but rebelled because they saw their profits vanishing in the new taxes. Friends of the butchers, however, were reported beginning a boycott of the army butchers. ^ NAZIS THREATEN GREECE, TURKEY (Continued From Page Ora) indicated in Rome, however, that such demands might he ;-upend ing. The weekly said 1+ulian in fluence in the Balkans and Medi terranean hereafter would be un restrained.) “Why should we put any country under pressure?” The German commentator countered to the in quiries of foreign correspondents.” It is already evident, with the in exorability of a natural law, that the new order in Europe will be determined by Germany and Italy. Whoever sees that and arranges his nation’s affairs accordingly can lead a sovereign existence in peace and quiet once this war is over.” Then he warned: “But nobody who remains aloof from throwing in his cause with the Azis need be surprised if he finds, afterwards, that he has mis sed the boat.” The commentator expressed be lief that the Greeks —“a clever, wise people”—realize “what a transformation Europe is under going.” As for Turkey, non-belligerent ally of Britain, he said: “there is no indication of any kind that Turkey intends to play a role simi lar to Poland’s.” Reports that the British war sec ' retary, Anthony Eden, might pro ceed from Egypt to Istanbul drew this: “We can only smile at such an ignoramus.As if we could be influenced in any way by such a maneuver!” 3 EDEN INSPECTING NEAR EAST FORCE (Continued From Page One) preparedness throughout the area . and Sir Miles Lampoon, British ; ambassador to Egypt, conferred : with Egyptian Premier Hassan Sabry Pasha. One rumor arising fro: - unusual British diplomatic activity was that a Near Eastern bloc including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and other countries was being formed to join Britain against any attack from the north. There was no official announcement, however. While officially not ■ t war with tile Axis powers, despite Italian occupation of a strip of her soil, - Egypt’s leaders assert that the na tion will act swiftly ii its independ * ence and security are menaced. Five thousand tons of coal for * Egypt’s railroads arrived from South Africa and it was disclosed that Egypt is scheduled to get all the coal South Africa agreed to supply Italy in Ethiopia before the outbreak of the war. 1 JERUSALEM, Oct. 19.—UB—Air raiders approaching Palestine’s coast in brilliant moonlight gave the Holy Land its first night air raid alarm tonight but no bombs fell._ 1 ADVERTISEMENT A Million Dollars io Relieve Piles It is estimated that over a million dollars annually is spent for various remedies for relieving piles. Yet any druggist will tell you that soothing, cooling, astringent Peterson’s Oint ment will allay pile torture in a few minutes. 35c a box. 60c in tube with applicator. Peterson’s Ointment stops itching promptly, brings joyful re lief. Monev back if not delighted. World Bulletins “DRIVEL” NEW YORK, Oct. 19.——Ne gro republican leaders from about 30 states adopted a resolu tion today charging that the New Deal had ‘‘used the gov ernment to subject the colored man to the most thorough-going system of segregation and dis crimination which ever has been witnessed in America.” EPISCOPALIANS KANSAS CITY, Oct. 19. — (A>) —The Episcopal church in a pas toral letter adopted at the filial session of its triennial conven tion today expressed abhorrence for “all regimentation, all totali tarian schemes of mass contra!, all claims of class or racial superiority and all economic in justice.” PANIC NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—(/P)— Democratic National Chairman Edward J. Flynn said tonight that President Roosevelt’s deci sion to make a series of political speeches had “deepened the Will kie despair into panic.” SPAIN BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 19. —OP)—Flood waters in the East ern Pyrenees smashed homes and factories, disrupted tele phone and road communications, and took an estimated toll of 250 lives, relief officials said tonight. LANDON QUINCY, 111., Oct. 19.—i/P)— Alfred M. Landon, republican presidential candidate in 1936, asserted tonight that if President Roosevelt is reelected, “we can expect . . . un unlimited term as chief executive, the gradual destruction of congress, of the judiciary, and of the freedom cf the press.” MUSIC HATH CHARMS EVEN FOR THIEVES KEYSER, W. Va. - Music hath charms, two thieving coal truckers learned, particularly when coming from a mechanical phonograph. They borrowed a coin and put it in Restaurateur A. C. Rine hart’s nickel-in-tbe-slot” machine, then looted the cash register wjiile listening to the record. The music drowned out the noise of opening the register, Rinehart reported, and also permitted the pair to escape unnoticed while he was in a rear room. 2 YUGOSLAVIA SIGNS PACT WITH NAZIS (Continued From Page One) ous Balkan reports indicated such demands may be under consider ation. Continuing Turkish defense measures on the Europear side of the Dardanelles was indicated by a report the Jewish colony at Adri anople, near the Bulgarian . and Greek frontiers, had turned its school building over to the Turkish army for a base hospital. (In Istanbul, {he newspaper Yem Sabah called for a “united front” in southeast Europe to face the Axis, and said the “entire Balkans are now in danger from Germany, which is baiting' certain countries with insignificant rewards in order to gain mastery over them.” Anxi ety lest Bulgaria join the Axis was reflected in other Turkish press comment. 1 BY J. WEST GALLAGHER BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Oct. 19 -Declaring “our collaboration is not only economic but politi cal,” Foreign Minister Alksander Cincar-Markovic tonight announced the signing of a new commercial pact for 1940-41 with Germany, de spite authoritative reports that Germany is unable to deliver cer tain manufactures because of bombing damage. Hailing the pact as evidence of a “political collaboration” which has preserved peace for Yugosla via, the foreign minister said “this policy should be continued.” Fence Mended While the reich’s latest economic fence mending in the Balkans came at a time when the capitals of Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey were active with reports of Axis plans for further penetration of southeastern Europe, authorita tive sources disclosed the reich ,is meeting difficulties in keeping her barter engagements in the Bal kans. One source said that in the nego tiations here the Germans had ad mitted that because of laber and material shortages a strain is be ing placed 'on the barter system and that they are unabl- to de liver many of the manufactures badly needed in the Balkans. Among the manufactures which Germany was understood to be un able to deliver except in small quantities were chemicals, which are largely manufactured in Frank fort, Duesseldorf and other Rhine land cities where it is reported British bombing has been partic ularly heavy; electrical instru ments, largely manufactured in Berlin where it is reported Brit ish airmen have paid particular attention to electrical factories, and agricultural tools manufac tured at Leipzig and Hamburg, which also have been listed fre quently as British bomb targets. However, the inability to deliver certain goods was said to be un likely to halt the flow of Balkan raw materials to the reich, com mercial observers said. They said the Germans were of fering other goods in exchange, particularly paper articles, and wri also offering credits for fu ture deliveries, presumably after the war. 1 TURKISH RADIO ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 19.—UP)— The official Turkish radio in a cryptic radio broadcast tonight called Balkan reports that British War Secretary Anthony Eden is coming here “a German - Italian lie” and added: ‘‘Turkey’s road is her own.” “Mr. Eden is not coming to An kara,” said the commentator. “This is a lie spread by Germany and Italy who wish to put on it the interpretation that'he is coming to persuade Turkey to enter the war. Turkey’s road is her own. She is confident of her right, she is. strong enough to enforce it. Turkey does not need dictation from anyone.” 1 FOOD HOARDED BUCHAREST, Oct. 20.—(Sunday) W—Disovery that huge quantities of food recently have been hoarded here and in other Rumanian cities was announced in a communique today. It said government agents had located caches of supplies, alleged ly hid away for speculation. The foodstuffs were confiscated but the communique did not mention what action was taken against the hoard ers. IL DUCE BUSY ROME, Oct.* 19.— (/P) —Premier Mussolini put on his goggles and helmet for another flying inspec tion of his armies today amidst editorial smoke in the Fascist Jfess indicating the Axis is about to build a fire under Greece and Tur key. For the second time in 10 days II Duce headed for the eastern frontier to look over his troops facing Yugoslavia, next-door-neigh bor of Italian-occupied Albania and pro-British Greece. The rising press tirade against Greece and Turkey took on a more serious complexion with the inti mation by the authoritative Fascist weekly, Relazioni Internazionali, that the two friends of Britain soon would be called upon to line up with the Axis. IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.— —When a stranger walked in and handed W. R. Absher $30 he said he had owed for 40 years, Absher’s partner, E. M. Black burn, thought it quite rare. The next day Blackburn received a letter containing $35 from a man who. advised that he had intended paying for a suit ever since he purchased it in 1911. 4 X 11 Ti weather" (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(ff)—Weath er bureau records of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton-growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Asheville, clear---- 62 39 0.00 Atlanta, cloudy_ 78 44 0.00 Atlantic City, rain —_ 44 33 0.00 Boston, cloudy - 45 31 0.00 Buffalo, cloudy- 38 23 0.00 Charlotte, clear - 63 46 0.00 Chicago, cloudy — 62 43 0.00 Cleveland, cloudy- 39 37 0.05 Denver, cloudy- 74 45 0.00 Detroit, cloudy _ 42 38 0.27 Fort Worth, clear__ 93 57 0.00 Jacksonville, cloudy - 79 43 0.00 Kansas City, cloudy - 80 52 0.00 Little Rock, cloudy - 89 54 0.00 Los Angeles, clear — 99 76 0.00 Louisville, clear _ 67 47 0.00 Memphis, cloudy_- 83 50 0.00 Miami, clear - 81 68 0.00 Mobile, clear-;- 84 42 0.00 New Orleans, clear —- 80 56 0.00 New York, cloudy — 44 33 0.00 .Norfolk, rain-- 54 ^2 0.03 Pittsburgh, snow- 38 33 0.08 Portland, Me., cloudy 44 30 0.00 Portland, Ore., cloudy 78 61 0.00 Richmond, rain - 48 30 0.03 St. Louis, cloudy- 78 48 0.00 San Francisco, cloudy 82 59 0.00 Savannah, cloudy- 75 47 0.00 Tampa, clear_ 82 54 0.00 Washington, snow — 46 36 0.36 Wilmington, cloudy - 66 44 0.00 NORTH CAROLINA’S DRAFT QUOTA SET (Continued From Page One) condition of entry into the ser vice.” ‘‘In a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation,” Marshall wrote, “the army of the United States must now proceed with its high purpose of welding from the ele ments of the American democracy, a disciplined, seasoned fighting force, capable of defending the nation.” State quotas were announced, for the 800,000 trainees to be call ed by July 1, and also for the March 1. They were tentative, and were based on estimates of the number of men who will be classified as fit and available for immediate service, with tentative credits for the number of men each state was estimated to have furnished to the armed services already through voluntary enlistments. More exact figures will be sub stituted when it is learned pre cisely how many fit and available men last Wednesday’s registration disclosed in each state, and how many volunteers each state actual ly has contributed. Under the regulations, state quotas will be allocated among local draft boards by each state’s selective service headquarters. Secretary Stimson has announc ed that the army will call the first 30,000 men for training on November 18. Thereafter, as soon as housing, hospital and other fa cilities are ready, commanders of the army’s nine corps areas may requisition troops, within the limits prescribed by the Y.'ar department, from toe governors of the states in each area. At least 21 days’ notice must be given for such re quisitions. xu oc rmcu uui> As far as possible, units of the National Guard will be filled out with men from their home states, or at least from their own corps areas. However, officials . said some transfers from one corps area to another would be neces sary. Of the 400,000 men to be inducted by March 1, it was disclosed that 364,266 would be whites and 35, 734 negroes. These figures do not represent quotas for whites and negroes, but were based on the army’s present facilities for making use cl them. The war department already has announced that the proportion of negroes to be brought into the aifmy will be the same as their proportion to the whole copul? tion. Of the tentative quotas, New York’s was the largest, 114,796, and Nevada’s the smallest, 624. 3 While the tentative quotas in cluded credits for the men each state already has contributed to the armed forces through volun tary enlistments, those quotas will be reduced according to any future voluntary enlistments there may be. Such enlistments might include, for instance, youths from 18 to 21 who may enlist for the regular three-year periods, with parental consent. POPE ASKS U. S. TO AID MISSIONS (Continued From Page One) eve of the observance of "Mis sionary Sunday” by the 118-year old Catholic Society for the Propa gation of the Faith. In speaking of “the kingdom of God on earth” for which Christians pray, he said “this kingdom of peace . . . between peoples and nations of the world is based on an equitable adjustment of differences and on that union that comes with right and order.” “At the present hour men are far removed from this peace,” the popg continued. “The intimate sense of common values, both in the natural and supernatural order, threatens to abdicate from many hearts to opposing principles. “So much more comporting then and inspiring will be your effica cious fidelity to the Catholic mis sionary spirit.” He called upon Americans to open up their purses' liberally to “help rebuild what has been dam aged and to reassure those who are discouraged.” Regions involved in the European war, the pontiff ■ added, would “await with confidence” the Amer ican response. 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