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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
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Food
BY MILO M. THOMPSON

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-R-Do
not send food packages to England.
You will annoy the ministry Of
shipping and probably embarrass the
recipient. He may be questioned on
the theory he is trying to circum-
vent the %rationing laws and the
chances are he'll have to pay more
to get your package out of customs
and inspection than he'd have to pay
for twice it's equivalent in English
foods.
Restaurant menus are not what
they used to be, but here is one
which will erv to illustrate the
present situation. It comes from a
place catering to the newspaper men
of the Fleet street area. Prices have
been converted to the United States
equivalent.
Consomme brunoise .08 pea soup .08
FISH
Fillets of plaice 40
Fried whiting, tartar u AZ
ENTREES
Vienna steak with praised celery SO
Chop toad-in-the-hole 40
Boiled cod, lobster sauce AZ
Sausages and mashed potatoes 80
ROAST
Roast mutton, red currant jelly AZ
VEGETABLES
Cabbage .OS boiled, mashed or
Saute potatoes .08
SWEETS
Plum tart ~ suet roll and
Marmalade ~;
sAVORIES
soft roeS On toast .18
Welsh rarebit f.
Toasted cheese ~ club toast Is
Sardines IN toast ~
BEVERAGES
Coffee .O6
This is a typical menu and, if one
studied it, eloquent Of the food situa-
ton. While it indicates no serious
want, it also shows what r%ationing
dllu JULIUS 1ldV0 OOilS " lllC lOOo olI-
uation.
In pre-war days there were half a
dozen soups on this menu, several of
them ready to serve Today only the
pea soup is freshly made. The con
somme is canned and you wait ter
minutes for it's heating. Uncertainty
of gas pressure and a limited number
Of emergency oil burners lead tt
making as few commitments as pos
sible in this section.
Before wars crimp in offerings, al
least ten or twelve fish courses were
available, including Dover sole
Scotch salmon and the inevitable
broiled herring.
And if you chose, you could hav'
fish followed by entree and then by
roast. Today, under ministry of fooe
orders, you can be served only one
such dish, whether fish or meat.
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GREEK SUBMARINE
SINKS ; VESSELS
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west of Chimara and a great dis
lance from this town the enemy is
defending himself in heavily forti-
fled positions"
Against strong Italian resistance,
the spokesman added, "methodi-
cal' Greek attacks have forced the
Fascists from heights exceeding
5000 feet and compelled them to
put up a running fight to cover
their retreat.
In the region east Of Chimara,
he said, among prisoners taken
was one captain and 'tquite i'm
portant' material, including ma
chine guns and automatic rifles not
yet counted.
East of the Viosa river, the
spokesman reported, 1--WE captured
more prisoners but the exact num-
Der is not yet known"
The submarine, the Papanicolis,
worked in to effective range and
let go all her torpedoes despite
the conveys heavy destroyer es-
cort, the statement said, and then
got back safely to port despite
salvos of depth charges.
Greece has six submarines, &C
cording to James Fighting Ships.
1t lists the Papanicolis as displac-
ing 576 tons on the surface and
carrying a normal compliment OF
80 men. It mounts one 3.9-inch
gun, an anti-aircraft gun and six
torpedo tubes.)
Other Blows Claimed
Other blows were reported on
land. Italian resistance in defense
of Tepeleni, on a junction of roads
leading to the Albanian port of
Valona, was said to be "crumb-
ling"
Reports from the front said that
Greeks besieging Tepeleni won
domination of the town with bay
onet charges and shell-fire and that
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BARDIA POUNDED
BY BRITISH GUNS
Continued from Page One)

communications and fighting space
to have a voice in the peace nego-
tiations which may follow.
Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha, a o r
mer premier and head of the liberal
party, observed that Egypt had
played IAN important role" and
thus "owes it to herself to gather
it's fruits and be represented at the
peace negotiations" In the press it
is stressed that Egypt has faithfully
lived up to her treaty obligations
with Britain.
One phrase of Winston Churchills
recent speech in London-his re-
mark that Egypt was under British
protection''-caused some uneasiness
in Egypt, perhaps because the
Arabic language uses the same word
for ~''protection" and "protectorate."
This was allayed by the embassy's
explanation that the prime minister
vas merely referring to the present
treaty, under which the British have
the right to have troops in Egypt
and assume the obligation of the
country's defense.
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NAILS CONTINUE
RUMANlAN MOVE
CONTINUED from Page One)

and there is drastic curtailment OF
domestic train services to clear the
tracks in both Hungary and Ru-
mania.
Since early this morning travellers
between the two countries found
available services cut to a single
train daily.
Double and triple-tracked lines
from the German-Hungarian frontier
to Rumanian border stations were
damned with trains averaging so
freight cars from the German state
railways. The locomotive of one
train often was only 200 yards be-
hind the caboose of another.
The freight cars carried the ira.
ditional 40 men with full equipment.
Besides guarding against a back
door thrust at Germany such as
Britain attempted at the Darda-
nelles in the last war, the concen-
tration in southwestern Rumania is
expected by Germans to put pres
sure on Yugoslavia and force that
government to accede to German
wishes.
The German masses in Rumania
also are designed to act as a brake
on reported Soviet designs to occupy
Moldavia and the mouths of the
Danube, and to deter Turkey from
implementing her treaty with Brit
ain and increasing her help to
Greece.
30 Red Divisions
The Russians are reported reliably
TO have 80 crack divisions in Bess-
arabia, On the border of Rumania.
And in Turkey today the inspired
newspaper Aksham said the addi-
tional troops which Germany is send,
ing to Rumania would further dam
age" Soviet-German relations.
AS for the Greek affair, reliable
informants here a Hitler agreed
to Mussolini's attack on his neigh
Dor only because he wished to quiet
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
RELEASE OF U. S.
GOODS IS SOUGHT
laps Holding Cargoes In
China And Inspiring
Indo- China Action

HANOI, French Indo-C China, Dec.
60 Sunday - Up The United
e+ates is seeking to break down JAP
,nese restrictions against the move
ment of American merchandise in
rorthern 1ndo-China as we'll as the
Japanese-inspired detention of such
goods in Haiphong and Hanoi, it
was reported today.
The French, announcing receipt
of further vigorous protests from
Washington against the detention
of goods in warehouses intended for
re-export, said that release depends
upon Japanese permission.
1t was understood here that Wash.
ington now is directing its efforts
toward Tokyo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Two Persons Injured
In Automobile Mishap

Two persons were injured slightly
in an automobile accident on the
Wrightsville Beach highway.
They were Christine Coley and
w. Huffman, Jr. They were treated
at James Walker Memorial hospital
and released.
Highway patrolmen said the cou-
pie was hurt when a a in which
thew were riding hit a mule.
Highway patrolmen could not be
contacted for a statement of facts,
being called to another crash. This
one was on the Carolina Beach
road where two cars collided., No
n was injured, according to the
tender of the bridge across the in
land waterway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Prosperity Blamed
For Many Alcoholics

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-F-
People in the United States may
be too prosperous for their own
good, the American Association for
the Advancement of Science was
told today.
DR.. Lawrence Kolb, assistant sur.
geon general of the U. S. public
health service, declared that leisure
and higher income may account
for the greater percentage of acute
alcoholism in this country COM
pared with Great Britain, the
Scandinavian countries, Holland
and Belgium.
"The United States has a high
err death rate from alcoholism than
most European countries, due
probably to the fact that the
people here are more prosperous
and have more leisure in which
to drink he said in the associa-
tons symposium on the alcohol
problem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
JESSE JONES SEES
DROP IN J0BLESS
Continued from Page One)

results in a decade. It can look
forward to 1941 as a year that
will bring further progress and
the advance of our per capita out
put to a new record"
Jones said that the squirt in in
dustry, which he credited pri-
marily to the defense program,
already had taken up some unem-
oloyment slack, and that between
February and October 1900, 900
persons got new non-agricultural
obs.
The better business record, he
said, was shown in an estimate
that income payments to indivi-
duals increased to $74, 900, 600, 900
in 1910, a gain Of 81, 600, 600, 900
over 1899. This was a calculation
of all wages, dividends, rents,
royalties, business profits a n d
similar individual income in the
country. It differs only slightly
from annual national income"
estimates.
In 1910, he added, retail sales
we're about 7 per cent larger.
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62-DECREE Low
RECORDED HERE
Continued from Page One)

low the "a degree mark. Prior to
that, in 1911, on Dec. %, the mer-
curry dropped no lower than 66 de-
grees. But yesterday was the warm
est Dec. % since 1919.
The maximum temperature for the
"A hour period ending at 1880 o'clock
last night was 50 degrees, which
with the 81 degree minimum, gave a
mean of Sc degrees, which was 10
degrees above the At degree normal
mean.
Today is expected to be cloudy and
somewhat cooler and tonight the
mercury is expected to slump to
about As degrees. Moderate to fresh
s%outherly winds are expected to shift
to west and northwest.
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r. ina C. OLIVER

LUMBERTON, Dec. 28.-Mrs.
Ida Campbell Oliver, II, died of
infirmities of age Friday night at
her home IN the Long Branch sec
ton neal here.
Funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
the Long Branch Baptist church,
of which the deceased was a men,
Der. Burial will follow in the Gum
cemetery.
Mrs. Oliver is survived by three
sons, G. B. Oliver, of Long Branch;
G.. w. Oliver of Bennettsville, S. c.
and A. P. Oliver, of Greenville,
N. c.: n brother, Dock Camp
bell, of Tar Heel.
Three daughters, Mrs. Bennett
Barnes, of Lumberton; Mrs. Frank
Taylor and Mrs. Joe Broadwell,
both of High Point; and three Sis
tiers, Mrs. Ezra Freeman, Mrs.
Elmore Billiard, and Mrs. 1. V.
Hooper, all of Lumberton.
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r. C.. PATE

LAURINBURG, Dec. 2S.- B-
Thomas Carlyle Pate, At, postmas-
ter at Gibson, and a World War
veteran, died today after a heart
attack. Funeral services will be
held at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Survivors include his widow,
the former Mildred Breeder of
Bennettsville, S. c.; two daughters,
Misses Corine and Lucy Pate, and
a brother, DR.. J. G. Pate, of Glib
son.
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Col. Montgomery Will
Address Legion Meet

Members of Wilmington Post. No.
10, American Legion and of the
American Legion Auxiliary here will
hear Col. Albertis Montgomery, con-
structing quartermaster for the Will
mington Anti Aircraft Firing Center
Thursday night at the weekly meet
ing of the past in the Sorosis club
house on Third street.
Col. Montgomery, who will be in
troduced by r. B. Page, chairman of
the Wilmington Defense Council, will
speak on the part the ex-service man
and members Of the auxiliary can
play in aiding Wilmington to prepare
for the advent of 10000 soldiers at
Holly Ridge in March.
Members of the Legion and OF the
Auxiliary yere urged last night by
Wilbur r. Dosher, commander OF the
post, to attend the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
World
DICKENS HOUSE

LONDON, Dec. 28.-R-The
house at Ordnance Terrace, Cha
than, in which Charles Dickens
spent part of his boyhood and
met the persons who later in
spired characters for his "Sketch-
es from Boz" and "Our Parish"
was damaged severely by a bomb
in a recent raid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
PRESS

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-R-
The American public has "neVer
been so well informed OH foreign
affairs as at this time of world
crisis" Dewitt Mackenzie, Asso-
ciated Press foreign affairs writ
er, told the convention of the
American Association of Teach
ers of Journalism today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
LONG

BATON ROUGE, La, Dec. 70.
-(R-Many financial irregulari-
ties in the huge $3.50, 00O, 900
highway building program
launched by the late Huey Long
in 1928 were charged today in an
official report to Governor Sam
H. Jones who ordered the inves-
tigation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MANUFACTURERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-tR-
The National Association of
Manufacturers announced today
that in view of the urgency" of
national defense it was settinug
up special subcommittee to
study priorities, prices, produc-
ton problems and to act as a
liasiOn b ct w government
agencies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MARSHALL

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Dec. %.
-R-The No Foreign War COM
mittee announced today that
more than 1000 signatures had
been authorized for use by the
committee on a telegram to be
sent to President Roosevelt urg-
ing that he keep the United
States out OF war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
LA GUARDIA

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-(R-
Mayor F. H. La Guardia, chair
man of the American section of
the United States-C Canadian joint
defense board, said today that
the Committee to Defend Ameri-
ca by Aiding the Allies had bet
ter divide"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
DEFENSE ORDERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-tR
-Borrowin. from British expert
ence, the Wa" department an
nounced today that the policy OF
farming out" arms contracts to
small firms would be applied Wig
orously in this country to dis
tribute the defense load as wide
Iy as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
DIR. r. p. MILES

CLEVELAND, Dec. 28.-R-Dr.
Robert Parker Miles, essayist and
lecturer, died today at IA. DR.. Miles
was religious editor of the New York
Journal about 1898 under Arthur
Brisbane. In that capacity he trav-
eled abroad to interview Pope Leo
XIII and Gladstone, the British
statesman. He later devoted his time
to %1ecturing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MISS BOZIE e. PAGE

CHADBOURN, Dec. 28.-Funeral
rites for Miss Bozie E. Page, 81, Of
the Western Prong community. were
held this morning at II o'clock from
the Western Prong Baptist church
with the Rev. D. G. Myers officiat-
ing. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews of the
deceased, Paul, Harry, W. R., Perry
and c. d. Page and Charlie Single
tary.
She is survived by n brother,
w. o. Page; one sister, Mrs. ]. r.
Singletary, of Clarkton, and several
nieces and nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Negro Worker Crushed
At Lumber Plant Here

. William Evans. 29-year-old negro
of lit North Fifth street, was
fatally injured yesterday morning at
7:45 O'Clock while working at the
Castle Hayne Land and Lumber
company.
At the time he was loading a
freight car a truck backed to
the car, pinning him between the
truck and the car, crushing his
chest.
He died IL hours later.
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he battle had reached a decisive

the battle had reached a decisive
stage"
Under the pounding of Greek
guns, it was said, Italian forts
have been smashed, their artillery
has been drawn back from ele-
waited positions and their morale
has been lowered.
When Greek infantry charged the
Fascist lines with bayonets, one
dispatch said, the Italians retreat
ed, leaving behind prisoners, NOR
tars, machine-guns, rifles, horses,
mules and other war material. l
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f. r.

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-R-
Speakers at the annual conven-
ton of the American Student Un-
ion today assailed the New Deals
national defense policies and de-
clared that the administration
was taking "War measures which
were destructive of progressive
labor legislation"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
HALTED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-(R
The War department halted to-
day what it called "prolonged'
negotiations with the Ford and
Fargo Motor companies for the
purchase of 1883 one-half ton
Army trucks, and called instead
for bids by any manufacturers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
CANAL ZONE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-LR5-
Rep. Pete Jarman DALAI today
characterized as politics" and a
deliberate slur on the admins
tration," the assertion made re-
Gently by a fellow-congressman
that Panama Canal defenses
were Inadequate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
JOBS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-R
The CLIO said today that "those
economists in Washington who
have been predicting for the fall
of 1911 an increased employment
of six million over the fall OF
1910 are less confident in their
assertions"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
COLLAPSE?

CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-(R-The
probable collapse of the pr0leta-
rian movement in Europe vas
predicted today by a scientist,
who asserted that its theology
hadn't "enough stability to last
a long time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
CAMACHO

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2S.-lR
President Manuel Avila CANA
cho won his first test of strength
in the senate today when it ap-
approved three additional SUI
preme court nominations after
they were reported to have been
rejected in caucus yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
PLAY MONEY

KANSAS CITY - Civic organiza-
tions want Kansas City's National
Guardsmen to have a good time at
camp.
Each adopting" a company, nine
clubs presented a luxury fund"
totaling SITS to the 10th Engineers,
to be used for such things as motion
picture rental and purchase Of gym
equipment at Camp Robinson, Ark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
ALUMINIUM

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-R
Assurances that supplies Of
aluminium were ample for the de-
Tense program were given today
by Edward r. Stettinius, Jr., de.
tense commissioner i'm charge of
industrial materials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29

j. l. w. BROWN

Funeral services for Jesse L. w.
Brown, S5-year-old shipbuilder of
Masonboro Sound, were held yester-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
graveside in Bay Church cemetery
by the Rev. Mr.. Pollard.
Pallbearers were w. R. Brown, w.
L. Brown, Louis T. Brown, J. Ray
mond Brown, T. Lester Brown and
Willie Brown.
He is survived by a brother, John
L. Brown, of Myrtle Grove Sound,
three sons, W. T. Brown, of Kin
ston, J.. F. Brown and d. A. Brown,
OF Wilmington, and by four daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Annie Marshburn, of Ra-
leigh; Mrs. Carmen Buck, of Rich
mond; Mrs. Liston H. Lewis, of Will
mington; and Mrs. j. D. Winstead
Of Newport News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-R
- Two democratic senators -
Byrd of Virginia and johnson OF
Colorado - served notice today
they would press for a senate
inquiry into the progress OF ma
tional defense as soon as the new
congress cOnveneS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
DECREE

ROME, Dec. 28.-R-A law
decreeing death penalties for ex-
IRENE cases of food boarding or
destruction of prime materials
and agricultural products be-
came effective in Italy tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
ODDITY

Two fighting deer locked antlers
near Bend, Ore. Coyotes ate the
body of one, but the other escaped,
carrying the head of his antago-
mist with him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
''SURPRISE"

VICHY, France, Dec. 28.-R-
AS a Christmas surprise" for old
Marshal Petain, Frances children
showered him with letters and to-
day the ground floor rooms of the
chief of states residence look like
a post office.
Dozens of emergency secretaries
are working on heaps of letters
1000, 900 of them-piled shoulder
high. Almost every child in un-
occupied France between the ages
of six and fifteen had sent one.
The flood was started by a brief
note to each school in the unoc-
cupied zone suggesting tn the
children send pictures as a Yule
gift to the marshal. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MISS ANNE MUNDS

Funeral rites for Miss Anne
Munds, 81, will be held this after
noon at 3 o'clock from the chapel
of Andrews mortuary, with the Rev.
Mortimer Glover officiating. Burial
will follow in Oakda1e cemetery.
Miss Munds, who had been ill for
many weeks of a cardiac condition.,
was found dead in her bed in the
New York apartment she shared
with her brother. Louis de pAigle
Munds. She was the daughter of the
late ]. Dickson and Martha de
pAigle Munds. Only her brother sur
wives.
Active pallbearers will be: lack
Bell, Walter Storm, Richard Meares,
Fred Poisson, G.. A. Cardwell, and
Bernard O'Neill.
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Superstition prompts maidens to
throw a kiss to the moon to in
sure them a lucky engagement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
r MINNIE CRAIG

Funeral rites for Mrs. Minnie
Craig, Y, wife of c. F. Craig, of
Rocky Point, were held yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Har-
relPs Funeral Home. Interment fol
lowed in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: w. J.
Barnhill, c. c. Wilson, Henry Clark,
Arnold Clark, W. W. Main, L. L.
Guyton, Morris Main and Willie
Futch. Honorary pallbearers were:
DR.. r. j. Williams, Bob Pearsall,
Tom Pearsall, w. W. Pearsall, Titus
Corbett, A. N. Rhodes and S. E.
Wroten.
Mrs. Craig is survived by her hus-
band.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
DORIOT VISITS vICHY

BERN, SWITZERLAND, Dec. %.
Jacques Doriot, strong rightist
leader, paid Vichy his first visit
in months today and was reported
to have pledged his support to Chief
of State Petain.
According to diplomats at Vichy,
Marshal Petain summoned Doriot
and enlisted the aid of his tough
French popular party in an at
tempt to bolster his government
against opposition. l
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-P-The
German radio tonight quoted a re-
port from Vichy, France, that the
French plane shot down near Gil
braltar on Christmas day belonged
to the free French forces of Cen
eral Charles De Gaulle instead of
the French Vichy government.
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De CAULLE ASKS
FRENCH TO FIGHT
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of French Morocco, and his col
~laborators" had returned to Casa
blanca, Morocco, from an official
visit to Vichy.
And in Budapest, informants said
Petain had told the Nazis that if
their terms for a final peace were
unreasonable he would cut North
Africa loose, with General Max
ime Weygand taking a large col
onial army there over to De Gaul-
les Free French forces and NOV
ing against Italian Libya in CO.
ordination with British action from
Egypt.
De Gaulle urged all French lead
ers again to draw the sword which
they have sheathed' and promised
that they ''shall find us by their
side without excluding anyone and
without any thought of ambition"
with the Hun in Paris, Bor-
deaux, Lille, Rheims and Strass-
bourg and with the Italians pre-
tending to dictate their will to the
French nation" he said, ''there
is nothing else to do. than fight
Disclosing that 1000 Frenchmen
soldiers, sailors and airmen-have
died for France since the armistice
De Gaulle exclaimed that Ito treat
with the enemies, to accept their
control, to cooperate with them,
is to betray the fatherland."
The Free French" leader re-
peated his organizations appeal to
all Frenchmen, in. occupied and
unoccupied France, to observe an
hour of hope" New Years day.
BY emptying the streets of their
towns and villages during those
sixty minutes, he said, they would
observe a huge plebiscite of 81
lence' to show the Germans they
still are regarded as enemies.
(The hour set is from 2 to 3
p. m. in unoccupied France and
from 3 to 4 p. m. in occupied
France. Because of the time diff
ference-Berlin time is used in
the occupied area-the observance
would be simultaneous in both re-
gions, from 8 to 9 a. m. E. S. t.