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FRIDAY, SEPT. 8 1080

Warsaw Captured After Week of War, Nazi Radio Claims

French Indicate Big Battle Is Developing on Rhine; British Drop Propaganda Leaflets; “Emergency” Declared in U. S,

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believed to have escaped the full force of the Nazi thrust and are expected to make a strong stand ag the British-French pressure against Germany increases. Already that pressure is being felt by the Germans, The Nazi high command sent reinforcements into the “Limes” fortifications or West Wall in the Rhine-Moselle sector where the French have been punching with artillery, 70-ton tanks and infantry in an effort to find the weak spots. French sources estimated that six divisions (almost 100,000 men) had been diverted by Germany to reinforce the Limes troops.

No-Man't Land Scene of Action

But as yet all fighting on the Rhineland front hag been preliminary. Only now, as the French reported their troops . advancing through the wooded hills around the Saar Basin, has there been any indication that the engagement was de: veloping toward a big battle in which the French might attempt to pour their troops thorugh an opening. The opposing French and German fortifications ave some 10 miles apart in most places and in the Saar sector there is more open space, protected only by pillboxes or small replacements. Thus, a zone for preliminary maneuvers on both sides is left open and it is in that zone that fighting has occurred on a seale which official announcements in Paris do not defi. nitely define other than to say that the French are now on German soil. The German fortifications are generelly of an open character as contrasted to the concrete, underground Maginot Line on the French side. French troops, according to the Paris announcements, have pushed through the outlying German posts in the Saar sector and apparently established their observation and reconnaissance units in Germany. That means they have been successful in shoving back German advance lines but so far it means nothing in con-

nection with the paramount question of whether the crack" French Army, now getting British land reinforcements. can | |

“break” the Limes Line built by the Nazis. The Gallup Poll— Shows Americans Putting Blame on Hitler Alone

By DR. GEORGE GALLUP | ropean war, the attitude of the

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion RINCETON, N. J, Sept. 8. | American people on the question | For the last 20 years the Ger. | of “war guilt” is an important one. man people have rankled under Both Germany and the Allies have | the stigma of responsibility for | attempted to justify the war not | the first World War, fastened on | only to their own people but to the |

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Britain Will Ration Food: War on Subs Intensified

By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 8 Britains war tempo increased today with officials preparing for rationing of food in a few weeks and announcement that | secret agents have arrested more than 6000 men and women as suspected dup.

William 8. Morrison, Food Min- |" ister, announced that food ration. this morning, the Information Min« |ing will have to be put into effect, jstry said. It was the fourth of such

[although probably not for several jeafiet raids.

weeks, The Ministry today denied Gers | Indicative of the wholehearted man accusations of unjust treat way the country is facing the or- ment of Nazis in Palestine, ‘deal ahead, it was disclosed that the] Newspapers reduced their size to | master of Badminton Hunt had de-| eight pages today as a war conser|stroyed its valuable pack of hounds, vation measure. The papers, Cone [so that they would not consume servative as well as Cpposition now,

‘food which might be needed by the had space for vigorous criticisms of

the British censorship. The influential Times said that in its opening moves the Ministry of The Ministry of Information an- | Information which operates the (nounced that the uBeAiployuent | CENSOrSRIp nade A series of mudassistance board has been em. WIS an ye

powered to pay aliowances to people |

distressed because of the war, A DEM ANDS In the midst of all the war

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ation, Distressed to Get Aid

showed every determination to |“ecarry on.” Authorities decided to permit the reopening of theaters| lin certian “safe” sections, provided | arrangements are made to [protect the audiences in case of

air raids. of L. President William Green and | y insist upon peace. Spies Rounded Up The text of the telegram to PresiThe spy roundup was conducted gent Roosevelt follows: by secret agents of Scotland Yard| «in view of the developments and the naval and military intel- anroad which cannot but affect our ligence departments, country by way of rapidly increasSuspects were listed under three jo costs of living, thus wiping out

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LIMITED STATE OF EMERGENCY IS PROCLAIMED

F. D. R. Also to Safeguard Neutrality and Add to Nation's Defenses.

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ing American refugees, was sunk by a torpedo. The report said: “A gun or explosive signal was fired from the conning tower platform.”

Arms Embargo Extended

4. He has signed the proclamation making the arms embargo neutrality effective between the United States and South Africa and a similar proclamation affecting Canada is drafted and awaiting notification that the dominion is a belligerent. He was extremely careful in pre senting the limited emergency procs lamation to some 200 assembled newspaper reporters to emphasize that it did not warrant sensational treatment but was, in fact, a limited action. Mr. Roosevelt emphasized in specific terms that every step he contemplates will be on a peacetime basis. Mr. Roosevelt, explaining the executive orders whieh he said will be forthcoming shortly, said that the authorized peacetime strength of the Army is 280,000 men, The Army now is materially below this strength,

Guard to Be Augmented

The object. the President said, is to fill in the chinks in the military establishment, giving the Army enough man power to man certain

have devoted the last two days largely to straightening their line and waiting for other operations to catch up with their swift advance, The Nazis presumably had not yet forced a crossing of the Bug River, but northeast of Warsaw they re ported mechanized groups had crossed the River Narew near Rozan, thus further encircling the Polish capital. 2. South of Warsaw, the Nazis reported they had struck up to Msseznonow, about 25 miles from the Polish capital. This column had advanced around %odsz, which apparently remained in Polish hands. 3. Still other Nazi columns from the south were reported moving toward Warsaw, One advance was from Krakow to Tasmow. Another was from Kielce, half way between Krakow and Warsaw, toward Radom, 4. In the extreme south of Poland, the Nazis reported a column operating almost parallel with the Slovakian frontier had reached the Wistoka River about half way between the German frontier and the city of Lwow in Eastern Poland. This column reported it had taken Tarnow and advanced further to the Wistoka on a line that, if continued, would slice across Southern Poland to Lwow and thus cut off (the Polish forces from the Rumanian frontier area. The polish Government has been reported at Lublin, north of Lwow. Most serious fighting was reported south of Warsaw in the Rawa Maz sector, where armored Nazi

Warsaw Has Fallen, Says German High Command

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forces drove Poles back toward the capital. It was announced that the Polish capital was being rapidly evacuated

and that highways were clogged with fleeing civilians. Germans were spread over the western one-third of Poland, and in that section, the Poles still held a stretch of land roughly 150 miles long and 100 miles wide. This strip extended westward to Posen (Poznan), almost at the German border, and eastward to Warsaw. But by closing in on Warsaw, the Germans could bottle up this strip and dominate the whole of Poland from Warsaw west, and from the border of Slovakia to the Baltic. As regards the hostilities with Britain and France, the Government denied that British airplanes had damaged the pocket battleship Gneisenau during a raid on the Kiel Canal region early in .the week, A Swiss radio station had said the ship was sunk, It was admitted that a considerable area adjoining the French ‘border had been evacuated ‘purely as a precaution,” but a spokesman said “the French have done the same thing to their frontier zone.” “Of course we do not know whether the French actually intend to bombard German territory and we have no intention of bombarding them unless they begin it,” he said. It was reported that the city of Saarbruecken, only a mile from the French line, had been evacuated entirely, along with several nearby

villages, in the belief that the French might strike there first.

F. D. R.>s Text

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (U. P.) .—The text of the President's proclamation of a

national emergency follows: Proclaiming a national emergency in connection with the observance, safeguarding and enforcement of neutrality and the strengthening of the national defense within the lim= its of peacetime authorizations. By the President of the United States of America. A proclamation, Whereas, a proclamation {issued by me on Sept. 5, 1939, proclaimed the neutrality of the United States in the war now unhappily existing between certain nations; and Whereas, this state of war ime poses on the United States certain duties with respect to the proper observance, safeguarding and ene forcement of such neutrality, and the strengthening of the national defense within the limits of peacetime authorizations; and Whereas, measures required at this time call for the exercise of only a limited number of the powse ers granted in a national emere gency; Now, therefore, I Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do proclaim yhat a national emergency exists in cone nection with and to the extent nece essary for the proper observance, safeguarding and enforcing of the neutrality of the United States and the strengthening of our national defense within the limits of peace= time authorizations. Specific direce tions and authorizations will be given from time to time for carrye ing out these two purposes. In witness whereof I have heree unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of Amer= ica to be affixed.

defenses such as Panama, Puerto Rico and other points, and to re- | build certain arms of the service whose personnel has been reduced | by assignments of men to other| branches such as the air corps. The Army increase, Mr. Roosevelt | said, also will augment the National | Guard. The Navy order, he said, will give the nation's first line of de-! fense sufficient personnel to man all batteries and to have full crews on all watches. It will provide crews for approximately one third | of the 116 World War destroyers] which are being recommissioned | for neutrality patrol duty on the coasts.

Navy to Recruit Men |

The Navy's peace-time strength, he said, is now authorized at| 180,000 men but the service person- | nel now actually is only about| 120,000. Under the executive order | recruiting will be resorted to and | first line reserves will be called | back to add a comparatively small number of men to the service. Mr. Roosevelt again emphasized that Navy personnel will not be in- | creased to anywhere near the full) peace-time authorization. The same situation, he said, ap-

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plies to the marine corps whose per-| sonnel will be increased slightly but | not to the full peace-time authorization. At least six weeks will be required | to evacuate Americans desiring re-|

them by the Treaty of Versailles. Historians have debated the question of “war guilt” for two decades, But whatever

chief neutrals.

The comments of voters in the Institute survey have been carefully analyzed, and they show that the American public is singling out Herr Hitler him-

|headings: 1--Active enemy agents; |2—Persons suspected of acting as ‘enemy agents; and 3—Sympathizers likely to assist enemy agents. So effective were advance arrangemek, it was said, that every sus-

pected person on the secret agents’

much if not all of the gains made by labor during retent years, you gre respectfuly requested to use [your good offices and infiuence to (bring about peace in the ranks of (organized labor by insisting that conferences be renewed and suc-

patriation from European war areas, a Maritime Commission official estimated today. Great Britain is now free to begin taking deliveries States cotton bartered to it by this

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World War.” ee « | More than eight Americans in Col. Louis A. Johnson, Assistant | every ten (827%) believe that the [Secretary of War, today wrote) Blame must rest on Germany |Mavor Reginald H. Sulliv | y | May . Sullivan that and especially on the shoulders 4)" war Department is considering | of the German Chancellor and [the City's offer of ground at PiehrEraARal Hitler. t Municipal Airport for use hy the! nan oblective test of the ignited States Aeronautical Dis American reaction the Institute vision | interviewed men and women in all Maxor Sullivan, at the request | parts of the United States, so se~ | ha Works Board, made the oflected as to represent as perfectly | fer directly to Col. Johnson two as possible the 45 million national | weeks ago. City officials previously electorate. Using the same meth. had been informed that Federal ods it has emploved in forecasts | inde were available to establish an | ing numerous state and national Aeronautical Division experimental |

election contests, the Institute ‘and testing laboratory here. do you consider responsible for | The replie SAFETY IS CHECKED Versailles treaty .. City Engineer M. G. Johnson to de-!

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“Which country or countries | . INDIANA AVE. SPAN'S | The replies of all those interEngland and France The Works Board today ordered

[cessfully concluded. “Peace in labor and a unified movement are inevitable. ImmediAs French troops hammered at the ate wns . Ses ie wd 1s) $ X pparently immediate peace is posWest Wall, Britain concentrated its Prim only if the Fn wd a war efforts for the moment on aerial | the same attitude toward labor that and naval activity, and the economic |it has toward other elements of sowarfare whose Tesules Nis expected | ciety and insists upon solidarity of to become evident within a few | action, purpose and thought.” weeks by sharply reducing the flow ed X . of materials to Germany by land.

The Information Ministry ane WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. P).—

nounced tersely last night: Th ; Pris AR bias | The Home Owners Loan CorporaDuring the day aircraft of the | ion announced today that its inRUYA| OAD NOICE JS been Smployey terest rate will be reduced to 4! per in reconnaissance activities over| 0 Gp lS Oct. 16. All Bayt wide areas including the North Sea.” becoming due oh 6 ra fter that date War on Subs Called Vital

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country in exchange for rubber, The State Department announced late yesterday that President Roosevelt had proclaimed a barter agreement between the two nations in ef- | fect as of Aug. 25.

CALLED INDEFINITE

LONDON, Sept. 8 (U. P.).—The Press Association said today that plans for the return to Great Britain of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor had not yet been completed and that they definitely would not! return today.

Information Ministry communiques indicated also that naval operations against German submarines were becoming important. It had been announced that it was believed an attack on a mine-laying submarine had been successful, and that British destroyers twice dropped depth bombs while they were escorting the Netherlands steamship Batavia—bearing Nether-

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lands colors on its sides—from Rotterdam to Gravesend yesterday when it brought Sir Nevile Henderson back from his post at Berlin,

formed within the next few days, bringing into the Government all

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Indiana Ave. bridge over Fall Creek! {is safe for vehicular traffic, and to! [investigate methods for strengthening the structure,

where he had been Ambassador. Royal Air Force planes scattered

| 3,500,000 copies of an anti-Hitler note over northern Germany early

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

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Indianapolis Foreeast—Fair and much cooler tonight and tomorrow. _ Sunrise 5:19 | Sunset ooo. 6:08 TEMPERATURE - —Sept. 8, 1938 Movin, BY BAROMETER TODAY 6:30 a. m .... 200 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending Ta m.. 00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana Fair tonight and tomorrow,

ex. cept mostly cloudy in north portion

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night and in south portion tomorrow.

lineis — Generally fair tonight and morrow: considerably cooler tonight in extreme south portion tomorrow. Lower Michigan--Cloudy and much cooler tonight: tomorrow generally fair and continued cool. Ohio Fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight and in east and south portions merrow: showers by Sunday afternoon or

Kentucky Generally fair tonight and st| forcements, was taken to indicate

tomorrow: cooler tomorrow and in west and north portions tonight: showers by Sunday afternoon or night.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES 6:30 A. M.

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parties from Socialists to the extreme Right, including Leon Blum, Socialist leader; Edouard Herriot, president of the Chamber of Deputies; Pierre Laval; Pierre Flandin and Louis Marin, It was persistently but unconfirmedly reported that M. Herriot may become Foreign Minister if M. Daladier organizes a War Cabinet. Many believed that M. Herriot's great personal prestige in the United States and his following in the Balkan countries will prove most valuable to French diplomacy. French operations in the west were still said to be confined to testing various enemy positions and cleaning up advanced pillboxes and machine gun nests until strategists discovered—as they hoped to do—a weak point in the German defensive system. After that, it was indicated, an offensive would be launched to smash through the Limes Line,

Sector Heavily Fortified

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The French admitted that the sector was heavily fortified and that reconnoitering operations were necessary before weak points could be discovered. The fact that the German high command was rushing up rein-

that the French pressure and advance now were regarded seriously. Reports reaching Paris indicated that a battle for Warsaw was expected soon. Genevieve Tabouis, political expert of the newspaper Oeuvre, reported today without citing authority that the Poles had used but 15 divisions of their troops and that 45 others remained intact awaiting General Staff orders. It was reported also that FrenchBritish air force activity was gaining in intensity daily, Reliable informants said Adolf Hitler had been forced to withdraw from six to eight divisions from the Polish front in order to the Saarbruecken sector of West

800,000 Poles also are ene

vance was said to be a point 40 miles southeast of Luxembourg. French troops were believed to be more than nine miles inside Ger. many at this point and perhaps others... Their spearhead point seemed to be directed in the vicinity of Neunkirchen, which is about 15 miles inside Germany and a little less distance than that northeast of Saarbruecken, Luxembourg reported that the! sound of guns was heard through-| out the night, Paris was quiet during the night. There were no air alarms. It was understood that no British troops were yet in action on the western front, Troop who are arriving in France, it was said, were going direct to big base camps to prepare for becoming the main body of a powerful British expeditionary force.

Peasants Evacuated

Reports from the frontier area said thousands of peasants from Lorraine were being evacuated as thousands more troops, and long train loads of materials, moved to the front. Dispatches said that though the peasants were leaving their fields and their flocks, their morale was high. Refugee trains evacuated peasants who brought with them only their personal belongings, and long caravans moved along roads with livestock which had not been requisitioned by the army. The refugees were being diverted largely to the Charente Department and the sparsely populated Vendee Department. Their good spirits, dispatches said, were due largely to the belief that they might soon be back home,

Czech Exiles Organize

Organization of all Czech exiles into a national army to fight with the French against Germany was under way today. Former Czechoslovak Minister Stephan Osusky appealed to the 50,000 Czechs now living in France, of whom 20,000 to 30,000 are capable of bearing arms. Thousands of

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