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HITLER ANNEXES CONQUERED POLISH AREA
Germans Hurl 60 Divisions at Warsaw in Effort at Quick Victory
Third of Nation
Probably Held
By Invaders
Unfortified Town
Suffers One of
Worst Bombings
Bv LLOYI) C. LEHRBAS,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
LWOW (LEMBERG'. Poland.
Bept. 8—'By Courier to Bucharest i.
—Overwhelming German forces led
by strong motorized units have occu
pied most of Western Poland in a
\veek of bitter fighting and now are
attacking Warsaw in what may be
one of the decisive battles of the war.
In an attemot to annihilate the
Polish Army before their British
and French allies get into action
on the Rhine front, the Germans
have thrown at least 60 divisions and
an extremely large number of artil
lery and mechanized units into
action for a swift "kill." German
Army divisions usually have 10.000
to 12.000 men.
A lark of systematized official Po
lish information makes it impossible
to draw lines on a map of Poland
(Showing the cities and towns already
occupied by German forces.
As far as can be determined on the
Polish side, however. German forces
have advanced into Poland from the
north, east and south occupying
most of the country except the
slowly diminishing wedge which
juts east from Warsaw.
Third of Nation Probably beized.
i If German claims are correct
the Nazi army has taken over
about a third of Poland !
The capital's fate depends on
whether a gigantic German pincer
movement is successful in nipping
Warsaw off from its narrowing link
With eastern Poland.
Even greater importance is at
tached. however, to whether the
polish Army must withdraw east
ward before the north and south
points of the pincers meet—near
Warsaw—bottling up any Polish
forces still north, south and west
of Warsaw.
When I left Warsaw Wednesday
bight with Maj. William H. Colbern,
the United States Military Attache,
the Germans had advanced almost
to within artillery range of the
capital and strong motorized units
were spread out to attack from a
dozen directions.
Advancing German forces and re
peated bombings had left, only one
route of escape—through Lublin, 100
miles southeast of the capital.
30 Killed in One Raid.
German warplanes in daily raids
have inflicted severe damage and
heavy casualties on Polish indus
trial towns and communications cen
ters.
Thirty were killed, many wounded
end over 200 homes and two square
blocks of business structures burned
in one raid on Tomaszow. half way
between Lublin and Lwow, in one
of the worst bombings I have seen
In Poland's industrial section.
Villagers feared many others had
Jjeen killed or would be burned to
death in fires which were burning
still when I passed through yester
day. The town's only physician was
emong the dead.
With telephone and telegraph
communications interrupted and no
nutos, horses or other means of
transportation available, it is im
possible to make a survey of the
damage done by German raiders.
Traveling in a blundering old mo
tor car, requisitioned and filled w'ith
gas for us by Polish authorities,
Maj. Colbern and I were warned
miles away of the Tomaszow bomb
ings by seeing huge fires on the
horizon as we approached at night.
n »_i_
istriii im u --.
Coming closer, we met villagers
and peasants leaving the town with
what possessions they could save.
We found half the town, of 3.000 in
habitants, was in flames.
Standing on its edge we counted
more than 40 white stone chimneys
looming from the smoke and scores
more were in the furiously blazing
business district.
A weeping Jewess between sobs,
gave us the story of what had hap
pened. It was market day and the
town was filled with peasants from
the surrounding countryside. About
3 p.m. droning was heard in the
sky and some villagers looked up to
6ee nine specks.
Suddenly German planes ap
peared and swooped low as the vil
lagers ran for cover. Terrific ex
plosions shook the town as incen
diary and a number of smaller
explosive bombs dropped from the
planes.
Town Was Unfortified.
The German planes came so low.
the Jewess said, that one could see
the pilots and crew leaning out to
•ee what havoc they had caused.
A village policeman, a peasant in
• one-horse cart and dozens of oth
ers told the same story during the
hour we watched the town burn.
All said there were no troops in
Tomaszow nor any manufacturing
establishments which could be
classed as war industries. There
were no anti-aircraft guns and there
was nothing to indicate it was a
military objective.
Peasants passing water buckets
from hand to hand in an emergency
brigade were trying to save the
houses still not ablaze, but they had
jiven up the rest as doomed.
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WAR BULLETINS
PARIS, Sept. 9 (A*i.—Military observers said tonight the
French army attacking Germany’s western frontier was in
possession of approximately 200 square miles of German
territory, including 20 square miles of the Warndt Forest,
west of Forbach.
The War Situation
Chancellor Hitler re-estab
lished Germany's 1914 Eastern
frontier in a decree and indi
cated that although even larger
areas of Poland soon will be con
quered by German troops he will
annex no more Polish territory.
The German Army was at War
saw's gates and the Poles were
said to be retreating east of the
Vistula River. (Page A-l )
German troops have occupied
most of Western Poland during
the first week of the war. and a
decisive battle is believed being
fought before Warsaw. The Ger
mans were reported to have
thrown 60 divisions and an ex
tremely large number of artil
lery and mechanized units against
the Poles. (Page A-l.)
Field Marshal Goering. air
and economics chief of the Reich,
declared in an address from Ber
lin to the German nation today
that Great Britain cannot defeat
Germany, either by military or
economic weapons, and asserted
that the conquest of Poland can
be expected within another week.
(Page A-l.)
Another British ship—the 5.548
ton tanker Kennebec—was tor
pedoed and sunk, but its erpw \
of 32 was saved by the Dutch
steamer Breedyk. This raised
the total of ships lost in the war
to 17. 10 of which were British
or French, 4 German, and 3 neu
tral.
Overcrowded ships continue to
rush Americans home from
Europe today as nearly 2.000
refugees from the war landed in
New York on French and Dutch
liners, as many more were at sea
on the Italian Liner Rex, and U.
S. ships loaded another 3.000 at
French ports. Meanwhile, the !
Maritime Commission dispatched
others from New York for enter- 1
gency trans-Atlantic service,
i Page A-l i.
Capture of most of Warndt
Forest, west of Forbach. was an
nounced by the French high
command as the allies pressed
their attack on advance posts of
the Siegfried line in the north
along the Luxemberg frontier.
Civilians were told they must
bear heavier burdens to help
meet war expenses. 'Page A-l.»
Capture ol Forest
West of Forbach
Claimed by French
Advance Would Serve to
Straighten Line of
Attack on Reich
By tht Associated Press
PARIS. Sept. 9—The French high
command announced today the
Warndt Forest, west of Forbach.
had fallen almost entirely into the
hands of French troops.
Communique No. 11, issued this
morning, said:
“Activity in the course of the
night by our first line land forces:
•The great forest of Wardnt, west
of Forbach, is mostly in our hands.
It was found filled with evidences
of destruction and traps of all sorts.
“Our aviation continues active in
support of land forces.”
The communique indicated steady
French progress toward Germany's
rich Saar basin.
Reported at Saar River.
Forbach is on the northern flank
of the French line where tanks and
infantry were reported to have
reached the Saar River in their ad
vance toward the Siegfried line.
That would mean they have pene
trated 7 to 8 miles into German
territory.
The reported capture of Warndt
Forest tracts further served to
straighten the French line, which
jutted back intw France like a huge
knob.
The morning communique was
j issued at 10:55 a m. after a clear,
I starlit night which abetted close col
laboration between land and air
| forces.
A French spokesman, however,
pointed out operations on the west
ern front so far. including the re
ported advance in the forest, fall in
the category of “preliminary" celan
ing up of approaches to the Sieg
fried line.
V) arnra ui neavicr ouiurua.
The official journal inform'd
French civilians they must shoulder
heavier burdens to meet war ex
penses.
Those younger than 18 or more
than 49 years old who hold jobs,
it announced, will have to con
tribute 4 per cent of their incomes
to the war budget starting Jan
uary 1. Those between those ages
who belong to no military organ
ization will have to pay 15 per cent.
The decree, signed by Premier
Daladier and ^President Albert Le
brun. also specified that industrial
and commercial profits and profes
sional incomes be taxed 15 per cent
beginning October 1.
Rail Bridges Blasted.
Retreating German soldiers
1 blasted railroad pontoon bridges
across a narrow stream winding
' north and west from France and
emptying into the Moselle River
! near the German city of Trier,
j where the French expect to meet
the main German fortifictions.
German reinforcements are mov
ing up toward Trier, French air
observers reported. However, mili
: tary experts did not expect a major
conflict to develop in this region
for several days because of the
; difficult terrain and the necessity
! of keeping French flanks protected
j through the forested, hilly country.
The French action rolled along
the irregular left side of the giant
inverted "V” which represents the
Maginot line. That "V” thrusts
toward Germany. The left side ex
j tends from the Luxembourg border
! to Lauterbourg, near the Rhine, but
| the French penetration is greatest
in the area between Luxembourg
and Forbach, a distanc of about
i 35 miles.
The rich Saar basin lies just op
I (See PARIS, Page A-3.)
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'Blacked-Out'
lie de France Lands
1,294 U. S. Refugees
Rex Sails With 2,000;
More Ships Dispatched
To Europe War Zone
Additional thousands of Amer
icans continued their stampede
toward safety on this side of the
Atlantic today as overloaded west- :
bound ships arrived in New York
while others were loading or depart
ing from European ports. At the
same time, near-empty liners, most
of them of American registry and
under special charter for removal
of refugees, headed for the war
countries.
Principal arrival of the day was
the lie de Prance, giant French Line
ship, reaching New York at dawn
with 2.668 persons aboard. The pas
senger list of 1.801. far above normal
capacity, included 1.294 Americans.
Among Washingtonians who ar
rived in New York aboard the lie
de France were Mrs. Jean Henry.
3816 Albemarle street N.W.. w ife of
Thomas R. Henry, staff correspond
ent of The Star, who remained in
London, and Volinda and Phoebe
Lewis, daughters of Ernest Lewis of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. and Mrs. Lewis.
The Lewis girls, who live at 3099
Q street N.W., were in Italy when
Americans were advised to get home
as quickly as possible. They went
through France, crossed the chan
nel and caught the ship at South
ampton. The girls were dormitoried
in the ship's grand ballroom along
with other emergency passengers.
Another arrival was the Johan
van Oldenbarnevelt Dutch Nether
j lands liner which the Holland
American Line was operating under
| emergency charter. Aboard were 635
passengers. 502 of them Americans.
The ship left Amsterdam on August
30 and stopped only once, at South
ampton.
On the way also was the Rex, one
of the crack ships of the Italian
Line, which left Rome this morning
with about 2.000 passengers. Most
of these were Americans.
And preparing to sail from French
ports tonight and tomorrow were
the President Harding and the
Washington, both of the United
(See REFUGESS, Page A-3.)
Woman Dies of Burns
After Match Fires Dress
Found with her dress ablaze near
the rear steps of her daughter s
home. 4343 Thirty-second street,
Mount Rainier. Md., shortly after
10 o'clock last night. Mrs. Peter Cur
ran, 74. of Providence, R. I., died
in Casualty Hospital early today.
Her daughter, Mrs. Jeremiah C.
Dullea. who was burned on the left
hand as she attempted to extin
guish the flames, said that her
mother apparently lighted a match
to descend the unlighted steps into
the rear lawn and inadvertently set
her clothing on fire as she groped
for a side railing.
Mr. and Mrs. Dullea and neighbors
rushed to the scene from the front
porch when the fire was seen.
Mrs. Curran, who had been visit
ing here about a week, is also sur
vived by four sons, Joseph, Thomas,
John and Charles Curran, and two
daughters, Mrs. Anna O'Neill and
Mrs. Esther Aldrich, all of Provi
dence, and 16 grandchildren. Charles
Curran, a graduate of Georgetown
University in 1926, is a member of
Rhode Island House of Represent
atives.
Funeral services and burial are to
be held in Providence next week,
members of the family laid.
I
—
Another British
Ship Is Sunk
By Submarine
All 32 in Crew Are
Saved by Dutch
Steamer
Py the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 9—A mes
sage from the Netherlands steamer
Breed vk todav reported that the
5.548-ton British tanker Kennebec
had been sunk by a torpedo, but
the entire crew of 32 had been
saved.
The message from the Breedvk's
master to the owners of his ship,
the Holland-America Line, did not ;
give the location of the sinking be- 1
cause of war dangers.
He said that the tanker's crew had
been picked up by the Breedyk.
The Kennebec was owned by the
Anglo-American Oil Co.
tsritisn i ightenmg
Patrol of Sea Lanes
By the Asfociat* * Press.
Great Britain tightened her patrol
of the sea lanes today as the first
week of hostilities saw 17 ships of i
five nations sunk by submarine,
mine or shell. The British tanker
Kennebec was the latest victim.
Some vessels hove into neutral
ports while others moved cautiously
through danger zones.
The British government said in
London it would use its belligerent
rights “to the full'’ to halt “ruth
less submarine warfare'' and pre
vent supplies from reaching enemy
ports.
The British-French loss stood at
ten and the German four. The
Dutch minesweeper Willem Van
Ewyck went down off the coast of
the North Netherlands Friday with
a loss of 30 lives. It was reported
the craft, in neutral waters, struck
a Netherlands mine. A Greek ves
sel also was lost, and an uniden
tified craft was sunk off the Danish
island of Aeroe, with all members
of the crew reported killed.
The heavier loss of the British
was natural, shipping experts point
ed out, due to the greater number
of vessels in use. Lloyd's register
of July, 1939, shows the British
merchant service outnumbers the
German nearly three to one, 6,722
to 2,459.
Sub Crew Showed Signs
Of Being Long at Sea
NEW YORK. Sept. 9 (A>).—The
New York Times in a special dis
patch from Cobh. Ireland, today
said the rescued officers of the tor
pedoed freighter Olivegrove de
scribed their submarine attacker as
barnacled and moss-covered, with
an unkempt, beared crew.
The submarine, they said, looked
as if it had been long at sea. The
faded hat ribbons of its crew
showed no insignia.
The article said First Officer Wil
liam Wilson of the Olivegrove had
been on a torpedoed ship three
times before. Three vessels were
sunk under him in the last World
War.
Sank in Six Minutes.
The 4.060-ton Olivegrove, carrying
6.090 tons of sugar from the port
of Padre and making for Land's
End. sank in six minutes after she
was torpedoed.
The dispatch said:
"First Officer Wilson and Capt.
James Barneston, who. with a crew
of 31 and a canary, were rescued
by the United States liner Wash
ington last night (September 7),
told of their experiences today, mix
ing their yarns with praise of the
submarine skipper, who stood by
the open boats for nine hours until
the Washington hove in sight, when
it fired a rocket and submerged. * * •
"It was after midnight when the
submarine rose off the port bow of
the Olivegrove, fired a shot across
her bows and ordered the crew to
abandon ship. Tire officers and crew
left in two lifeboats and the sub
marine then sent a torpedo crashing
through the boilers. * * *
A'lgiits riACQ 10 masts.
“The lights of the Washington
were sighted after 9 o'clock. The
submarine crew then fixed lights
to the lifeboat masts and sent up
a rocket before submerging.
“First Officer Wilson, who is a
retired Naval Reservist lieutenant,
said:
“It was the first time that I have
been warned before a torpedoing,
and St. Peter is going to get that
submarine captain into Heaven
without an argument. I even had
time to save my Bible and a bottle
of Scotch.”
90 German Vessels Said
To Be in Spanish Ports
GIBRALTAR. Sept. 9. (JP.—It
was reported here today that the
number of German vessels now tak
ing refuge in Spanish ports totaled
about 90. They were mostly at
Vigo, Cadiz, Malaga and Almeria.
Farr Enlists in Air Force
LONDON, Sept. 9 (<P).—Tommy
Farr, former British heavyweight
boxing champion, has enlisted in the
Royal Air Force.
i
Time Marches On!
Justice Cox Dies in Roanoke;
Member of D. C. Bench 9 Years
Jurist Was Taken
To Hospital Only
Three Days Ago
Justice Joseph W Cox, jyriember
of District Court since TWO. died
at 4 a.m. today 'W a hospital in
Roanoke. Va., his friends here were
notified today. He was 63 years old.
He had been taken there three
days ago from his farm. Summer
field. near Independence. Va., about
30 miles from Roanoke. Death was
ascribed by his attending physician
to peritonitis and a heart condition
Although the justice was de
scribed as having been in ‘poor
health” this summer, friends said
his death came as a shock as his
correspondence had indicated fa
vorable progress toward recovery.
He left Washington for his farm
early this summer, it was said.
Funeral services will be held in
Bridle Creek Church in Grayson
County tomorrow at 2 p.m.. fol
lowed by burial in the family ceme
tery.
Appointed by Hoover.
Although a Democrat. Justice Cox
was appointed to District Court from
private practice here in 1930. by
President Hoover, along with Justice
Oscar R. Luhring.
Born in Bridle Creek. Va.. in
1875. the descendant of early settlers
in Southwest Virginia. Justice Cox
was educated in Bridle Creek rnd
Nashville, Tenn., before taking his I
I
bachelor's degree in law at George
Washington University here in 1901.
From that date until his appoint
ment to the bench he was in pri
vate practice here with the excep
tion of a period during the World
War.
At that time he was named a
special assistant to the Attorney
General in the enforcement of anti
(See JUSTICE COX. Page A-3.)
JUSTICE JOSEPH W. COX.
—Harris & Ercing Photo.
Justice Department
Asks Supreme Court
Review Medical Case
Prompt and Final
Decision Is Sought
In Public Interest
The Justice Department today
carried its fight on organized medi
cine directly to the United States
Supreme Court by requesting the
court to review a decision of the
District of Columbia Court which
dismissed an indictment charging
certain medical associations and
some of their members with viola
tion of the anti-trust laws.
The department in a petition for
certiorari asked the Supreme Court
to take jurisdiction of the case be
fore it has been passed on by the
Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia. The department al
ready had followed the course of
action that is customary under the
circumstances by appealing from
the ruling of the lower court to the
District Court of Appeals for the
! District of Columbia.
"Several considerations,” the de
partment said, "have moved the de
partment to file this petition. The
(See MEDICINE, Page A-1U
i-——n
Army and Navy Plan
To Expand Forces by
100,C33 Men
Reinforcements Are
Called For by Roosevelt
Proclamation
With hundreds of volunteers al
ready recorded, the Army and Navy j
expect their most intensive peace
time recruiting drive in history will
net them 100,000 additional men!
within the nexi month. Reinforce
ments to this amount were called for
yesterday by President Roosevelt as
part of his “national emergency”
i program.
The President, issuing a formal
proclamation of a limited national
emergency, proposed expansion of
the Regular Army to 227.000. the
National Guard to 235,000. the Navy
to 145.000 and the Marine Corps to
25.000.
He directed that the armed forces
be brought thus to a total man pow
er of 632.000 “as rapidly as possible.”
Secretary of War Woodring or
dered an additional 2,700 officers
and men to the Panama Canal Zone
today, swelling recent reinforce
ments there to about 3,800.
The 18th Infantry Brigade, the
War Department announced, will
start moving to the new position in
three Army transports about Octo
ber 19. The 18th is now stationed
in New England.
Some 1,100 officers and men were
ordered to the Canal Zone two
weeks ago to reinforce the normal
peacetime garrison of about 14,000.
Details to Be Worked Out.
Many details for the recruiting
drive remain to be worked out, but
official announcements and explana
tions indicate these developments
are likely:
1. The net increase of 17,000 in
the Regular Army will be added to
the existing recruiting quotas and
(See DEFENSE, Page A-4.)
I
77 Men Required
To Free Trapped
Tree Surgeon
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9 —
Samuel Wlnnbush, tree surgeon,
was trapped lor two hours yes
terday when his knee Jammed
in the fork of a poplar.
It took seven firemen, two
policemen and eight neighbors
tugging on ropes to spread tree
limbs and free Mr. Winnbush’s
limb.
0
Goering Says British
Can't Defeat Reich
By Blockade or Arms
'Hopes' Polish Conquest
May Be Finished in Week;
'Only U. S. for Britain'
Er the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Sept. 9 —Britain can not
defeat Germany, either by military
or economic weapons. Field Marshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering assured
the German people today.
He declared that "we can hope"
the conquest of Poland will be com
pleted "14 days after the beginning
of the fight”—by September 14.
"That is what happens, once the
German sword has been unsheath
ed." he continued. “Once drawn, it
destroys the enemy."
While Goering was speaking a voice
in his audience—of Berlin munitions
workers—shouted:
“What about the Americans?"
Goering answered:
"They will be along later.”
He hastened to arid that America
was all that Britain had left, but
that Germany does not need the
United States—as a source of sup
plies.
Speaking with great disdain of
Britain and Britons, the Nazi avia
tion and economic chief scouted the
British theory that Germany can
be worn down, and told an attentive
nation that "in the North and East
we cannot be blockaded.”
He intimated that supplies from
Russia, Rumania and Yugoslavia
for Germany are secure.
Goering spoke in the Rhein
Metall-Borsig munitions factory in
Tegel. a Berlin suburb. The speech
was broadcast throughout the na
tion.
Russians Have Raw Materials.
“If vou do not believe we have raw
materials.” he said, “you must agree
that the Russians do have them."
The Germans and Russians are
not going to "be so silly as to smash
each other's heads for Britain."
Goering added. Neither do Rumania
of Yugoslavia intend to "get
smashed for Britain's sake.”
The Nazi No. 2 man spoke
slightingly of Britain's 71-year-old
• See GOERING. Page A-4 )
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Decree Sets
Borders at
1914 Status
Upper Silesia and
Parts of East and
West Prussia Taken
Bv LOUIS P. LOCHNER.
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—Germany s
1914 eastern frontier was re-es
tablished today by Adolf Hitler in a
decree. With the German Army
declaring its columns were at War
saw's gates and that Polish troops
were retreating east of the Vistula.
Hitler indicated that although still
larger parts of Poland soon will be
in his hands he intends to annex
no more Polish territory than was
in the old German empire.
Re-establishment of the frontier
brought not only Danzig and Po
morze < the Polish Corridor > back
into the Reich but also Upper Silesia
and parts of East and West Prussia
which were assigned Poland in the
World War settlement.
Hitler s decree re-established civil
authority in this territory, except for
a small stretch in Silesia, supersed
ing the military who conquered it
after the German invasion started
September 1.
The 1914 frontier ran westward
from East Prussia to Torun. about
125 miles northwest of Warsaw, and
then turned southward to Czesto
chowa and on into Upper Silesia.
Frontier "Rendered Secure.”
A communique declared that,
"thanks to the uninterrupted ad
vance of German troops in the east
ern theater of war. Germany s east
ern frontier has been rendered
secure for all time.
“The supreme command therefore
has reported to the Fuehrer that
the necessity for the military to
exercise executive power within the
German Reich frontiers in the East
no longer exists."
ine nigh command issued two
communiques but nothing was said
concerning progress in entering
Warsaw. Previously the army had
announced armored cars had forced
their way into the Polish capital
last night.
Two French and one British plane
were reported to have been shot
down on the western front.
The total area of the districts an
nexed is 17.810 square miles, the
normal population about 3,854 000.
Again Claim Warsaw Entered.
The supreme high command an
nounced again that German troops
had entered Warsaw’ from the south
i an earlier communique said from
the southwest); had reached the
Vistula River, a major Polish de
fense line, at four points and had
gained a footing east of the river
at Sandomierz.
Sandomierz. center of the Polish
munitions industry, is 125 airline
miles south of Warsaw. Four
columns had reached the river be
tween this city and the capital.
The communique said Lodz, 80
miles southeast of Warsaw, would
be occupied today by units pressing
into the city from the east while
the great bulk of troops fighting
there are following the enemy south
of the Bzura River by passing the
city on both sides as the Polish
troops retreat fighting.
Zwolen and Radom. 60 and 40
miles, respectively, west of Lubin,
were taken, the communique said,
by the armies w’hich then continue
toward Lubin. to which the Polish
government fled from Warsaw early
in the week.
An unexplained air raid alarm
roused Berlin before dawn while
the capital waited expectantly for
final word that Warsaw had fallen.
Berlin was jubilant over the su
preme high command announce
ment that a German vanguard of
(See BERLIN. Page A-4.)
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