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GERMANY ATTACKS POLAND
WARSAW BOMBED BY GERMAN PLANES
England And France Preparing Back Up Poland
Refugee Train Of
Women, Child.
Is Bombed
WARSAW, Sept. 1. — The gov
eminent communique said that
many women and children had
been killed when German planes
bombed a refugee train from
Ponzan at the Kutno station, 70
miles west of here.
It also said that the first Ger
man raid occurred at Puck near
Danzig at 5:45.
Three German bombers were
shot down near Krakow, and four
near Gdynia. Polish tr»ops were
also said to have captured a Ger
man armoured train at Chojnice.
The communique charged that
German troops were invading the
corridor and “murdering the
Polish population and contrary
to Hitler’s announcement many
towns had been bombed that
were pf no militai'y or strategci
value.” ,
Nine bombers that were raid
ing here flew westerly apparent
ly toward the central railroad
station. German bombers were
not accompanied by their own
pursuit planes.
In the Warsaw raid heavy
bombers did daring work some
times diving to about three
thousand feet with guns firing.
Bombing sounds are dying away.
international situation
AT A GLANCE
BERLIN, Sept. 1 — German
troops and warplanes invade Pol
and. Hitler calls it retaliation but
makes no formal war declaration
while the Reichstag acclaims the
law annexing Danzig.
WARSAW. Sept. 1 — Poland
calls for British and French aid
while her cities are bombed and
frontiers crossed.
LONDON—King George signs
the order for full army, navy,
and air force mobilization. Par
liament is called into session, and
authoritative indications are that
Britain wil fight.
PARIS—France irders general
mobilization and a state of siege
is decreed while parliament is
called into session.
WASHINGTON—President F.
D. Roosevelt appeals for pledges
against the bombardment of civ
ilian populations.
ROME—The Italian cabinet an
nounces that Italy would refrain
from starting any military opera
tions.
PARIS—Daladier called an ur
gent cabinet meeting today.
MOSCOW, Sept. 1—Russia re
ports a big victory over the Jap
anese forces in a battle in Man
choukiuo over the Mongolian
frontier.
BELGRADE, — The Yugoslav
cabinet holds itself ready for a
neutrality proclamation.
BERG, Switzerland—The Swiss
federal council dcerees general
army mobilization.
j
Chamberlain Says
Time for Action
Has Come
WARSAW. Sept 1— German
warplanes raided this city cen
ter at 4:39 this afternoon on a
fourth attempt to gdt over the
city with bomlbs. Nearly an hour
later they were still apparently
trying to smash Vistula river
bridges.
LONDON, Sept. 1—In a twen
ty six minute address. Prime Min
ister Chamberlain told the House
of Commons that Hitler “had not
hesitated to plunge the world in
to misery in order to serve his
| own senseless ambitions,”
Parliament adjourned until to
morrow^afiter the Prime Minist
er announced he was sending a
last warning to Germany, and if
! it was rejected, as expected, the
British ambassador would be re
| called.
J He said the time fo raction has
- arrived. His speech was greeted
■ with roars and cheers of God
Bless You; and Good Luck.
He said that a bill would be
i introduced making the military
{service ages 18 to 41. Chamber
! lain told the Commons that:
‘'Mussolini has been doing his
i best.".
OTTAWA. Sept. 1—The Cana
dian government placed all mil
I itia and naval and air forces in
the Dominion, on active basis un
! der the 1914 war measures act.
Prime Minister King said that
Parliament would assemble in
emergency session September 7,
to authorize the government to
give its most effective aid to Gr.
Britain.
OTTAWA, Sept. 1, —The Can
adian government summoned Par
liament to meet September 7th
to consider Canadas role in the
European crisis.
LONDON. Sept. 1—The Reut
er’s news agency reported from
Pilish sources that Warsaw was
bombed Friday. It said that an
official Warsaw radio announced
the Germans had launched a full
scale attack against the Polish
corridor towns. The British par
liament is called to meet at 5.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, — Radii
broadcasts—The Reichstag after
hearing Hitler’s impassioned pro
mise to “meet bomb with bomb,
and to be the first soldier of the
Reich”, unanimously accepted the
return of Danzig to Germany.
Hitler spoke thirty five min
utes, and reiterated his charges
of corridor atrocities. He made
no mention of a declaration of
war. but disclosed that open host-1
ilities had begun.
He named leld marshal Goer
ing as his successor—“should any
thing happen to me in this strug
gle”. Our soldiers have been shot
at and since 5.45 we have been
shooting back.
BERNE. Switzerland, Sept. 1
The Swiss federal council decreed
general mobilization of the Swiss
army for tomorrow.
Hitler Attempts
Justify Attack
On Polish State
1
BERLIN, (Friday) Hitler to-J
day ordered the German army to |
meeit force with force:
“The German army will con
duct a fight 'for honor and the!
right to life of resurrected Ger
man people, with firm determ
ination.”
The high command said that
his order of the day to the army,
read:
“The Polish state has rejected
my efforts to establish neighborly
relations. Instead they have ap
pealed to weapons. Germans in
Poland are victims of bloody ter
ror and are driven from their
homes. The series of border via
lations have become unbearable
for a great power. It shows that
I the Poles are no longer willing
| to respec tthe German border j
! and put an end to these insane
| incitations. Nothing remains but
| for me to meet force with force.
“From now on I expect every
soldier, mindful of the great
traditions of the eternal German
military, will do his duity to the
last. Remember, always, you are
I representatives of National S-o
! ciaiist Germany. Long live our
people and our Reich.”
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Hitler’s order was issued at
5:30 am. or 11:30 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time Thursday. An-1
other order prohibited all except
military plane flights over Ger
many.
A moment later came the or
der declaring the Polish harbor
of Gydnia had been blockaded
by the German navy, and neut- j
ral vessels were warned to enter i
at their own peril. Gdynia and I
Danzig are but a few miles ap- j
art, with the same harbor.
Warlike orders issued by the
war ministry to the German na
tion continued to pour forth. East
German communities were warn
ed against a possible attack by
Polish planes.
The German official news ag
ency DNB announced that Albert
Forster, Nazi chief of the state
of Danzig, had proclaimed the
reunion of the free city with the
Reich.
Gleiwitz. Germany. Friday,—
Gleiwitz residents reported that
artillery fire had been heard “in
the distance” about 5:30 a.m.
Gleiwitz is but a few miles from
the Polish Silesian border.
Military traffic last night be
tween Bueithan and Gleiwitz on
the border was the heaviest not
ed in a week.
The Communique said that a
battle was raging near Grud
ziaez and that troops had reach
ed the Netze river near Nakal,
in the corridor. Others are ad
vancing toward Neumark and
Sucba, crossing the Oslo- river
near Techen and heading into up
per Silesia.
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Germans Arc To
Fight Till Poles
Are Subjected
BERLIN, Septt. 1. — Germany
and Poland were waging an un
declared war at noon today.
An official announcement said
the Nazi air force had gone into
action over Polish territory and
the German army was counter
attacking all along the German
Polish frontier.
Warsaw is among the several
Polish cities being bombed.
German land forces, an an
nouncement said were determin
ed to break all resistance.
The official statement that war
was on came shortly after Hit
ler left th eReichstag amid thun
deraus cheers for his declaration
that he would enforce a Polish
settlement or die fighting in his
army grye uniform he wore.
In his passionate thirty six
minute speech he declared sig
nificantly thiat Germany does not
count on Italian help.
Hitler spoke as if war was al
ready under way but did not go
through with the old fashioned
procedure of formally declaring
war. He declared that his nation
would fight until the Polish gov
ernment yields or is supplanted
by a government that will yield.
WARSAW. Sept. 1 — Bombs
were falling within two blocks
of the United States Embassy as
this dispatch wias being phoned
to Budapest.
Polish anitaircraft guns have
apparently downed severeal of i
the German planes in the river, j
WARSAW. Sept. 1—1The For
eign Office said the Germans had
bombed five Polsih towns and at
tacked the defenses near the
southern East Prussia border.
Roosevelt Believes
Can Keep U. S.
Out Of War
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — The
White said today there would be
no immediate action looking to
the invocation of a neutrality act!
or the calling of a special ses
sion of congress at this time.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. Presi
dent Roisevelt said he believed
that this nation can stay out of
the European conflict. This ad-!
ministratiin will make every such !
effort. ,
He announced that Hugh Wil- j
son ambassador to Germany had
submitted his resignation and 1
would be assigned to the special j
city division of the state depart
ment.
Roosevelt said, depending on i
development, congress might be;
summoned between today andj
January 2nd, as he puffed his cig
arette nervously and talked ’to
newsmen with Secretary Hull of
the State Dept, wiio w-as equally
serious.
President Asks
Promise Not To
Harm ( civilians |
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WASNINGTON, Sept. 1 Presi-:
ent Roosevelt asked all potenital
participants in the European war
to pledge themselves against
bombarding civilian populations
or unfortified cities from the air.
His apoal was sent to Britain,
France, Italy, Germany and Pol
and. He asked for an immediate
reply.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1 —The
State Department received from
Berlin what it called reliable in
formation that the German cen
tral staff had issued a statement
saying that the German army
was counter attacking on all the
Polish fronts.
BERLIN, Sept. 1 The airraid
warning, Slater explained, was
merely a rehearsel. Authoritative
sources also denied London re
ports that the Poles bombed
Berlin.
Roosevelt Now
In A Conference
Army and Navy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 Presi-j
dient Roosevelt and Army and ’
Navy high commands talked the
defense problems as Secretary
of War Woodring declined to
indicate publicly any specific lin
es of preparedness.
He said it was only a complete
discussion.
At San Diego visitors aboard
warships were restricted to on
ly friends and relatives of the
personnel, or persons with busi
ness to contract aboard.
Jap Plane Arrived
Seattle Greeted
By Anti-Japs
SEATTLE. Sept. 1 — With five
thousand miles of their aerial
jaunt behind them, eight Japan
ese goodwill ambassadors in the
airplane Nippon, on a round the
world flight, remained here to
day after an airport reception
which produced some uproarious
sour notes.
Arriving here on their thous
and-mile hop from Whitehorse
last night the fliers were greet
ed by a flag-wvaing. shouting
throng, including a small group
of demonstrators carrying a doz
en antiJapanese bannres. The fly
ers plan to remain here until to
morrow when they will resume
their flight.
WHITEHORSE, Aug. 31, —The
Japanese plane is poised here for
her next hop. Sh" is expected to
take off today for a nonstop
flight to Seattle weather permit
ting. If the weather enroute is
bad, the plane may stop at Prin
ce George.
The Jap plane arrived here yea
terday at 2:10 p.m. PST, after a
three hour hop from Fairbanks.
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JUNEAU Aug 3i — The PAA
announced at 9:50 Juneau time
this morning that the Nippon air
plane had just hopped from the
Canadian city of Whitehorse for
Prince George.
DID ALL POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1— Hit
ler told Roosevelt through his
embassy that he had “left noth
ing unturned for his purposed
settling of the dispute between
Germany and Poland in a friend
ly manner.’”
ARIAS — Opera dreams has
Dorothy Kirsten, 22, ot Living*
ston, N. J., who saved pennies to
finance voice study in Romt« •