Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1939 — Page 1

Page PDF (10.01 MB) Locked

Back to issue view

~The Indianapolis Time

VOLUME 51—NUMBER 149

FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939

Entered as SBecond-Class

at Postoffice. Indianapolis,

Final Home

5thExtra

PRICE THREE CENTS

Matter RRR RARS

Ind,

‘QUIT POLAND OR WE FIGHT. BRITAIN, FRANCE WARN NAZIS

Fa WESTERPLATTE

& HAL TK SEA (Reported A i ;

GUYNIA Blockad

sin Rusrbied, gran

CHOINICE Hood hting® py pic og 3 (Bomba)

WARSAW {Bumbed)

CLESTOCHOWA (Attached)

SILESIA (Atracked) KATOVICE (Airport Bambed)

The above map shows the Polish towns which are bearing the Le runt of Germany's lightning attack.

ALM enn ein

\ Bombs Fall

A But Warsaw Stays Calm

2 !

} L & oy

{ o As

? $

‘any F

By EDWARD W United Press Staff Correspondent t WARSAW, Sept. 1 (U. P) —It was 8:45 a. m. (1:45 a. m. Indianapolis | it ¢ : Time), and crowds were hurrying to work through a fine rain. when al signaled the first warning I looked from the window of my —— . - . -

long Blast from the air raid sirens

hotel down onto Pilsudski Square on which the Foreign Office and General Staff offices are located. First § to catch my eve was a family of & peasants deserting their farm cart to run into a building, The sirens drowned out all other noises. People were running along the sidewalks, ducking into the neatest large buildings. Several Bicyelists hurried along near the qurbing, Some pedestrians adjusted gas masks as they ran,

Ambulance Appears

: Soon the streets were almost deSerted. A few official cars sped * gcross the square,

Rain continued to fall from ¢ Ranging clouds Visibility was slight. Shops that had been opened early were being shuttered again An ambulance raced across square Further up the streets stood aban Blied horse carts, busses and trams § Policemen on the four corners of ¥ the square hustled straggling pe- » gestirians into buildings

JF Agarge pharmacy which had been

: \

opened early, then closed, was re. opened again to make medical supnlies available Then, the drone of airplanes could he heard faintly. They were above the clouds

Beside Soldier's Tomb

The peasants who had deserted the cart a few minutes earlier ran out of a huilding and turned the horse backward in the shafts of the cart. so he would not run away

They attached a feed bag over his|

nose, then ran back into the building. A large red bus stopped on the other side of the zquare. It was filled with office workers. The conductor ordered them to leave the bus and go into the basement of the General Staff Building A few people took refuge beside the grave of the Unknown Soldier, Under a colonnade Some were standing in doorways to see what happened

Gas Squad Appears

Three streetcars rumbled into the square and stopped. A coschman sprang from an old horsedrawn taxicab and fled for shelter. An old Jew with a long beard crossed the square and disappeared into a side street Suddenly the city became quiet © Only two or three pedestrians were in view, Then a truck load of soldiers, apparently an anti-aircraft squad, reached the square and took up its station, A gas squad of the Anti-Aircraft League passed. The drone of airplanes was louder. " Clouds began to break, but no airplanes were in view. Then there were heavy explosions The drone of the planes faded and people began venturing from doorways. Some scurried in the direction of their homes, others sually resumed their ways to work shop,

Center of Heaviest Fighting

AWA {German Offensive! 3

4 \ POLAND

lee to Cover as Sirens Wail, but Some Watch Raid ing Planes From Doorways.

‘MAYBE WE CAN | big cities to safer places in the | B (country: the King sighed a formal ; Mu t

| § The screech of the sirens abated. ! low= |

the

| Home.

Why 12,000,000 Men Are Under Arms

PARLIAMENT ADOPTS HUGE

WAR CREDITS

‘Péace Impossible So Long As Hitler Keeps Up,’ PUTZK (Bombed! Chamberlain Says.

CTEW (Bambed)

IECHANOW By WEBB MILLER

United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 1.—Prime]| Minister Neville Chamberlain | delivered what amounted to| an ultimatum to Germany in| the House of Commons to-| : night when he declared that unless German troops wer withdrawn from Poland, the British and French would] have to fulfill their treaty ob-| ligations to fight for Poland. Mr. Chamberlain laid the! blame for bringing Europe to the verge of a catastrophic

war squarely on Adolf Hitler.

The tenor of the Prime Minister's speech left little doubt that he believed Germany would refuse to comply with what he termed his “last warning,” and that a general | war would follow, | | |

Silence Follows Pronouncement

RUMANIA

! Seale of Mites

Times-Acme Telephoto.

With Rain,

There was an impressive silence when Mr. Chamberlain made his fateful pronouncement, although {other parts of the speech were [loudly cheered. | The Prime Minister indicated his = [lack of hope that Herr Hitler would

[recede from his military venture when he said:

“It now remains for us to set our| =

teeth and enter upon this struggle | which we so earnestly seared HIT] ER 10 DUCE: | ' | |

o avoid. with determination to see Message Comes as Italy

. BEATTIE JR.

hrough to thend. While Mr. Chamberlaii spoke, { Britain proceeded with the evacuation of three million women. chil-| dren and helpless persons from the

| order of general mobilization by | land, air and sea; Poland appealed | to Britain and France to stand by their treaty obligations, and it was officially indicated that there seems

scarcely a chance of avoiding a|

Paris and London Favorably general war. | Reply to Plea Against Chamberlain Clenches Fist | Adolf Hitler today telegraphed Pre-

There was a burst of deep. Mier Benito Mussolini that he does Civilian Bombings. throated “hear, hears’ when Mr not at this time require Italian

tary Move.

Chamberlain told Commons

“the German Chancellor would | ov Hite y plunge the world into misery io] Herr Hitler asserted that Italian

|serve his own senseless ambition.” | Military aid is not needed by Ger-

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (U. P).| Premier Chamberlain spoke in a My in the present crisis, President Roosevelt today pledged | determined manner and his voice e thanked Sig. Mussolini for his 3 y pl often verged on anger. The House recent diplomatic and political help his Administration will make every ,

oh the edge of Receipt of Herr Hitler's wire folENOH lo keep the United States out leaned ad lowed a meeting of the Italian

tengely, | Council of Ministers at which it was He also announced resignation of | “yp. ™ ‘chamberlain clenched his| decided that Italy would refrain Hugh R. Wilson as ambassador tight fist into the palm of his left| from taking any military initiative. Germany. : ___ as he spoke of Herr Hitler's 16-| The Italian stand was interpreted He fold a crowded regular Press oii demands on Poland, which he by newspapers as indicating that conference that he was sincerely oid jad not been communicated to Germany, by not calling for mili hopeful and eonhilient that this pritain and that the Government tary aid from her axis partner, in| OO ld vernal ri pe eat | (Continued on Page Three) | tended to localize the conflict with al A S 4 {

in. Poland will be the next step in protecting

RYT Italy's action in avoiding military | this LOuRtrY Sghifrst the names DAY S GOOD NEWS— conflict. for “the eset followed | which threaten to sweep Europe. IT'S FAIR WEATHE

earlier but unsuccessful efforts by yi No a ere! has Sptea ee Il Duce to convene an international | 0 ( ajor muropean powers a ae ® 5 » M lo avoid the “inhuman barbarism’ | LOCAL TEMPERATURES pe ™ Stue Ewopman of bombing civilians and unfortified foc 67 tam 86 After the meeting of the Council | cities, and has let it be known that | m.... 70 12 (hoon) .. BS |. arinisters Italian Foreigh Minsummoning a special session of | m.... 1 Ip... 88 | ! Mi... R2 2pm... 86 m.... 8

Congress and ihvoeation of the Neu-| 8 ister Count Galeazzo Cilano received The really good news of the day,|the conference were not disclosed.

{ (Text, Page Four)

membership sat their seats and

8 a. Ta R a. a.

trality Act are not in immediate| 10 a. Briusy Smibsstador Sif Pey Los

prospect, It might be a matter of hours or ‘weeks with either. The President especially for the comfort of those] : emphasized that developments n|who will tour the Fait Grounds in measures | LEurope would be a factor in de-|the sun, is that there will be little | described in the official anhouhce= termining his action here. All of [change of temperature tonight or ment as “purely precautionary. those things must await develop- | tomorrow. { ments, he explained. | The Weather Bureau | Senator Frederick VanNuys (D. [make a flat promise of fair weather, ito meet the existing situation. Ind). a member of the Senate Com- but said it would be only partly urged the Italian people to continue | (Continued on Page Three) [eloudy. the example of calm and discipline

Nicholas Noyes Jr. Dies |pyLLETINS In Fire at Summer Home

WARSAW, Sept. 1 (U, PP). ~A government communique tonight said that Poland had last night advised Germany Nicholas H. Noyes Jr, 28, son of 12 p. m. Sunday at the family home, of Poland's willingness (0 ac« the vice president and treasurer of 5625 Sunset Lane. The Rev. Thomas cept conciliation on the basis Eli Lilly & Co. was burned to death | White, supply pastor of the Second| proposed hy Great ritalin, early today while asleep in the Presbyterian Church, will officiate. “The answer to (his peace boathouse at the family’s summer Burial will be at Crown Hill. | ful move was action by the home, Les Cheneaux Island, Mich. pr rd Mrs. Noyes Sr, their | Details of the accident were lack-|sons, Evan L. and Nicholas H. Jr, t/and their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Ayres had intended to

German Government making public Adolf “iur's points remain at the cottage over Labor

which had net 20°08 known to Poland before thal «je but which cowed never ¢ Abe cepted,” the eommunion . said,

LE HAVRE, France “Sept 1 (U, P)==The French ling, te de France, which had

ing here, but it was reported tha fire apparently followed an explo- | sion. Mr, Noyes, it was said, had [taken quarters in the boathouse

last night because of a large num- | ated with Bi Lilly & Go. ih the (ber of guests at the cottage. . =~ |qles department, He attended |, The message containing news of payx School and the Lawrenceville

The victim of the fire was asso-

Decides Against Mili-

—n |

ROME, Sept. 1 (U, Pp.) —~PFushrer |

that | military aid. |

[raine for 20 minutes, but details of |

| The Council alsé approved eco-| wouldn't | nomic and social measures designed | It

scheduled to sall for New Vog0p at noon today, remained 4 the Havre dockside toni),

‘his death was sent to friends here Academy and then began trainin by Frederic M. Ayres Jr, a brothet- [in the drug business. 8 $ |in-law. The body is to be brought | He was socially prominent and ‘here tomorrow afternoon to the aetive in many clubs, including the the ship ay. serted fre |

War Crisis In Brief

LONDON — Britain an d France give near-ultimatum to Nazis. BERLIN — Hitler

Danzig and sends his troops and bombers against Poland.

PARIS — Mussolini proposes five-power conference of Brite ain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia; France orders general mobilization.

ROME-—Hitler notifies Musgolini that he does not require Italian military aid in the present crisis. WARSAW — German planes bomb Warsaw and other Polish cities, WASHINGTON .. President Roosevelt “hopes” U., 8. can avoid war,

WAR BABES’ SOAR ON N. Y. EXCHANGE

World Markets Slowed; Sugar Up 25 Points.

annexes

By UNITED PRESS

A rush to buy “war babies” sent those issues soaring on the New

The Council approved all military | York Stock Market today after the aken so far, They were! list had experienced its widest de-

cline since January. The big boom came in the last hour as the ticker fell behind a minute. ‘The flurry was over in a few minutes, with steels, coppers, chemicals and avaitions registering wide gains, Losses ranging to $7 in some cases were reversed to gains ranging to more than $6, Hostilities on the Polish frontier today slowed trading on European exchanges, War buying swept into the sugar futures market at the opening today, carrying prices in both world and domestic contracts up 25 points from last night's closing—the maxi« mum advance permitted in any one trading day. Wheat prices shot up the pree scribed limit of 5 cents a bushel in all North American grain markets today, Chicago reported. The London Stock Exchange was closed because of the evacuation of the city. It will remain closed at least until Monday. London banks remained open. Trading in foreign exchange slowed almost to wero in London

HOGS RECOVER TO $6.85 Hogs at Indianapolis today recovered 2% cents of a 26 to 36<cent decline made yesterday to bring the top price back to $6.85. Some trad

Offietals, declifiing to 3 Shy |[Flanner & Buchanan - Funeral Woodstock and Indianapolis Couns ht a try Clubs and the Fidiana polis ! will be held at|Dramatic Club. »

. |

al 2 wa

Kod snd aA Si

ers viewed the rise as due in t to the Bure t, si Fr

BERLIN AIR RAID SCARE SUBSIDES

“All Clear’ Signal Follows ' Soon After Alarm; Army Claims Victories.

BERLIN, Sept. 1 (U. P.).=Air raid sirens shrieked throughout Berlin at [7 o'clock tonight after an Army | communique had declared that Ger[man Army, Navy and Air Force, co- | operating in operatins against Poland, have made lightning advances

ARSAW CLAIMS MANY CIVILIANS SLAIN BY BOMBS

LONDON, Sept. 1 (U. P.).—The Ministry of Transport tonight took over control of all railroads in Great Britain, it was announced officially. The Food Defense Department ordered that today’s prices for all food and commodities be fixed as standstill prices until further notice.

(Other War News, Pages 3, 4, 5, 9 and 12)

Great Britain and France tonight served a virtual ultimatum on Germany to withdraw her troops from Poland or face war with those two nations. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain disclosed this step as Adolf Hitler's war machine rolled across the Polish frontiers. , Whether the British-French warning to Hitler contained a time limit was not known. But Mr. Chamberlain told a cheering House that there can be no peace in Europe with the Nazi methods in power and “we are resolved that those methods must come to an end.” The German air raiders bombed a dozen Polish cities, including Warsaw. Poland fought back and charged that many civilians had been killed or wounded in the bombardment of open cities in violation of Fuehrer Hitler's pledge to bomb only military objectives,

Claim Women, Children Killed

Polish charges included the alleged German aerial bombardment of an evacuation train carrying women and children near the Kutno station 60 miles west of Warsaw. It was said many had been killed. Other developments were: 1. A German communique claimed sweeping advances on all fronts, 2. Poland contended that it had stemmed the attack at all points. 3. Germany did not call on Italy and that country was still making efforts to effect a conciliation. 4. Paris and London went ahead with their feverish preparations for the conflict that Mr. Cham berlain said he feared could not be halted.

Poles Rejected Peace, Hitler Claims

against all objectives, Fourteen minutes after (raid alarm, “all clear” sereamed.

Poles Resist Stiffly

CGierman troops, the communique said, are advancing rapidly and are | approaching two highly important Polish centers -- Kattowice and | Czestochowa. Both are industrial | centers, In the Polish Corridor, German troops reached the Netze River near | Nakel., Indications of stiff Polish resistance were given in the communique which said: “Troops from East Prussia have penetrated and are fighting deep in Polish territory.” Czestochowa is about from the German frontier, The German forces advancing on Kattowice operated from bases at Maehrisch Ostrau. |

Claim Airfield Destroyed

The Polish airfield at Kattowice, it was announced, has been destroyed,. More than a score of Polish airfields and other military objectives, it was indicated, have been attacked and destroyed by German air raiders. Hostilities were heaviest near Graudens, 18 miles southwest of Marienwerder, on the East Prus-| sian frontier below Danzig, it was reported, | The German troops on the south | front have advanced to a line reach- | ing from Neumarkt to Sucha, the] communique said and added that the German Air Force had bombed | and destroyed airfields and mili= tary objectives at Bromberg, Ramel, Putzig, Graudensz, Posen, Cracow and Lvov,

Claim Air Force Supreme

“Our air force has won supremsacy in Polish territory,” the communique said. . It stated that the Navy Had cooperated in action taken the . The schoolshi; J " » ; \

the air signals

40 miles

| |

The situation had developed in less than 24 hours to one in which a general war seemed inevitable. The developments leading to this point were, in the order of their occurrence: 1. Adolf Hitler's angry announcement that Poland had rejected his peace plan. 2. A Hitler proclamation to the Army, declaring that force must be met with force. 3. A decree by Albert Forster, Danzig Nazi leader, reuniting Danzig with the Reich. 4. Acceptance of the reunion by Hitler. 5. (rermany’s march into Poland on four fronts, 6. Hitler's speech to the Reichstag, blaming Poland, demanding that all Germans make sacrifices, He named Fisid Marshal Herotan (Goering his successor in event that anything should h 0 hi (Hitler) during the war. ro aren to Ail 7. President Roosevelt, announcing the invasion of Poland, said he would not call a special session of Congress immediately and “hoped” the U. S. could stay out of war,

Poles Claim That Germans Are Checked 'Everywhere'

In Warsaw:

WARSAW, Sept. 1 (U, P.).—An, tions dump in Danzig Bay official communique tonight charged | The communique mentioned Ger= that Germany was bombarding | man bombardments of Warsaw open cities, including Warsaw, and | Radom, Pultusk, Kobryn Modlin that many civilians were dead and and Cracow as well as many others, wounded. Six air raid alarms were sounded The communique charged Fuehrer in Warsaw today. Adolf Hitler with violation of his Authorities said that everywhere

pledge to spare civilians, the Polis Charges included the alleged ming pales ere po German aerial bombardment of an ing was described » ig evacuation train earryin . as - especially rying women heavy neat Czestochowa, an ime and children near the Kutno sta-| portant industrial center. tion 60 miles west of Warsaw.| All Warsaw suburbs were in the Many were killed and wounded course of today’s raids. Railway when the train was bombed, the lines apparently were among the communique sald. | majer objectives but officials said The communique asserted that|that no vital nerve centers of the Polish defenders brought down |Polish defenses have been destroyed. three German bombers at Cracow| Coincident with publication of and shot down four German planes| the communique President Mosin. the Gdynia district. cicki issued a proclamation calling few minutes later the Polish |on all Poles to fight for their “free radio gi a First Army com-| dom, independence and honor.” mun “as saying that the Poles| Earlier the President had prohad down 16 German planes | claimed a state of war in Poland and repulsed two German attacks|after German troops had penetrated on the Westerplatte Island mpuni- (Continued on Page Three)

— mampnnonadlp

. a tr