06 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1939
Page
1
World War I dispatches describe ongoing fighting along a 300 mile front with French and Belgian forces attacking German positions. American volunteers join French ambulance services under army supervision as British ships remain active without major operations.
United Press from Montreal says a French radio report notes serious disturbances at Cologne and Dusseldorf and Essen in Germany. Zurich dispatches cite unrest in Moravia and Bohemia as heavy detachments move from Dresden and Leipzig toward Bohemia occupying buildings with machine guns. Despatches name Breno Prague Pilsen and Czech refugee camps in Slovakia as centers of action.
Copenhagen dispatch says aerial combat occurred off the Danish coast near Jutland with British and German planes exchanging fire. Residents note heavy activity, planes climbing and a large squadron afterward disappearing to the southwest, with reports of bombs dropped and casualties feared.
Capitown reports a heated debate in the Union’s Legislative Assembly where an amendment to sever ties with Germany and maintain Commonwealth cooperation passed 80 to 67. General Smuts may be invited to form a government as Hertzog’s neutrality plan falters amid warnings of potential isolation if German demands rise.
Reports from London describe RAF bombers targeting Wilhelmshaven and Kiel Canal area with several direct hits on German fleet vessels. German sources say two passenger liners suffered heavy damage while British planes dropped leaflets over North Western Germany.
The Social Democratic Party through joint presidents Otto Wels and Hans Vogel issues a manifesto to the German people denouncing Hitler and the Nazi regime. It calls for the final overthrow of the system for European peace and urges Germans to fight for freedom.
The report notes a call up of militia and mixed drafts for wartime training and defense. It mentions restrictions on mass mobilization, exemptions for civil occupations, and ongoing government steps to assemble a special militia force of 14,600 with plans to draft volunteers and reserve occupations pending.
Government concerns with compulsory military training and the Defence Act universal obligation. Urges practical measures to mobilize forces while addressing apprenticeship and technical training disruptions. Highlights need to keep industry moving and maintain Britain relations amid wartime demands.
British and American dispatches from New York report no air raid over Paris despite messages claiming a raid was planned. German reconnaissance flights were detected but no contact with Paris was made and the all clear was given after a three hour false alarm.
Report details survivors and casualties after the Athenia torpedoing. Rescue crews recovered many injured at sea and from lifeboats, with hundreds transported to ships and hospitals. Churchill and Berlin denials frame the international response as tensions rise over the attack's legality and warnings.
Navy observers say the German steamer Kost from Antwerp hit a mine near Copenhagen. Two crew were aboard when it struck but there were no casualties and all were rescued by the Matpic. Captain confirmed sighting the mine but no more detail available.
An official Warsaw communique and a later Warsaw broadcast detail German advances in Poland near Bromberg and the Corridor. Reports claim 16 000 prisoners in Silesia, heavy fighting, and Polish forces active on all fronts as Germany loses planes while Poland claims cavalry actions in East Prussia. A Polish proclamation urges citizens of Czechoslovakia to resist Germany.
London confirms poison gas use by German air raiders in Silesia and notes a marked ambulance struck by machine guns. High Command reports heavy fighting near the Tatras Mountains with actions advancing toward Tarnow and Cracow. Page continuation referenced.
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