01 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Chicago Daily Tribune
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
1
Adolf Hitler directs the German army to respond with force after Poland rejects neighborly talks. He claims Poles threaten the German border and vows a fight for honor and the life of the German people. He urges soldiers to uphold national traditions and duty.
Warsaw dispatch notes Germany struck Poland from air and land with bombings on Cracow Kadowice Gdynia Czestochowa Tczew Gruzadz and Western fronts. Westerplatte attacked in Danzig harbor as Poland rejects Hitler proposals and vows to defend Pomorze and Danzig.
London began mass evacuation as over a million children were sent from the city to the countryside to escape looming war. At Liverpool Street and London Bridge stations, families gathered from dawn with bags, candy, and small belongings as teachers organized lines of evacuees in a somber departure.
London reports Britain and France are inflexible in fulfilling obligations to Poland despite Hitler's speech. The cabinet privy council and Parliament planned meetings as Reuters notes German offensive on Poland with bombings in Warsaw Krakow and Upper Silesia.
News from Paris London Washington and Berlin confirms German forces invading Poland with bombings across Warsaw and Cracow. France and Algeria declare siege while mobilization proceeds with naval and air forces on alert. Germany reports counter attacks along the frontier as Italy wavers and diplomacy seeks restraint.
Adolf Hitler announced to the Reichstag that Germany would wage war on Poland, declaring no foreign help would be sought and pledging to carry out the task alone. He claimed Polish attacks on Germans necessitated the conflict as Germany prepared to retake Danzig.
The report notes September weather in Illinois and Chicago with temperatures around 68 to 71 degrees and mean temperature 72. It lists wind directions from the north northeast and a northwest breeze, humidity around 74 percent and relative humidity figures, plus precipitation totals and barometric readings for the period ending August 24 hours ago.
Berlin reports Hitler declares Danzig incorporated into the German Reich after German actions against Poland. The warning also orders Baltic ships to avoid Gdynia Danzig and restricts air traffic, with plans for air raids and a looming blackout.
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