Evening star. [volume], September 19, 1939, Page A-7, Image 7

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Nazis Crush Poles
North of Lodz,
Berlin Reports
50,000 Prisontrs Taken
With Immense Booty
In Nine-Day Battle
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 19. — German
armies reported victory today in one
of the biggest battles of the eastern
campaign, which has virtually
smashed Poland, as Soviet troops
moved into eastern Polish provinces.
Polish forces north of Lodz were
said to have been defeated, ending
the nine-day battle. A high com
mand communique said 50,000 pris
oners had been taken along with
“immense booty.” Losses on both
Sides were believed to be heavy.
German sources reported turbu
lent conditions approaching civil
strife in Warsaw as the Polish cap
ital continued to hold out against
encircling Nazi troops.
Action to occupy the city was
resumed yesterday, the high com
mand said, after Polish leaders
ignored an ultimatum demanding
surrender. There was no informa
tion here, however, to indicate
whether the operations included
shelling and bombing from the air.
While the German Army increased
Its pressure on Warsaw, the high
command issued a communique re
porting that elsewhere in Poland
“dissolution and capitulation of va
rious enemy forces encircled by our
troops continues rapidly.”
The communique said Polish |
forces encircled south of the Vis- j
tula River between Warsaw and
Kutno had been defeated and were
“in a state of complete dissolution.”
No estimate was made of the num
ber of prisoners taken.
No Comment on Western Front.
There was no comment on opera
tions along the western front. In- ;
formed quarters said, however, that j
With most of Poland now in hands ;
of German and Soviet Russian
troops the contention of France and j
Britain that they must come to Po
land's aid had proved an impossi- j
ble realization.
These quarters said French and
British treaties with Poland had
become pointless and that the two
nations are faced again wdtlr the
question of why they want to wage
war against Germany.
Announcement of the renewal of
assaults upon Warsaw was accom
panied by the statement that the
city’s civilian population was being
given every opportunity to flee.
From fugitives who already have
left Warsaw, the Germans declared,
came reports the capital's food sup
ply is virtually exhausted, and that
confusion prevails.
Apparently no one with sufficient
authority to negotiate with German
Army commanders retr ains in the
city, it was said.
Germans and Russians Meet.
As the battle for possession of
Warsaw raged anew. German and
Soviet Russian forces, pushing into
Poland from opposite directions, met
at Brest-Litovsk, 100 miles due east
of the capital. Russian revolution
ists signed a separate peace with
Germany there during the World
War.
Military sources indicated a con
ference between Nazi and Soviet
army commanders would be ar
ranged soon, possibly today, to dis
cuss control of Poland pending ad
justment of political issues involved.
Rumors of another partition of
Poland were in the air, but it was
said in official quarters there were
premature.
Informed circles freely admitted,
however. Hitler and Joseph Stalin
had reached agreement as to the
steps to be taken in regard to
Poland's future.
Exactly what portion of Poland
Germany expects to obtain in the
event of a partition was not indi
cated. Berlin newspapers printed
maps showing the line held by Nazi
forces, and some observers inter
preted this as a possible new boun
dary between Greater Germany and
the Soviet.
The press said 95,000 square Miles
of Polish territory out of a total of
126,588 had been occupied by Ger
man troops.
The Nazi press emphasized today
the campaign in the east had been
concluded.
The Lokal Anzeiger, under the
caption "The End of Poland,” de
clared "Poland has fallen to pieces.”
Rossifer Inducted
As Chief of Staff of
Gallinger Hospital
Former Surgeon General
Of Navy Delays
Disclosure of Plans
Rear Admiral Percival S. Rossi
ter, former surgeon general of the
United States Navy, today took of
fice as chief of staff of Gallinger
Municipal Hospital, where he will
be in complete charge of all pro
fessional services.
Admiral Rossiter went first to the
District Building, where he was
greeted by Dr. George C. Ruhland,
health officer, and then to Gal
linger with Dr. Ruhland to make
a tour of the plant and to meet
officials and employes.
He withheld comment on the pro
gram or policies of the institution,
saying he wanted to learn more
about the hospital before talking.
His appointment, recently made
by the Commissioners, was provided
for in the formal agreement entered
into last March between the Com
missioners and George Washington
and Georgetown Universities, to
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bring an end to the controversy be
tween the Health Department and
the volunteer physicians at Gal
linger from the faculties of the med
ical schools of the two universities.
The salary of the new chief of
staff, who succeeds Dr. Walter A.
Bloedorn, who has been appointed
dean of the George Washington
Medical School, is to be paid by the
two universities. Dr. Edgar A. Bo
cock will remain as superintendent
of Gallinger, but will devote his time
to the business end of the hospital’s
operation.
Changes in Stock Yards
Regulations Approved
Amendments to the District’s reg
ulations governing the operation of
stockyards, slaughter houses and
packing plants here, designed to
bring them more in line with Fed
eral rules, were approved today by
the Commissioners on recommenda
tion by the Health Department.
Dr. R. R. Ashworth, director of
the Bureau of Food Inspection of
the Health Department, explained
the principal result would be that
hereafter all meat produced by these
yards or plants must bear the in
spection stamp of either the United
States or the District government.
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Roosevelt to Save
Peace, Says Boettiger
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Sept. 19.—“We can de
pend on the President to keep us
out of war and to keep the light
of democracy burning in the New
World,” John Boettiger, Seattle pub
lisher and son-in-law of President
Roosevelt, told a peace meeting.
“In spite of war in other coun
tries, in this country progress must
continue and a greater measure of
security can be provided for our
children and our children’s chil
dren,” Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boet
tiger, the President's daughter, said.
“This can only come to us through
a united labor movement, social
security for all, assistance to our
aged and a continuation of public
works.”
Communists Meet Tonight
The Frederick Douglas branch of
the Communist Party will hold an
open meeting for the discussion of
the war situation in Europe at 8:30
pun. today at 1421 T street N.W.
NEW GALLINGER HEAD GREETED—Dr. George H. Ruhland
(left), District health officer, shown greeting Rear Admiral
Perceval S. Rossiter, former surgeon general of the United States
Navy, today as the latter took office as chief of staff of Gallinger
Municipal Hospital. —Star Staff Photo.
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