Evening star., 1941-08-29
Doctors 10 ATTEMPT
Removal Of Bullet
To Save LavaI'sLife
Physicions Fear Continued
High Temperature May
Indicate Infection
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated fTess.
PARIS, Aug. 29.-Doctors decided
to attempt an emergency operation
on Pierre Laval late this afternoon
to remove an assassin's bullet from
just below his heart to save his life.
Fears for the life of Laval mounted
as doctors attributed sustained
high temperature to possible infec-
ton in the assassin's bullet wound.
The possibility of peritonitis was
regarded as mortal perial.
Physicians earlier had rejected
surgery as too dangerous and had
ordered the bullet left untouched.
The doctors evidently were anx-
ious as Laval's temperature stayed
at 1922 degrees from early this
morning until 4 o'clock this after
noon.
The sudden turn for the worse oc-
CURED overnight. If the high tenn
perature should prove due to the be-
ginning of an infection, it was point
ed out. vital organs may be affected.
since the bullet is lodged only about
one-tenth of an inch from. Lavals
heart.
Magistrate Excluded.
Because of the danger of disturb
ing Laval the examining magistrate
for Paul Colette. who shot Laval and
Marcel Deaf Wednesday, and the
prosecuting attorney were barred
from the hospital room when they
called before noon.
At the same time, it was learned
that French police had broadened
their counterdrive against opposi-
ton elements to include the empire.
A military tribunal at Meknes,
French Morocco, sentenced two men
to six years at hard labor for IAN at
tack on the external security of the
state" A woman was condemned
to three years in Jail.
The condition of Deat-who also
is one of the top leaders of the
group favoring stronger collabora-
ton with Germany and who was
shot at the same time as Laval-was
declared improved. Deat's tempera-
ture had returned almost to normal.
Fought at Dunkerque.
An investigation of the Caen home
of the assassin, Paul Colette, was
said to have disclosed that he had
fought side by side with British
troops at Dunkerque and had been
evacuated with them to England.
An investigation was carried out
at Colette's home and relatives we're
summoned to a local police station
for questioning.
Police pressed thorough search
for possible accomplices and pushed
complete Investigations of each of
Colette's statements. Three armed
anti-Soviet volunteers arrested yes
| terday were still held.
Authorities feared that others,
like Colette, may have joined the
-Bolshevist legion solely to get
close enough to French leaders IA
voring collaboration with Germany
to harm them.
Former Fascist Member.
1t was learned that Colette at
least formerly was member of the
Fascist Croix de Feu party of Col.
FRANCOIS de la ROGUE. Further
more, there has been no proof that
he had switched over to the Com
munist party.
Nevertheless, it was announced
that Coiette will be tried by the new
Red" section of the appellate court,
set up especially to try Communists,
and that the investigation of the as
sassination attempt still will be
aimed at uncovering possible Com
munisG links.
The Vichy Ambassador to the
occupied zone, Fernand de Brinon,
attacked the American press and
radio today in connection with the
Laval-Deat assassination attempt.
He said in broadcast that the
stirring up of Moscow, London and
Boston radios had done their work"
in bringing about the shooting.