Kingsport Times (Newspaper) - September 5, 1939, Kingsport, Tennessee FAIR AND WARMER Fair nnd Wednesday slightly warmer Fair tonight and Wednesday cooler tonight slowly temperature in the interior Wednesday ICm i VOL 214 MEMBER A B C KINGSPORT TENNESSEE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1939 EIGHT PAGES TODAY PRICE THREE SPAR FOR OPENING ON WESTERN FRONT CAPTURE OF TWO KEY POLISH BRITAIN 1 GERMANS Strict Neutrality Proclamation Is Signed By FDR CAPTURE GIVES NAZIS CONTROL OF VITAL Survivors Emphatically Say German Sub Sank Athenia Tales Of Horror Are Told POLE OFFICIALS MAY FLEE CITY TO SAFETY ZONE Towns Industrial Centers Germans Deny that British Planes Harmed Fleet Destruction By Nazis Ira Poland By MELVIN K BERLIN 5 today announced capture of two rich Polish industrial cities wice and Chorzow near the German frostier in Silesia Both towns on the direct route to Krakow Poland's ancient capital virtually had been surrounded by previous attacks where the man border bulges into ern Poland but the final thrust them had been delayed Germans had said they feared the Poles would blow up mines and steel rolling mills which they were mined with explosives but the poles said to have been prised and fled ing the valuable property Rich Prizes Capture of j two towns would I ivo Germany con- trol of the highly upper I Silesian industrial 1 region A United States o n c c r n the K Company owns the so-called zinc mines at wice At the same time German declared ten British bombers had been shot down yesterday when they raided the German fleet at and near the entrance to the strategic Kiel canal Revising their previous ment that five of the 12 British raiders were destroyed German of- said more than half of the attackers were downed and declared no damage was done to Nazi ships despite British statements to the contrary Severe Damage In London officials claimed damage was inflicted on two German battleships by the British Germany reported capture of the two Silesian cities as Adolf ler the Reich's first lowed his troops across the Polish corridor and the German news agency announced triumphantly that East Prussia had been re- united with Germany proper In addition to capturing wice and Chorzow Germany reported the destruction of eleven Polish planes in an air battle today between and Warsaw Lodz is midway between the man frontier and the Polish capital Germany claimed to have crushed Shells Fired on Ship After It Was doed They Say IN Polish village by planes This photo was passed through censorship after being to from the frontier and then radioed to Now York Neutral in European WASHINGTON Sept 5 Roosevelt proclaimed American neutrality today He signed and Secretary Hull counter signed a mation of over words establishing an extensive list of PRICES SKYROCKET IN HEAVY BUYING Several Commodities Jump Limits as Exchange Opens First Time Since War By MIDDLETON GREEN OCR Scotland Sept 5 cf the war's first great sea tragedy 600 shaken and weeping of the torpedoed Brit- ish liner Athenia arrived on rescue ships today with tales of horror Two hundred of those ar- riving here were injured One survivor John McEwan of Glasgow said a submarine doed the Athenia and then twice shelled the vessel as her lifeboats were being lowered authorities In Berlin denied that a German was involved Gorman Secretary of State Ernst Weizsaecker told the United charge d'affaires Alexander Kirk that German sea forces not possibly have been re- Americans Aboard An undetermined number of and Canadians were imong the injured brought here A member of one of the rescue crews said the first the Athenia was received at 10 p m GMT Sunday 5 p.m I saw the Athenia take her final hinge stern first the next he declared I saw a group of five boats and in the water a number of young children who had been drowned The boats were full some cf them badly flooded and some had people clinging to their sides Glasgow mobilized hospitals and nursing homes to accommodate the injured while other agencies planned German Planes Stage Two: More Raids on Warsaw i Envoys to Leave By ELMER W WARSAW Sept 5 were current today that officials of the Polish government might leave Warsaw within a few hours German planes two raids on the capital city today The sky was clear and the tember sunshine was brilliant Despite the dangers the populace was calm Envoys to Leave Most of the staffs of the can British and other embassies arranged tb leave the city time John K Davis United States consul general and his staff ed Americans in leaving The first raid of the day came while reports were being received indicating that Polish defense lines had been shortened to stiffen tions now held Several times during the morning attack the German airmen flew directly over the heart of the tal without dropping bombs They confined their activities to the sub- urbs and military objectives The alarm sounded at a m m and 35 minutes later the all clear signal was The courses traveled by ing planes caused observers to con- If elude they were back and forth between Austrian Slovak and other man areas in BRITAIN CLAMS HEAVY DAMAGE INFLICTED ON GERMAN BATTLESHIPS Germans Deny Two of Five Ships Damaged by Raid Claim Five Brought Down Little Information From Western Front Neighbor Alleges Tenement Resident Used Dog Collar to Imprison Child NASHVILLE Sept the entire seventh Polish army di- Hale lives in vision southeast of which was captured two days ago on the Silesian front The division staff officers were said to have been taken prisoner A division usually is 10.000 to Besides Poles now isolated be- tween German lines and the Baltic in the northern part of the dor as a result of the German sweep to the Vistula river Polish prisoners were reported of- rounded up this far in southern Poland The agency said the Fuehrer joined his army of the east at Kulm on the Vistula river near the border of East sia While steps were taken in lin to strengthen the nation for war now in both the east and west The supreme army command an- that contrary to foreign reports not ii single shot had been fired on he western front up lo Sept a 0 wise there have been no a if at- tacks except the reported raids at Wilhelmshaven and haven Invade Paris i A dispatch from Paris timed today said German planes had invaded France to start air operations on the western front while scattered fighting took place between the opposed armies on the line Twelve British bombers were re- ported yesterday to have raided two North Se i navy and Cuxhaven but five of the ers were shot down This attack apparently was the first of hostilities between the British and Germans Earlier British Sec TOWN CAPTURED page section of the city with his wife and two-year-old stepdaughter faced a charge day of the child to the kitchen wall of their home A neighbor Ivy Gilbert swore out tho Deputy ShenT 1 made the who hnr as asserting ho heat un- mercifully with pieces of kindling and her u to a nail in See CHILD CHAINED Page 8 designed to keep from projecting the United States into the European war Another proclamation to be sued under the 1037 neutrality act WES scheduled for consideration at a White House conference later in the afternoon It will put in operation an embargo on exports of arms ammunition and implements of war to the combatant nations In the first proclamation issued under acts of and 1917 the President Slid Whereas i state of war exists be- tween Germany and France land and the United Kingdom In- dia Australia and New Zealand And whereas the United is or terms of friendship and amity with I he contending powers with the persons inhabiting their several dominions And whereas it is the duty of a neutral government not to i mit or suffer the making of its territory or territorial waters sub- i to the purpose of war To Preserve Neutrality Now I- Franklin D Sec NEUTRALITY page By CLAUDE A JAGGER Associated Press Financial Editor NEW YORK Sept 5 Wall Street experienced one of the most spectacular upsurges in prices of stocks and commodities in its tory today as resumption after the holiday found a feverish urge to buy in expectation of war prices Stocks particularly steels non- ferrous metals chemicals and machinery makers jumped to around a share Wheat again bounded the limit permitted in a day's trading of 5 cents a bushel at Chicago peg and Minneapolis and raw terials generally surged upward both food and industrial Buying orders appeared at the daily trips ing at each stop and dropping bombs enroute Increasing bers of Warsaw inhabitants are leaving for the country They pack their ings into any sort of conveyance available The largest numbers Elmer W Peterson to care for other refugees many of were traveling eastward and them thinly clad and weak from exposure to the winds of the North Atlantic See SURVIVORS page 8 BEATS NEUTRALITY for some of the steels that specialists were not able to bec STOCKS Page 8 GERMAN SHIPPING TWO BRITISH SHOT DOWN BEKLIN Kept 5 official Herman announced hvo British were shut over today BRITISH STEAM TORPEDOED Sept 5 Line an- thai its been by H her crew rescued by a Norwegian tanker British Cruisers Chasing German Vessels Into South American Ports STOPPED HAMBURG Sept 5 AP VIA official radio reported a Dutch ore which was possibly tor was by i British warshin mid escorted into harbor England The station ascribed its report to Uir Dutch IN NEW India Sept 5 Viceroy of of proclaimed a state of in India nul promulgated the Defense of India ordinance which gives widest powers to the executive The re- K the Nationalist leader ill the morning eastward The Polish press reported a Polish cavalry unit had penetrated the German East Prussian border and occupied two villages This was similar to an earlier report that Polish mounted troops had broken through Germany's Silesian frontier north of Breslau In two strategic moves deemed necessary to strengthen the defense organization the Polish general staff withdrew its troops from the Vessel Steams Into Gulf of Corridor cities of Grudziadz 60 i n i miles south of Danzig and Mexico With 10 Planes approximately 40 miles Headed for Europe i of Grudziadz i It was reported the German of- fensive at no point had penetrated the Polish defenses although the German forces are pushing hard But Germany continued to back her advance with a severe aerial which already has taken a heavy toll of civilian lives in- ten persons killed when a bomb hit a girl scout canteen in a raid on Warsaw NEW ORLEANS Sept 5 Beating the expected invoking of the United States neutrality act by only a few hours the French line planes for France steamed past Pilottown at the mouth of the river and entered the Gulf of Mexico at 6 a m today The freighter which had delayed sailing here for a short time after France declared a state of war existed against Germany slipped down the Mississippi from New Orleans in darkness last night Bar pilots reported she cleared the river and steamed eastward just at dawn Further delay here might have caused unloading of the planes which are expected to be munitions of war and shipment banned to belligerents with invoking of the neutrality act Shipping and dock board Sec FRENCH SHIP page 8 By The Associated Press Britain and France sparred with Germany today for an opening in their war to relieve beleaguered Poland Results of Britain's first direct blow at spectacular bombing raid on the German fleet near the Kiel disputed by the two powers Britain said severe damage was inflicted on two of Germany's five battleships Germany said that five of the 12 British raiders were shot down and that no damage was done the Nazi fleet While the German war machine pounded Polish defenses in eastern Europe little light was shed on the western front where France was understood to be feeling out German to find out where a telling blow might be delivered France said cryptically that movements develop mally for the land sea and air forces at war with Germany Hitler Follows Soldiers The Reich's first Adolf Hitler followed his soldiers across the Polish corridor as Berlin announced the army had cut through to join East Prussia again with many proper and cut off Polish troops hi the north end of the corridor to the Baltic Germany asserted Polish prisoners had been taken and said East Prussian forces were only 50 miles from Warsaw The Polish capital suffered a new air raid but the man invaders confined their bombs to the suburbs and tary objectives A series of such raids yesterday inflicted heavy casualties WARRIOR NATION KEPT ON SIDELINES Duce Holds Italy at Peace Despite Boasts In Previous Crises day It was apparent the Germans are trying a pincer movement to join Germany and East Prussia in a military sense while seeking to iso- late Gdynia and thus cutoff Poland from her only access to the Baltic sea By their occupation of Grudziadz and the Germans ed to have isolated Polish forces in the northern corridor CS Sort r Two i Great West Indies fhd tin Gorman in South or socking to out- them for the of neutral harbors The opened op- at Sunday by ing the German ship Olinda after first taking off the 42 bers of the in two life boats Lhat had to maneuver through heavy seas The German freighter Poseidon anchor at Mar Plata Argentina Her captain said apparently had tried to capture her The If the conflict continues United Leipzig ed into harbor cf on the and found the Quito and Bo- also of German registry there The German ship anchored in Puerto Bay after receiving orders See NAZI SHIPS Page 8 Flies cannot live on sweets alone Without meat or animal food they will not lay eggs By EDWARD KENNEDY ROME Sept 5 solini has Europe guessing as to which way Italy will turn now that war has come with Italy still on the sidelines The man who for years told ians they were a warrior people and insisted war is a natural event in the life of a people is for the moment Europe's crief apostle of peace Italian newspapers have stressed II efforts to save the peace at the last minutes and published documents to prove his efforts No Plan Now The Premier has indicated ly he has no for involving Italy in war right now for he has approved the sailing of Italy's two finest merchant vessels the Rex and the Conte Di Savoia for the United States to carry hundreds of Americans There has been only one official statement of policy in the past few See PEACEFUL ITALY 8 Conflict Certain To Exert Powerful Force On U S Political Situation During 1940 Campaign WASHINGTON Sept 5 The European war is developing new and powerful factors in the American political situation It is regarded here as almost certain to have a vital effect on the 1310 presidential campaign States foreign policy undoubtedly be the most important topic before the coming congressional session and thus lend to push domestic issues into the background Although congress refused to act at last session on President Roosevelt's neutrality dations and torpedoed other major Roosevelt's supporters might seek administration legislation the chief executive's supporters feel that he has a right to expect the tion of congress in handling ture foreign policy Specifically they think a desire for national unity will rule out the tactics of filibuster and delay which otherwise might be employed in a fight against administration proposals The slogan us out of helped President Wilson ob- tain a second term Likewise if this country stays out of a con- conflict Mr to use the same argument in ing his nomination for an third term If Mr Roosevelt decided not to run again the continuance of peace in the United Stales still might operate to give him voice in the selection of the next Democratic national ticket The European war also could have s major effect on the tion of a Republican presidential nominee because the foreign icy of contenders might outweigh the records they have written on domestic issues Polish strategists shortened their defense lines under intensified man by egic claimed a ish cavalry unit had penetrated East Prussia The man who for years has dinned into his people the ness of war Premier Mussolini remained enigmatic about future course now that his axis partner is engaged In conflict Continuation of Italian neutrality n the immediate future seemed sured however after he approved the sailing of two of Italy's finest merchant vessels for New York to take hundreds of Americans home Burn Travel The State department virtually barred United States citizens from European travel by banning all but journeys of imperative necessity Officials discussed the possibility of using naval vessels to convoy American ships back ring continent Proclamation of American and invocation of the United States neutrality act wore prepared n Washington The war came to the western hemisphere when a British cruiser sank the German freighter Olinda in the South At- after ordering her crew to take to lifeboats Other German vessels raced for neutral South American ports to evade British warships in pursuit of enemy ping The crew was taken to Montevideo Uruguay Seven German steamers were tied up in Mexican ports while there were reports that the man transatlantic liner which has been since leaving New York almost a week heading Mexican port Take No Chance Southeastern Europe hopeful of keeping the war from spreading to its soil took no chances despite its proclamations of neutrality slavia Hungary Rumania ria and Greece counted men mobilized in their five and more in reserve Other small nations too hud their neutrality worries larly Denmark where a bomb fell on the seaport town of killing two persons thought either a British or a man plane dropped the bomb by mistake See
