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CHAMBERLAIN PROMISES WAR "DECISION BY 5 A. M. TOMORROW
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POLISH TROOPS Seren Armored Cars Cross
~ HOLDING FIRM, |
Capital Bombed 8 Times; Raid on Refugee Train Reported.
WARSAW 2 (U. P).—Warsaw was raided for the eighth time as the Government announced that
the Polish Army was holding its own against superior German forces. Fighting continued general along most of the frontier, it was an-| nounced, and Ferman airplanes bombed cities all over Poland. Many civilians were reported killed and injured in the cities, where hurriedlv-dug trenches were the only protection against air raiders. Warsaw had been bombed seven times in 24 hours but no serious damage or casualties were re-| ported, the raiders apparently having had the city's outskirts for an obiective Polish sources reported that Germans bombed and machine-gunned an evacuation train from Mlawa vesterday afternoon, killing or wounding most of the passengers The planes flew low, dropped bombs directly on the tram, derailing and ‘completely wrecking it, the reporis| said. The wounded were reported taken to hospitals at Mlawa and Warsaw, where several died Claim Westerplatte Holds Out
The Government said no major engagements involving large bodies of troops had vet been reported from the frontier. but claimed that Germany. in the first day of this undeclared war, had lost 16 airplanes, an armored train and several tanks. It was admitted that Poland had lost two airplanes and possibly some tanks. At the Westerplatte fortress at| the mouth of the Vistula River overlooking Danzig, a spokesman] said a company of Poles was standing off an estimated division of] Germans. The fortress has an underground system of heavy guns similar to that of the French Maginet Line. It is manned by a so-called “Suicide Company.” provisioned to withstand a six-month siege. (Germans claimed the fortress had fallen.) Churches Reported Bombed Nineteen cities were listed as having been bombed: Warsaw, Cracow. Torun, Kutno. Tunel, Krosno, Gdynia, Jaslo, Katowice, Tomaslow, Puck, Tczew, Brodnica. Orotrow. Nowy Dwor, Augustow, Radomosko, Grodno and Bidlapoiska Military sources said the Poles had pushed the Germans back at one point near Mlawa and another in Teschen. Germans claimed the (Continued on Page Three)
DOWNTOWN STORES END EARLY CLOSING
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The fall schedule, with closing hours at 5.30 p. m.. went into effect today for the downtown vetail stores that have been observing early closing hours during the summer months The stores which had been closing at 1 p. m. on Saturdays and at 5 p. m during the week will close at 5:30 p. m. throughout the week, Murray H. Morris, manager of the Merchants’ Association, said. Several other downtown retail stores will remain open later than 5:30 p. m, according to their regular schedule, he said BOY DIES AFTER CRASH PLYMOUTH, Ind. Sept. 2 (U. P.)
—Robert Luse, age 8, died in the |
hospital here today following an accident south of Plymouth last night. His father, Walter Luse, 33. and Ed Kanaar were injured slightly.
ALASKAN GOVERNOR NAMED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (U. P.).—|
President Roosevelt today appointed Dr. Ernest H. Gruening as Governor of Alaska succeeding John W. Troy. who resigned because of iil health.
WAR BOOMS CUPID'S WORK
LONDON, Sept. 2 (U. P.).—The imminence of war created a boom!
for Cupid today. Hundreds of young couples formed long lines outside registry offices to give marriage notices.
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Border Into Poland
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Armored cars of the German Army rumble into enemy territory.
FAIR LAUNCHES Glow of Cigaret Startles BUYING ISHEAVY Mercy Deaths’
GALA WEEK-END
Gen. Walther von Baruchitsch (right) receives a salute,
In London’s ‘Blackout’ IN "WAR BABIES’
Indiana Farm Famiiies Help Effective Darkening Encourages Kisses in Public; Without wa Street Has Most Active Lights, Bus and Car Collide, 1 Dead.
Start Attendance Rolling Toward Record.
TODAY'S PROGRAM Dairy Calf Club judging Coliseum, 4-H Club Pig Club judging in Swine Avena, 4-H Club colt contest in Coliseum. Harness races and vaudeville | in Grandstand. { WLS broadcast, grandstand | 6:30 to 11 p. m.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM
Stage show in grandstand at 130 p. m. Stage Srow in (30 p.m. Horse show m,
in
2 grandstand at v
in Coliseum, 7:15
p. The “preview” over and finishing touches added to all exhibits, the State Fair today offered week-end performances which are expected to see records shattered at the turnstiles, Their week's chores done and a three-dav holidav ahead. Hoosier farmers “evacuated” their fields and converged on Indianapolis for their one big “treat” of the year—the
| Fair.
Paid attendance vesterdav was
only 61938, but the figure didn't dis-
courage Fair officials. With the exposition stretched to eight days, yes(Continued on Page Two)
VIOLENCE CHARGED T0 MILK STRIKERS
One Driver in Polk Row Sent To Hospital.
Seven acts of violence were charged bv company officials today after some of the 100 drivers em[ployed by the Polk Sanitary Milk | Co. went on strike. One driver was isent to the Ft. Harrison Hospital. | The strike was called by Local 1774, Milk and Ice Cream Drivers, | Salesmen and Employees, and A. F. of L. affiliate to obtain union recog- | nition, according to Harry Weist, lo- | cal business agent. { | Mr. Weist fixed the number ot | | strikers at about 55 to 60. Company | | officials said “about half that num- | {ber is more correct.” Company offi|cials said that all trucks were in operation. The union business agent | | said it was agreed to limit the num- | |ber of pickets at the company's! | plant, 1100 E. 15th St. Eugene Arbuckle, 20, of 1529 N. Denny St. and L. N. Firestine, 39, of 5140 Sangster Ave, told deputy sheriffs unidentified men dragged them from their truck near Ft. Harrison while making a delivery to the post. Arbuckle was beaten and taken to the Fort hospital Harold Bevens, 29, 1415 Grand Ave. said that his glasses were torn off by three men who jumped on his truck on N. Belmont Ave. 900 block.
DAYLIGHT DELIVERY
OF MILK TO START
Daylight delivery of milk in Indianapolis will start tomorrow morning. C. W. Hunt, secretary of the Milk Foundation of Indianapolis announced today. Daylight delivery of milk during the winter months has been in effect here the last’
three years. ase tson, \
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| Where
| Elizabeth slept.
LONDON, Sept. 2 (U. P).—London and Southern England emerged
at dawn today from a night of such
on a street or road was startling, and the flash of a match dazzled |.
the eves.
British officials, advised of widespread violations of the blackout, warned today that tonight's compulsory darkness will be enforced strictly |
from sunset on. | As veports of violations—shaded
lights glowing behind yellow blinds, |
| bars of light showing above dark |
curtains, lighted garages and the] like——came in, officials pointed to]
the heavy penalties for violations)
land said they will be imposed in-
diseriminately Violators of the blackout law are liable to imprisonment up to three months, or a maximum fine of 32500. or both. Music and laughter could be neard from behind black curtained windews last night Automobiles were either without lights or showed faint purple and blue-tinted bulbs. They were guided by tiny cross slits in covered traffic lights, or by prescience One Light in Nine Miles
Busses ran without lights inside There was one serious accident. A bus and a private car collided at Twickenham and one man was killed. At such hotels as the Savoy here doormen used flashlights to guide arriving and departing guests. Not a vestige of light showed in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace, King George and Queen
A United Press correspondent who walked one block to eat nearly collided with four people on the way, and nearly passed the “snack bar,’ his destination On occasion the pedestrians came on a gang of workmen or volunteers piiing up sandbags in front of buildings. Trains had no
headlights, only
[small tail lights. Passenger coaches
were unlighted. Locomotive fireboxes were screened. One United Press man who rode 91: miles to his! home saw one light on the way—in! an uncurtained bedroom window. The darkness gave young people
darkness that the glow of a cigaret |
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GERMANS APATHETIC
DESPITE ARMY GAINS
Corridor Almost Cut Off, Communique Says.
BERLIN, Sept. 2 (U. P.) —It was anounced todav that German troops from Pomerania, on the west, and from East Prussia on the east, had almost met in the Polish Corridor, cutting off Polish troops to the north,
The announcement said German troops entered the province of Pless and captured Wielun (Wieliczka). In the Corridor, troops from Pomerania reached the Vistula River southwest of Graudenz (Grudziadz). In the south, an Army communique reported capture of the .JabJonka Pass, at the southwest corner of Poland and Teschen (Tesin), the city taken by Poland in the Czechoslovak partition It was announced that various Polish airdromes had been bombed near Gdynia, Cracow, Lodz, Radom. Brest-Litovsk, Terepel, L ue k (Lwow), Posen (Pognan), Lavitza and Warsaw, with the destruction of an unstated number of airplanes.
Claim Objectives Won
The German air force, it was said, completely dominates southern Peland and now is free for protective measures in the Reich. German | naval forces completely dominate the Baltic Sea, the announcement said. | Nazis said jubilantly that German| troops were attaining all objec-|
Saturday Session Since Nov. 23, 1935.
By UNITED PRESS Wall Street rushed to “war babies” again today in market since Nov. 23, soared at a strong opening
stock Prices
and for a time in early dealings, !
then receded from the highs. Traders displayed discrimination, neglecting the railroad and utility shares. Chemicals, steels, commodity stocks and mining shares closed strongest. The industrial average closed at 138.09. up 28% on the day and up 1.70 points on the week: railroad average, 26.18, up 0.25 on the day and off 0.70 on the week; utility average, 23.41. off 0.18 on the day and off 1.72 on the week. Winnipeg wheat held gains of the limit of 5 cents a bushel but U. S. wheat markets reacted from early highs that ranged to 5 cent gains. New York bonds were highiy 1rregular with foreigns and U. S. Governments lower. Some of the domestic corporate issues gained. London announced its stock exchange would remain closed on Monday.
Hog prices soared 25 to 40 cents here today in what traders described as a “war market.” The top hog price rose to $7.25 as trading turned active.
HOT NIGHT FORECAST. NO RAIN EXPECTED
LOCAL TEMPERATURES . m, 63 11 a. m. . m, 73 12 (noon) . ML i8 1pm .m, . 890 Rpm . mm, 84
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the old town tonight, the Weather Bureau said. The lowest ture will be around 70. Skies tonight and tomorrow will be partly cloudy but there is no in-
a better chance to get on with their tives in their drive into Poland and | dication of any immediate rain, the
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Times-Aeme Radinphnios,
Given to Pets
ONDON, Sept. 2 (U. P).— Thousands of Britons today thronged dispensaries and asked
| that their dogs and cats, which
they were leading on leashes, be Some disso crowded that
pensaries were
| the animals were trod upon. buy the the | most active Saturday session on the| 1935. |
One South London dispensary already has destroyed 200 pets. “It's a shame,” one owner said. “It ought to be Hitler on the end of this leash.” Many owners said they were unable to care for their pets because they are leaving their homes under evacuation orders.
FULLER BREAKS OWN BENDIX RACE RECORD
land in 7 Hrs., 14 Min.
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. Cleveland, Sept. 2
of San Francisco set a new record today in the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race from Los Angeles when he landed his modified Seversky plane at 12:23 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). Fuller's official time was seven hours 14 minutes 13 and two-tenths seconds, from the coast. This brcke the San Pranciscan’s own Bendix record, made in 1937. by 40 minutes and 10 seconds. If none of the other entrants improves on Fuller's time, he will hecome the only racing pilot ever to win the Bendix race twice. He averaged on the flight 282.098. miles per hour.
BULLETIN
BERLIN, Sept. 2 (U. P.).— Pelish Ambassador Josef Lipski and most of the Embassy staff left by plane today for Poland and German quarters called their departure “a definite breaking of Polish-Ger-
man relations.”
Hitler No Psychopath—but His Neurotic Terror of Death Plunges World Into War, Says Psychiatrist
" By DR. HARRY STACK SULLIVAN
President,
(Copyright, 1839, by Science
DOLF HITLER'S neurotic terror of death speech before the
- revealed in his fateful Reichstag would appear to me to all his actions during the last few
Hitler could have moved slower.
William Alanson White Psychiatric Foundation
Service) as
have motivated months. And he might
have won enough concessions in the case of Poland to have kept his almost magic sway over the Ger-
man people. But he was hurried in fulfilling to be his “mission.” (it has been reported that he has
what he believes
Whether his physical condition
a malignant tu-
mor in his throat) is responsible for his conviction that death approaches, or whether it is a mental “payment” to balance his megalomaniac idea that
he stands close to divinity, we can
only conjecture.
But it appears evident that his fear of an approaching doom is driving the world into war.
In his speech, his fear of death
was interestingly
linked with his desire to go on after death, ruling
through his named successors.
Hitler is a genius at statecraft and at sizing up his diplomatic enemies, but nonetheless to a psy-
chiatrist he appears as a disturbed personality. Too many people have observed that in some
Hitler . , . fulfilling ‘mission’ + ;
ways he
behaves as
a psychopath. = A psycho-
path always says (he right thing and then pays
no attention to
what he has heard himself say.
But we cannot infer that Hitler is a psychopath.
Considering his
certainly neurotic, but not a psychopath.
history, I would say that he is (A neu-
rotic person is a comparatively stable person faced with mental crisis—the psychopath is a personality warped from early years.)
Many people state that Hitler is insane.
This
is not justified by anything that has come to my
knowledge. ceases with
His resemblance to the psychopath the
matter of achievement. Hitler
achieves by saying the right thing and doing some-
thing else.
His resemblance to the psychopath comes, therefore, from what we call lack of principle. His genius
is free to play upon the .credulity of others.
They
are so much more the fools, so far as he is con-
cerned.
He borders on the abnormal in that he appar-
ently believes that his queer god approves all means | for the achievement of his ends.
There is no puch
private shame as some of us feel after mild deception of trustful people. I fear that we are deceiving ourselves if we retain any hope that Hitler's career will end in a
mental hospital.
N
.
If it does, it will be a refuge that
he has wangled when the bills for his life come due.
.
PARIS, Sept. 2 (U.
British Government to
2D ULTIMATUM WITH 18-HOU DEADLINE SE
BULLETIN
P.).—The French Cabi-
net tonight decided in conjunction with the
make new demands on
Berlin for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland and to demand by noon tomorrow a reply to last night’s original demands.
By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Sept. 2.—Great Britain and France
are consulting on a second ultimatum to Germany demanding that she withdraw her troops from Poland and setting a war deadline for such withdrawal,
mons tonight. |
— | Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Com-
Lord Halifax, Foreign Minister, made an iden tical statement in the House of Lords. There will be an almost unprecedented Sunday
| | meeting of Commons at noon (5 a. m. Indianapolis | Time) tomorrow. Mr. Chamberlain promised a state‘ment of “definite character” at that time, indicating ‘the new ultimatum would have a limit of about 18
‘hours,
| In a five-minute speech Mr. Chamberlain re(vealed that Benito Mussolini was taking a leadin
‘part in 11th-hour* attem | European war, |
‘called to discuss the crisis.
No Surrender
| Cha
pts to stave off a genera
| Premier Mussolini, according to Mr. Chamberlain, proposed that hostilities between Germany and | Poland cease and that a five-power conference be
on Firm Stand
Great Britain could never agree to such a proposal, Mr, mberlain said, while German troops were on Polish soil.
There was no sign that Great Britain and France were relaxing the stern stand they had taken, but they seriously were considering making one more attempt to save the Flies From Frisco to Cleve- Peace by sending a second ultimatum. It appeared to be a thin chance, for Mr. Chamberlain revealed that no reply had been received from Fuehrer Adolf
Hitler to an ultimatum’ sent (U.P) =Prark Faller manded withdrawal of German troops from Poland, but did
vesterday. Yesterday's de-
not set a time limit for such action. | Mr. Chamberlain declared that Great Britain does not ‘recognize the union of Danzig with Germany because it was accomplished by unilateral action and force. While Great Britain waited to hear the words of her
statesmen, events raced on i
n Germany and Poland. The
Germans said their troops from East Prussia and Pome erania had almost established contact in the Polish Core
‘ridor, cutting off Polish troops to the north.
against Warsaw continued.
Air raids
Envoys Leave Berlin and Warsaw The Polish ambassador to Berlin and most of his staff left by plane for Warsaw. The German envoy was reported
‘to have started home from Warsaw.
A Soviet military coms
| . » . . © (mission composed of high ranking officers arrived by plans
‘in Berlin,
|
A British Cabinet meeting was held at No. 10 Downing Street to consult with Mr. Chamberlain on the preparation of his statement to Commons.
(The French Cabinet also prepared to go into session lafter Parliament passed a war credits bill.)
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It was learned reliably that passage of the war credits bill by the French Parliament made it possible to prepares
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In Paris:
Only Lebrun Decree Needed To Send France to War.
PARIS, Sept. 2 (U., P.).—The French Parliament today unanimously voted supplementary war credits totaling about $1,660,000,000
after Premier Edouard Daladier had | declared: “Our duty is to finish with all | violence for good.
“France accepts the supreme sac- |
rifice if necessary. “This is the first time so many |spiritual and peaceful forces in the world have come forth tou save | peace.” | M. Daladier
said that France
[tion if fighting in Poland ceased |but he said that if hostilities con{tinued France and Britain would {not hesitate to fulfill their com- | mitments to Poland. | Even the Communists joined in | the applause for M. Daladier. | According to Vice Premier Edou(ard Herriot, all France needs to declare a state of war is a simple de-
|cree by President Lebrun. He said |
| Parliament's action was concluded when the Senate voted the war
!
stood ready to again try concilia-|
credits already approved by the Chamber. The Cabinet was convened |as soon as the Senate passed the M. Daladier’s declarations fole | lowed a fiercy speech by M Herriot, | who asserted that the world is faced (by a new threat of German aggres= | sion. | “After 20 years of labor which has not effaced the disaster of the last |German aggression we are faced | with a new threat,” M. Herriot said. “All French hearts are united in devotion without limit to the Motherland.” President Albert Lebrun transmit ted a message to the Chamber in which he said: “You have assembled in a critical hour of our national existence. War ‘has broken out in Central Furops where men kill each other and in- | nocent victims fall under air hom(bardments. . . . Germany brutally attacked Poland, causing a state of | war which nothing justifies. . . . Bes yond the fate of our country the | freedom of the world and the future ‘of civilization is at stake.”
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