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DUGAN, MRS. NELLIE. I wish to ex-
press my gratitude to the relatives, friends
and neishbors OF my late aunt, Mrs
NELLIE DUGAN, for their many kind
nesseS and expressions Of sympathy.
HELEN L. HINES.
MARTIN, MAI. HAROLD ID. We wish to
express our grateful appreciation and
thanks to friends and relatives for their
expressions of sympathy and floral offer
ngs during our recent bereavement.
BEATRICE B. MARTIN AND SONS.
WASHINGTON, COSBY F. We wish to
thank the Rev. SpottSwood, Golden Rule
Club, relatives and friends for their kind
expressions of sympathy and floral offer
ings during our bereavement
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1945-04-08
Memorial Services SET
For Il. W. N. Reid, Jr.

Memorial services for Second It.
William M. Reid, jr., "a, of 1400
Fairmont street NV, who died
February 10 in Italy of acute neph-
Evening star., 1945-04-08
JEROME P. LYNCH, Commander.
RONALD G. TERING. Adlutant

JEROME P. LYNCH, Commander.
RONALD G. THRING. AdJutant.
TRACEY. REBECCA JANE. On Thurs
ecA fz AeT ANE & ' RAcEY Ct p0esH5s staved %e Of
the late NJ. Serst. Augustus Tracey and
mother Of Mrs, Esther T: Reed and Mrs.
her late residence. 26l6 Garfeld st. NV,
where services will be held on Monday,
april ., at | pm: 1nterment ArllnGton
please copyD s.
TYLER, MARY LOUISE. On Thursday,
Aprll ;, l945, at the RESIDENCE Of her aunt,
1923 Euclid Euclid st nv NARY LOU LOUISE SET IY3 y
Thomas and sister of Pvt Lawrence
Lulu iH'fS Bynum aa She also leaves other rela-
tives and friends. Friends may call at
the W, Ernest Jarvis funeral church, 1872
10 Funeral Thursday. April IL at > p m
from the above funeral church, Rev. c.
Hamilton officiating. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
tsEf len1s sssss!y s aesps q Eslaa5 ARs
u UHER Isa Of 5% ,1d sra Ys St s 6s9vsd Mrs OT0hsr 9
Baltzel. Friends NAV call at the Lee fu-
neral home. 4th st. and Mass. ave. ne
nEe Xpf o sst'cs at S De nsp en- PTospse
Hill Cemetery. 3
WARD. W. CLIFTON Suddenly, on
sa'uraay APT / wARn a4 he,oxsd Morh Bfasn
of Mary Agnes Ward and father of Willard
s. and Merrel c. Ward of North Beach
W5rd Of d Md and Ma Ma
Remains resting at his late home. North
Beach, Nd Nd: Services at MOUNT ntaas Harmony non;s
~ N Mount
parted this life on Friday, April 6, 1912
T. E MARsHALL WARREN: Funeral Tues
esboe dsy APr church u ft h and ss
terment Nit. olivet cemetery Relatives
and friends invited. Remains can be viewed
Of Of ". Earl i Better. 1908 Walter st. s.e
at SibIey Memorial Hospital, WILLIAM E
WATSON beloved husband Nta W of San9 Sarah " 4
Luther L aiSH.'' A. Wa Watson and and Mrs. Ida MAJ
Luckett. Services at Chambers, funeral
hSne m At III 10 a z sf en ia cedar A9s
Hill Cemetery.
WILLIAMS, HORACE, Departed this life
Il Hospital: s HORACE Williams Of, i347
nd o Ms M Eanne wams Yf he aad ov
ing stepfather of Bentley watkins. He
also is survived by, sister, Mrs; Chessis sSs
a host of other relatives and friends. .Fu
neral on Monday. April 9. at l pm, from
the John T. Rhines g. Co. funeral home:
3rd and Eye SITS. s.w., Rev. R. N Randall
officiating. 1nterment Payne's Cemetery. 8
WILLIAMS, JOHN GIBSON. On wednes-
day: April A.. 1913. JOHN GIBSON VIII
and friends. Remains may be. viewed at
the Malvan & Schey funeral home New
the church of God, 2O30 Ga. ave. NV,
Monday. April o. 100 pm, Elder L.
Michaux ofhciating. Interment Harmony
Cemetery.
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hGyeSr ana DTOlQeT OF MI SerRt.
mass at Sacred Heart Church, 9Th 'titi st.
and Park rd, NV. on Tuesday. April 10,
at am. Relatives and friends invited. 9
JEFFERSON, GLADYS. On Tuesday.
JEFFERsoN. Beloved s daushteT ter Of dN1oH Ioyes 3
PfaTden; Luvepta sdsmore While y Martin, aHiHs
celle, Edwin and Fletcher Jefferson. She
also leaves other relatives and friends Re-
mains at the w. Ernest Jarvis funeral
cnufch, Az You st. n.W., after : 80 p m
Friday, April 8. Funeral Monday. April
3 : a at Il m n from the above funeral church,
md friends invited. Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery.
LANHAM, DONALD L. Suddenly, on
Sunday to,A April !, 1s42, DoNALD L, Lam
Lanham, devoted brother of Ellsworth and
oeloles Lanham grandson of Mrs. Frances
Lanham and Mrs Margaret, Scott; He
and many friends. Funeral from his late
residence, l012 Delaware ave. s.w.. Mon
oaS Ap5 s. at Reg Whiting
Arrangements by Barnes Matthews. s
LARKIN. MARCIA AVALON. On Fri
gay gay 5t Apr 1s2 At her residenes s914
beloved mother Of Catherine Rose Larkin'
home; 254 Carroll st.. Takoma Park, b.
pm Body will lie in state in church
fr.m l until pm. Relatives and friends
ton Memorial Cemetery
LITTLEFIELD, HENRIETTA. On satur-
day' eity Ai. Aprn 4 1g45 at & &GeorgetoMn unyeE
the beloved mother Of Mrs - cara raf Ea HeaIy
and Jerome K. LittlefeId. Services at
eham5ers, chg n Georsetown funeral home; 31st
8 pm 1nterment private. 9
LoEFFLER. ANNA LOUISE. On Friday,
April 6, 1915, ANNA LOUISE LOEFFLER
nee ao Huebnerl. beloved wife of William
At 10 am. Relatives and friends M invited
lnterment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 9
AM MiAIHEN9. 7 ny NENA AN, M; On Wednesdsay,
n: sMATHENY. beloved Wife Of Of SAHA j. 4.
Matheny 6o, Memorial services at her late
some' 66oI lst St; NV, on Sunday. April
Va, on Monday, April 8, at 11:3O am. 8
McNEIR. CHARLES S. On Sunday, April
l; iS45; IA at San Francisco, Calf. formerly
W s. ARti ReNE1R 1MRashefson beoSed
SERVICES at the Lee funeral home, 18th st.
at 10 am Interment GlenWood ' cemetery n y
Kindly omit flowers.
MERRYMAN, OLIVER P. On Friday,
April s, l945. OLIVER, P. MERRYMAN,
Funeral services from 'e the W william Ma1i'Gad cook
funeral home, Baltimore, Md, on Tuesday.
April 10, at 3 pm. Interment Loudoun
Park Cemetery. Baltimore, Md.
MILLER, CHARLES H. Suddenly. on
Friday, April g, 1945, CHARLES H. MIL
father of Susie Miller Bufkins and Sarah
Dixon and father-in-law of John Dixon.
Funeral on Monday, April 8, at IL 30 pm,
etery.
MONTFORT, LOUIS BOLDUC. On Fri
day, April 8. 1945. at Doctors Hospital,
LOUIS BOLDUC MONTFORT of 5121
Broad Branch I'd. NV, husband of Flor
ence Schneider Montfort and father of
Florence Bolduc Montfort and Mary Os-
nsntFfst ie Presbyterian church Gnu Is 18th I9xe and
N sts. NV, on Sunday, April g., at 8
pm. Interment (private) in Arlington
National Cemetery. 8
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AtteSted.
JOHNSTON R. ZIMMERMAN, Secy

BAER. BENoIT. On Friday April 6,
1a45, BENOIT BAER, brother of the late
Adolphe, AlphonSe and Maurice Baer, and
Bobette Dreyfuss, and uncle of the, late Moe
A. Baer joseph D. Dreyfuss and Ben D.
DreyfuSs. He also is survived by SIX
nieces. Rebecca D. Kaufman Edna Drey-
fuss, Mrs. Morris Wolf Of Savannah, Ga;
Mrs. Ernest Mas of Tampa; Fla; Mrs.
Rita Straus OF Baltimore. Md, and Mrs;
Alma Young; nephews, Milton, DR.. Bernard
A. and David A. Baer. Remains resting at
his late residence, 1896 Columbia I'd. NV:
until pm. Saturday, April T.. Funeral
services at the Bernard Danzansky Son
funeral home on Sunday. April s, at IL 80
m. Interment prlVate.
Evening star., 1945-04-08

.4l2 lst st. NV, FANNIE DoUGLAS. the
devoted wife of the late Frank Douglas
and loving sister of Mrs. Oatney Amber
Other relatives and friends also mourn
her departure. Remains resting at the
John T. Rhines & Co. funeral home. :;rd
md ! Sts. sw. Notice of funeral later. 8
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Legal Notice
STATEMENT of the Owner

STATEMENT of the Ownership,
Management, Circulation, etc.
Required by the Act of Congress
of March 5, 1888
Of the Jackson Advocate. publish
ed weekly at jackson, Miss. for the
year 1945.
State of Mississippi
County of Kinds
Before me, Notary Public in
and for the State and county
aforesaid, personally appeared Per-
cy Greene, who, having been duly
sworn according to law, depoSes
and says that he is the Owner
Editor and Manager of the Jackson
Advocate, and that the following
is. to the best of his knowledge and
belief. true statement of the
ownership, management, ETC., of the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, re-
quired by the Act Of August "a,
1912, embodied in section All, Pos
tai Laws and Regulations printed
or the reverse of this form, to wit:
/. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor. managing
| editore4and business managers are:
Publisher: Percy Greene, jack
son. Miss
Editor Percy Greene, Jackson,
Miss.
Managing Editor: Percy Greene,
Jackson, Miss.
Business Manager: Percy Greene,
Jackson, Miss.
2. That the owner is: Percy
Greene.
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mortgages, and other security
holders owning or holding l per
cent or more of total amount OF
bonds, mortgages, or other securi-
ties are: None.
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Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 29th day of Oct. 1945. :.
WALTER WILLIAMS,
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
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AG8!A G8s1E|!A n
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violates the law in this connection
can be put to jail and fined heavily.
You don't have to register every
month ror every year. If you have
not registered in 1898 and register
now, your papers will be good until
1948. If you registered in 1898 or
since that time, your papers are
also good until 1948 If you move or
have lost your papers you should
aDrly at the county couI thOuse in
which you now live and have
rapers transferred or re-issued 20
you.
You nave a registration certifi-
cate or paper to be eligible to vote,
The law requires it Furthermore,
the law requires that you must
have registration papers at least
thirty days before the election you
wish to vote in take place.
Today a registration certificate
in South Carolina represents the
badge of the Negro determined 10
make his world better. If you don't
have one then you are not helping
The program Everybody can't be
a leader or president of an organi-
zation. But every Negro CAN help
the fight in his own way No
better way is known 1han for you
to get registered now and to see
to it that every eligible member in
your family is registered
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Your Government,
How 1t Is Operated

Last week we saw how our govern
nent is divided into 1. Federal g.
State County AND City or
Town We saw further how each
of these is controlled by three sub
divisions, namely administrative,
judicial and legislative
Since this coming Monday Is re-
gistration day throughout South
Carolina and so much confusion
exists over what is required to re-
eister les's hold over discussion on
the governments divisions this
week and talk about the all i'm :
rortant matter Of registering
Our state constitution became eff
feGtive in 1893. r. offers registration
certificates to all property owners
whc oWE property Geal estate)
valued at $500 or more. and who
have paid al, taxes. Citizens in
this class need only take their last
tax receipt up to the registration
board the first Monday in the
month, show it to the officials
2nd ne is supposed (by law to be
issued certificate to vote without
a single question as to his edu-
cation, etc.
Eut the constitution doesn't
limit voting privileges to only land
holders For the plain reople who
own no property. the constitution
asks that they he able to read and
write in order to hold a voting
certificate And it also outlines the
Necessary r1oof so as to prevent
nulQerous tricks and schemes.
For the non land holders the
law asks that when they apply for
voting certificate, thcp prove they
car read and write oy reading
any section" of the constitution
of South Carolina before the
officials
This doesn't mean you have to
read and write the entire consti-
tuition Most boards have you to
read three or four lines and write
about as many.
Any registration official who
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
For Postwar Prosperity: Higher Wages
(From OXFORD EAGLE, Oxford, MississippD

the future? There is growing conviction that poverty
need not be the of of the most favored sections of
this country But must change the old preceps over
throw old policies discard reasoning that has kept us
behind in the past.
One of the main why the South has not been
able make the that should is the tendency on
the part of the wealthy and influential people of this
ton to insist that aborers be paid than starvation
wages.
Most certainly the South will remain poor if it
tnues to paw so little it allows citizens only sufficient in
come to purchase the bare necessities of life.
Our greatest handicap to promising postwar era
lies in the fight make bitter protest from
many enrenched interests, insisting that there be
no we'll balanced and sustained prosperity unless the work
ing receives than the starvation he has
been grudgngy allowed in the past.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Fugitive Wins Delay In
Fiqht Against Extradition

been imprisoned at the Essex
county iail.
AFRAID y F TERM
"I'll spend the balance of my
life in Jail, if they don't kill me-"
be said. "That's what Pm afraid
of, because l made trouble for
them, they will send me TO the
road gang. | would not have a
possible chance"
Funds for his defense are be-
ing raised through the Herman
Powell Defense committee, 129
w. Market St., here. His lawyer,
Atty. Thomas Potter, was joined
by Fred R. Clark, editor and
publisher of the New Jersey Re-
corder. and Irvine l. Turner, a
well-known singer and vice chair
man of the defense committee, in
the drive for funds to finance
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Health Drive Shows
16 Pct. With Syphilis,
BIRMINGHAM. Ala-(SNSl-

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(SNS)-
Sixteen percent of 10,141
colored residents in Richiand county
tested during the countrywide
campaign to eliminate syphilis
gave positive showing, DR. Joseph
M. Chisolm of the State Depart
ment Of Health said Tuesday in
a preliminary statement of results.
The 16 percent for Negroes is
nearly eight times the 2.5 percent
showed by the 1881 white persons
the overall report surprised health
authorities who expected the per-
centageS to be much larger. based
on a Selective Service report of
South larolinians which placed
the percentage of SyphiliticS at 25I
for Negroes ard four for whites.
The Richland report can meanI
cne of two things: that since only
men are involved in the SelectiveI
Service findings men are more fire.
quent carriers of the disease thar
women or, that Richland county's!
Infection of the disease is less thar
that for the state.
A total of 1912 persons were
tested during the drive, DR..
Chisolm said, and a total of 444
case of gonorrhea. OF the cases
l87 were among Negroes and 157
among whites All of them treat
ed, 338 by the county clinic and
LOG by private physicians.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
RITZ THEATRE
MONDAY-TUESDAY NOV. Sc
"CAN'T HELP SINGING"

With Deanra Durbn Robt. Paige Akin Tamiroff
Birdie and Beast News
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03

powell's defense.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03

NEWARK, N. J. = (ANP) -
Herman Powell, 80 year-old
Georgia fugitive, won a delay
here Friday in his fight against
cxtradition to a Georgia prison
where he escaped after serving
year of life sentence for the death
of a white woman in an automo-
bile accident on March 16, 1941.
The case will be heard on New.
%.
Supreme Court Justice Donges
granted a rule to show cause why
a writ of ceritorari should not be
issued to review a June 29 order
of Judge Richard V. Hartshorne,
common pleas court, who fixed
Oct. 19 as the date for final
disposition of the case.
Since his arrest here by New
Jersey police last May Powell has
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Mrs. FDR Says us.
Must Start At Home

WASHINGTON, D. G. (NNPA)-
Building Of friendly relations
throughout the world, on the part
of America, would have to begin
at home, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
old the initial session of the How
ard University Forum last We'd
resday night when she spoke in
Rankin Memorial Chapel to an
overflow audience.
Piled with questions concerning
poll tax repeal, the atomic bomb
military training, and the Fair
Employment Practice Committee,
she gave straight forward answers
apparently satisfactory to her
audience.
This beginning OF friendly rela-
tionS, she declared, must be based
on acceptance of the doctrine of
equality and dignity of all human
beings, and recognition of the fact
that they are entitled to the op-
portunity to grow and live in an
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
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for his life charged with fatally
shooting Roosevelt Sykes lin the
back" in the New Home Hotel on
May IT,
Mr.. Rogers previous to his mis-
trial question asked, Wasn't
Roosevelt known as a Big N--r?"
Judge Morrow morethan once repi
The State objected vigorously
rimanded Mr.. Rogers for 'improp-
er" court conduct.
Deputy Solicitor Cecil Deason,
recently discharged veteran, is
State prosecutor. He handled the
cross-examination of witnesses.
CIVIC IMPORTANCE
The case is regarded as of civic
Importance because of the circum-
stances surrounding it and subse-
quent developments.
1t is believed tn at the stool
pi3eon system" allegedly respon-
sible for the large number of un-
punished Negro slayers of Negro
citizens hangs in the balance in
this case.
An indication IN support of this
is the fact that the state before
it rested Monday did not place the
two investigating detectives on the
stand. Second, the clothes the dead
man was wearing were allegedly
burned up by an undertaken after
being ordered held for evidence
Theodore Double Duty Radcliffe
Chicago resident, alleged eye-wit-
ness to the Staying, repeatedly came
back to testify when the case was
first set October 8, but disappear
ed.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03

atmosphere where that opportuni-
ty is possible.
Asked what ought to be done
with man like Senator Bilbo
Democrat, of Mississippi, "who is
not upholding the Constitution, -
Mrs Roosevelt replied that his
failure to uphold the Constitution
must first be proved. Then Con-
gress might IDEAL with it, she
said.
Passage of legislation to create a
permanent FEPC, while desirable,
will not wipe out all race dis
elimination unless the people are
thoroughly behind the measure,
she said.
During her formal address, Mrs.
Roosevelt said America cannot
win the peace Unless it has true
democracy and economic security
at home before trying to sell these
principles to other nations.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03

sideration on the agenda, although
the organizations press section is
reported to have issued formal
statement including FEPC as a pro
posed item as long ago as August
TOWNSEND ALTERNATE
what we have DONE" Silvey ex-
planned. was to include Negro in
the CIO delegation. Through him
it will be possible to get the SUBJ
ject before the delegates.
Willard S. Townsend, president
of the United Transport Service
employees of America and member
of the CIO executive board, has
been named an alternate on the
CIO delegation. In the list made
public along with the agenda, Town
sends is the only name of Negro
participating in the conference
which is being jointly sponsored by
Secy. of Commerce Henry A. Wal
lace and Secy. of Labor Lewis b.
Schewellenbach.
In the scope Of representation,
alternates have been selected
equal in number to and and in the
same manner as the delegates
not have voting power in the con-
ference but may be called upon to
themselves. These alternates will
speak at the request of their prin-
cipals. Alternates shall serve on
conference committees with t h e
right to vote.
STACEY CHAIRMAN
The chairman OF the conference
will be IAN eminent private CIT
zen" Already selected for the job
is Judge Walter P. Stacy of North
Carolina. Judge Stacy is chairman
of the special committee that was
appointed by former President
Roosevelt to digest the directives
of the FEPC against a collection
of southern railroads accused CT
discriminatory treatment of Negro
tiremen.
Open sessions of the conference
are to be held on the first two days
and at such other times as the eX-
ecutive committee and chairman
may decide. A daily press confer
ence 5 to be -leld at which the
proceedings of the various commit
tees and any conference session
will be summarized
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Townsend To
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sideration on the agenda, although
the organizations press section is
reported to have issued formal
statement including FEPC as a pro
posed item as long ago as August.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
For Postwar Prosperity: Economic
Opportunity For All

(From NEWPORT NEWS PRESS Newport Jews, Va.)
1t should be plain enough that the future progress and
economic security of the region depends upon raising the
economic and social staIdards of the large Negro popua
ton The South cannot prosper with half of its popua
tion substandard and dependent
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

The Incredible Dictatorship of +he Seif.Worshipine
Admiral Who Believed Himself Another RieheTeu
and Governed by Whm and Torture Until
VI Uncle Som Took Hand
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

something Robert did probably TO impress his sub
Jects with his power He not only received com
nanderS of Nazi submarines in the palace but
permitted himself 10 be overheard complimenting
them on their good work" That was the last
straw and soon the dictator heard there were signs
OF a sklllfully managed underground His spies
were being thwarted and sometimes killed
The Cross of Lorraine, symbol of the Free
FRENCH began 10 be chalked walls getting stead
lly nearer 10 the palace and finally reaching it,
Two mornings later Robert, glancing at his bath
room MIRROR went into fit of rage. Someone.
with soap, had marked the cross on il
That was bad enough but worse shock was
waiting. The admiral descended 10 his rose garden
10 cool Off and instead his blood began TO boil
more furlously than ever. There was not a single
rose left in the entire garden.
Here was lese majesty! Here was treason, Here
was blow aimed not only his love affairs
but unquestionably at his very life,
lie fairly screamed at his secret police heads:
The man who marked that mirror could have
knitted me in my sleep He's the same scoundrel
without doubt, who dcsecrated my rose garden,
Drop everything until you find him
They obeyed to the Decentralization of the palace
staff, among them, Colonel Sarrat formerly Aide de
Camp of Marshal Lyautey, who won Morocco for
France. The suspicious questioning of this man
caused him to hasten a decision slowly growing in
his mind, TO go to the underground One dav
he remarked 10 his worried superior:
1T is obvious that the mark was made by some
one who lives in the palace and your secret police
could find him, if they wanted TO-" -
Gould you find him?" asked Robert
I'D like few days TO try" the reply, and
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

Iheartler response than Roberts Certainly he
would obey orders Loyalty and see that everyone
else did-or else. This was all Vichy needed to
know and thereafter he could do no wrong as far
|aS they were concerned
The officers Of Roberts armed forces had about
made up their minds 10 defy the Vichy government
fand depose the babbling old man when he sum.
fnoned them 10 the palace. This would be a good
opportunity TO do il, but first they would listen
20 ms babble. Instead, what they heard was short
Fand realistic, the speech OF dictator.
Nov that France had surrendered Germany could
not lose the war, which seemed like an OBJ
ous truth at the time. He said that all the higher
officers in France had taken the oath OF allie.
glance TO Vichy because otherwise they would be
raitOrS and such not shot must become
Starving pariahs without pay or retirement pen
fions. This was not true but his listeners did not
know II. He ended by asking If they would follow
ne example OF their brother officers be animals
There seemed no choice but 10 submit War
fens and guards OF the prisons felt the same way
|S did everyone else except regiment of SenegaleSc
fuartercd In Guiana. These COorcd soldiers are
the ficrccst fighters in the French army
HuNobcrt divided the regiments strength by scat
|ering its companies in various colonies.
For a long time Robert was a dictator almost
|s unchaengcd as Hitler, in spite OF news that dc
iaullc and others had set up a Free French Gov
rnment in England and underground in France
both of which called the ViChyiteS traitors"
In spite of Roberts Gestapo Free French agents
Uttered into Martinique 10 organize underground
mere put at first, made no progress
The spark which put life into the revolt was