Evening star., 1942-10-19
Unrest
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labor for war industries.
In both Occupied and Unoccupied
France the Nazis were increasing
their pressure, with 500 Gestapo
agents reported assigned the task of
rounding up workers in the Vichy-
ruled zone alone.
Norwegian circles here attributed
the slackening Nazi morale in Nor
way to the severe climate, particu-
larly in the far north; to virtually
no home leaves, fears of being sent
to the Russian front and the cold
shoulder attitude of SO per cent of
the Norwegian people.
Workers Fired on at Athens.
In Belgium, 600 Jews have been
sent to the French coast to labor
on anti-invasion Notifications, the
Belgian news agency reported.
German and Italian troops were
said to have fired on a crowd of
Greek transport workers in Athens.
The number of casualties was un-
disclosed.
The Fighting French news agency
said the Vichy government, unsuc-
cessful in its efforts to recruit
enough workers to satisfy German
demands, had agreed to naturalize
the secret police agents to facilitate
their work.
Pierre Laval's legionnalres and
members of the pro-Nazi French
Popular Front of Jacques Doriot
will cooperate with the Gestapo
men, the agency declared.
Women Also Subject to Call.
This reported move coincided with
an announcement by the Paris radio
that registration of all men between
18 and so for forced labor would
begin today in the unoccupied zone
under a decree issued by the Vichy
government on September 10.
Women between 81 and IS also are
subject to call ito effect all labors
which the government may judge
useful in the higher interests of
the nation"
The Vichy radio, meanwhile,
broadcast a warning to Frenchmen
declaring it was their duty to an
swer German calls for manpower in
order to avoid fresh painful mill
tary action and avert new catastro-
phies."
Laval himself was reported back
in Vichy after an urgent weekend
conference with German officials in
Paris concerning disorders which
broke out last week at Lyon, Cham
berry, Annecy and Amberieu as re-
suit of his efforts to sell his country
men into bondage.
Fighting French sources intimated
Laval was in tough spot, for they
said his efforts to comply with Ger
man demands would only provoke
fresh violence.
Frenchman Executed at Lyon.
A Vichy announcement said one
Frenchman had been executed by
a firing squad at Lyon Saturday for
i, IAN attack against the external Sc
curity of the state" but did not
make clear whether there was any
connection between the execution
and last weeks disorders.
Reports from various sources told
of strong measures being taken by
German authorities in other lands
to put down unrest and meet the
threat of a possible Allied invasion.
In Norway, dispatches from Swe-
den said, the Germans have ordered
all Americans placed under arrest,
presumably to prevent their work.
ing with Norwegian patriots engaged
in sabotage.
Arrest of the Americans began
Thursday, it was said by Reuters
dispatch quoting the newspaper
Handles Tidningen of Goteborg,
Sweden. There was no confirma-
ton of the report in Stockholm, and
no announcement has been made by
the Germans.
Such action by German authori-
ties, it was pointed out, would be
similar to that taken against Amer
leans recently in Occupied France.
Shipping Under Strict Control.
The same sources said all shipping
entering the Norwegian port of Sta
vanger had been placed under strict
control "as a precaution against q
generally-expected allied invasion
or landing"
In Holland the Germans were re-
ported to have executed is more