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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1939)
(i The Afternoon Newspaper Leads The Capital Journal Is tint with the latest newa of the European crisis, United and Associated Press news dispatches. The only Salem paper carrying both services. 51st Year, No. 225 prw OS sua EH era Bur eei es una bss sub es bus eh ma era ibb ibis ana ma ma sia khj eh bq oua kkj saa sua sjgg tna sb sra bed aa bes President "Asks Arms Embargo Held Dangerous To Security Present Law Alters Policy LWith Foreign Nations; Aim to Keep Out of War Washington, Sept. 21 (fP) President Eoosevelt called up on congress today to help pre serve "American neutrality, American security and Amer ican peace by repealing out right the law against selling arms and munitions to nations at war. Outlining in addition steps to keep American ships and citizens out of the war's zones of danger, the president drew loud applause from senators and representatives croweded Into the hlgh-ceillnged house chamber when he said: "This government must lose no time or effort to keep the nation from being drawn into the war. "In my candid judgment we shall succeed In these efforts." Diplomats Present As he spoke. In measured, empha tic tones, Mr. Rooseveit stood be hind the clerk's desk on the house rostrum. A grave-faced congress, possibly recalling the sessions of 25 yeras ago when another war ravaged Europe, paid close attention. Mem bers of his cabinet were Immediately before him. In the gallery opposite carefully groomed diplomats from over the world occupied a reserved space, but attendants said representatives of Germany, Italy and Japan were not present. One of the last to arrive before the president began speaking was Count Jerry Fotochi, the Pol ish ambassador, The regular visitor's galleries were not as crowded as on similar oc casions of the past because admit tance was limited. Through the as sembly a few formal cutaways were In evidence. Mr. Roosevelt himself i'as wearing a blue, double-breasted ' business suit. Cash and Carry While he asked repeal of the arms embargo, the president outlined am ong other parts of his program reg ulations which would In effect put In a cash-and-carry system. This, he said, could be achieved either by law or by executive proclamation, according to the wish of congress. Of the European situation he said: "I should like to be able to offer the hope that the shadow over the world might swiftly pass. I cannot. The facts compel my stating, with candor, that darker periods may lie ahead." The embargo provision of the neu trality law, he declared, "so alters the historic foreign policy of the United States, that It Impairs the peaceful relations of the United States with foreign nations." (Concluded on page 11, column 6) I ' Goebbels Denies Plan To Invade Belgium Berlin, Sept. 21 IP) Propaganda Minister Paul Jos eph Goebbels today gave foreign correspondents a vigorous denial of allegations that Germany intended to violate the neutrality oi Belgium, The Nether-' lands or Luxembourg, "I am In a position to give a categoric, unequivocal and uncondi tional denial," said the propaganda minister in his first appearance be fore foreign newspapermen since Germany started her Invasion of Poland September 1. "The German government never had, does not have now nor Intends In the future to violate the neutral ity either of Belgium or Holland." To a question whether this also applied to Luxembourg, the tiny duchy at the northern end of pres ent German-French battle lines, Goebbels replied: "Yes, you may also Include Lux embourg." Goebbels alluded with a smile to his presence as evidence he was neither dead nor captive nor out of sympathy with Adolf Hitler's war G apital Entered u aecond elut mTx c?o Of nona - Am Salem, Oregon inw ocvwuiw w vo w-m, r wra. ",".,;,.:.r: .' """7 " jV ' ' German Submarine Halts American Freighter The American freighter Wacosta was halted by a Ger man submarine off the Irish coast and searched for contraband. This picture, made from the deck of the Wacosta, shows men on the deck of the submarine as they waited for a boat from the Wacosta to transport them to the ship for the search. Associated Press Photo. Total Collapse Of Poland Near Berlin, Sept. 21 (fP) The today only four centers of resistance to nazi forces remained in Poland and Germans expected they would fall without shelling. The command's belief "the remaining resistance was negligible already had been indicated by the departure for the western front of Col.-Gen. Walther ' von Brauchitsch, commander of the Polish Ihiets To Be Interned Bucharest, Sept. 21 (P) Authori tative sources said today the Ru manian government had decided to Intern Polish President Ignace Mos clcki, Foreign Minister Josef Beck and other high civil officials as well as Marshal Edward Smlgly Rydz, Polish army commander. Smlgly-Rydz was interned yes terday and sent to enforced domi cile at Craiova, near the junction of the Rumanian-Bulgarian frontiers. Both Britain and France had ap pealed he be allowed to leave the country, while nazls Insisted he be interned like any other soldier. It also was reported reliably yes terday that, after a complaint to the Rumanian police by the Ger man consul at Cernauti, General Josef Haller, founder of the Polish legion In France during the World war, had been interned by Ruman ian authorities. Authoritative sources said the new decision of the Rumanian gov ernment would be announced offi cially shortly, together with an ex planation of the action as one of "strict neutrality" under interna tional law. Foreign envoys who had been ac credited to Poland and who had followed the Polish government from Warsaw made plans to return to their native countries. aims, as some reports had alleged. I guess you don't need a denial about my person," said the propa ganda chief. "My answer to Brit ish lying propaganda Is my propa ganda on which you have seen evi dence in the past weeks, I think." Goebbels called the propaganda of the British Information minis try "childish and laughable." "It does not in the least disturb our sovereign feeling of security," he said. The propaganda minister, who looked rather tired, further denied reports of uprisings in the protec torate of Bohemia and Moravia which the relch established last March In breaking up Czechoslo vakia. "The situation there Is absolutely quiet and satisfactory for our pur poses," he said. j army high command reported German army, to assume direction of the struggle against Great Brit ain and France. The points still held by the Poles, a high command communique said, Included: 1. Warsaw, besieged capital of Poland. 2. Modlin, fortified center 18 miles northwest of Warsaw. 3. Gora Kalvarja, on the left bank of the Vistula, 23 miles south east of Warsaw. 4. On the Hela peninsula, narrow finger of land poking out Into the Gulf of Danzig. Its extremity Is 19 miles northeast of Danzig. German officers Indicated no lightning strokes against these cen ters were planned, but rather, since they are surrounded, that the feel ing is time will work for Germany and the Poles will surrender. One of the generals in Relchs fuehrer Hitler's entourage, discuss ing the situation of Warsaw, said on Tuesday: "Our fuehrer does not think It worth while to risk the life of a sin gle German soldier to take War saw. Cut off on all sides it has no alternative save to surrender. "Why, then, should we shell It and give food although unjustified to anti-Germans propaganda that we are firing on women and chil dren?" Liner Bremen Said Captured London, Sept. 21 (Pi Reports the liner Bremen, pride of Ger many's merchant fleet, had been captured by the royal navy and es corted Into a British port gained prevalence today In the absence of government denials. (In Berlin for the third time In a week the Bremen was reported to have reached Murmansk, Soviet Russian port on the Arctic ocean. The latest report was said to come from "a competent neutral"). The British Press association, commenting on the reports, said stories the Bremen was on the way to England had been current for several days. "Though no official confirmation was forthcoming In London this morning, "the press association said, "the story of the liner's cap ture was not denied." (In New Orleans, Baron Edgar von Spiegel, German consul gen eral, was quoted as saying the Bre men was "safe and sound' In the Soviet Russian port of Murmansk. Spiegel, who did not give the source of his information, said the liner had "required 12 days to out maneuver enemy warships In a brilliant dash" to safety,) st-m 1 ii Orainn w jsn Cash Praise Heroism Of Red Army Moscow, Sept. 21 (U.R) The So Viet press praised the Ted army to day for "mass heroism" In fight' ing "the enemy,' Indicating that the Russians had met with resistance In their march into Poland. "The red army showed the world what a powerful force she repre sents,' the newspaper Pravda said in publishing an official communl- que announcing capture of more than 60,000 prisoners, 280 pieces of artillery, 120 airplanes and a large quantity of war materials. "The army showed unheard of and previously unwitnessed mass heroism in fighting with the en emy," the paper said. Previously, Russian newspaper reports of the march Into Poland had put great emphasis on the Jubi lation with which they said the white Russians and Ukrainians greeted the red army and had not referred to any fighting of import ance. Hull Defends Neutrality Stand Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R) Secre tary of State Hull today asserted the right of America to change Its neutrality policies regardless of the fact that war Is in progress and regardless of any belligerents attl' tude. Hull, in a press conference said the neutrality act was un-neutral in its operations: that the United States has a perfect right to change it at any time; that it would not be un-neutral for the United States to return to a policy of what he called true neutrality even though war has broken out. The United States or any nation, Hull said, has a perfect right dur. ing any war to change its neutrality policies whenever and wherever lis own welfare suggests. 1. Belligerents during the course of a war change their policies and tactics in all sorts of ways, adopting new policies as they see fit. 2. Neutrals cannot be expected to adopt a hard and fast policy In ad vance and hold to it, because that would commit their fortunes and policies almost Into the hands of the belligerents. France to Continue War, Says Premier Paris, Sept. 21 (P) Premier Da- ladler broadcast to the world to night a declaration of France's de termination never to abandon her fight to aid Poland until Adolf Hitler's efforts "to dominate the world" have been crushed by "complete victory' over the nazl forces. The stubby premier Interrupted an far as France was concerned' the world wide broadcast of Presi dent Roosevelts neutrality message to congress to declare with his own voice that France never would make peace until peace was established on a "solid, lasting basis." Joniraal H Thursday, September 21, 1939 and Carry . - Warsaw Radio Silenced by Artillery Fire Communication with Outside World Ended As Bombing Broadcasted Budapest, Sept. 21 (TP) The Warsaw radio lapsed in to sudden silence early today shortly after what sounded like the explosion of artillery shells could be heard through its microphone. The announcer had carried on far into the night despite the deep, periodic rumblings until the station suddenly went off the air halfway through the playing of a Po lish military air. Temporarily, at least, the only communication between the German-besieged Polish capital and the rest of the world was ended. 14 Days' Fight Silence came after the station had broadcast a grim story of War saw being shelled and bombed as never before . and predicted ''there probably soon will be a big offen sive against us. ' The rest of Europe, which had been following the 14 day fight of Warsaws defenders through almost ceaseless broadcasts from the sta tion, was left to speculate on what might have happened. The studio is In the center of Warsaw. Despite German aerial and artillery bombardment of that areaTor almost two weeks, the sta tion had remained on the air day and night. It had gone on even while shells were falling all around it. Sirens Sounded Four times yesterday the warning wail of air raid sirens could be heard above the calm voice of the announcer and four times the drone of diving airplanes came over the air. The broadcaster said the raids were conducted by squadrons of 30 German planes. His account of the siege Included another appeal to Great Britain to help save the battered city. Before silence again sealed War saw's fate, the radio reported a successful attack against a Ger man force. Air Battles on Western Front Paris, Sept 21 (P) Military dls pathes today reported French and British air pilots had brought down an undetermined number of Ger man planes in the past few days In a series of victorious dogfights with German fliers over the western front. French communiques, military sources said, have been limited only to those enemy planes which have fallen behind the French lines. They said the number of Germans who crashed was known to be "substan tially more." These sources said it was "pos sible" some French planes In the air battles might have been those manufactured by United States air craft firms and purchased by Franco. They declared It was difficult, how ever, to say definitely until detail ed reports from the squadrons had been received at general staff head quarters. The French war ministry's evening communique of yesterday announced definitely one German plane had fallen behind French lines. It was recalled also that military dispatches last Monday reported a French pilot nad brought down three enemy ships by himself. Air victories also had been re ported previously during fighting In the Slerck sector September 19 when French planes were said to have driven German fighters out of the air, (A German high army command' communique Issued today In Berlin reported eight enemy warplanes and three captive balloons shot down on the western front.) Bit Danzig Welcomes Der Fuehrer This Is the first picture to reach , America showthg Adolf Hitler, as he- arrived In Danzig-o Welcome v the city back to Oermany. Hitler (left) Is shown as he was greet- : ed by Albert Forster, Danzig's No. 1 Nazi. The banner says: "Danzig Greets It's Fuehrer." Picture radioed from Berlin to New York. Associated Press Photo. Major Drive Near Western Front Basel, Switzerland, Sept. pounded enemy lines of communication along the western front today as reports of swift night movements by French troops hinted at plans for a major offensive. Swiss military observers expressed belief the joint French-British command II Duce Urges Hitler Peace Rome, Sept. 21 (P) Premier Mus solini's newspaper II Popolo riltalla today urged Adolf Hitler's adver saries to accept what it called his offer of a limit on Germany's ex pansion and end the European war. Many observers believed II Duce himself had written the two column article giving this advice. If the fight continued, II Popolo warned, other statesman might find themselves refugees of war, such as Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia, Premier Eduard Benes of Czecho-Slovakia, Premier Juan Negln of republican Spain, and For eign Minister Josef Beck of Poland. II Popolo's editorial recalled an "imaginary dialogue on the Thames" between . Halle Selassie and Benes written by Mussolini last December in which both be moaned their failure to yield to Italy and Germany. The editorial reviewed "The Shades of the Conquered' and con tinued: "Last of the scries is Beck, a man who found an honorable way of salvation and refused It, consider ing himself guarantee, very guaran teed, absolutely armored with guar antees." California Heat Wave Continues Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (P) As southern California's heat wave went Into Its sixth oppressive day, the toll of dead rose this morning to 35. ' At 10:30 a, m., the temperature In Los Angeles was 100, two degrees less than yesterday's at the same hour. In San Francisco, It was 80 at 10 a. m flvo points hotter than at the same hour yesterday. At 10:30 a. m., It was 102 In San Diego and 107 In Occansidc. In addition to Los Angeles' 35 deaths, three were reported In the San Francisco Bay region. Prostra tions numbered about 200, reports from Los Angeles hospitals Indicated. DrSxA Tk. i m.b i iiico Neutrality 21 (P) German batteries now has decided on the point to launch the first assault on the main forts of the Siegfried line. Increased activity was reported on the part of both French and German patrols, with the primary object of. taking prisoners and gaining Information concerning troop concentrations. These reports, and the fact the French appeared to be consolidating their positions Instead of attempt Ing further local advances, Increas ed Swiss belief a great battle Is in the making. Behind the Siegfried line the Germans were said to have station ed motorized units In strategic re serve positions from which they can be rushed to any part of the front when additional strength Is need ed. Throughout the night German flares lighted up the no-man's-land where activity by sappers and dy namiters must preceded any in fantry attack. Fhcnch reports said a number ol German night attacks had been re pulsed in the vicinity of the Biles and Nied creeks east and west of Saarbruecken. Polish Refugees Flee To Carpathian Hills By Elmer W. Peterson Munkacs, Hungary, Sept. 21 () Soviet Russian troops were reported only 15 miles from the Hungarian border today in their sweep across eastern Poland, moving forward wunouc interruption on the heels of thousands of Polish soldiers and civilians. The miserable human flood pre ceding the red army continued to pour Into Hungary, seeking sanc tuary in the Carpathian mountains. It was estimated more than 30,000 Poles had reached Hungarian soil and still they came. Traveling over 60 miles of muddy and raln-puddlcd highways and roads branching through to three mountain passes, I witnessed the Immigration. Hungary was the only southern refuge left, now that Russian troops have blockaded the Rumanian border, I saw small children, some half naked and all of them hungry. Some of them, separated from their parents, had been taken In hand Weathei Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Temperature above normal, light variable wind. Wednesday: Max. 89, mln. S4. No rain. River -3.8 It. South wind. Cloudy. On Trains and Nam s-ciua auncto Fin Ckiu Assassins Used Machine Guns On Calinescu Strong Man of Rumania Killed by Members of Pro-Nazi Iron Guard Bucharest, Sept. 21 (6 P.M.- 11 A.M., E.S.T., Via Copenha gen) (fP) Premier Armand Calinescu was shot and killed today by men officially iden tified as iron guardists and " troops were called up at once' to prevent a coup. The assassination of Calin escu known as Rumania's strong man" for his suppres sion of the outlawed, pro-nazl iron guard organization was attributed to conflicting national In terests arising from the European war. It came as German and Russian troops approached the Rumanian frontier in their occupation of Pol and. Rumania got one seventh of her territory from Russia In the World war settlement. Machine Gunned - Calinescu was machine gunned 111 his automobile by masked men. Oth er masked men seized the Bucharest radio station but were subsequently arrested. Late today a communique read over the station formally accused the slayers of being members of the pro-nazl Iron guard. "This afternoon, Premier Calines cu was murdered in a cowardly manner near his home," the com munique said. "The murderers, who are members of the former Iron guard, have been arrested." It said a new premier already had been chosen but failed to give his name. He was to be sworn In late In the afternoon, after which a meeting of the new cabinet would be held. Order Prevails The communique announced "per fect order and calm reigns through out the country." Immediately after the death of the premier a orown council was called by King Carol to meet the re sultant crisis in Rumania's position in Internal and international af fairs. It was still sitting late today. The British-French allies and Germany were engaged In a bitter struggle, each side attempting to influence Rumania's policy to then advantage. Calinescu had been known as an advocate of political and economic cooperation with Brit ain and France. Rumania's oil, needed by Ger many's mechanized army and her air force, was the major prize. (In Budapest Rumania diplomats: said the slaying was "highly signif icant Just at a moment when Ger man and Russian troops are ap proaching Rumania's northern fron tier." Other Budapest sources said (Concluded on pane 11, column 8) by Hungarian peasant women. Grown men wept at the sight of these youngsters trooping along in mo mud. I saw blood spattered trains, bul let torn automobiles, and damaged military trucks Polish military mementoes. I saw women whose faces were white with fatigue. They smiled wanly at the thought that crossing a frontier could give so much per sonal safety. I heard young officers pleading for some way of getting Information on the fate of their families. In one 10 mile stretch of road there were more than 200 trucks, automobiles and motorcycles all packed to overflowing with weary, homeless humanity. It was a pa rade oi traglo faces.
