Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1947 — Page 18

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Laval Banned Demand - Of Nazis to Declare War on u.s., Britain

Memoirs Also Reveal Rejection of Alliance

Offer by Hitler After Africa Invasion By JOSEPH W. GRIGG, United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Nov. 21—Pierre Laval, Vichy premier of France during the German occupation, threw down two Nazi demands for a declariition of war against the United States and Great Britain and rejected a military alliance offer by Adolph Hitler after the Allied invasion of | North Africa in November, 1042, his memoirs assert, This disclosure constitutes one of the highlights of Laval's memoirs | to be published here posthumously in February under the title, “Laval far as a declaration of war against | Speaks.” the British and Americans, If the Its publication just over two French government takes such a! years after Laval's execution was clear position, Germany is ready to expected to prove a major political march with it through thick and sensation in a France torn more thin.” than ever by political feuds. Laval described how, the next a First Installment Today he was summoned to Munich, where he turned down Hitler's dema The Laval defense will also be serialized in the mass circulation i! WAS repeated, he said, on Nov,

weekly. "Prenee Dimauche” with he form of Foulhrie the first Installment. appearing 10- Nazis would denounce the existing Laval was sentenced to death py Armistice and treat France like a a French high court of justice, conquered land. Oct. 9, 1945, after a stormy trial| Again, Laval said, Lie refused. Adduring which he walked out three mitting that in 1940 and 1941 he betimes to protest the attitude of his lieved that the Germans, still allied state-appointed judges, (with Russia, would win the war, The defense he never actually Laval took each charge against him delivered and which now is made 4nd replied in great detail, His main defense was that by

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PHILADELPHIA; Nov. 21—-Would ence whether the book is-dull or inyou be tiredsif you read for six teresting. \ hours at a stretch? Would you be|. The conclusion was based on ‘a more tired if you read from a photographic record 15 miles long printed book or from projected showing -every blink of the" eve, microfilm? |every pause, during the six-hour Surprising answers to these ques- reading. No sign of fatigue showed tions were reported to the Ameri-/up at any time. Neither was there can Philosophical Society here by any change in the comprehension of President Leonard Carmichael of the meaning. ” Tufts College, The experiment’ was conducted There is no measureable fatigue by Président Carmichael and Prof. even after two six-hour periods of Walter F. Dearborn with a Humber: reading either from a book or from of associates. 'micrdtiim, Students in the. college did tol And it doesn't make any differ- reading,

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in his cell at Fresnes jail while he awaited trial Laval was executed by a firing squad Oct, 15, 1945, after narrowly failing to kill himself by swallowing poison which had lost most of its strength, “Don’t Accept Sentence” It was learned he had carried | this poison on his person for three years, Including the time he was summoned to Munich by Hitler in|

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remaining: at the head of the French government, he was able wo prevent Germans from committing greater excesses against France, He claimed to have hampered the Nazi persecution of Jews, free to have about the release of thousands of French war prisoners {and to have acted throughout in the hope of obtaining a peace settle- | {ment which would leave France and her empire intact.

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