Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1939 — Page 3

THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1939

Soviet T Troops Mass As Ger many 's Drive

Goes On in Ukraine

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lished in Moscow were believed to be a ossiie groundwork

for future approval of the fourth partitioning of Poland, if not the creation of a new autonomous state that could come |

under Soviet rule. The editorial appeared at first glance as a threat to

tighten Russia's new bonds with Germany. But actually it remained to be seen what the Soviets

would do in a concrete way toward throwing their man-

power and material resources toward either the allied or

the Nazi side in the conflict. Both Britain and Germany had been alarmed by the mysterious manner in which the Russian Government had speeded up war preparations. that power would be used, especially in view of Adolf Hit-! Jer’s past plans for gaining the rich Ukraine (including some Russian soil) for the Reich. In Poland itself, the Nazis pressed their war with redoubled power in an effort to fulfill Marshal Hermann Goerme's prediction that it would become a complete triumph this week.

Report Generals Captured

From Bucharest came reports that the Germans—driving toward the Russian frontier—had broken up Polish resistance around Lwow (Lemberg) in the southeast, were encircling the city and were slashing Poland's frontier com- | munications with Rumania. In Berlin. the Nazi high command announced that Poland's proud new port, Gdynia, had been occupied (although fighting continued nearby) and that the encirclement of Warsaw had been completed. In addition the Nazis reported their forces had pushed far eastward north of the capital and were approaching Brest- Litovsk, the communi. cations center of eastern Poland. Qeveral of Poland's leading generals were captured. the Nazis announced, as the German lines were tightened in central Poland and resisting troops crushed or encircled at such points as Radom and Modlin. At least 66,000 prisoners were reported taken in today’s aispatches.

Rain Reported Factor

Polish reports broadcast from Warsaw or other Polish cities. disputed the German claims and said that more ram was working agamst the Nazi mechanized columns but the defense lines that once stretched across the heart of Poland along the Narew, Vistula and San Rivers obviously were being battered at vital points. Polish armies which were reported to have fought thew wav out of a German encirclement west of Warsaw were said Polish broadcasts to be fishting on, but the Germans denied that they represented a serious military problem and scoffed at the reported recapture of Lodz, which they said Herr Hitler visited as late as yesterday afternoon. Warsaw still held out against the invading armies, but the Nazi reports that it was completely encircled by German columns moving down from East Prussia and up from the Silesia, appeared to cut the capital off fr om all major supply lines.

Germans Bombard French

The Poles charged further bombardment of open cities by the Nazi aerial fleet, which was told in Berlin to break Polish resistance by “all means” because of civilian sniping and sabotage. On the Western Front, the German defenders of the Westwall became more active, opening up with a heavy artillery barrage against the French forces in the Saar sector and inflicting considerable casualties, according to reports in Paris. The French held their gains, however, and dug in along a line dominating Saarbruecken. But as the Nazis claimed their triumph in Poland was the pressure of war on their Western Front had begreat that were taking drastic defensive measures and appeared to be preparing for a counter-ofien-the French. Strategic roads were shelled by although wind and rain slowed down mfantry and airplane activities, On the high seas, both Britain and Germany sought to tighten their lines. The Nazis published a list of contraband which their underwater fleets will attempt to prevent neutral vessels from carrying to the allied shores. The British were stopping scores of neutral ships for search in order to enforce their blockade against Germany. The American steamer Warrior of 5900 tons of phosphate was seized by announced.

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U.S. TO GUARD | Tiny Athenia Survivor Is Happy NAZIS TAKE OVER Soviet Mobilization

ITS NATIONALS, HULL DECLARES

: Proper and Prudent Steps to

Be Taken Where Rights Are Violated.

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| position to determine the effects of the business upswing on spending and income. Mr. Roosevelt yesterday summoned congress to convene Sept. 21. An emergency atmosphere and booming business appeared to improve prospects for an administration victory in its demand for repeal of the arms embargo feature of the neutrality law. White House Secretary Stephen Early said, in answer to a question as to the President's decision:

F. D. R. Canvasses Leaders

“European developments were a factor considered, particularly submarine operations and the sinking of the Athenia.” More than 300 Americans were aboard the British-owned Athenia when she went down Mr. Early said that Mr. Roose[velt issued his call after a rather | thorough telepnone canvass of Congressional sentiment as expressed by leaders in both houses. “1 think that he felt that the sooner the session could get under way the sooner it would end,’ Mr. Early said. “The President, after

making his checks, consulted with | He felt that the time |

his advisers. had come for the call.” Mr. Early said the White House | has received a good many telegrams

bearing on the trend of Congres-!

sional sentiment on proposals to repeal the arms embargo. However, he declined to discuss their contents or disclose information on the White House estimate of any shift of Congressional opinion. There was a possibility that President Roosevelt might go personaily before Congress next week to present his proposals for revision of the Noutrality Act. Mr. Early said that no final decision has yet been reached.

F. D. R. Opposition Weakening

Opposition to the Administration neutrality program was weakening somewhat, Senator Elbert D. Thomas (D. Utah) predicted that Mr. Roosevelt would have 15 to 16 votes In the Senate Foreign Rela(tions Committee for repeal of the arms embargo Mr. Roosevelt has adjournment of politics, practical judgment here is that events are making the arms embargo a major issue between Democrats and Republicans. The lines are not wrecise. But in the brief days since Europe went to war, Republicans have publicly charged that the Administration's program is a war Hreeder while the tendency of Democrats so far heard from is toward the Administration camp if they already were not there.

appealed for put the

Borah Is Challenger

Senator William E. Borah (R. Idaho), Gerald P. Nye (R. N. Do, and Arthur H, Vandeberg (R. Mich.) have challenged the Administration's program mn sharp language. Senators Guy M. Gillette Iowa), and Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.). both of whom voted last session to postpone action on the President’s program, are inching toward the New Deal camp. Senator James F. Byrnes (D. S. C.), who bolts the! Administration occasionally. has appealed for repeal of the embargo. Secretarv of Labor Frances PerKins said today that the war-in-spired rise in food prices has slowed considerably for most commodities within the last week. At the start of his survey, Mr Morgenthau, declined to predict an improved budgetary picture because, he said, it was still too early to determine the effects of the current economic situation on employment and commodity prices, He said that continued increases in agricultural commodity prices to parity levels would save the treasury at least $£220,000.000. Lifting the sugar quotas, might save the Treasury $50,000,000. “We have heard from hearsay that the Commodity Credit Corp. may not need any of the $119,000,000 appropriated by Congress at the last session to relieve the corporation of capital impairment,” he said. “We are checking into that.” As for the relief problem, Mr Morgenthau said that he and his assistant Daniel W. Bell are looking into the situation and indicated thai they were watching employmen' figures daily.

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Director Ernst Lubitsch, Schwester. on his arrival at Halifax

Western Front

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the French had captured many mines in the famous Saar Valley coal district. Numerous other mines, nominally still under German control, had been rendered unworkable because French big guns constantly shelled principal roads. The French guns were not bombarding Saarbruecken, but were concentrating

their fire on three sides of it Unofficial reports said that at the northwestern extremity of their front the French pressure had become so heavy on both banks of the Saar River and on the right (east) bank of the Moselle near the Luxembourg frontier, that sections of the Westwall were in serious danger.

Gains in Forest Claimed

Heavy yerman reinforcements were reported to have been rushed to Trier, Saarlouis and Saarbruscken. Other reports said German reinforcements were arriving opposite Strasbourg. on the Rhine. French troops in the Warndt Forest sector were reported to have passed the Carling-Ludweiler Road. It was reported that farther east the French had made an important gain between Saarbruecken and Hornbach. British airplanes were reported cooperating with French ones in pounding the German heavy artillery which had been sent to the Saar front. Usually reliable sources said that German air | Front far exceeded French losses as reported by the Germans.

Rain Slows Advance

Rain and wind slowed fighting on the Western Front. German guns caught a detachment of French soldiers who were digging trenches near Saarbruecken, kev town of the Saar Valley, and it was admitted that ithe French suffered some losses. French artii'ery quickly retorted. it was said, and silenced a German battery so that the troops were able to complete consolidating their position, French advices said the Allied Navies had sunk one and possibly two German submarines in an ntensifiea hunt for the raiders.

Rail Line Blown Up

that between 20 and 25 German submarines were believed to be on the high seas at present but that if the present rate of destruction continued the number should be appreciably reduced by the end of October. The increasing seriousness with which the Germans now view French operations was indicated by a report from Luxembourg that the Germans had blown up their railroad line between the French frontier and Trier (Treves), close to the Luxembourg frontier. The railroad has its southern terminus at Metz in France. It would have been of great strategic value to the | French if they had taken it. | The French hoped that certain success for the Allied propaganda campaign was indicated by reports from Zurich in the Paris Soir that | the German Gestapo was pressing a widespread hunt for spies, pacinists and underground opponents of the Nazi regime.

Tt was said

. BRITISH FREIGHTER IS TORPEDO VICTIM

NEW YORK. Sept. The British freighter City was torpedoed early the southwestern coast but her crew was rescued by a Dutch tanker. the liner President Roosevelt reported today. The President Roosevelt itself. ac[cording to word received here by the United States lines, was proceeding at full speed to the rescue when it was advised that the crew had been! picked up by the tanker.

14 AA}. P).— Vancouver today ofl of Ireland

DUKE AND KING CONFER LONDON, Sept. 14 (U. P.).—The Duke of Windsor spent more than! {an hour at Buckingham Palace this] (afternoon and then returned by au'tomobile to his Duchess at Colman’s Hatch in Sussex. In an hour's conversation with King George, Windsor discussed what war appointment he should take.

TABLES TURNED ON HUNTER GUINDA, Cal, Sept. 14 (U. P).—

| Wirt Pierce went deer hunting and took along his favorite saddle horse

| Dolly to carry back the four-point

deer he expected to shoot. But Dolly {missed a Aitch jump and came out |so damaged tha‘ instead of trans- | porting back a bug buck, Mr. Wirt and two companions had to trans-, port Dolly homr,

losses on the Western!

Son of Mavie Lena vestorday,

Eastern Front

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could be The worst

in wall-less rooms. Praga suffered the Here German tliers swooped as low they machine-gunned civilians “Among the dead in the street we found a little girl clenching a notebook containing the Ten Commandments A German bomb hit the church at the Budno suburb” The Pripet Marshes were the scene of bitter fighting between the Germans and Russians during the World War, but the swamps and forests would be impenetrable to German mechanized forces, I'he Paris newspaper L'Intransigeant said that the Polish right wing, which had been operating on the Bug River. had withdrawn to the marshes, which extend from middlepastern Poland to the Russian border. Pinsk, population 20.000, is the only sizeable city in the whole region Potentially the dav's most important development was the storming of Lwow. It was rumored in Bucharest diplomatic circles that Adolf Hitier planned to make that city the capital of an Ukranian state, which he might some day use as a stepping stone to the Russian Ukraine. But a Ukranian state night also be a means of practically partitioning Poland between Germany and Russia. Battle at Lwow Expected It was also said at Bucharest that German mechanized units already have proceeded a considerable dis- | vance southeast of Lwow in an apparent move to cut off Polish access to Rumania. It was said these forces were in the neighborhood of Stanislavov, half way betwesn Lwow and the Rumanian border and that they had possibly occupied that town already. It was said that Polish railway service to Rumania already had been cut. Polish broadcasts today said that German planes were now bombing open. cities at low altitudes, that 10 planes had taken part in one raid on Warsaw vesterday and that 60 civilians, including 15 women and children, had been Killed, [Thirty German planes were shot down during ithe day, was announced.

seen suburb of damage.

as could and

New Communique Issued

Polish War Communique, No. 13, broadcast from Warsaw, said: “The enemy again intensified aerial activities against Polish troops, lines of communications, railway stations, open towns and villages, “Seventy enemy bombers took part in one of the Warsaw raids. “During the day Polish anti-air-craft guns and fighting planes prought down 3¢ enemy machines, “Military operations were continued on all fronts. “In the Kutno-Lowicz sector (extending trom 70 to 42 miles west ot Warsaw) a fierce battle is being fought. Two German divisions were decisively defeated and Polish troops captured more than 1000 prisoners, 12 guns and stores of ammunition. (This was In the sector where Polish sources reported yesterday that the Poznan (Posen) Army had broken through a German encirclement and had attacked the German southwestern army besieging Warsaw from the rear.) “A strong enemy attack on the Modlin-Zegrze sector (the sector reaching to within 18 miles northwest of Warsaw, which the Germans reported they had surrounded) had been repulsed,” the com-

"| munique continued.

Report Repulse at Lwow “Near Warsaw, heavy continues. Our troops were compelled to withdraw from Kaluszyn (33 miles east of Warsaw.) “The garrison at Lwow (Lembe ‘defeated an attempt by Gernfan motorized armored columns to peneuate the city.

“In the region of Gdynia (Polish |

Baltic port) fighting continues.” The Germans today claimed that “Gdynia had surrendered.) The Polish Embassy at London declared that 1500 civilians had been killed in Poland by the bombings of the first three days of the war. A report from Zurich said that 460 Poles, including many Jews, had been executed by German firing squads at Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) in the Polish Corridor after street fighting in the city occupied by Nazi troops.

BURNS FATAL TO HOOSIER LINTON, Ind. Sept. 14 (U.P. ~ Mrs. Murl Suffal, 42, died in a hospital today of burns received when! a match ignited her Kkerosene-| soaked clothing.

fighting

) tire Polish State machinery.

lof assistance to peoples struggling

| GDYNIA, DECLARE WARSAW IN TRAP

French Hurled Back by Guns and Mines in West, Communique Says.

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nouncement said, but fighting continued nearby.

Claim French Fall Back

“On the Western Front, stronger French forces than hitherto advanced against our advance posts m German territory lying tar west of the Siegfried Line, between Saarbruecken and Horback,” the High Command announcement said.

“They fell under field mines and |

German fire.”

In regard to the Polish Front, the High Command said that “operations in south Poland are nowencountering only slight resistance and are progressing rapidly easiward” toward the Rumanian and Soviet frontiers in a drive to cut off the Poles from Rumania. “Strong forces reached the road from Lublin to Lwow (Lemberg) near Rawaruska,” the announcement said. “The Vistula River was crossed at several points north of Sandomierz.” Rawaruska is less than north ot Lwow, Sandomierz miles southwest of Lublin. “The first result ot the annthilat-

40 miles 1s 85

[ing battle at Radom was capture ol { 60.000 or isoners,

meluding many announcement continued. "One hundred and tortythree guns, and 38 armored cars were captured. “The encircling attack against Polish divisions near Kutno (57 miles west of Warsaw) rolled torward. The ring around the Polish capital was closed yesterday from the east. “East of Modlin (13 miles northwest of Warsaw) German troops crossed the Narew River and also are nearing the capital trom the north and west. German forces which crossed the Warsaw-Siedice Road (east of Warsaw) divided, pushing southwest and also east and west. “The Riehteenth Polish Division, including the Division Stati. laid down its arms north of OstrowAzowieka, Six thousand prisoners and 30 guns were captured,

| generals,” the

Sowiee Forts Taken

“German forces driving on BrestLitovsk (in east central Poland) quickly are approaching the city. “The last Polish frontier fortifications at Sowiee were captured yesterday afternoon by East Prussia troops. “Despite unfavorable conditions. the air army fully attacked the east of Warsaw and along Polish connecting roads hack of that line, where two enemy planes were shot down.” Adolt Hitler has invited toreign military attaches stationed in Berin to visit the Polish front this week, it was announced. The attaches will inspect the battlefield at Mlawa, northwest of Warsaw, and adjacent sectors,

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Disclaim American Aims

The German Diplomatic Correspondence, commenting on Presi- | dent Roosevelt's statement that the United States would stand by Canada if she is attgcked, today disclaimed any German intention of changing the proprietorship of any American territory. “It must be mentioned that German troops have fought only twice on American soil; once to free Canada and French domination and win it for England and again when the Germans helped George! Washington free the United States from British domination,” the publication said.

Believe Poles Hopeless

A war map based on German | claims now would indicate that German troops occupied, surround - ed or were closing in on the entire western two-thirds of Poland. | Even neutral observers here said | that on the basis of German com- | muniques, the Poles’ plight seemed! hopeless. The Polish announcement yesterday that the Poznania Army in the west had broken through the German encirclement near Kutno and had retaken Lodz, second largest Polish city, was answered with the] announcement that Adolf Hitler had visited Lodz yesterday. This was apparently proof that the Ger-| mans still held it. | A violent propaganda campaign | was expected to be started against Great Britain today with a radio speech by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who visited the Eastern Front last week to confer with | Herr Hitler. Lists of unconditional and condi- | tional contraband were issued. They were the products German submarines will attempt to keep out of Great Britain by searching and seizing the ships of even neutral hations X bound fo Yor Bush | British ports,

MOSCOW HINTS AT POLISH PARTITION

(Continued from Page One) Poland on the part of Great Britain land France.” |

The editorial said that there had] been no serious resistance by Polish troops to the German advance, indicating a “disorganization of the en- ” The| causes were said to be “rooted in the | inner weaknesses and contradictions! of the Polish State.” The editorial then claimed that | the Poles constitute only about 60] per cent of the population of Po- | land, while the remaining 40 per cent is made up of minorities. especially Ukranians, Byelo (White) Russians and Jews: ‘Suffice it to say,” Pravda declared, “that Poland | is inhabited by no less than 8,000,000 Ukranians and about 3,000,000 Byelo Russians.’ Soviet Russia consistently has expressed and followed a policy of not desiring anyone else's territory. But if war events should so dictate ithe establishment in Poland of independent republics the Soviet policy

for their liberation would not stand in opposition, it was understood. Partial mobilization shows that | the Soviet Union is prepared tor| any eventuality.

Mystifies Germans Nd Allies as Well

4,000,000 Men Believ od Polish Rumanian and Baltic Frontiers Also Reported Reinforced.

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By WEBB MILLER

United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 14. —Russian military preparations German Government as well as the British and French Governments anxiety because none Knows Russia's intentions, it was learned today.

Reports emanating from Moscow DUCE, CIAND SEE that Russia is mobilizing

on a full war-time basis and it was Italians

estimated here that it now had at least [our million men under arms, Offers From Both Sides On War Stand.

are causing the

indicate

The German Government was reported to be surprised at the extent of the Russian mobilization, parBelieved Getting ticularly as regards the troops disposition, Russia is massing men not alone on the Polish frontier but alon2 Russia's entire frontier from Finland to Rumania.

Is Russia Worried? Military

ROME. Sept. 14 (U, PO). ~The vival here today of French Ambas- Ruscia sador Andre Francois-Poncet with ,,..¢ new instructions from his Govern- reaching ment was expected to intensify dipomatie activity in Rome and aid in the slarifying Italy's position—now that Ukranian state

of an announced neutral The Germans sudden drive (a {he M. Francois-Poncet was expected vicinity of Lwow (Lemberg) brought to visit Foreign Minister Count them within about 100 miles of the Galeazzo Clano to begin conversa- Russian frontier, tions parallel to those being con-| Uneasiness manifested in Nazi ducted at the Foreign Office by! Cire les regarding the Russian largeBritish Ambassador Sir Percy scale mobilization seems to indicate Loraine. and at Venice Palace be- hat the Nazis are not too certain tween Premier Benito Mussolini and regarding Stalin's intentions. Nor German Ambassador von Macken- are the French and British Governsen ments, One authority on Russian Well informed circles understood aflairs expressed the opinion here that these conversations all are hat most likely the mobilization cohnected with readjustment of Was due to the Russians’ uncertainty Italy's position in Europe. Although a! Herr Hitler's plans rather than «he subjects under discussion are Any preparation for action, such as ;uarded secretly most quarters be- Seizure of Baltic states, Jdeved that they concern commercial and economic questions.

MERCER, Pa. Sept. 14 (U. P.).-

al men speculate whether

is disquisted at the immiforces frontier of Poland om

independent

prospect of Cerman the Russian southeast

possibility

at corner of an

Russia and Germany Joined in three previous partitions of Poland

tym o RRWY YY re . A prediction that Benito ™Tussolini Sik Ausiria-Huagary, Tie Ukraine will shortly throw his lot with Great “Which came suddenly into the news Britain and France and that the 'oday as the Germans pressed upon mighty German war machine will Lwow (Lemberg), ite chiel city, has make short shrift of Poland Was peen the most divided of them all. made here by former Congressman T. C. Cochran. just returned [rom With overthrow Tsarist Russia, oppressor of

Europe, - 1017, the Ukranians

KEEP WAR HUMANE. precarious national exist. POPE'S PRESENT AIM iuiven ru

slovakia, The Czechoslovak portion was re turned by Herr Hitler to Hungary Fhe Budapest Government, even in recent days, has tried to get the

the of chiet

the UKkranians,

set up a

921 they were divided ia, Poland and Czecho-

VATICAN CITY, ~Pope Pius told the new Belgian Ambassador to the Holy See today

that he would do his utmost Fuehrer to return to them the rest strain belligerents to humane war- ot the Polish Ukraine, fare until the moment was oppor- I'he Ukranians themselves looked tune for "an honorable peace for upon Herr Hitler as a possible savall.” lor who might set up an indepenaent Receiving the credentials of the state for them, but after his new ambassador, Adrien Nieuwen- “treason” to them in the Czechohuys. at his summer estate at Castel slovak partition, they pledged to Gandolfo. the Pope indicated that fight with the Poles against him he felt this moment not opportune They hate the Poles, but ha'e the for further Peace efforts. Russians more : ;

Sept. 14 (U.P)

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