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PABIS THiCFIKATOtES: Thursday. SUNEJSE: Saturday, 7:12 m. 57, low 34. EAST TEXAS: Cloudy to partly cloudy Friday and Sat- araay with occasional light rain on lower coast; warmer Friday nlsht except on lower coast warmer in east and south port.onn Stimlay. Gentle to fresh mostly and southeast winds the coast.

OKLAHOMA: Fair and warmer Friday Saturday partly cloudy. Full Leased Wire Associated And Local News AND THE DINNER HORN) FINAL EDITION NOVKMBEE 8 31 51 61 7j 14 1 15 1 17 1 Ml 23 24' 25 VOL. 72 NO. 178 PARIS, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 29, 1940 EIGHT PAGES ESTABLISHED 1863 Claim Double Sea This Day And Time By W. N.

F. Mexican Incident HTHE INCIDENT AT Mexico City, in which some 150 to 200 persons described variously as women, students and children staged a demonstration in front of the American Embassy, regarded only as a manifestation dissatisfaction of a minority at the outcome of the recent Mexican election. After it is analyzed, it can be seen that the demonstration was not so much against the United SUtes and its Vice-President- elect, Henry A. Wallace, as it was against the new Mexican President, Gen. Manuel Avila Camacho True, the demonstrators shouted against Wallace, and distributed handbills declaring the sovereignty of Mexico is endangered.

Just how this could be so i certainly vague at best, for th' United States has no desire or in tent to deprive Mexico of her sovereignty. There will be some who wil feel inclined to believe that th Mexico City incident is the resul of hot-headed Latins who ar anxious to demonstrate at th slightest provocation for thei candidate, Almazan. These ma have reason for their belief, fo it has been suggested before tha the temperament of the people Mexico is different from that the Amercian people, who ar more inclined to accept the resu of an election for what it shows and without serious protest. All these things will be said, and more, too. This is to be expected as a natural aftermath of such an outburst in which officers were compelled to brandish, their pistols and to discharge tear gas into the crowd in order to disperse it.

But so far as constituting a serious menace to the feeling of friendship between the United States and Mexico, this seems hardly likely. Predict Accident Toll To Six Parisians Hurt Exceed 1939Mark By 2,000 A fo Accident; Nation Must Cut Death Average By Fourth During Dangerous Holidays to Tie Figure CHICAGO (fP) The National, ward for three reasons, the coun- Safety Council predicted Friday, cil said: (1) Bad weather and that the nation's 1940 traffic toll would exceed last year's, possibly bv as much as 2,000. "Heading into the dangerous Christmas season, America has a 10-months' toll of 27,360 deaths, compared with 25,750 in the same period of 1939, the council said. In October occurred 3.560 deaths, four per cent more than the 3,420 in the previous October, the report added. Traffic deaths for the remainder of the year must be cut one- fourth to bring the total down to the 32.600 of 1939, the council reported, adding that this "is Im- impossible in the face of current trends unless every driver and pedestrian makes it a personal responsibility to avoid traffic tragedy." The December traffic toll, usually the year's worst, zooms up- slippery roads; (2) Darkness during evening rush hour traffic) swollen by Christmas shoppers; and (3) more drinking during the holiday season, plus hurry, confusion and excitement.

The nationwide death increase during the last two months can be blamed on rural areas, the council said, since cities of 10.000 or more population had a favorable record for the second successive month, reporting six per cent fewer deaths than in October, 1939. Bridgeport, with a population of 147.300, was the largest city reporting a perfect October record. Dallas replaced Jersey City as leader in death reductions for large cities for the 10 months, with a cut of 42 per cent from 1939. Jersey City had a 40 per cent reduction. FROM Nazi Ships Finally Start Attempt To Slip Blockade TAMPICO, Mexico.

(JP) wald carried a crew of 53, the Officials Embarrassed Mexico city officials were naturally upset at the show of unfriendliness directed against the Vice-President-elect of the United States, come to Mexico to represent his government at the inauguration of Camacho. Their embarrassment is easily understood. Turn the situation around- Imagine such a show against a representative of the Mexican government in our national capital. Patently these Mexican'of- ficials are not to blame. They cannot prevent a few people, aroused for whatever cause, demonstrating to their heart's content.

The Vice-President-elect seems to be taking the proper attitude in the 'whole matter. He has nothing to say, which, from this distance, appears exactly as should be. Wallace himself was subjected to no personal unpleasantness, and for him to make any statement in any way criticizing the people involved in front or the Embassv would be unbecoming a man of his high station in American public life. If there is reason for formal protest to this government, it will be forthcoming. And if it is proffered, it will be accepted in the spirit in which it is offered.

This government, and the people who live under it. have no cause for unfriendliness German merchant ships, apparently bent on an attempt to run th'i British blockade, steamed coit to sea Thursday blowing their whistles as they slipped down the Panuco River. The Idarwald entered the open sea, sailing eastward at 8:19 a. while the Rhein followed several miles in her wake. They had found haven here since early in the war.

Both ships were reported carrying limited cargoes of fuel and provisions. The crews stood on deck waving and shouting "adios!" to workers on the river docks as they slipped out on their venture. Some ships in the harbor whistled farewell. The Rhein reached the open sea about 9 a. m.

The Idarwald's name had been painted over, but the Rheiri's was clear. The Idar- Greeks Understate Battle Victories Writer Says Booty, Prisoners Exceed Claims From Athens CTh" follotvinir rl ispatrh a veriflcsitiin thnt Pocr A 1 ban inn town 20 mi! OR north of ritsa. has capture! by th" I's capture ha- not claim' 1 rially in Athen in r.on-lon. at that tlnr- only that lorces h'irl "overshot" it.) rnrmnanrl By PETER TOMPKTNS POGRADETZ, Albania (Via Athens) official com- muniques have been on the conservative side both as regards Abbett Couple, Mrs. Htckman, Three Boys Suffer Injuries One Bonham man was killed nd seven persons, including six rom Paris, were injured, two se- in an automobile accident one mile east of Bonham at 11 o'clock Thursday night.

Killed instantly was Grady McCulloch, 45, passenger in a car from Bonham, and brother of Mrs. George Estes, 153 W. Sherman, All Parisians injured in the accident were removed to local hospitals shortly after noon Friday. Mrs. Hickman was taken to St.

Joseph's Hospital for X-rays and treatment. No statement on her condition could be had at 3 p. m. It was learned, however, that Dr. Scott Hammond, attending physician, had ordered X-rays taken of her knees, forearms and head.

Officials at the Sanitarium of Paris Abbett both hands, her Strong Italian Base Of Pogradetz Captured By Greeks Stronghold Lies 30 Miles Within Albanian Territory By The Associated Press A battle between British and German destroyers in the English Channel early Friday brought conflicting claims of victory, while in the 33-day-old Balkan war, it was established that the Greeks are in possession of Pogradetz Italy's stronghold in the West, 30 miles inside Albania. An A.ssociatcd Press correspondent with the Greek Army sent out the first on-the-spot verification of Pogradetz' fall, writing his dispatch on a typewriter abandoned by an Italian officer. England's teeming port of Liverpool, on the Irish Channel, suffered a terrific night assault in which the Germans said hundreds of Nazi bombers set fires visible for many miles. In the battle of. destroyers, the London Admiralty acknowledged THE TUNE CHANGED THURSDAY NIGHT is reported at 3 p.

m. that Mrs wag but Dett had received fractures of r00 hnt pnomv re- right knee sncl right ankle, and bruises about her chest. Besides a slight brain concussion, Jimmy Miles suffered a fracture of his left hand. Doctors had not finished X-raying Abbett at the time the report was made. At Bonham hospital, these injuries were reported: Luke C.

Abbett, Paris, driver of the Paris automobile, and Mrs. Abbett were seriously injured. Mrs. James F. Hickman, passenger in The Abbett car, received that "the enemy units re tired at high speed" toward Brest, on the Nazi-held French coast, and that "damage was inflicted on the enemy." Floods Threaten Greater Damage Brazos, Trinity Spread; WPA Offices Authorize Repairs HOUSTON, Texas.

More Rhein 45. There was no evidence thai eith3r ship was carrying Dart oE the heavy cargo of provisions anc fuel which they took on at Orino co prior to their frustrated sally earlier this month. Neither the Mexican gunboa Durango nor ships of the Ameri- RECK, Page 2, Col. 6 can neutrality patrol were visible from th2 shore, but they were believed standing by, 1'arther out at sea. Both ships filled all clearance requirements with the Mexican government Thursday night.

The Idarwald gave Vigo, Spain, as her destination and the Rhein said she was headed for Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands. These ships were among four which tried unscccessfully to dash to sea Nov. 15, turning back when sighted warships offshore which they believed to be British. Later it developed that United States destroyers had been on neutrality patrol in those waters. The crew of one of the ships in the earlier dash, the Phrygia, scuttled her.

The fourth vessel, the Orinoco, was undergoing repairs at her moon-ings ten miles down the Panuoco this morning. She developed engine trouble in the Nov. 15 attempt. May Plot Rendezvous There was speculation in connection with both Friday's sailing and that of two weeks ago that the ships might be planning to keep a rendezvous with German war vessels. Three United States neutrality patrol vessels were visible Thursday, several miles off shore, but it was too dark this morning to tell if they were still there.

The Mexican gunboat Durango had orders to escort the vessels outside Mexican territorial wat- Italian casualties and the amount dear day was prorn se d. of booty taken. In every Albanian village and all along the coastal sector through which I have traveled to this little settlement 20 rni'es north of Koritza, I was amazed by the number of trucks, motorcycles toward Mexico, nor is any cause and guns uttering the roadside, to now being sought. 1 Of course, someone is certain to raise the question of expropriation of American oil 'This is a problem which may never be settled, and if it is settled it hardly seems likely it will be settled to the full satisfaction of all concerned. But the people of the United States are more or less inclined to let bygones be bygones, and no doubt the unpleasantness caused by this action on the part of President Cardenas will be forgotten in time.

In spite of all other elements involved, there is a danger in- say nothing of the quantities of war materials already collected by the Greeks. I can also understand now why See GREEKS, Page 2, Col. 3 ers. The weather was a calm and There was no explanation from German officials concerning the ships' movements. 21 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS damage was threatened Friday as the lower Brazos and Trinity Rivers continued to spread out, but generally flood danger appeared to be past in Texas.

In this hard-hit area, the San Jacinto River was receding and other areas in Central and East Texas were back on even keel. The weather bureau forecast a further rise along the Brax.os from Old Washington to the Gulf of Mexico but G. W. Perry of the State Highway Department said he did not believe damage would be nearly so great this time because precautions had been taken. repair a under way.

Many homes remained under water in the lowlands of Harris County and Red Cross relief work was going forward. Traffic from here to Baytown. Pclly and Goose Creek continued by bus relay at the washed out section of the bridge. The Brazos spread out between Richmond and its mouth at. Freeport but little damage pected.

The second crest of the Brazos was bearing down on Hemp.stead The Trinity continued to inundate many more acres of Liberty County lowlands. State WPA offices at San Antonio authorized emergency floor; repair projects in Montgomery Washington, Colorado, Waller anc Anderson Counties. Vessels Pursued As the German destroyers fled, the London communique saich they were "pursued by our forces." Berlin reports said the German destroyers torpedoed two British destroyers and sank four other vessels in an attack near the English coast at the Atlantic end of the English Channel. The Germans said their craft cturnecl unscathed after the fight. The furious assault on Liverpool nt waterfront warehouses, docks, grain silos and oil another to the engthening list of British ports combed recently, among them Bristol, Plymouth and Southampton.

Britain's chief western port, Jverpoo! is the shipping center of the densely supplied industrial midlands and a vital artery for sea-borne supplies to the island kingdom. While Londoner? underwent their hour under air raid alarm, with German raiders stabbing sporadically at the empire U. S. Vice-President Elect Henry A. Wallace was roundly jeered Thursday night in Mexico City.

The incident was the first unpleasant one in the long journey from Laredo. Typical of other receptions was that at Monterrey where they were given a gay welcome (above) and showered with confetti throughout a four mile ride. Italians Take Another Notch In Belt, But Industry Has To Have Essentials capita! London again by daylight. Mail raised the the suggestion that a new "mystery weapon" is being triod out against Nazi night bombers. 'Mystery Weapon' The newspaper said London observers had noted a weird blue- white beam of flashing in the sky during anti-aircraft barrages, cutting across the rays of See WAR, 2, Col.

2 Wallace Jeered In Mexico City Police End Pro-Almazan Demonstration With Tear Gas; 200 Rioters Storm U. S. Embassy Shades Of Drake! Fleet Routs Both Italians, Germans English Claim Double Channel And Mediterranean LONDON. of blazing naval warfare In the Mediterranean and a mlash of light forces in the English Channel Britain drew claims Friday erf having clinched control of the sea '-lians call "ours" and' a rout of German war- ships. Reports filtering through the London "the silent service" indicated that a brcrad offensive intended to the Mediterranean clear of Italian naval forces and strike at Italy as the "Achilles Heel" of the Axis-controlled continent is underway.

This naval warfare, with accent on aerial operations wherein torpedo-planes arc matched against the largest battleships, appeared to be the initiative Britain is striving for to counter Germany's? siege of Britain by air and ssa. It is being waged in apparent coordination with the RAF's continuing land operations against the industries and communications of the Axis powers. Dispute Claims Rome and Berlin have disputed British reports of victory and claimed successes in the same actions. But this is what the British say their sea forces, with the great help of the fleet air arm, have accomplished this week: Damaged six Italian warships Wednesday afternoon off the Italian Island of. Sardinia torpedo plane hits on a 35,000 ton battleship of the new Littorio a 10-000-ton cruiser of the Bol- dano class; dive-bombing of another cruiser; firing of still another and gunfire damage to two destroyers.

Routed German "light forces" MEXICO CITY. A. Wallace presented his credentials as a special ambnssador Friday as the press assailed a throng which shouted, "Vivn Almazan" and "Down with Wallace," at the U. S. Vice-President-elect when lie policing to prevent the "very embarrassing incident" caused by followers of General Juan Andreu Almazan.

"Viva Alrnaznn down with Wallace!" a crowd of 150 to 200 shouted when the latter arrived arrived Thursday night to nttend! jO represent the United Stales thc Mexican presidcntni! uration. Newspapers reported the arrest of 18 of trie who were dispersed by police tear gas after stones had been hurled at the U. S. Embassy and two attaches had been cuffed about. Registering; no notice of the beginning of his state visit, Wallace stayed at the foreign office briefly Friday and then went with other special ambassadors to the palace for a presentation of credentials to President Laxaro Carde- inaug- 10 inauguration of President- Elect General Manuel Avila Ca- WASHINGTON, The axis partner has resorted to strict British Mediterranean blockade rationing in an effort to make available supplies last as Ion been so effective, the Great Britain and i France declared war on Gor- Titus County Man, Sam Maksimloff, Held On $500 Bail Following what is believed to be among the first arrests made for failure to register under the Selective Service Act of 1940, Sam Maksimloff war.

pb'ced in Lamar County jail Friday afternoon by U. S. Marsha! S. C. Maksimloff, of Mt.

Pleasant, Titus County, was charged with and refusal to register" under 'he act. Mr: was arrested at ML Pleasant. The 30-year-old man is being held on $500 bail. He will appear before the next sitting of the Federal District Court in Tr-xarkana. The placing of Maksimloff in the Larnar County jail brought to 22 the number of prisoners there.

Ferl- priso county are bein; Meanwhile, a guard of 15 or 20 plainclothcs police officers appeared around the embassy, ancl six uniformed policemen were on duty instead of the usual one. The newspaper Ultimas Noticir.s reported that there was unofficial criticism of General Manuel Nu-1 federal district police chief, I neither required for what was termed inadequate ment. macho Sunday. The demonstrators, disgruntled followers of Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan.

who was defeated by Avila Camacho in the disputed election of last July 7, jeered Wallace and threw stones at the steel-shuttered winti'o'ws of the embassy before police scattered them with tear gas. No attempt was made to molest Wallace but the military and naval of the Embassy, Col. Gordon McCoy and Commander Wallace Dillon, repartee! thr cuffed about by the crowd. Flying sticks arid stones caused a few minor injuries. Three youths were arrested for throwing stones at the embassy and the Wallace Two policemen were struck but hospital treat- 'WIZARD OF WALL ST Jesse Livermore, 62, Kills Self- 'Tired Of Fighting' NEW YORK Jesse L.

The note was described as repc- ermore won and lost four fortunes, iitiou." but coherent, and indicn- any one of them boyonrl the of nvn; his wizardry Wr-ll Street legend; but Thursday ho wrote "I sm a failure'' and enrleri his own life. am tircrl of fighting. can't go on." Thus a weary, 62-ycar- old man penned in a little loritii'- his own epitaph notebook. Jailer R. L.

Northern has 4R pnces were 40 per cent nissiw prjsonf in clJstodv and 34 five of whom sou 3 ht wi a in an eing held for Cooper author- ante-room at tr.c rnsn.onob.o i Hotel and Friday in the English Channel with thus far unspecified damage to the fleeing German destroyers or smaller craft and admitted damage one British ship. Bombed. Port Laki, on the island of Lero, in the nsst erf the Italian-held Dodecanese Islands in the Eastern Mediterranean, where fires were sat in the waterfront area, and a vessel, possibly a warship, was attacked. Visible 60 Miles Bombed the port of Tripoli, in Italian Libya, where another ship wa.s hit and fires started which! were visible 60 miles away. By Italian ackonwledgement, British planes also struck at the naval bases of Bindisi and Taranto, on the heel of the Italian' boot, but, according to the Rome communique, "dropped explosive and incendiary bombs only near Brindisi, where they fell in open country and the sea." (The totalitarian side of this picture offered identification of the 35.000-ton battleship claimed by the British to have been torpedoes in the battle off.

Sardinia as the crock new Vittorio Veneto, but the official Italian news agency Stefani declared' that the Vittorio Veneto "dodged" the only nerial torpedo launched at it. (Stefani went on to say that only a destroyer was damaged and. two British cruisers of the Kent and Birmingham types damaged by eight inch shells and forced to flee.) The Italian High Command communique, which reported Thursday that one British battleship, three cruisers and an aircraft carrier were damaged and seven British planes shot down in the Sardinia engagement, made no mention of the battle Friday, but reported that the submarine of -A rnind under emotional s. There was other evidence thai Livermore had been pondering action for some time. Only ft frtr Marconi had sunk a 10,000 ton tne previous n.qht, he posed transport the Atlantic a nizht club photogropner with Qther claims of the Italian High thr words "this is the last picture Command: to this government, then there wouid be cause for anxietv.

This be Suez, Great Britain has cut off the sources of more than 20 does not seem to however. At any rate America hopes so, for we want to live in i harmony as well as peace with our neighbors. 25 Years And They're Still Losing Battles By The Associated Press November 29, the er cent of Ital y' imports, the upon her apparcn ti many. At that time, the report )ties said, Italy already was form the effects of four of conflict in Ethiopia and Spain, from the "uneconomic attempt" i to achieve self-sufficiency and fla wore sain to fk '-uf ferine' i c.id.._^ hc.j., frorr nr; incrC35jn tempo of rearmament. Its overseas trade shut off by you'll ever take of me." Police gave an immediate verdict of suicide and Assistant Medical Examiner Raymond Miles fired a pistol bulk-l into his head, corroborated the finding after in- from malnutrition.

The department said that Italy. said. "This blockade is so effective in stopping the flow of supplies needed by 1 the department "that it has more severely disorganized the Italian economic structure than anything else the war has accomplished," pected the war to be duration. "It was only after more than month of when the Italian government became less certain of the duration of the conflict, that genuine alarm was In report en" "Italian agri- and rnore inclusive ration- rf rt make Drains asrainst Italians front. culture under Fascism and war." the department, using confiden on i tial information through diplomatic channels, told how Germany's ing adopted.

the on sources of supply that may he reached only by land, espociai'y Germany, thr Balkans and Northern Europe. The department said, however, i was difficult to see how these countries could supply Italy with such products as rubber, cotton, wool and jute. Moreover, they have no Not only have Italians felt the coffee and export little meat, and pinch of food shortages, but high- i their excess cereals and fats must er prices as well. The report said be sent to Germany. Dice Will Ploy In Legal Game For S.

SHREVEPORT, La. Dice, Livermore was known the i vostigation. "boy plunger" ever since his first ytock market exploit, won him $3.000,000 back in 1007. He had other grandio.se cognomens, too Wizard of Wai! Street." "The Cot- he end, it often a potent factor in the rc distribution of will do ac- ton lh rohatics Fridav ur.rlrr the skillful was Iy(1 flU iC guidance of six Xe-ro youths in' farewell to Mna. rlerirlin-' -A -A month is 3 Livormoro, the son of a Yankee farmer in West Acton, camo out of New England to star- Wall Street early in the century.

Ho first dipped into finance while working for a Boston bro- ritinK in kerage S3.12 on a $10 margin deciding a matter of S-'iO a month and free lodgin This about, in this way: auric" is a contraction of his middle- name, Lauriston. "Xinn" ramc is his own name for his third wife, the former HnrriK Noble. When a call for four Negroes to fill the first quoU. for service went out, there were plenty of volunteers here. The first volunteer was siven No.

1 spot and the dice game was instituted 1o decide other three to fill the quota. Police did not disclose the text of the note, scribbled over eight pages of the little memorandum book as he sat at a table in the hotel bar. But they did say that he avowed his love for his wife ancl told her "I'm sorrv I have to do it." found the taste so savory ho quit his job rather than quit playing the market. Working in bucket shops, where men on stocks as they bet on horses, he ran up his stake to $2.500 and came to New York in 1903. He made S250.000 on his first operation, played Anaconda Copper with everything he had, and came out of the 1907 "rich men's panic" with $3,000,000.

A square hit by a heavy cali- bre bomb on "a big warship" of a formation pursued and attacked near Malta by the Italian air arm; Destruction of five British planes at a cost of serious damage to two and loss of one Italian plane in "violent battles'' marking this assault on the British warships, and subsequent bombardment Thursday night of Valletta, port of Malta, British strongpoint in mid-Mediterranean. Germany outlined her own participation in the naval warfare as follows, in part ring to the engagement in the British reported rbutingp; "light" forces in the channel: "German destroyers a thrust toward the western exlflP of the (English Channel) the English coast," said the See FLEET, Page Col. 4.