Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1939 — Page 5

“IN THIRD YEAR:

THURSDAY, JULY &, 1059

SINO-JAP WAR INVADERS GAIN

- Observers Note Progress Wn Conquest, Put Death Toll At 4 to 5 Millions.

SHANGHAI, Friday, July 7 (U. P).—The China war entered its! third vear today with the opinion

expressed by some foreign military | i experts that the Japanese army had | made itself largely self-sufficient on MW Chinese soil. 3 The plants Japan acquired are now being inexpensively run by forced labor, and the financial drain has not had the effect first expected by competent observers in China. The war is generally estimated to 3 have cost between 4.000.000 and 5.- | 000,000 lives, counting soldiers anda civilians killed directly in bombings. § and civilians who died as result of | i floods and disease indirectly caused bv the war. Japanese casualties are estimated | in some sources at 600.000. Above 60,000,000 Chinese are estimated to be homeless due to the war.

tank corps. Parachute ‘warfare, enemy lines, is being stressed.

Recent preparedness ‘maneuvers in Poland included review of this

enabling soldiers to land behind

Photo at right shows a rehearsal.

Prom » purely military viewpoint. Preparedness Strategy Hints It Might Take Offensive,

Japan has made important gains during her two-year campaign. She | has blockaded the entire China coast, backed the foreign powers almost out of the East, has gained control of most of the kev positions and the most productive areas of China, and has won practically, every engagement in the war. She has established her air supremacy and can now trv to mop up the guerrillas and irregular Chinese armies,

Nation-Wide Celebration Is Staged in Japan

TOKYO, Friday, July 7 (U. P).-

With Trained Army as Corridor Is

This is fhe second of three dispatche toward meeting Nazi demang in Danzig.

(fight a “war of movement” into

The phrase “war

In addition to the crack Polish Japan's patriotic organizations spon- calvall'y which ‘many experts desored Empire-wide celebrations {o- scribe as the best in Europe the day on the second anniversary of army now has a modern tank the war against China. {corps with machines produced in There is, however, little evidence, Poland. The tank corps is used in bevond a mild inflation, that Japan 'a story told in Warsaw to illustrate has reached her limit. The China adventure, while costly, is reckoned! “war of movement.” here as having partly paid for it-| Tanks’ Story Told self in the training for the possi-{ The story is that the German bility of a war with Russia. ambassador, Hans Von Molke, was

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what some defiant Poles mean by |

Large as Nazis; Admits

Vulnerable,

s on the Polish attitude and preparations

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE JR. United Press Staff Correspondent

WARSAW. Poland, July 6-—Poland is prepared, if necessary, to

which the nation could throw ap-

proximately as many trained men as are available for the Nazi army. of movement” strategy adopted by Polish experts to defend the nation's long and torturous and unfortified frontiers, but in the eyes of enthusiastic Poles it means even more than a defensive war.

aptly describes the military

| attending a military

parade in {which the Polish tank corps participated and standing beside Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz, the Inspector General of the Polish Army. { “Why does Poland need a tank |corps?” the ambassador asked, turning to the marshal as the big machines thundered past. “Tanks need roads on which to operate. You have no roads.” | “No,” ‘the Polish ‘military leader (relied, with a smile, “but vou have.” The story illustrates the attitude {of those Poles who talk about fighting “the Battle of Berlin” but in ex{pert circles it is recognized that the | Army has both its strong and weak points. 5,000,000 Men at Cal | Due to the nation's high birth rate, the population of 84.000.000 makes it possible to put some 5,000,000 trained men in the field as come-

‘pared to possibly 6.000,000 for Ger-

many.

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But ‘Germany with around | 80.000.000 population does not have |

2000,000 men with full conscript | training as in Poland. The normal Polish army is around |

[300.000 but more than a million are under arms today and thousands of

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Poland Talks ‘Battle of Berlin,’

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PAGE § tured 100 tanks and “scores” of : armored cars. § A Complete Optical Service Japanese - Manchukuans ‘‘cor-| RRR. nered” the “invaders” in the Bal-| 2 shagal District, it was asserted, by a | series of flanking movements. |

Bandit Takes Pet Drink as Well as Cash

Police were looking for a one-gloved, greedy bandit today. Brandishing a revolver in his right hand and wearing a glove on his left hand, the bandit last night invaded the Alabama Liquor Store, 950 N. Alabama St. “You know what this 1s,” he said to the clerk, Elden Casady, 129 E. St. Clair St. “You know what I want.” Mr. Casady did. He gave him $30 from the cash reg-

DANZIG ENJOYS MORE LUXURIES THAN GERMANY

Few May Balk on Joining Nazis but City Banners Proclaim Patriotism.

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DANZIG, July 68 (U. P) —Danzig ate its cake and had it today. Its people enjoyed all the thrills of an uninhibited German patriotism and

i '|have their butter, fresh eggs and Y [whipped cream, which are luxuries © lin ‘Germany.

§ | Danzig returns to ‘Germany.

i |'merce,

| There are some disadvantages. Sea-|

Ny | litical

- away. Poland has imposed a high Reported by Japan

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ON ITALIAN SIXS

WASHINGTON, July 6 (U. P).—| The United States moved today to | counteract Ttalian subsidies on silk | exports to this country by raising a | tariff wail against imports of such

fabrics from Italy.

The Treasury announced that |

[30 light artillery divisions, 10 heavy | spuntervailing duties would be im- |

posed on Ttalian silk imports equal | to any bounties or grants given Ttal- | lian exporters. | Imposition of the duties was the

.! |cigars which cost half as much as ! in ‘Germany.

free city does a sizeable export and | 3 : mental restrictions than those in|tanks. 45 airplanes, eight field guns

. unemployed have been absorbed into | forces, it was admitted, lost 25 tanks i [Germany's labor-hungry industrial and armored cars, nine airplanes,

: | she actually has protection from been dismissed for publishing ‘false

i both Poland and Germany as well, and boastful reports of imaginary

ieee ~°|that ‘Outer Mongolians were yieldU. S. 10 RAISE WALL ZIgers prefer the Free City SWAWS jn. to a Japanese-Manchukukuan

at the same time all the advantages ister. of a free city. Foreign observers Not satisfied, the gunman lexpressed belief that Danzigers were| demanded two quarts of

whisky and named his brand. (having more fun than they had had| ope clerk gave it to him, or were likely to have. The bandit ordered the Danzigers these days wave Nazi clerk to go to a rear room and {banners with as much fervor as any| stay there for 10 minutes and |German, At the same time they| then fled. BORDER VICTORY . Dl Es rant and sees tables filled with ~ > [55 CSR) {sturdy, keen-eyed burghers talking KoA international politics enthusiasti- B20 es i 3% Alp

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Coffee Houses Filled MOSCOW, July 8 (U. P) —Russia Cafes and coffee houses are well | claimed a big victory today for Outer Mongolian-Russian troops inh a | three-day battle against Japanesemuch of 'Wanchukuan forces on the MongoBut the |jjan frontier. An official communique from the headquarters of the Mongolian-So-‘viet forces asserted that the Jap-| less hampered by taxes and govern- anese-Manchukuans had lost 50,

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Germany, do a brisk trade. The | and 800 killed. Mongolian-Russian

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machine. 100 killed and 200 wounded. Danzig’s peculiar situation has| Tt was asserted furthermore that {given her the formal protection of| the chief of the press bureau of the

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TOKYO, July § (U. P.) —Japanese

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sult Danzigers are forced to!

dri n + Po is a ‘hi pn | dispatches | el or wen Ry Bt | fighting on the Manchukuo-Outer |

sil y ia rontier said | A visitors hears that many Dan. | Mongol n frontier today and said

to union with Germany and CONSE attack but resisting desparately. quent restrictions on personal, eco- | The dispatches said that the Japanomic and political freedom. HOW- nase-Manchukuans were attacking ever large this element thay be, it with infantry, artillery, cavalry and remains quiet. The visitor sees only airplanes and reported that the, effusive Nazi patriotism, | Japanese-Manchukuans had onp- |

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mechanized German army. Air Force Increases The Polish air force includes seve eral types of planes which have given good performances. Most of | them were produced in Poland.

The total humber of pianes is believed to be about 1300 with the same number in reserve. Production | is being speeded up and Poland is seeking to buy more from England and France, The Polish aerial force, however, would be helpless against Germany's | great aerial armada without help | from Britain and France. But at the same time the Polish countryside would offer few good targets for enemy bombers. Strategically Poland has two great weaknesses: First, there is a 30 per cent minority population which | at present seems behind the government except for about 900.000 Germans. But even many Poles admit that in a crisis the loyalty of some groups would be doubtful. |

Corridor Is Valnerable

Second, the Polish Corridor and | Silesia—in fact, the entire western | frontier—would be vulnerable and probably would be overrun in short order in event of war. The first real | defense in the north, at least, prob- | ably would be based on the Vis-! tula River and much of Poland's in- | dustry and resources would be lost. | Efforts are now being made to develop industries and hydroelectric | power in central Poland to avoid | such an initial crippling blow. Poles generally realize that they would be under vast handicaps attempting to face Germany alone. But they confidently expect aid if war should come and, as one man remarked, “ Out of the war would come disaster but out of disaster Poland would rise again.”

Next—Poland’s economic System.

FARMER ELECTROCUTED

KOKOMO, nd, July 6 (U. P).— Blanchard Trott, Howard County farmer, ‘was electrocuted yesterday when an iron bar he was carrying touched a high tension wire. He was 53.

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PRESIDENT'S MOTHER | SAILS WITHOUT FEAR

NEW YORK, July 6 (U. - Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of | the President, sailed on the Tle de | ance today to visit a sister, Mrs. Dora Delano Forbes, in Paris. Mrs. Roosevelt was asked if she feared a war might break out while

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