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't*’(VV.--f“ VIt'.« tA All His Efforts atA-.'A 1Mediation■vH BERLIN, Sept. 1.—^)—Germany and Poland are waging an undeclared war.H At noon today an official announcement said the Nazi air force had gone into action over Polish territory and that the German Army was “counterattacking all along the Ger-man-Polish frontier.(Warsaw was among several POlish cities that were bombed).German land forces, the announcement said, were deter-mined to break all resistance.Do or Die VowCrash Of Bombs, RumbleOf Cannon A rid MarchingFeet Shake Poland TodayHITLER PUTS GERMANS ON THIS DIET.u i. “Two” men are said to make up the personality tfcat is Adolf The official statement uhati Hitler's. One is Adolf Hitler the shrewd and judicial diplomat, ws on came shortly after Fueh- as jeftt The other is Adolf Hitler the irrational and fiery zea-rer Hitler left the Reichstag - jot, as at right. Alienists have k name for it, but in plain Eng-amid cheers for his declaration, jie js a brooder. The columns oni this page tell how he hasthat he would enforce a Polish ? Spent much of the past few days In perfect solitude, without the settlement or die fighting in the i company of even his closest personal friemds.Army gray uniform he wore.In his passionate 36-minute Reichstag speech the Fuehrer declared significantly that Ger-many doefnot count on Italian J^ct^Poland and Danziga special 10 o’clock meeting, plunged directly into the sub-byhelp.On the other hand he pictured Soviet Russia as Germany’seternal friend.Hitler spokj as if war already were under way, but he did not go through the old-fashioned procedure of formally declaringwar. „Axis Smashed• He inferred that the Rome-Berlin Axis had been smashed.itCfermany, he said, does not count j peacefully.Recalls VersaillesWe meet to solve the problems raised by the VersaillesTreaty.”Denying the Reich is not peaeably inclined — the Fuehrer less than five hours before had announced his army was meeting “force with force” because of alleged border violations by the Poles-—declared that we tried to solve many problemsT*%on Italian help..t He vowed eternal friendshipfor Soviet Russia.The supreme Nazi leader declared to his nation and the world that Germany would fightJantil the Polish government4, yields or is sunplanted by a government that will yield.He threatened to answer “bomb with bomb and gas with gas” -depending on the sort of warfare Poland wages.T£e Reichstag unanimously jgfiouted its approval of a law annexing Danzig-original bone of German-Polish contention.■ No Claims In West“We want nothing from th*'!“Fifteen years of peaceful effort to meet this issue were of no avail ” he added.Hitler declared his intention to lead his forces at the front and named Field Marshal Goer-ing as his first choice for sue-der, it was reported by DNB, official German news agency, and many were wounded when a detachment of German border police clashed with more than 200 Poles, Fifteen Poles, including six soldiers, were captured, DNB said.“Polish insurgents” and soldiers were reported to have stormed the customs house at Hoehlincen and the number of casualties was still undetermined. German border police were said to have wrested the customs building from the Poles after a half-hour fight.“Danzig Is German”“Danzig is German. The corridor (Pomorze) was and is German.“More than 1,000,000 Germans who lived in this territory hadBy LLOYD LEIJRBASWARSAW, Sept. 1.—(A3)—German warplanes have raided Polish cities, official reports said (today, and German troops have j begun a heavy movement toward the Polish frontier from EastPrussia.i Bomb explosions were heard in Warsaw, but no damage 01* casualties were- reported in this city. The explosions seemed to come from eight or 10 miles to the west, where air raiders were believed to be attacking railwaycommunications.Official sources still were without information of the extent of damages or casualties in air raids elsewhere in the country.The foreign office said German plants had bombed Krakow and Katowice, in southwestern Poland, and also Czestochowa, Tczew and Grudzia.”Fighting in DanzigIt confirmed that fighting had started in Danzig and official sources said German soldiers had attacked Polish defenses near Mlawa, bordering the southern part of East Prussia.When alarms sounded here, this correspondent just was entering the foreign office press room to confer with Edward Ku-likowski, formerly of the Polish embassy staff in Washington and now the Polish foreign press officer.All foreign office employes immediately gathered gas masks and were taken to nearby bomb shelters where they remained for an hour, both men and women exhibiting utmost calm.Caught in the streets when the second alarm came. I saw police and air raid wardens clearing all traffic. The streets were left virtually deserted. Everyone was forced to take shelter in the nearest building until the “all clear” signal was sounded.Scores lacking gas masks merely waited calmly in open entrances.(Diplomatic dispatches received in Budapest, from Warsaw, said the outskirts of the Polish capital also had been bombed. There were no figures on casualties.(Thecession to the Nazi leadership if j 1° leave their homes in 1919 he were killed. 1 and 1920.Hitler’s order to his army was issued at 5:30 a. m. (11:30 p. m.,“The dictate of Versailles is not a law for us Germans,” heEST, Thursday .“For Honor and Right”declared in a strong voice.Reciting Germany’s peacefulv ^ ^ ^ » — - »w ^ •“The German army will con- efforts, he said Cfermany had duct a fight for honor and the ^ade proposals for revision of right to the life of the resurrect-: unbearable conditions” in Aus-ed German people with firm de-' ^ria» Sudetenland of Czecho-. t Wlmm bio n tAt a aah Khfor• V/IJA w VY * 4 11 1*1 V4V \ *termination.” his command said., ®}ova^a anlt;* other places but The Polish state has reject- without result.«We want nothine from tno me runsu stilie uas icjeut- — ------, -------we want uutuuig liuiu Li efforts to establish neitrn- We also proposed a solutionV ; stern powers and we have to - ed my e“0[^^0 aC.f/^th‘If‘^s of the Corridor problem. It wasmally declared we have no, bony relauoni, and matead basj f* -I »he would answer “bombbomb and gas for gas.””1 am going to see to it that peace reigns on our eastern border as it does on other frontiers-Poland last night fired on German soldiers on German soil. But they already have been chased back with shots.”At this the Reichstag cheered.Former Enemies Turning again to Russia, Hitler recalled that “Germany and Russia lought each other in theBudapest dispatches were supported by similar dispatches of Reuters, British News Agency, and Havas, French news agency.Raiding Flanes Heard(The Havas dispatches said air raid alarms were sounded in Warsaw three times before the German planes finally dropped bombs on the city at 9:30 a. m. Sounds of the raiding planes and anti-aircraft artillery were heard.(Many were killed and injured when the Polish frontier ;own of Tczew, not far from the Danzig border, was bombed, Exchange Telegraph reported. This agency said the railroad station and other buildings were destroyed, and the bombing continuedfor at least an hour.(One air raid also was reported by Exchange Telegraph to have been carried out against a rail way station and tunnel on the Krakow-Warsaw railway.)Sound of CannonadingThe sound of cannonading rumbled over the Silesian fields near Gleiwitz on the Polish frontier.The German fleet swung into action on he Baltic. It blockaded the Polish port of Gdynia, neighbor of Danzig.German warships started clearing neutral shipping off the Baltic.The German air defense ordered the grounding of all but military planes and threatened to shoot down the others—German and foreign. ■Schools Dismissed Germany tensed herself to repel air attacks. Schools were dismissed. War conditions prevailed all along the eastern frontier.Guards were stationed on top of Hitler’s palatial chancellery. They scanned the skies with field glasses.Several hundred persons gathered in front of the building, singing for he first time since the birth of the crisis and chanting. “We want to see our Fuehrer.”Numerous overnight skirmishes ushered in the heavy fighting along the Polish-GermanBELIEVE RUSSIANOT YET READYTO BACK REICH-v0*VSUGAR•s.MOSCOW. Sept. femora abroad of a possibility thatUP)—Ru-Ul.v*COFFEE•vuWi9.9 oz. weekly ff■WAV.W2.2 oz. weeklyV'VMEATl/2 lb. weeklyCEREALS 3 oz. weeklymBULK Vi Ft. dallySIll.lEft*r.BREAD No limitVEGETABLESNolimlBUTTER, FATS 2.1 oz. dailyMARMALADE3.9 oz. weeklyTEA0.7 oz.jnonthlymmmm ♦ *German stomachs go on a wartime basis as Nazis ration out foodstuffs and limit menus to amounts of food shown above for each person. Additional allowance is made for those engaged. inunusually heavy work.to strike in force until after dawn. Then in an order of the day to his massed forces he declared German patience had been exhausted by Polish “provocations.”Danzig meanwhile was cut off from telephone communication and it was assumed that Poles ad cut communication lines in Pomcirze, the Polish C/orrido^ which Hitler has demanded as Germany’s own.There were no reports of Polish resistance in Danzig and it remained uncertain whether the Poles would fight for the Free City.Handed BackThe proclamation by which Albert Forster, chief of state for the Nazified free city, handed Danzig back to the Reich took immediate effect in Danzig, according to reports that preceded disruption of communications.Swastika flags ,wert unfurled on public buildings. It was regarded certain that German troops would march into the Free City from East Prussia, Danzig’s neighbor on the East.Poland /as declared dangeroustTitorv for foreieners.open. Housewives stood in line before the’ meat shops.Many persons remained close tb radios to hear the frequent news bulletins and official statement.But the citizenry was completely in the dark as to developments outside Germany and the zone of hostilities.What are France and England doing? this was a frequent question.Russia1 and Germany would follow up their nonaggression pact with a military agreement met With extreme skepticism in imformed circles today.While the foreign colony in Moscow heard alarming repdrts of European war, the Russian population was tranquil and 34,-000,000 children went back to school today.Gre’at Britain and France, says Premier Vyacheslaff Molotoff balanced their desire for Soviet Russian help against their fear of strengthening the Sc let Un-, Ion and their fear prevailed.This was the explanation, ih part, offered last night by the premier-foreign minister for conclusion Aug. 24 of the Russian* German nonaggression pact which doomed the projected Rus-sian-Britlsh-French mutual as-Istance pact after more than four months of negotiation.The Russian parliament applauded Molotoff’s explanation and unanimously ratified the act with Germany,- erstwhile itter opponent of the Soviet Union.(Informed quarters in Berlin indicated that a Russian mission was on its way there possibly to. conclude a military ac-cord with the Reich. Molotoff made no mention of this.)EBURN GERMAN RECORDS LONDON, Sept. 1.—(£)— (Passed thfoug hthe British censor-ship)—-The German embassy to-tlay began burning some files, apparently as a precaution in preparation for possible withdrawal from London.REPLIES TO ROOSEVELTWASHINGTON, Sept. 1. — (fl5)— Adolf Hitler sent President Roosevelt oday his reply to- the presiderit’s appeal for peace last week, *EYES EXAMINEDFOR SCHOOL. , IF THEY NEED THEMGlasses Will BeProperly Prescribed!Over 80% of all knowledge Do not let faulty eyesightis obtained through the eyes, endanger your child’s future.NEWBERRY. Optometrist
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