Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1939 — Page 1
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Safes Hold Seaied Orders To Put Factories on Emergency Basis.
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grams in these plants Then the secret orders would be] removed from the safes and pro-| duction lines would be swiwched,! almost overnight, from products to war materials Learned Lesson in 1917 The War Department learned its lesson back in 1917 when the United States’ entry in the World War caught the nation napping. It took nearly a year to get the country's industrial machinery fully mobilized Today the War Department is familiar with the lavout and facilities of 20.000 plants and has given them minutely detailed instructions for the change-over to manufacture of war products Identity of these plants is kept 2 military secret But Indianapolis, with its hundreds of diversified industries, could be expecied to produce such articles Army tanks and trucks. motor engine blocks for tanks and trucks, bodies for Army ambulances and trucks, radioes, uniforms, shell casings, tools and machinery for other mobilized plants and many similar products.
Offers Packing Facilities
The City also probably would be a center for Army food products packing, including vegetables and meat One of its most important con-
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939
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| Times_ Photo. The patient is David Winger. 8. The “nurse” is his sister, Jo Ann, 6. David, a safeiv patrol member at School 77, directed all the other youngsters across the street after scnool vesterday and when his task was done he stepped from the curb and was hit by an auto. He was the second child hurt this new school year. Jo Ann got up early today
to take care of him before leaving home, 5931 Lowell Ave, for her
third day of school.
It’s Hottest Day Since - (Guess)
LOCAL TEMFERATURES a.m m1 10 am. a. m. 3 11 a. Wm. a. a.
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Several Hundred May Be Eliminated Under New Statute.
m. 81 12 (Neon) m. 83 1pm
HIS is the hottest day in Indianapolis since July 28. The mercury soared into the 90s under a blazing sun while the average normal temperature for this dav of the year here is 69. The last time the mercury hit 92 was at 3 p. m. July 28. The last day it reached 9) was Aug. 16. On this day a vear ago 90 was
By NOBLE REED The possibility that several hun(dred State emrloyees may have to {be eliminated from the Pemocratic| | Two Per Cent Club rolls under pro- | visions of the new Hatch law, is (being investigated by State Demo-| cratic leaders.
west railway station at Warsaw had | been bombed and was in flames and | that bridges south of the Polish | caiptal over the Vistula River had been destroved to cut off the Polish | retreat. The German troops this afternoon | were only 21 miles from Warsaw, it was announced officially. | The Government also reported | the capture of General Gosiorowski, | commander of the Seventh Polish Division and until 1936 the chief of general staff for the late Marshal Josef Pilsudski. It had been announced a fel hours earlier that the Nazi troops had taken Pultusk, 30 miles north of Warsaw, indicating that the invaders were massing on a wide front north of the city. |
Drive From Slovakia Slows
The capture of Pultusk meant that the left flank of the PlonskCiechanow line had been advanced some 14 miles in a fan-like spread, and that there was a wide line ‘of | German troops close to Warsaw, | The Government aiso announced | that German troops had captured] virtually the whole industrial area of Poland on which the Polish army | depended for guns and ammunition. The German drive upward from
the Slovakian frontier, necessarily &
slower than the others because of] tihe rugged country, progressed past Nowy Sacz, 30 miles southeast ‘of Kracow. and smashed eight to 10! miles northward across the Dunajec | River toward Tarnow, it was reported. i Tarnow is about 60 miles south | southeast of Kielce, already in Ger- | man hands, and a little more than 100 miles southwest of Lublin, where the Polish Government is now es-| tablished.
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Germans driving eastward have
Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight; continued warm tomorrow.
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German military operations in Poland
British and French Army Chiefs Unite on Strategy
PARIS, Sept. 7 (U. P.).—French and British high commands today prepared to rush Jarge numbers of British troops arriving in France into positions on the Western front where French troops reported an advance into Germany territory in the rich Saar industrial area. Accelerated Franco-British military operations against Germany
Marked Activity on Western Front Reported;
Gdynia Holds Out Against Germans; Warsaw Almost Isolated.
| (Maj. George F. Eliot analyzes the Russian-German Pact, Page 13).
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor Adolf Hitler's Army was reported ahead of schedule in its plan for a “lightning war” seizure of Poland and a quick, triumphant peace, but Great Britain and France made their preparations for a long conflict. French troops punched cautiously at the German Rhineland defenses, reportedly advancing seven miles in some sectors. British troops—first of an expected 20 divisions—landed in France. : The British wireless reported “marked activity on both sides of the Western Front,” saying that the French advance was supported by heavy artillery, But the Nazi Armies in the West merely “resisted” and Berlin even denied that there had been a French attack. Germany continued big gains in Poland, straightening out Nazi battle lines about 21 miles north of Warsaw. The ‘Germans claimed this represented a 14-mile advance. Poles dug in for their first big defensive stand as the Warsaw railroad station was cut in half and burst into flames after new aerial attacks. The Nazis also claimed to ‘have blown up the Vistula River bridges over which the
Polish defenders might have retreated.
| Warsaw Is Silent
Except for the radio, there was no word from Warsaw today. It was almost as isolated as the Polish port of
|progressed 12 miles past Kielce Gdynia on the Baltic, which is holding out despite the cap-
the highest temperature. |
The Weather Bureau said the late summer heat wave would
coincided with disclosure that Gen. Edmund Ironside, British general |
tributions would be the high-speed : 3 ; i as i Under the Hatch law, Federal|toward the Vistula and other forces| oo chiel, and British Air Marshal] | ture of the rest of the Corridor by Germany. The fortress
Army airplane motors already be-
employees are not permitted to take are advancing on Lodz, important |
ing produced by the Allison Engineering Division of General Motors Corp This plant. which “belongs to the War alreaqy, is preparing mass production on tors this fall. Another General Motors division which would be important to the Army is the Chevrolet Commercial Body plant. Now engaged in the construction of commercial truck bodies, the plant could be changed over quicklv to producing panel-bodies for military trucks The Marmon-Herrington plant here also would be invaluable to the Government
figuratively Department” to go into airplane mo-
Supplied Army Trucks
This eompany, in the past. already has supplied the Army with its unique all-wheel-drive trucks, and would be prepared to switch over from commecciai to full military production on short notice. Among the industries listed as potential large-scale producers of indirect armaments are the American Poundry Co, which makes engine blocks for one of the leading aufomobile companies. and the International Harvester Co. plant, manufacturing truck motors. Indianapolis has numerous foundries, all of which would plav an important role in the war products picture. There also are forging and stamping plants. lead companies. tool and die works. a chain factory, an oxygen producing firm. bacteriological laboratories, garment firms and manv others which would > “called to the colors.” The factorv heads are posed to know what called on to produce Whether the secret plans ever will be pulled out of their safes is something the manufacturers do not know They do know that if the call ever is Issueds Indianapolis’ industry is ready to do its part.
not supthey are to be
Best Opportunity of The Year to Secure Tenants Quickly
Hundreds and hundreds of renters will move into suitable locations during the next few davs. Desir ble mneople who have been away for the summer and others vhe Tan: th move nsarer schools sre waiching The TIMES War Ad: The of running a Por Rent
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active part in politics. The State Democratic Committee has requested an opinion from the) U. S. Attorney General's office in Washington on the question of whether employees in State departments that receive Federal aid moneys would be affected by the Hatch law.
Receive Federal Aid
Both the State Highway Depart-| ment and State Health Board receive Federal aid funds in various Hoosiers wishing another glimpse forms. at tne Indiana State Fair will have! If the Hatch law should appiy to their last chances todav and to- these units receiving Federal money. morrow neariv 1000 State workers would Farmers from all sections of the have to stop paving part of their state flocked to the Fair Grounds monthly salaries to the Two Per today, which was designated Parmer Cent Club. and Farm Organization Day. Feature. The State Welfare Department event on today’s program was a big and the Unemplovment Compen-| parade of bands, floats and livestock, sation Division also receive Federal followed bv an address by Governor funds in the routine of their operaM. Clifford Townsend. tions but employees in these units Tomorrow, (he concluding dav, are under civil service and already will be observed as Indianapolis and are banned from participation in Manufacturers’ Day. | politics. | Members of the State Board of Organized Under McNutt Agriculture forecast today that a The Two Per Cent Club was or-| new record attendance of 440,000 ganized during the administration | would be set by the time the Fair's'of former Governor Paul V. Me-| gates ciose tomorrow night. Yesterday's paid attendance 71.904 brought the total attendance on State employees’ wages. thus far to 313560, which is 23245 Democratic leaders have defendmore than the same date last year.'ed existence of the club on the
continue tomorrow
LOOK QUICK! FAIR SLIPS AWAY FAST
Farmers Parade as Event Enters Last Days.
Indiana's grand champion dress- ground that raising campaign funds Noon and if all goes well Mr. Roose- {men little by makers, chosen at the 4-H Club from persons who get political jobs Velt will leave tomorrow for Hyde | Propaganda
style revue vesterday, are Rosemary is better than soliciting private (Continued on Page Six) business interests for contributions.) BC TT Tr While the exact financial status cS SORS RETURN SET of the Two Per Cent Club has been "AP D'ANTIBES. France. Sept. 7 gent secret since its organization ‘U. P..—Usually reliable sources in 1933, jt has been estimated unseid today thet the Duke and offisially that the revenues from Duchess of Windsor would leave by State emplovees’ wages range from automobile tomorrow en route to $130000 te more “than 200.000 England. annually.
Cehsors Make It Hard
News from Europe is heavily censored. The censorship thus far has proven even more stringent than during the World War— perhaps as a result of experience in that direction which the dictatorships have since gained. i
Each belligerent is trying to “put its best foot forward” by exaggerating its successes and hiding or belittling its losses.
Newspaper readers should remember these facts—and weigh the claims of one side against the counter-claims of the other.
Whenever pessible this paper will, in reporting any particular | story or incident, print what both sides say about it. This cannot always be done because often one side reports an incident and the other side is silent regarding it.
‘We therefore urge you to be particularly cautious of stories announced by one belligerent and not mentioned by the other.
textile center 60 miles southwest of | Warsaw and Tomaszov. In Northeastern Poland, the high command reported, German armies (Continued on Page Three)
EXTRA SESSION TALK WANES IN CAPITAL
Cabinet Meeting Is Called With McNutt Sitting In.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 (U. P.. —President Roosevelt todav summoned an emergency meeting of the Cabinet to carry on with his neutrality policy which already has | established a peace protective front extending halfway around ‘the! world. He deferred decision on summoning & special session of Con- |
gress and the question began to|porder. \y
arise whether the call would be issued at all. The President appeared decided |
|puts in on a “when or Whether | side the French.
basis.” | The Cabinet will meet this after-|
Park, N. Y. | The President today officially! ruled that short time credits for ordinary commercial transactions with belligerents are permissible under the neutrality law, Participating in the Cabinet session for the first time will be chiefs (Continued on Page Three)
WORLD MARTS CALM. U. S. GRAIN FRENZIED
By UNITED PRESS World security markets took on &
calm tone today, while all North Secretary of the Interior Harold L.| American grain markets moved into Ickes said today the Government |
a frenzy of buying and selling as the | market limits were doubled. Easing of market restrictions un-
in years and wheat fluctuated over
'an 8-cent range. Prices near the creased food prices reached Wash-
close at Chicago were at ington today. 8 Nea eggs, butter, potatoes, beans, bacon, |Agriculture Department has
general levels since March, 1938.
| reported to have reached the edges
will oppose vigorously “a rape of our Secrotary of Agriculture Henry A.| natural resources’ by leashed the heaviest grain trading | Profiteers.
Sir Cyril Newall have been at their | posts on French soil since Sept. 4. They conferred today with Gen. Maurice Gamelin, French com-mander-in-chief, and French Aviation Commander Joseph Vuillemin regarding positions to be taken by the British expeditionary forces.
Political Chiefs Meet
Chiefs of political parties met today and it was reported that they discussed the possibility . of re-| organizing the Cabinet on a national union basis. Lille experienced another 30-min-ute air raid alarm at 9:50 a. m., but no bembs were dropped. News of the Franco-British military activities here, arrival of British expeditionary forces and the French penetration of the Saar basin brought great public enthusiasm. Aided by airplanes and big fleets of tanks, the French troops were
WARSAW IS SILENT IN LAST-DITGH FIGHT
Gdynia Holds Out Against Danzig Invasion.
By UNITED PRESS
The United Press Warsaw staff sent its last report on conditions in the Polish capital at 9:50 a. m. (Warsaw Time) Wednesday (2:50 a. m. Indianapolis Time). This may or may not indicate an aggravated condition, causing the
patches for fear of informing the enemy. A Polish radio broadcast late last nigh picked up at Paris said: “German aviavion continued to bomb our troops and lines of com- ' ’ iles from the munications. Warsaw was repeatedas Much us ‘seven ‘miles 7 ly bombed. Our aviation bombed {German armored columns. In air Expect Millions of Tommies [battles 15 German planes were shot
It was made known officially that down today and 20 yesterday. Our
of several towns in the Saar Basin|
‘Nutt to raise Democratic campaign last week that Congress would be | British troops were now arriving in [losses total six planes. of funds through monthly assessments summoned. The White House now | France to take their places along-|
“On land embittered battles are joccurring on the lines of Lodz“Thanks to conscription Britain Liotkrow-Tomaszow-Masowecki and will be able to give us millions of fwest of Tarnow. little,” announced Minister Jean Girau- Plonsk the enemy made no progress. doux. “Troops at ‘Gdynia are combating “Many British rir squadrons are detachments of the Danzig forces.” today in our provinces on duty with | Another broadcast heard at Lonour own.” don at 11:30 a. m. today (6:30 a. m Czechoslovak Minister Stepan Indianapolis Time) was the latest (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three)
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Ickes Guards Resources Against Exploitation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (U. P.).— cents in'one day, lambs were 4 cents higher and boiled ham 5 to 8 cents!’ higher. Mr. Ickes’ statement came after] war-time | Wallace renorted there is no pros- | | pect for a shortage of foodstuffs and basic commodities as a result of the | war in Europe. Mr. Wallace revealed that the re-
From many cities reports of in-|
Sugar. flour, meat,
Fluctuation limits were doubled rice, salt, lard and canned goods ceived several complaints charging
European war and permit
mal manner.
lin all American grain markets to Were going up. A shortage of Im- unnamed processors and distributors
break the deadlock caused by the ported foodstuffs, resulting from the [cancelled orders, was reported in
markets to function in a more nor- {some sections
of foodstuffs with spreading false] ‘rumors of shortages in order to in-|
|crease prices. The complaints are
Sugar was up as much as $1.25 being investigated, he said.
official censor to hold up news dis-|
“On the north line Torun-Sierck- |
‘of Westerplatte, which Polish defenders had made the “Ale cazar” of the present war, surrendered this morning; its |garrison’s courage was officially praised by the German Army communique. All of Poland's big industrial section—about one-third of the country—was in German hands after the capture of Krakow and a drive that brought the Nazis close to Lodz. That straightened out a long front from the Slovakian fron. tier to the Poznan (Posen) sector and almost united the southern German forces in Poland with the northern armies that sliced off the Corridor and drove southward from East
Prussia. Many Planes Shot Down
Farther south, a German column supported by Slovak ian troops that pushed nine miles into Polish territory in a ‘flanking raovement, was believed striking farther eastward ‘toward Lublin, 100 miles southeast of Warsaw, in an effort ‘to seize the city to which the Polish Government had fled, Success of such a drive would trap the Polish main armies: and threaten to cut them off from the Rumanian frontier. | Germany also announced that 18 Polish planes had been
shot down in the last 24 hours, while the Poles reported that
Nazi war craft had been destroyed in two days fighting. All of those developments, including German claims that two divisions and three battalions of Poland's best troops had been wiped out, were in line with the Nazi plan to subdue Poland and then sue for peace before Britain and France could get into heavy action. | Possibly in line with this plan was the report that (Continued on Page Three)
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Premier Reports Sinking Of More Ships by Subs.
In London:
By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Sept. 7.—Poland is fighting grimly for every yard of ground yielded to the Germans, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told a: cheering House of Commons today as Great Britain under a nine-man Cabinet prepared for a war to the end against Hitlerism. Premier Chamberlain also reported today that German submarines had sunk three or four British merchantmen in addition to the
of numbers and materials to crush: |all opposition. “Against an overwhelming super jority in the air—outnumbered and outgunned-—the Polish soldier is contesting every yard of the Gere man advance.” Mr. Chamberlain also revealed that the Royal Air Force raid on the Kiel canal in Germany had scored at least two hits on one of Germany's pocket battleships. Mr. Chamberlain reported to the House that arrangements with France for co-operating in the pros«
ecution of the war are “working smoothly and well.” Britain's war effort is “rapidly gaining momen=
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The White House announced that jiner Athenia. President Roosevelt is routing all, In the first official British stateinformation on rising food prices to ment regarding war on land, Mr. the Department of Agriculture, and! Chamberlain said: tum,” he said. to Attorney General Frank M v,! “In the east the Poles are fight- Any belief that Britain and. who he instructed to survey - ing hard against a strong and ruth- {France might temporize with Adolf (Continued on Page Six) less enémy who is relying ‘on weight | (Continued on Page Three) \ MH ‘
This paper will endeavor sa far as possible to be accurate and unbiased and te exclude false reports and unsubstantiated rumors. However, like all other papers snd the radio, we are dependent on what the censors abroad permit the correspondents and press associations to file—and therefore it is impossible to warrant the accuracy of news under such conditions,
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A burst of buying entered the per hundred pounds at Salt Lake New York Stock Market and prices City: a co-operative warehouse for rose 3 points. Return of the small 450 retailers at St. Louis reported its| traders was heralded by rise of sugar supply depleted; flour at New low-priced issues. Bonds rose. | Orleans was $7.50 a barrel compared Indianapolis hog prices dropped to $5.50 last week; at Chicago whole50 to 75 cents. sale prices for pork loin jumped 3% |
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