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A Paper I For The Home r SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Weather ¦undJLy: Cloudy, ihewtn, much cooler. Mendajr: Generally fair. 33RD YEAR, NO. S&-44 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1939 PRICE TEN CENTS SIGNS OF MAJOR OFFENSIVE ARE REPORTED BACK OF BOTH LINES 1^ Mussolini Calls for Peace^rzW of 'Ploch Ton I^^^'^^'«^ ^^'^^^^^ ^^«^^ ^<^ f'^ffht lN6lltr3ilty Be Avoided'' ¦imJlm ..Itf« ^'^^^ Pittman Plans to Present New Act To Senate Monday Says Polish Defeat Wipes Out Cause; Justifies Hitler, Sees Allies Prudent As Russia Moves Bv REYNOLDS PACKARD Rome, Sept. 23. (UP) —Premier Benito Mu.5!iolini told Kurope'i warring nations today that the time has come to call off hostilities —now that Poland has been "liquidated". "Europe has not actually entered into war." the Fascist Premier de¬ clared in a speech to 1.30 Fascist leaders from Bologna, emphasizing that Italy will remain neutral. "The armies have not yet met. The clash can be avoided by real¬ izing that it is vain to attempt to maintain or reconstruct that which history and the natural dynamism of peoples already has con¬ demned." To Strengthen Armleii Muiisolini said that the destiny of Europe if not of the world was now at stake and that "in the style of Fascism" Italy must strengthen her armed forces for any eventual¬ ity and support every effort for peace as she remains neutral in accordance with "our national in¬ terests, and political accords and our treaties." Arguing that Qermany haa now "liquidated" the Polish problem and that peace could b« restored on that basis, Mussolini referred to the failure of Great Britain and France to declare war on Soviet Russia when the Red Army march¬ ed into Poland. Hitler Justified "It has been with the prudent intention of not spreading the con¬ flict that the governments of Lon¬ don and Paris have not done more than face the Russian fait accompli but the consequence is that these governments have compromised their moral justification in taking action against the German fait ac¬ compli," he said in supporting his •rgumenl that Adolf Hitler's con¬ quest could rca.'ionabiy be recog¬ nized. The premier's statement was taken to indicate hope that his peace suggestions would lead to Important developments. (All indications in London and Paris have been that the allied powers have no intention of mak¬ ing peace on Hitler's terms and that they are pushing ahead with plans to fight the war to a finish.) Balkan Peace Bloc , Mussolini said that the "destiny tof Europe and perhaps of all the continents la at stake" at the present time and that the people COUNT ON APPROVAL Limits Discretion Given President; Opponents Meet Washington, Sept. 23. (UP) — Administration leaders tonight fin¬ ished a tentative draft of a meas- T Soviets Keep^^^^^^^^^ up 4.000,000 ^^^'^ ^'^^ ^^^^' Under Arms Moscow Announces 'External Conditions' Make Army Needed TURKEY TO CONFER No Buffer State; Polish Peasants Hunt Down Landlords DECISION IN YEAR Usual Nervousness Before Start Of Attack Called Apparent; Berlin Says Germany Will Not Sit Idle Behind Westwall While England Squeezes With Navy Moscow, Sept. 23. (UP)—The government radio announced to¬ night that all Russian troops ure revising the nation's Neutrality i mobilized since September 7, would Law and called the Democratic strategy committee into session Sunday to approve It. An informal check indicated that majority of senators approve enacting the principles of the pro¬ posed changes. British censor let jhis picture be waiting in line to enlist in tlio duties will include nioto sent from London, showing women , Women'.'! Auxiliary Air Force. Their well as routine in Air Force offices By UNITED PRESS With the (Jernian high command proclaimings the "end of the campaign in Poland." all signs pointed early Sunday to increased activity in the western theater of the war. Reports from neutral sources indicated that remain under arms indefinitely preparations Were afoot for a major French assault "owing to external Conditions". on the (Jcmian west waU. Nazi sourccs in Berlin, soTut rorruTh?d^ropp"ng''u;:" "'<^«";vhile. predicted that the Reich would soon un- activities in the three-fifths of dertake a vigorous Submarine and airplane cam¬ paign to break the British blockade. Russia continued to be an important and enig¬ matical factor in the East Having occupied the eastern three-fifths of Poland, the Red Army had Assessors Office to Purge All but Dozen Poland allotted to them by agree- , ment with Germany and as the The tentative draft was com- ; Soviet press publi.shed maps in- pleted in a session lasting from dicating that the idea of a Polish 3 p. m., EST, to 7;20 p. m. in the buffer state had been dropped, at office of Chairman^Key ^Jt'^an^ least for the time being. testing as;comm^itt'ee" piumaTw^iu 8u*bmit"it ^,'^^* Soviet mobilization, which nothing left to do but "mop up" in those arcas whcre to the 14 Democratic members f ;';'"^Xr„ Poland laTweT^'nT rCSistanCC Continued. 3 p. m. Sunday and he expects ' °' 'Cistern r-oiana lasc weeK ena. it to be In shape for considera- OF GOP Veterans Scheduled to Go; 19 New Selections Just one dozen of the present attaches of the assessors office will remain on duty after the big purge of Republican names on the heavy payroll of the county's assessment office takes place on Wednesday or Thursday of the coming week. This cleanup is likely to be given added interest in court house life by what will take place at the county prison and house of deten¬ tion on North River street at about the same time, though it is not expected thSt as many heads will fall victims lo the political guillo¬ tine in the Water street bastile or at the refuge for unfortunate wo¬ men. While no announcement will be officially made until after the meet¬ ing of the county assessors, the list of political tragedies is com¬ plete and it will require only a few minutes to pass sentence when County Assessors Correale. Dud- rick and Langan gather in the pri¬ vate house for the momentous ses¬ sion. To Spare Evana, Orace j Of the dozen who will be spared, at the head of the list is Hayden in •hould support every attempt to Evans of Wilkes-Barre Township, end fighting and return to peace. Well-informed circles viewed Mu«.iolini's speech as designed espe- ''inlly to build up the Balkan peace l)loc which he has been attempting (o create as neutral ground. This who has been the chief clerk the office for several years. Best known of the other eleven is Thomas Grace of Pittston, who has been identified with the office Berwick Reports Big War Orders Berwick. Sept. 23—Although no official announcement has been made, it was reported authentically today that the American Car and Foundry Compan.v, one of whose plants is located here, had been given an order totaling in the neigh¬ borhood of $2.5,000,(K)0 for the 1 oiistruction of several hundred tanks. They are said to be of great sire, valued at more than $.50,000 each. It was understood Great Britain was the purchaser, with confirmation awaiting change of the present neutrality law, which forbids export of war ma¬ terials. It was believed quite likely that, if this first order is con¬ firmed and filled, still more or¬ ders for tanks will be received here, giving Berwick one of its greatest booms. On Friday it was announced here that the local plant has been awarded orders for one thousand railroad cars. Of these, .500 will be riveted steel hopper cars for the D. * H. and the other 500 riveted box cars for the Erie. In addition. 400 under- frames for tank cars are to be built, as well as 80 Ice cream trucks for the Good Humor Company. L First Since War; Mussolini to Get Firm Refusal Bv FRKDERKK Kl H London, Sept. 23. (UP) -For the first time since the outbreak of j against long time credits to bellig- raised tion bv the full committee Mon- | Army day. Sen. Bennett C. Clark. D, i ">«"' Mo., Isolationist leader and mem¬ ber of the committee, was not invited to the session Sunday. Cut President's Power Those who drafted the proposed changes, details of which were not revealed, were Pittman, Senators Tom Connally, D., Tex., and Elbert Thomas, D., Utah. Aiding them was Green H. Hackworth. legal adviser to the State Department. "These changes will give dis¬ cretion to the President only in the direction of keeping us out of war," Connally said. "It defin¬ itely limits an.v discretion in the direction to taking us into war." Connally indicated that the change would retain the ban the strength of the Red to an estimated 4,000,000 Await Turkish Minister the war, Russian Ambassador Ivan Mai.sky today visited Lord Halifax, foreign secretary, at the latter's invitation. The visit aroused diplomatic In¬ terest and it was believed that Pouring up to Maginot Line Nevertheless the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ordered hundreds of thousands of reservi.sts, mobilized since The radio announcement came September 7, to continue indefinitely under arms "owing to while Foreign Mini.ster Sukru external Conditions." saracoglu of Turkey was en route to Moscow to confer with Soviet authorities. The order continuing the reserv¬ ists under arms was Issued by the presidium of the Supreme Soviet and effected men called up in the Moscow, Kalinin. Leningrad, Byelo Russian, Kiev, Kharkov and Orel apparent. military areas. Upon completion of their now In¬ definite period of service, the order IVaZtS to Fight Blockade The French army leaders gave no hint of any impend¬ ing offensive, but Italian war correspondents with the Ger¬ man army reported that German air observers had seen great numbers of men and artillery pieces being moved up behind the Maginot Line. One reported that all the ner¬ vousness usual before the start of a major offensive was erents but would relax the per¬ missible present short time credits .so that they would be available for purchasing any material, either food or munitions. It was under- .stood the credit limit would be 90 | southern frontier—hut made no al- said, the reservists must be rein stated in their former jobs. No Buffer State The maps of partitioned Poland In the Russian press showed the line of demarcation between the Soviet and German armies—ex¬ tending from East Prussia through Berlin, Sept. 23. (UP)—A well-informed Nazi official told the United Press toniglil that Gemiany would carry the fight to the Allies on the Western Front and would attempt to force a decision within a year. "It i.s ridiculous," he said, "to assume that Gennany _ will sit idl.v behind the westwall while England unhindered the eastern secTion" of Warsaw"T<j' continues her attempt to force Germany to her knees by the Carpathian mountains on the i means of the blockade." both the resumption of contact be- day.s. The Texan said that the ; lowance for any Polish rump state. He e.xpre.ssed the Opinion, however, that German action tween the two governments and | administration leaders had no Ob-I with Warsaw as its capital, such would not be Confined to army operations in the field but Woe, the Fascists hope, will be able legislature, serving first as the (Continued on Page A-10) heads of the office for six years. Two other veterans in service, who will be retained are Miss since it was established by act of Mary McGroarty of Plains town- ' ¦¦ .ship and John Mock, Larksville the substance of the conversation between Maisky and Halifax were of extreme importance. Whether Maisky's call had any bearing upon the situation in Poland or upon Premier Benito Mussolini's speech today wag not disclosed. The Italian premier's address found British circles close to the government appreciative of his solicitude in behalf of peace but in disagreement with him that the time was at hand for cessation of hostilities. Must End Nazi Threat* Prime Minister Neville Chamber¬ lain's statement to the House of C^'ommons was recalled in which he said the intent of Britain was "to redeem Europe from perpetual fear of German aggression and to en- (Continued on Page A-10) (Continued on Page A-10) Warsaw Radio Station Goes Silent Once More Budapest, Sept, 2S. (UP)—The | be strengthened by reinforcements Warsaw radio went silent tonight, I from the Poznan army. a few hours after announcing that \ s«y Poznan Army Safe the Polish capital was still in Po- ' lish hands, and a German broad¬ cast on the same wave length as- Bulletin!!^ councilman and outstanding mem¬ ber of the (X)P command in that territory. Three other attaches of the main office also will remain, they being perate. The Warsaw radio had failed for brief periods before and there was no way of knowing this time able the peoples of Europe to pre- ^vhether or not it had been silenced The Poznan army fought Its way out of the German encirclement . , , ,, .. „ 1 . 1 '" Western Poland and suffered serted that the city was completely ,,,^,,y „,u,,ti,, t^e radio at surrounded and the situation des-; Warsaw announced, but after a T«o Finnish Ships Sunk I Oslo, Norway, Sept. 23 (UP)—German submarines sank '»"*¦¦ wo Finnish steamers today. They were the lielsingfors *"*'" serve their independence and lib erty." The prediction was made that in - - "*'"'• w^^'''" sessions of the House ' was exaggerated or whether the Joseph'sergo'tt. MVchael Dougherty of Commons and the House of I capital, after 15 days of siege, ac- of Wilkes-Barre Township, Frank | Lords Chamberlain and Halifax j tually was about to fall. Scrudatto and Harold Price, the would take the opportunity to make Before going silent the IVarsaw r the county's assistant coal a courteous but firm reply to Mus-1 radio had expressed .solini. permanently. Nor was there any way of know¬ ing whether the German broadcast confidence few days' rest will return to the front lines. I "This will reinforce the Modlin- Warsaw sector, where the Poles , are putting up the strongest re- I sistance," the announcement said. ' The battle of the River Bzura, i in which the Poznan soldiers re- | portedly participated, was de- ' scribed as "the most severe and the most bloody of the war." The enemy continues to "de-' stroy Warsaw, the radio an- Steamer Walma with a crew of eiglit and the Mai-tti Ragnar, With a crew of 41. The Walma was halted nine miles west of the Ilaalow |'8:lithouse and the crew, three of whom were women, ordered to the boats. Sailors from the submarine tiien boarded the ship, placed dynamite in the hold and blew it to pieces. The . submarine took the creW to a fishing boat which returned Walker, Frank Cannon and Daniel them to the Finnish mainland. ^sLT'old warriors of the The nature of the Walma's cargo was not reported nor gop will be oast adrift, several of eer. To Keep 4 at Haxlelon The branch office at Hazleton was not subjected to such a with¬ ering purge as the main office at the court house. Four of the clerks in the Mountain City office will be permitted to carry on. They are John Watro, Nicholas Freud, Founder of Psychoanalysis, Dies them having been important cogs London, Sept. 23. (UP)—Sigmund for more than 30 years prior to in'ihe Republican'organization for Freud, world-famous founder of , anschluss h.ad been one of its most ; more than a score of years. Chief psychoanalysis, died shortly before 1 celebrated citizens. among this group li John T. midnight tonight. He was 83. I a frail, wisp of a man, he saw Burns, first lieutenant of Recorder Freud came to England from the Nazis come In March 1938, of Deeds, George Stecker in the Vienna as a refugee after Ger-! ^yj,), misgivings. His passport was area beyond the Nescopeck. ""»">' *""" "^'f Austria and in- taken, his fortune impounded, his Another is John Goobic, field stituted anti - Semitic measures ^ooks burned and his publishing marshal of the John Shivel com- 'f"""* \^as it known if her destination was an English port. .The Martti Ragnar was sunk 13 miles off the Noi'- "pgian coast at Nendal, dispatches said. The crew was taken by the subniaiine to a point six miles off the coast, where its members were rescued by fishermen from Arendal. rolMl ^^''"'}''^'' lepOl'ts'Caid the Martti Ragnar was Carr.ying ^^^^ ,^ p,^._^^ Township and a He had been in poor health for "¦BlUlose for England when halted by the submarine, wnicll , brother of the tax collector in the months and in recent weeks be- Ordered the crew to take to the boats and then towed the I same municipality. .loseph Ashber- came steadily weaker. !hip five miles before it was sunk by a charge of dynamite, fhe German wireless said the Martti Ragnar was sunk by * torpedo.) To Keep Subs from C'ocos Island San Jose, Costa Rica, Sept. 23. (UP)—Costa Rican '¦uthoritie.s announced todav that the.v would send a military "etacliincnt to Cocos Island to prevent belligerrnls fmm "sin? it as a submarine base. The island is 550 miles south- eat of Panama and is uninhabited. (Continued on Page A-10) house destroyed. The man whose mind has influ¬ enced the thinking of the world was told that psychoanalysis was He died at his home in Ham- alien to Nazi philosophy. His reply In Today's Issue Editarlal <^2 (lassifled B—II .Movies A—17 Politics <;—2 Story B—I'J Sport* R—1 Social A—IS Radio «—" stead. Freud's serious Illness dated from his flight last June. He be¬ came progressively worse and to¬ day lapsed into a coma fron\ which lie did not emerge. His dauglitcr. Ann, had con¬ tinued her father's work during his illness and had be"ome his supporter. Freud was born in Vieiioa and that the Polish defense would soon : nounced, particularly the suburo of Praga (on the ea.st bank of the Vistula, In the Soviet sphere) bi' heavy artillery fire. It added that a German attack In the ZacisM sector was easily repulsed. Report 8,000 Czechs Imprisoned Prague, Sept. 23. (UP)—Well- informed sources estimated to¬ night that about 8,000 Czechs had been imprisoned by the Germans in connection with what authorities called "prophy¬ lactic" measures. A larger number have been held for questioning and made to aign a pledge to discontinui^ political activities, it was said. Czech President Emil Hacha however, assured members of the foreign press at an informal tea in the presidential palace at Lano, 25 miles from Prague, that no disorders had occurred. He agreed with German auth¬ orities that relations with the protectorate government were "perfectly correct." "We are working quietly with¬ in the framework of the Ger¬ man Reich." he said. "We are not at war ourselves but, nat¬ urally, we co-operate." would include "unremitting efforts with all means at our disposal to break the blockade." Intensiie Sub and Plane Warfare This statement was interpreted in neutral circles as meaning intensive application of submarine and aerial war¬ fare. Meanwhile, high German quarters who only a few days ago said "we will sit tight in the west until the enemy attacks" are now arguing the "inadvisability' 'of so wait¬ ing. Some circles, however, believed that Premier Benito Mussolini's speech injected a new element into the situa¬ tion. On the assumption that the Italian priemier spoke as he did with Berlin's approval, these circles felt that his call for cessation of hostilities constituted a "last appeal" which, if unheeded, would be followed by intensive action in the west. 3 Nazi Mass Attacks Led by Tanks Repulsed By RALPH HKINZEN Pari.-, Sept. 23 (L'T)—Kiencli troops were reported to have thrown baclv a powerful German counter-attack along a nine-mile sector of the Saar front today and then swept forward about a mile along th« Luxembourg bnrilvi- to seiz- an iniiiortant hill northeast of Perl. German troops rushed westward ! French barbed wire entanglement!, was, "I suppose It Is." (Continued on Page A-10) Dispatches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject to censorship. from the Polish front under direc¬ tion of Col. Gen. Walthcr von Brauchitesch made three mass counter thrusts at the French Saar lines with swift little midget tanks, big heavily-armored tanks and infantry. Report 20 Tanks Lo«t An official war communique said all attacks were thrown back and unofficial French dispatches estimated that the Nazis had lost 20 tanks and suffered several hun¬ dred casualties in intensive fight¬ ing. Artillery bombardment of rear lines was resumed on both sides and French messages said that aerial reconnaissance had clearly shown the smashing effect of shells on the new Siegfried Line fortifications. The German attack was east of Saarbruecken, in the Biles Valley, where the Nazi high command ap¬ peared to have ordered measures designed to liberate Zweibruecken. Tanks Hit Barbed Wire There was a long German artil- French anti-tank guns were said to have smashed their thin armor and piled up the small tanki, which were followed by the heavy tanks and by infantry. The wreck¬ age of the small tanks, however, blocked the bigger attacking unita and heavy machine gun fire from the French lines turned back th» infantry charges, it was reported. Hitler Reported on Hand There also were small local at¬ tacks to the east along the Lsuter River. The official war com¬ munique issued tonight merely said; "There was local activity by artillery on both sides and con¬ tacting units." The French press. Including tha often authoritative Genevieve Ta- bouis, reported that Adolf Hitler had joined Von Brauchitsch on the Western Front and that it wa« believed a general offensive was planned by the Germans. Re¬ liable sources, however, expressed belief that the (Jermans would avoid anything more formidable lery bombardment to prepare the than stiff local counter attacks at way for the counter thrusts. Then present and. In Berlin, officials small, swift tanks darted forward said that Hitler was slil! on the at a speed of about 2.^ miles ai> Polish front and not due In Um hour, trying to run througti th« Rhineland until next WMk. ^
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 36 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1939-09-24 |
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Day | 24 |
Year | 1939 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 36 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1939-09-24 |
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A Paper I For The Home
r
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Weather
¦undJLy: Cloudy, ihewtn,
much cooler. Mendajr: Generally fair.
33RD YEAR, NO. S&-44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1939
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIGNS OF MAJOR OFFENSIVE ARE REPORTED BACK OF BOTH LINES
1^
Mussolini Calls for Peace^rzW of
'Ploch Ton I^^^'^^'«^ ^^'^^^^^ ^^«^^ ^<^ f'^ffht lN6lltr3ilty
Be Avoided'' ¦imJlm ..Itf« ^'^^^
Pittman Plans to Present New Act To Senate Monday
Says Polish Defeat Wipes Out Cause; Justifies Hitler, Sees Allies Prudent As Russia Moves
Bv REYNOLDS PACKARD
Rome, Sept. 23. (UP) —Premier Benito Mu.5!iolini told Kurope'i warring nations today that the time has come to call off hostilities —now that Poland has been "liquidated".
"Europe has not actually entered into war." the Fascist Premier de¬ clared in a speech to 1.30 Fascist leaders from Bologna, emphasizing that Italy will remain neutral.
"The armies have not yet met. The clash can be avoided by real¬ izing that it is vain to attempt to maintain or reconstruct that which history and the natural dynamism of peoples already has con¬ demned." To Strengthen Armleii
Muiisolini said that the destiny of Europe if not of the world was now at stake and that "in the style of Fascism" Italy must strengthen her armed forces for any eventual¬ ity and support every effort for peace as she remains neutral in accordance with "our national in¬ terests, and political accords and our treaties."
Arguing that Qermany haa now "liquidated" the Polish problem and that peace could b« restored on that basis, Mussolini referred to the failure of Great Britain and France to declare war on Soviet Russia when the Red Army march¬ ed into Poland. Hitler Justified
"It has been with the prudent intention of not spreading the con¬ flict that the governments of Lon¬ don and Paris have not done more than face the Russian fait accompli but the consequence is that these governments have compromised their moral justification in taking action against the German fait ac¬ compli," he said in supporting his •rgumenl that Adolf Hitler's con¬ quest could rca.'ionabiy be recog¬ nized.
The premier's statement was taken to indicate hope that his peace suggestions would lead to Important developments.
(All indications in London and Paris have been that the allied powers have no intention of mak¬ ing peace on Hitler's terms and that they are pushing ahead with plans to fight the war to a finish.) Balkan Peace Bloc , Mussolini said that the "destiny tof Europe and perhaps of all the continents la at stake" at the present time and that the people
COUNT ON APPROVAL
Limits Discretion Given President; Opponents Meet
Washington, Sept. 23. (UP) — Administration leaders tonight fin¬ ished a tentative draft of a meas-
T
Soviets Keep^^^^^^^^^ up 4.000,000 ^^^'^ ^'^^ ^^^^' Under Arms
Moscow Announces 'External Conditions' Make Army Needed
TURKEY TO CONFER
No Buffer State; Polish Peasants Hunt Down Landlords
DECISION IN YEAR
Usual Nervousness Before Start Of Attack Called Apparent; Berlin Says Germany Will Not Sit Idle Behind Westwall While England Squeezes With Navy
Moscow, Sept. 23. (UP)—The government radio announced to¬ night that all Russian troops
ure revising the nation's Neutrality i mobilized since September 7, would Law and called the Democratic strategy committee into session Sunday to approve It. An informal check indicated that majority of senators approve
enacting the principles of the pro¬ posed changes.
British censor let jhis picture be waiting in line to enlist in tlio duties will include nioto sent from London, showing women , Women'.'! Auxiliary Air Force. Their well as routine in Air Force offices
By UNITED PRESS
With the (Jernian high command proclaimings the "end of the campaign in Poland." all signs pointed early Sunday to increased activity in the western theater of the war.
Reports from neutral sources indicated that remain under arms indefinitely preparations Were afoot for a major French assault "owing to external Conditions". on the (Jcmian west waU. Nazi sourccs in Berlin, soTut rorruTh?d^ropp"ng''u;:" "'<^«";vhile. predicted that the Reich would soon un- activities in the three-fifths of dertake a vigorous Submarine and airplane cam¬ paign to break the British blockade.
Russia continued to be an important and enig¬ matical factor in the East Having occupied the eastern three-fifths of Poland, the Red Army had
Assessors Office to Purge All but Dozen
Poland allotted to them by agree-
, ment with Germany and as the
The tentative draft was com- ; Soviet press publi.shed maps in-
pleted in a session lasting from dicating that the idea of a Polish
3 p. m., EST, to 7;20 p. m. in the buffer state had been dropped, at
office of Chairman^Key ^Jt'^an^ least for the time being.
testing as;comm^itt'ee" piumaTw^iu 8u*bmit"it ^,'^^* Soviet mobilization, which nothing left to do but "mop up" in those arcas whcre
to the 14 Democratic members f ;';'"^Xr„ Poland laTweT^'nT rCSistanCC Continued. 3 p. m. Sunday and he expects ' °' 'Cistern r-oiana lasc weeK ena.
it to be In shape for considera-
OF
GOP Veterans Scheduled to Go; 19 New Selections
Just one dozen of the present attaches of the assessors office will remain on duty after the big purge of Republican names on the heavy payroll of the county's assessment office takes place on Wednesday or Thursday of the coming week.
This cleanup is likely to be given added interest in court house life by what will take place at the county prison and house of deten¬ tion on North River street at about the same time, though it is not expected thSt as many heads will fall victims lo the political guillo¬ tine in the Water street bastile or at the refuge for unfortunate wo¬ men.
While no announcement will be officially made until after the meet¬ ing of the county assessors, the list of political tragedies is com¬ plete and it will require only a few minutes to pass sentence when County Assessors Correale. Dud- rick and Langan gather in the pri¬ vate house for the momentous ses¬ sion. To Spare Evana, Orace j
Of the dozen who will be spared, at the head of the list is Hayden
in
•hould support every attempt to Evans of Wilkes-Barre Township, end fighting and return to peace.
Well-informed circles viewed Mu«.iolini's speech as designed espe- ''inlly to build up the Balkan peace l)loc which he has been attempting (o create as neutral ground. This
who has been the chief clerk the office for several years.
Best known of the other eleven is Thomas Grace of Pittston, who has been identified with the office
Berwick Reports Big War Orders
Berwick. Sept. 23—Although no official announcement has been made, it was reported authentically today that the American Car and Foundry Compan.v, one of whose plants is located here, had been given an order totaling in the neigh¬ borhood of $2.5,000,(K)0 for the 1 oiistruction of several hundred tanks.
They are said to be of great sire, valued at more than $.50,000 each. It was understood Great Britain was the purchaser, with confirmation awaiting change of the present neutrality law, which forbids export of war ma¬ terials.
It was believed quite likely that, if this first order is con¬ firmed and filled, still more or¬ ders for tanks will be received here, giving Berwick one of its greatest booms.
On Friday it was announced here that the local plant has been awarded orders for one thousand railroad cars. Of these, .500 will be riveted steel hopper cars for the D. * H. and the other 500 riveted box cars for the Erie. In addition. 400 under- frames for tank cars are to be built, as well as 80 Ice cream trucks for the Good Humor Company.
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London, Sept. 23. (UP) -For the first time since the outbreak of j against long time credits to bellig-
raised tion bv the full committee Mon- | Army day. Sen. Bennett C. Clark. D, i ">«"' Mo., Isolationist leader and mem¬ ber of the committee, was not invited to the session Sunday. Cut President's Power
Those who drafted the proposed changes, details of which were not revealed, were Pittman, Senators Tom Connally, D., Tex., and Elbert Thomas, D., Utah. Aiding them was Green H. Hackworth. legal adviser to the State Department.
"These changes will give dis¬ cretion to the President only in the direction of keeping us out of war," Connally said. "It defin¬ itely limits an.v discretion in the direction to taking us into war."
Connally indicated that the change would retain the ban
the strength of the Red to an estimated 4,000,000
Await Turkish Minister
the war, Russian Ambassador Ivan Mai.sky today visited Lord Halifax, foreign secretary, at the latter's invitation.
The visit aroused diplomatic In¬ terest and it was believed that
Pouring up to Maginot Line
Nevertheless the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
ordered hundreds of thousands of reservi.sts, mobilized since
The radio announcement came September 7, to continue indefinitely under arms "owing to
while Foreign Mini.ster Sukru external Conditions." saracoglu of Turkey was en route to Moscow to confer with Soviet authorities.
The order continuing the reserv¬ ists under arms was Issued by the presidium of the Supreme Soviet and effected men called up in the Moscow, Kalinin. Leningrad, Byelo Russian, Kiev, Kharkov and Orel apparent. military areas.
Upon completion of their now In¬ definite period of service, the order IVaZtS to Fight Blockade
The French army leaders gave no hint of any impend¬ ing offensive, but Italian war correspondents with the Ger¬ man army reported that German air observers had seen great numbers of men and artillery pieces being moved up behind the Maginot Line. One reported that all the ner¬ vousness usual before the start of a major offensive was
erents but would relax the per¬ missible present short time credits .so that they would be available for purchasing any material, either food or munitions. It was under- .stood the credit limit would be 90 | southern frontier—hut made no al-
said, the reservists must be rein stated in their former jobs. No Buffer State
The maps of partitioned Poland In the Russian press showed the line of demarcation between the Soviet and German armies—ex¬ tending from East Prussia through
Berlin, Sept. 23. (UP)—A well-informed Nazi official told the United Press toniglil that Gemiany would carry the fight to the Allies on the Western Front and would attempt to force a decision within a year.
"It i.s ridiculous," he said, "to assume that Gennany
_ will sit idl.v behind the westwall while England unhindered
the eastern secTion" of Warsaw"T |
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Month | 09 |
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Year | 1939 |
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