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mXnFF’SON’S 1 pQpL'LATION 13,873 Twenty-sixth year fall OF WARSAW APPEARS IMMINENT * ******** ****** **** *********** Roosevelt Orders Rigid Watch For Belligerent Vessels p ut <i Canada in War Mackenzie King ! p_.„; ;.; : -;;:er Mackenzie King is ■■;• ;i5 he broadcast to the ! f Canada the decision of the y.~ ; ;n to stand by the mother - Ur.::’-' in England’s war with Germany. ( Central Press ) I ' Bremen Has Arrived At | Safe Haven j l Berlin Refuses to Dis close Location; Ger man and French Lux ury Fleet May Stay indefinitely in Ne\y\ York Port. —— Hr. - S-:; • 6.—(AP) —The Ger- j Bremen, whose where- j ~ men. a mvsterv since she 1 Xew York last Wed- j 1" - eported tonight to j -a safely in an uniGanti . 1 port, safe from British i BRITISH FRENCH SHIPS MAY STAY IN NEW YORK _ • V Sept. 6.—British and 'hip offices here have ! :c: censorship on news j • ents of their vessels, j ‘ - :e immediate future of the | ■ - and the Normandie as ; ' had been the where- ! me Bremen. .die has been in New j •:m a week. It" was ; V day bv the Champlain. France, another French | nd for New York with 1.000 passengers from j whether it will arrive I n schedule could not be j n Mary arrived in New j Chamberlain Will Report to Commons lornorrow on War London. Sept. 6. (AP) "rim* Minister Chamberlain will make his first statement on the |' ar -dilation since hostilities when Parliament assem r ‘‘' tomorrow, it was announced tonight. Members of Parliament were Ur -' l i t( > submit written que>- to enable deletions to be oe on questions which might Hot be in the public interest. Hritish Military i' l >rces Are Placed Into L nified Army >epr. 6—(AP) —Coordina- British armed forces into . - ‘ tied army was announced ’- n .e ministry of informa-. l; nits of the regular army, army, miiitia and other !,, i'ces were merged through changes in administration, nt General Sir Douglas nitherto director general fr ; itorial army, was appoint t of the British field forces, e of Gloucester, the king’s as appointed to serve as n officer to the British (jdcailwi north CAROLINA. f ■' tonight and Thursday; cooler in northeast por- Uon knight. _ ■*4 Htmhrrsmt tlatly tltsitafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA^ MMRE SERVICE OP IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Three Arms Os Service Cooperating Step Taken as Pre cautionary Measure, But Uetails of Opera tions Denied by White House; to Strengthen Canal Defenses. Washington. Sept. G—(AP) c pon instructions of Presi dent Roosevelt, a patrol of coast guard vessels, naval ves sels and airplanes is being es tablished to spot vessels of bel ligerents off the American coast. Stepr.en Early, a presidential sec retary. announced that this step! was being taken as a precautionary I measure, and for informational pur poses entirely. He said two destroyers and two coast guard cutters already had left to patrol waters of the north eastern United States. This program gradually will be ex tended to Puerto Rico, waters ad jacent to the Antilles and the Canal Zone. narly deebned to provide details about operations of the vessels. Ask ed what might happen should an air plane or de : trover sight an English ; or German warship in waters close to America, he said, "the govern ment would be advised immediately.” The Maritime Commission would be ! notified, he said, and American ships in the vicinity advised. Ships so i notified. Early added, then would be on the lookout. I Securities Halt, Foods Still Rising New York, Sept. 6.—(AP) —lnves- ! tors and speculators in war shares j and raw material futures looked to their profits today and Tuesday’s; wild boom was checked in many di rections. In Wall Street, some of the fa vorite "war babies” were in plentiful supply throughout the day, including ■ prominent members of the steel, rub- j ber, chemical, sugar, aircraft and I non-ferrous metal groups. But in Chicago’s LaSalle Street, speculators in the grain pit scram-; bled to buy futures contracts in such: haste that through a good part of: the day, and at the close, the maxi mum permissible limits were reach ed. and trading was automatically halted. Both wheat, up five cents, 1 and corn, up four cents a bushel, did change hands at slightly below the maximum limits for a while. In many other communities, how ever, there was a sharp backing j down from early swift advances as j the day wore on. Some futures mar kets ended with minus signs for the day. Hitler Highly Disliked By Americans In Reich Goering Much More Affable and Sane; Hitler Rated as Cuckoo; Mussolini Said to Be Tiring of Him; Fuehrer May Be Marked Man. By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 6.—Adolf Hitler isn’t at all popular among Americans who have come in contact with him. IHb Jp^ H Hak *• •• , Adolf Hitler pressed himself to me very freely. Naturally these chaps all have ave- in the main these include embassa dorial and consular officiate. Now and then one or an other of these functionaries has visited the United States on leave during the period of Der Fuehrer’s incumbency and I’ve talked with several • of them quite recently. One was a relative of mine, wh o ex- HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1939 Italy and Russia, Hitler’s "Question Mark” Allies J ~ V MV P P O 1, afflmiv ft ff r A .J J ————— ' IR£LAND \ 1 BOTTLCO up in WU.KO J ~~~~\ RUS^e^INS £Tbritain V'T 1 ~-vL (fiH polano 1 MoeubzATiois,' BRITAIN OROERS J & * -POLAND ASKS. / BLOCKADE OF Kl 1 * EIGHTS y HEP INTENTIONS GERMANY BY _ W.ST\ ON INIEN//UNS FLEET i—— J C Bel 3. \ ) RUSSIA HAS STANDING J —J -n.seuT ■ON TWO FRONTS; \ \ ( ARX TCj!% 2.000,000. GERMANY FRANCE MOBILIZESH t RUMANIX XI 2.500.000 ARMY |> Sf Jwtxx NEUTRAL I NEUTRAL \ J) Jr NAVY *l7 in • < v -friendly \ C, 3.700 RLANES TO POUANO BUNCOS NEUTRAL A J J 1 <LjOO.OOo\\ / X S C:S ' / NEUTRaITtv /1 V iT// X,T° NS O Vv > =» TURKEY OECLARES WAR NEUTRALITY / 1 l » •-* ON GERMANY. SUAROS l y / \ Q) tr \ M Vrlanes ) , oy/i /y Bosporus for e '’ <s, - anu ' ') BRITISH CftUtSCQS J) f AFRICAN ( GURRO SUEZ )/ FRE NCM . TROOPS -1.000,000- / Z. S \ —r ft MOROCCO / PREPARE FOR SERVICE / J? MEDITEPPEk a/E // So Hr \ i IN EUROPE. VIA FRANCC f DC & I \ OR RUMANIA * x / ALGfB IA 1 .S/TALYS NELN% f neurtfAL. RiaS^^ S \V\ A fa | / TRALITY RELEASES V II NEUTRAL. | t\ • \ ( ERE NCR AFRICAN / ECY P T \ Vs, 'll ! f TROOPS FOR SERVICEj) \ f U Jl -1 B v\ (n) ! } V )L Russia has been “reported mobilizing.” Italy has announced she will take “no military measures.” Five big moves against Germany came w’ith orders to Britain’s fleet. (1) Skagerrak blocked. (2) Hamburg, Cux haven and Kiel Canal blocked. (3) North Sea bottled. (4 and 5) Com plete net for German shipping supplies. (6) French Navy takes up blockade. (7) Transport route of French troops through Africa against Italy. (S and 9) French naval blockade. (10) British guard Suez and Neutrality OfU.S.IsNo Blow Abroad France, Appraised of Roosevelt Move, Is Not Surprised; Ad vances Against Ger man Front An nounced by Paris Communique. Paris. Sept. 6.—(AP) —The Unit- ! ed States officially informed France j today that she was remaining neutral in the war. The American President’s invoca tion of the neutrality act came as no surprise to the French, who had anticipated such action. The French general staff announc ed, “local advances” had been made by its armies pressing against Ger many’s Siegfried line. Communique No. 5 for the morn ing of September 6. issued by the war I (Continued on Page Five) hement “passion for anonymity.” If any one of them were quoted by name, Germany would be too bilious for him to go back to, while Adolf remains on the job. But General Field Marshal Her mann Goering, just appointed head of the ministerial council in defense of the reich, and generally regard ed as No. 2 Nazi, is pretty well liked —that is to say, personally; not nec essarily politically. However, Herr Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister, usually rated as No. 3 Nazi —until Hitler named Radoif Hess as next in line to Goer ing—seems to have even fewer well posted American friends than Adolf himself. When I asked how'it hap pens that some anti-Nazi Glrman (a Jew, for instance) hasn’t already tried to bump the present fuehrer (Continued oi Page Five) French Army Now Upon German Soil Paris. Sept. 6.—(AP) —The French army tonight was re ported to have advanced across the German frontier into the rich Saarland, which once was the backbone of German indus trial life. A brief army communique of “local advances” on the Maginot line, which closely skirts the German-French frontier, was interpreted by military observers to mean that German territory had been penetrated. 125 Persons On Athenia Yet Missing London, Sept. b.—(AP) —Winston Churchill, British lord of the Ad miralty,' told the House of Commons today that 125 passengers on the British liner Athenia, sunk Sunday night, are still unaccounted for. He asserted that a submarine torpedoed the liner, and that it afterwards came to the surface and fired a shell which exploded on the middle deck. "I regret to inform the house,” he said, “that the disaster may prove to be of greater magnitude than was indicated by earlier reports.” Churchill said there were 1,418 persons aboard the liner when she sailed, 315 in the crew and 1,103 (Continued on Page Five) ZEPPELIN FACTORY REPORTED BURNING Paris, Sept. 6.—(AP)—Re ports reaching here today from Basle, Switzerland, said flames could be seen which Swiss ob servers believed came from an explosion at the great German Zeppelin factory at Friendrichs hafen. The factory is on Lake Con stance, on the frontier between Switzerland and Germany. 90 miles from the French border. State Hog Prices Soar on Stimulus Os War Purchase Raleigh, Sept. 6.—(AP) —Rocky Mount hog market prices soared to a new 1939 peak today when an up of 90 cents per 100 pounds boost sent the top to $8 for good and choice animals of 160 and 225 pounds, the Department of Agricul ture said today. At Fayetteville and Elizabeth City hog prices jumped $1.25 to an $8.25 peak, also a 1939 record. plan for sending troops through (11) backdoor route into Poland. (12, 13 and 14) Poles fight invaders on three fronts. (15) The Italian passes and (16) the Brenner Pass, troop lanes if Italy should swing in with France and England, and (17 and 18) Shuttle bombing lanes from England and France over Germany to Poland. This map shows at a glance the present status and the possibilities in the war, but all depends on Russian and Italian moves. Krakow Is Captured In German Advance Into Polish-Areas Heavy New Strokes Against Poland Claimed by Berlin; With Extensive Cap tures of War Mater ials and Thousands of Prisoners. Berlin. Sept. 6.—(AP) —The cap ture by the German army of Krakow, a city often spoken of by the Poles as “Poland's heart,” was officially announced today. German command ing generals, the announcement said, went immediately to Wawell to ren der homage to the late Marshal Josef Pilsudski, Poland’s strong man, whom the Germans have claimed as their friend. Wawell contains the tombs of some of Poland’s greatest historic person ages. Krakow is 140 miles southwest of Warsaw and about 60 miles east of the German-Polish border. Meanwhile, with official reports of all quiet on the western front, the third day of the French-German state of war, the supreme army com mand announced sweeping victories (Continued on Page Five) U. S. Assures Franco Os Neutral Aim Washington, Sept. 6.—(AP) —The United States told Spain today that it shared Generalissimo Franco’s v.ews that the European war should be localized. In a r;ote to the Spanish charge 1 affaires here, Secretary Hull de ciared: “The government of the United States is in accord with the senti ment expressed in the message of Ihe chief of the Spanish govern ment and fully shares the convic tion that extension of the present conflict is bound to result in un told suffering for the innocent populations of the countries which may become involved, as well as for the people of other nations.” The White House disclosed that President Roosevelt is planning a trip this week-end to his Hyde Park, N. Y. ; home, harring developments. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. German Ship Sunk In Mid-Atlantic Belem, Brazil. Sept. 6.—(AP) —The North German-Lloyd liner Inn, which sailed from here for Hamburg August 25, was an nounced today to have sunk in mid-Atlantic. The announcement added no details. The Inn is registered as a motor ship, powered with deisel en gines; of 2.867 gross tons, and 295 feet long. She was built in 1929 and listed her home port as Bremen. The British Admiralty had re ported the sinking of three Ger man ships but had named only two, both sunk off the coast of South America. Italy Moves i As Neutral Despite War Rome, Sept. 6. —(AP)—ltaly pur sued her neutral course in the Eu ropean conflitt today, with renewed indications she does not expect to enter the war in the near future, but she kept her war machine ready. While workmen took down tem i porary air raid shelters in Rome, ad ditional equipment was requisitioned to facilitate military movements and the sending of supplies to the 1,800,- | 000 men under arms. such preparations extended to Al ; bania, Lybia and Ethiopia, where i most, of the quasi-wartime measures | in effect in Italy also have been in j stituted. Plans for wartime precautions were discussed in Tirana, Albania, (Continued on Page Five) WARSAW ASKS HELP IN CITY’S DEFENSE Budapest, Sept. 6.—(AP) The Polish radio interrupted a concert program late today (4 p. m.) to appeal to all citizens to report to the nearest police | station with spades to dig trenches around Warsaw. The broadcast said all manpower was needed. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Germans Are Now Nearing Capital City Poles Expect to Wage Desperate Defense; Government Secretly Leaves Capital i n Flight 90 Miles to Eastward. Warsaw, Sept. 6. (AP) (8:30 a. m., 2:30 a. m„ EST) The situation in Warsaw stead ily grew more ominous today with the expectation in some quarters that German troops, pressing down from the north, would arrive before nightfall. Poles, proud of their capital, and hoping to have it from ex tensive damage from artillery fire, planned to defend it be yond the city limits to the best •f their ability. It was general ly expected there would be a uitter battle. While Nazi troops were approach ing ever closer, they apparently had i.ot vet '-eacned the Bug river, 25 miles north of here. This was indicated by the ab enee of explosions such as would mark the blowing up of bridges by the retreating Poles. No retreating Polish soldiers have yet been seen in Warsaw. A general staff communique as serted 30 Polish planes had bombed Berlin and returned safely to their bases, but no report was made ot any damage inflicted. (Official Berlin quarters empha tically denied the German capital had been raided, saying it was im possible that even high flying scouting planes could have made exploratory flights without detec tion. Neutral observers said there had been no air alarm in Berlin.) The government secretly left the (Continued on Page Five) Ship Inspectors Told to Look For Sabotage Efforts Washington, Sept. 6.—(AP) Commander R. S. Field, chief of 1 the marine inspection bureau, ordered all steamship inspectors today to “be on the alert for sabotage on all ships leaving American ports.” Field told the inspectors that at any suspicion of sabotage they should quickly communi cate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the army, navy or coast guard. lie added that it was possible some of the belligerent European nations might nave agents in this coun try “to hinder supplies to op posing belligerents”. Air Raiders On. England Driven Away British Planes G o Aloft for Combat, but No Engagements Ob served ; Heavy Gun fire Reported, How ever; Alarms in Lon don. Le Havre, France, Sept. 6. (AP) —-This northwest port of France had two air raid alarms today. This point was the far thest west in France so far reached by German scouting flights. London. Sept. 6—(AP) —The mini stry of information announced this afternoon that British anti-aircraft batteries and fighting planes had re pulsed enemy bombers which at tempted to raid the east coast of England early today. Along the east coast, anti-aircraft batteries opened up with a terrific (Continued on Page Five)
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