The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1939, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 2. VOL. LIV., NO. 8197. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939. BATTLE NOW WARSAW IS BOMBED BY - - AIR FLEET Associated Press Man Phones Dispatch as Ex- plosions Shake City POLISH GUNS DOWN MANY NAZI PLANES Bombs Fall Within Block of U. S. Embassy- Poles Raid Also By ELMER LEHRBAS WARSAW, Sept. 1. — German warplanes raided this city of War- saw at 4:30 oclock this afternoon on a fourth attempt to get over _the city with bombs, concentrating “its raids on the city eenter. e %&&M Mm’fi;‘u A AN ST ROOSEVELT SEEKS PLEDGE smnsh the Vistula River bridges. Bombs Fall Near Bombs are felling within a block of the United States Embassy. As this dispatch is being phoned via Budapest, it appears that Po- lish anti-aircraft guns have downed several planes in the river. “I am phoning this dispatch with the phone in one hand and a gas mask in the other. “I see 14 German bombers slow- 1y following the course of the Vis- tula River, Poland's outlet to the sea. “1 also hear the wail of fighting planes, power-diving. “The bombers are now widely circling back, heading for Govern- ment Buildings, Ther: is no panic, and hundreds are standing in the streets, watching the attack, fas- cinated. Tremendous Explosions “Tremendous explosions are shak- ing the city and rattling windows. Anti-aircraft shells are bursting around the bombers, which are coming over at about 6,000 feet. “Warsaw had little warning. «Chief of the Associated Press Bureau here, Elmer Peterson, and 1, heard anti-aircraft guns before the scream of the air raid alarm sirens. “The Germans are apparently | trying for definite military objec- tives, as there has been no sign of incendiary bombs.” WARSAW, Sept. 1—~A Govern- ment communique said many women and children were killed by German air bombs when the German planes bombed a refugee train from Poznan, 'at Kutno, rail- way station about 70 miles west of here. The communique said the first German air raid occurred at Puck, near Danzig, at 5:40 am. Three German bombers were shot down near Krakow, and four near Gdnyia, the communique said. Polish troops, it is reported, cap- tured a German armored train at Chojnice. The Government bulletin charg- es that German troops, invading the Corridor, are “murdering the Polish population, and contrary to Hitler’s announcement, many towns are being bombed that have no military or ‘strategic value.” Nine Bombers in Raid Nine bombers raiding here, flew westerly apparently toward the central railroad station. The German bombers were not accompanied by pursuit planes in the Warsaw raid, and the heavy pombers did daring work, some- times diving to about 3,000 feet to drop their cargoes of explosives. Gunfire and bombing sounds are dying away, and apperently the raid was over at 5:40 pm. st ap bt St o iy J e AR (Owunw on Page Eight) | uary 2. oL Roosevelt Says U. S. Stays Out No Immediate Action on Neutrality Act - No Special Session WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—White | House sources said there will be no | immediate action looking to invoca- | tion of the Neutrality Act or call- ing for a special session of Con- gress. President Roosevelt said he be- lieved this Nation can stay out of the conflict and he will make every such effort. Later the President, puffing a ci- garette nervously, told scores of newsmen that developments might cause him to summon Congress sometime between today and Jan- Standing close to the President, at the time of the long discussion | with the newsmen, was Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who also ap- | peared equally as serious as thei Chief Executive, £ WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—Presi- dent Roosevelt, early this morning, asked all potential participants in the European war to pledge them- selves against bombarding civilian | populations or unfortified cities from the air. The appeal was sent to Great | Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Poland and the President asked for an immediate reply. U. 8. OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. — The| State Department early today re- ceived from Berlin, what it called reliable information that the Ger- man General Staff has issued a statement saying the German army is “counter-attacking on all fronts.” REPLIES ON BOMBING WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull announc- es that Great Britain and France, answering President Roosevelt's ap- peal to agree to refrain from bomb- ing civilian populations, says Great Britain’s agreement, also France's, is conditional on the understanding that all opponents likewise refrain from such action. Hitler told the President, through the German Embassy, he had “left | nothing untried for the purpose of ‘ settling the dispute between Ger- | many and Poland in a friendly man- | ner.” The Italian government has noti- fied the President that since Italy | is not taking any initiative mili-| tary operations, the question of bombing civilians does not concern the nation. Roosevelt fo Broadcast on Sunday Night WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. — President Roosevelt has decid- ed to address the Nation Sun- day at 9 p. m. Eastern Standard time. The broadcast will be about the critical international situation. It is not indicated whether he will use #he 15 min- utes of informative talk as a means of summoning Congress. PATTULLO PARTY IN BAD WEATHER KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 1.— Bad weather forced British Premier P. T. Pattullo’s plane, City of Vic- toria, to remain at Ketchikan this noon on a flight from Juneau to Victoria. Pattullo said he and his party would take off again this afternoon | thing happen to me in this strug- | time our thanks t oItaly, which sup- | 90 billions of markks have been ap- if weather looked more favoraable. S INVADE POLA REICHSTAG HEARS WAR HAS BEGUN Hitler Tellsfiéring House | Exchange of Fire Start- ed Early Today NAMES GOERING AS NEXT NAZI LEADER Declares HeTNill Battle All | Comers Unfil Ger- many Safisfied ‘ | BERLIN, Sept. 1.—For 36 minutes, | Chancellor Hitler addressed the Reichstag today. | Hitler reviewed briefly the posi- tion Germany was now in and im- passionately promised “we will meet bomb with bomb” and “I will be the first soldier of the Reich.” The Chancellor announced that he had been informed that Danzig had been returned to.the Beleh a few minutes after he ended his speech, the Reichstag unanimously accepted Danzig into the Reich. Reiterates Charges Hitler reiterated the charges of Polish Corridor atrocities. He made no mention of war declaration, but disclosed that open hostilities had begun. Hitler named Field Marshal Goer- ing as his successor “should any- gle. Our soldiers have been shot at since 5:45 this morning and we have been shooting back.” Warns Neutrals Pertinent quotations from Hitler's Reichstag speech are as follows: “I have stated, and I state again that we have nothing to demand from the Western powers. “Time and time again I offered England friendship, and if neces- sary, close cooperation. “Germany has no interest in the West. Our Western wall, the Sieg- fried Line, will remain our western boundary. “I should like to express at this ported us during these recent days. “I see no reason why Russia and Germany should be enemies any longer. “I shall carry on tnis fight re- gardless of against whom it may | | come until the situation is such that[ it is acceptable to Germany. “In the last few years, more than | plied to the reconstructiem of the | German army. “Our army cannot be eempared to our army of 1914. It is much bet- ter than that army. | “If sacrifices should be demanded | of the German people, then let‘ them know that I am ready to make | every personal sacrifice on my part. “There shall be no sacrifices made in Germany which I myself shall not share. “From now on ¥ belong to my people as never before. “Beginning today, I am the firse soldier of the German Reich. “One word I have never learned to know, and that is ‘capitulation.’ “I have instructed German mili- tary aircraft to restrict their acti- Chamberlain Puts Blame Upon Hitler Senseless Ambifion Has Plunged World Into Mis- ery - Last Warning LONDON, Sept. 1—In a 26-min- ute address, Prime Minister Cham- berlain told the House of Com-' “not mons that Adolf Hitler has hesitated to plunge the world into misery in order to serve his own senseless ambitions.” Parliament adjourned later un-! MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS * * - n [WAR (All 5 SOUNDED BY NAZI CHIEF German Army Instrucled | fo Meet Force with Force-Hitler’s Order CHANCELLOR DECLARES | POLAND REJECTS PEACE Proclamation on Issued 1hat til tomorrow after the Prime Min- ister announced that he is sending |a last warning to Germany, and if rejected, as he expected, the Brit- ish Ambassador to Germany will be recalled. The Prime Minister said the time for action has arrived. The statement was greeted with, roars and cheers. “God bless you and good luck,” the Prime Minister said. In his remarks, the Prime Min- ister said “Premier Mussolini has, been doing-his best.”. A bill has been introduced making military service ages from 18 to 4l POLAND SEEKS AID LONDOYN, Sept. 1-~The Polish Ambassador (o London has notified Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax that Poland invokes the British-Polish mutual assistance treaty on the grounds of German nggression. - B. (. HEAD IN JUNEAU OVERNIGHT Premier Pattullo Says that Uncle Sam Is Bound fo Fight European War War in Europe—war that France and Great Britain enters—war in which Canada necessarily follows its parent Britain, means war for the United States. That was the statement of Brit- |ish Columbia’s heavy set, sparsely gray-haired fire-eater and Gov- ernment leader, Premier P. T. Pat- tullo in Juneau last night. Pattullo, who flew to Juneau un- expectedly from Atlin yesterday af-| ternoon, homeward bound from a tour by air of northern Canada, peeled off his coat in his Baranof Hotel rooms to repeat to The Em- | pire, a statement he said other American papers had not printed. War Means Us “Will there be war in Europe?” the Premier queried, blissfully un- aware for several days of the trend in Europe, news of which only fil- tered meagerly to him in the past week at outlying posts of the far- flung North country, “I couldn’t say—but if there is, all of us in North America will feel its effects. vities to military points and con- centrations. “You speak of neutrality, but perhaps you forget that the French “I do not want to make war on|and the British, fighting on Euro- women and children, but if our ad- pean soil against such as Hitler, versary does not act likewise, then|will be fighting for the preserva- I can only say that terrible de- struction will follow.” BRITISH COLUMBIA TAKES PRECAUTIONS VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 1. tion of the ‘democracies in a first line of defense for the ideals we on this side of the world so ci F.D.R. Promised “Naturally, Canada goes to war when Grealt Britain goes to war— and if you will remember, your own President bound you by prom- ise t¢ join with Canada should her British Columbia military units are | shores be endangered when he vis- calling for volunteer recruits. Special guards have been placed in the railroad terminals, on bridges, ship docks and public buildings to prevent possible: sabotage. ited Canada recently. “So closely are our physical and conomic conditions interrelated, one (Continuea on Page Four) Danzig Has Now Re- i joined Reich BERLIN, Sept. l. ~— Chancellor | Adolf Hitler early today ordered the German Army to meet force with force. “The German army will conduct 'a fight for honor and the right to 4 life of a resurrected German peo- | d ‘ple with firm determination,” Hitler. Chancellor Hitler said in_his or- p 5T of the deyothe Gorman ARy, we following ! Hitler's Order “The Polish state has rejected my efforts to establish neighborly re-| lations and instead appealed to pons. The Germans i victims of bloody terror. They have been driven from house and hom The series of border vi unbearable for a greaf show the Poles ing to respect the German borde: “To put an end to these insa | incitations nothing remains for me |but to meet force with force. To Uphold Traditions | “From now on I expect every sol- dier to be mindful of the great tra- ditions of the eternal German mili- tary and will do his duty to the last and remember always you are rep- resentatives of the National Social- ist and a great Germany. Long live | {our people and our Reich.” The order was issued at 5:30 a. m. today (or 11:30 p. m. Eastern Stand- ard time Thursday.) Another order prohibited all ex- cept military plane flights over Ger- | many. ver and Blockade Declared A moment later came the’ order declaring the Polish harbor of Gyd- nia blockaded by the German Navy. Neutral vessels were warned to enter at their own peril. (Gydnia and Danzig are but a few miles apart and in the same harbor.) ‘Warlike orders issued by the War Ministry to the German nation con- tinued to pour forth. East German communities were warned against a possible attack by German planes. The German official news agency DNB announced that Albert Foers- ter, Nazi Chief of the State of Dan- zig proclaimed the reunion of the Free City with the Reich and Hitler accepted with thanks to his nation- als for their patriotism. Later the Reischstag voted Danzig into the Reich, thus affording German pro- tection from all attacks. i P VESSELS AT SEA HIDE POSITIONS FROMATTACKERS NEW YORK, Sept. 1-The inter- national shipping situation was con- fused today with lines themselves having no definite word as to the exact position of their liners. Radiograms went unanswered as ship masters desberately attempted to conceal their positions to safe- guard their ships from raiders in case of war. Several lines imposed strict cen- sorship on radio communications. New York offices declined any comment. Some lines have refused freight consignments, but as yet, no ht the, great pile-up of frei o * wharves has occurred. i 1 mobilization. Parliament called into session. Authoritative indi- \ \ Poland are e GING IN EUROPE * - * * * * * D: CITIES ATTACKED INTERNATIONAL SITUATION GIVEN IN BRIEF (BY ASSOCIATED PRI BERLIN—German troops, warplanes invade Poland. Hitler calls it retaliation. Makes no formal war declaration. Reichstag acclaims law annexing Danzig. WARSAW—Poland calls for British and French aid as her cities | are bombed and frontiers crossed. LONDON—King signs order for full army, navy, and air force cations Great Britain will fight. PARIS—France orders general mobilization and state of siege | -+ decreed. Parliament is called in emergency session. | WASHINGTON—Roosevelt appeals for pledges against bom- bardment of civilian populations. ROME—Italian Cabinet announces Italy will refrain from start- ing any military operations. BUCHAREST—King Carol calls Crown Council to proclaim Ru- manian neutrality. l MOSCOW—Russia reports big victory over Japanese forces in battle on Manchoukuo-Outer Mongolia frontier. BELGRADE—Yugoslav Cabinet holds ready her neutrality proc- Ilamation. BERNE—Swiss Federal Council decrees general army ‘mobili- zation, OTTAWA—Cauadian Government summons Parliament to meet September 7 to consider Canada’s role in Euwrbpean| erisis and give most effective aid to Great Britain. WASHINGTON—White House sources said there is no imme- diate action looking to invocation of Neutrality Act or calling spe- cial session of Congress. All, however, depends on developments. WARSAW—Polish Capital City during afternoon air raided L e oot /B Grermndt sbmaheas’ reported to have shot down several planes which fell in Vistula River. OTTAWA-—The Canadian naval and air forces in the Dominion on an active basi 1914 war measures. | WASHINGTON—United States has received first German warn- ing (o not viclate neutrality in the air over Poland or Danzig. The wiuning said for meutrals’ own protection, “keep plancs grounded.” LONDON — Transport Ministry takes over British railroads. House of Commons approves bill providing five hundred million pounds to prosecute war for defense and maintenance of public order. | ROME—Italian Cabinet sending appeal to Hitler to withdraw | forces from Poland, similar to appeal sent by Great Britain and | France. \ 2 ed all militia, | under the Government has pla Juneau Public Schools Are fo Open Tuesday General Informafion Giv-| en as fo Registra- | fion, Efc. ‘ Instructions ' AreGivento H.S. Students General Information Is Is- sued for Opening of School Tuesday The following instructions to Ju- neau High School students are is- Isued today by Superintendent A. B. Phillips: 1. Registration must be complet-| ed before attendance at classes will be permitted. 2. Registration cards must be turned in as designated by the High | School Principal. | | The Juneau Public Schools will | open their doors to receive the chil- !dren of Juneau on Tuesday, Sep- tember 5, the day following Labor Day. Children in all grades except in kindergarten should enroll promptly. Doors will be open for en- rollment at 10 a.m. Tuesday in both buildings. All grade school students should take their report cards with them 3. Students are not considered |y, sonool and all students entering registered until their cards aTe pigh school as freshmen should also turned in. have their réport cards. Students in the kindergarten should all re- {port at 10 a.m. Classes will be con~ ducted the entire day. Busses 4. Stuuenws nrsy registering for classes are given the right to at- tend. Those registering late will have | to attend whatever classes are avail- | able and are not crowded 5. Classes such as typing, home |cove route will leave there al 9 @' economics, manual training, physics, | clock a.m. and will leave the school chemistry, etc, are limited t0 the on the return trip at 3 o'clock pam. number of machines or desk space. | The Auk Bay bus via the Loop Road When that limit is reached, no|wijj also leave at 9 o'clock a.m., and others will be admitted at that par- |will return in the afternoon &t 3 ticular hour. Typing classes are|gclock p.n. The Thane bus will limited to 24; home economics, 20; |jeave Thans at 9:30 o'clock a.m. and manual training, 20; and sclence ywi)| jeave the school at 3 o'clock p.m. classes, 24, (on the return trip. The Two Mile Two Classes route bus will leave at 9 o'clock a.m. 6. There are two classes of stu-|and.return at 4 o'clock p.m. After dents—regular and irregular. Regu- | the first day the same schedule as lar students will have no difficulty | Jast year will prevail for school registering. Irregular students, those | pysses, who have failed a course in the past for some reason or other, might have difficulty getting the courses they want. The schedule of classes is made to accommodate the 90 per- cent of regular students. The other 10 percent will have to fit in as best (Continued on Page Seven) Register First Day Students are urged to register for school on the first day. is this true in high school where classes may be crowded. If the stu- dent’s schedule is slightly h'hnhr due to past iliness or hflnh. it n CMPIRE | “war is on” came shortly |left the Reichstag amid cheers | | Britain has The school busses on the Frita| st o X’Rl(‘F TEN GENTS - . 'I‘m - UNDE(I.ARED WAR STARTS EARLY TODAY German land_foms Cross Border with Bombers Roaring Overhead GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE 10 BE SURELY INVOLVED High Command Reporis on Adual Fighfing 3 Progressing (By Amehud Press) Germany and Poland are taday waging an undeclared war. The official announcement said the Nazi force has gone into action over the Polish territory early to« day. Germany is attacking all {the German-Polish frontier, Warsaw is monltbauvml Pollsb { man land forces are «.»unnxlm Ty break all resistance. War Is On atement that the after Hitler The official st enf in tha would or die army w his _declaration he v Polish settlement rey uniform of the | not counting on any help from Ttaly, Hitler spoke as if the war wus al« ready under way but did not gg | through the old-fashioned proceds ure of formally declaring war. He declared his nation will fight the Polish government yields is supplanted by a government th ywill yield to the German d Other Nations In It . The German-Polish war is om and Great Britain and France "‘l» be in it if “as it would seem many has started an un war.” This declaration was in an authoritative London ment which passed M | British censorship. £ 5y German troops are atf German planes are - German ships have blog nia to clear neutral the Baltie, British and meeling to doulb ination to ritory and the ling the Polish air. The comm raging near have reached t‘.’ Nakel in the nu- Corridor. W A:"'m"’fi.a. nuw nitions itorial Com= § is on vaca~