The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22
Anti-Axis Terrorism Has Spread to Belgium, Hole
 land, Norway Sectors GERMANY CONTINUES
 FRENCH EXECUTIONS French Veterans Sending Torn Pictures of PetaiD
 Back to Former Hero
BY JOE ALEX NORRIS United Press Foreign Editor

United Press Foreign EditoF)
 A ruthless new struggle between Nazi conquerors and Anti-Axis terrorists spread from France to Norway to- day as the United Nations battled to break up Adolf Hitler's preparations for 1942 offensives. The under ground conflict centered in France where the return of Pierre Laval to power and the exc cution of about 90 persons in re- cent days was followed by a Ger man official statement that there had been a "great number of Com munist attacks" on Nad troops.
 The attempt to throw blame for the attacks on the Communists and a report that Laval was preparing to renew wholesale arrests of anti Axis clements on the pretext of fighting Communism were regarded in London as preludeS to the most severe campaign of repression yet launched in occupied Europe.
 The campaign, 1t was believed, was prompted by Hitler's difficulties in mastering strength for new of sfensiveS in Russia and elsewhere and also as a part of the Nazi eff fort to strengthen Western Euro- pean defenses against an Allied attack.
 The terroristic developments were most severe in France but also were reported from Belgium, Holland and Norway, while on the northern front the Films were reported fac- ing increased difficulties because Of strong Russian attacks that Mos COW said had pushed the weakened enemy back on three sectors on the Finnish front.
 Executions Go On
 In France, terrorists killed a ser4 geant, named Roland, of the anti Bolshevik forces mustered in Paris and in retaliation the German oc- cupation authorities clamped down an entertainment curfew until Fri day night. Thirty hostages already have been executed at Rouen. 20 at St. Nazaire, 35 at Calais and several at scattered towns in retaliation for acts of sabotage or terrorism. Eighty others face execution at Rouen tomorrow unless persons who wrecked train and killed A Ger man soldiers are captured.
 The underground fight against the Germans and against Laval ap- peared to be growing, however, and there were reports of sporadic ter rorist outbreaks including the sink ing of a ship at Etapies and the burning of a tanker at Calais.
 Laval, who was believed to be tak- ing over under German guidance the task of crushing opposition in France, conferred with Hitler's agent, Otto Abetz. in Paris at a time when French war veterans were reported sending their decora. tions back to the government by the hundreds in protest against La val's return to power. The British radio also reported that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain had received in the mail hundreds of envelopes containing torn photographs Of himself. Tn Iinoccupied France 1t has been required that every store and cafe display q photograph of the old marshal, usually in the win~ dow.
 Hitler evidently was seeking to crush terrorist activities in connec- ton with his efforts to bolster de- lenses against Q possible Allied in- vasion in the west, but refugee of flcials in London said that sabotage was increasing both in Holland ana
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