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OHIO. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1939. FOUKTEEN TAGES THREE CENTS arHirnr I WW aUUUUUXl UVI WE An uJ SI President Calls Congress for Sept.

21 PARIS SAYS BRITISH TROOPS SEE FIRST FIGHTING IfJ WEST BREAKFAST UNDER LONDON Nazis Dropping EMBARGO Business Pulse Quickens e- 777? "Suicide Corps" on Polish Soil REPEAL GAINS On Many Fronts in U. S. Steel Producers Predict Ry ALVI J. STEINKOrr A. P.

War Correspondent BERLIN, Sept 13 Tha German high command twtay reported a rapid thrust deep Into south-esjtern Poland, tghtenmg of a "vine" cUuing on Warsaw and the wlpin out of Polish resistance iENATEGROUND pelt's Plan Appears To Edge in Foreign Relations Committee. Ohio Factory and Railroad Employment Moving Upward. Pr Tk SawMlat Pra PARIS, Sept 1J British troop wr reported in French military dispatches tha afternoon to hav entered action with th French against th German on th western front for th first Urn In th 1938 European war. Trench advice said a "great number of well-equipped British Tk Mwa)4 Pra BUDAPEST. Sept.

13 A Get-man uiid c-ni dropping silently from the ski by parachute, is "making desperate effort over a ities(uad territory to expedite the Nsiut advance across I VI a tut, it was reported her today. Poles reported that several of th Germans, after being raptured, revealed they had been assigned to discover the locations of Poltsi headquarter, air ports, wr sup Operations Will Go to 90 Per Cent. near Radim. Tha command communique t.Md of Uie rapture of an "nr- Br Tli Aitarlatt4 riM mom number" of prisoner in th Radom sector, about 60 mile PITTSBURGH, Sept 13 A visit to offices of the leading steel producers here today showed touth of Varaw, AM-latr4 Preaa I. A.irll1r Prraa Sept.

13 plies, factories and warehou, and to cut communication lines Th communique gv this Ger Br luwliul Prra COLUMBUS, Sept. 13 Ohio's business pulse is quickening. Seasonal industrial improvement and war orders from Europe have increased factory and railroad employment, a statewide survey showed today. Gains ranged as ahead of the advancing German columns. executives almost dizzy with the sudden rush of domestic orders which many predicted would result in calling back to the mills of as many as 125,000 workers The number captured Indicated the Germans were Introducing th troop ai participating In th combat Thi new wa dupUyed prominently by Tars evening newpa-pera.

Creation of Polish army tn Franc wa under way with recruiting office opened throughout th country to receive l'olih French Rush Ahead French infantrymen wer re Roosevelt today called rres to meet in special session sm Sept 21. his proclamation made of the neutrality act President already had state! he would seek repeal technique on a wholesale fca, far before Thanksgiving. nign as juu per cent exceeding similar experimental ef man picture of the rapidly-shifting Poluh campaign; Strong forces" et of Warsaw pimhed (logufdiy southward In an tftort to complete a circle around the Polih capital. Five Poluh division and two ravalry brigade i a pocket above Lodz, the thud front, continued stubborn reitance agatiul Ger mans slowly closing in, Tha The pickup was reflected in re A steady stream of telegrams forts tn the World war. from branch offices and manU' In each Instance Potmh soldiers i ductions in poor relief and WPA rolls, and welfare officials were facturers of virtually every com and peasants rushed to trite the if arms embargo clause ana the session to that modity from coat hangers to loco parachute lumper.

Confirmation of the prchti! ported In dispatches reaching Paris motives poured in, telephones jingled, boys trotted in and out the same time he signed the descents and the rapture of the a continuing to edg forward In hriamation convening congress. Germans was given by several with memoranda. "Consumers," explained a per 'i President sent telegrams to a foreigners. a of Democratic and nepuo- -13 eaders in both senate ana Parachutes I'ard The Warsaw ladio broadcast Poles have been fighting bitterly for three day to edge their out of the trap. German Reach Lwow Farther southeast, German vanguard reached Lwow, capita) of the Polish Ukraine, while th main body of troop In that took th town of Jaworow, iise asking them to meet him ifarnoon of Sept 20 for an spiring official, "are putting on the same panicky rush housewives did last week for sugar and flour.

If it continues, and we believe it will, the industry will boost its output to 85 or 90 per cent of capacity within 30 warning that scoie of men were believed to have been dromnH conference at the White with parachutes and instructed townspeople and rent to keep on th Siklo river, and Sambor, on the closest watch, enpecially at 3. Tfxl of Proclamation 'he proclamation convening jrs follows: 'i'iereas public interests re- th Dniester, Both towns art or 60 days. 125.009 Jobs in Prospect night west of Lwow In Carpathian In addition to operating alone German territory toward tti I led line at several point along a 10O ml! front between th Rhine and Moaell river. Whil rival flier clashed In th air and th big gun of both aide pounded nemy territory, military advices said French forces of Saartirue, ken had mad a "substantial" advanc. Fleet French tank and armored cara earlier wer reported to hav reached th ouUhirU of Saar-bmecken, railroad junction and industrial heart of th rich Saar baaln, yesterday arid to hav thrust Immediately Into th suburb.

Following this morning war ministry communique which announced "great activity" yesterday by th air force of both It was reported the parachute rt the congress ol the quick to predict further betterment Some Cleveland tool making plants attributed their gains largely to orders from abroad, the Automatic Machine Co. having doubled its force producing tools used in manufacturing airplane parts. Both the Warner and Swasey and National Acme plants there were operating 24 hours a day, the latter reporting 1,800 employed, 300 above normal. Metal Trades Improve Metal trades firms In Cincinnati and Columbus also reported employment increases, although the gains were not traced to the war. Domestic orders have advanced employment in Youngstown district steel mills 12 to 15 per cent above last year while In Canton Timken Roller Bearing Co.

officials listed operations at 70 per cent of capacity, an advance in recent weeks from a summer low of 35 per cent Operations at Republic Steel Corp. units in Canton and Mas-sillon have climbed from a similar low to 65 per cent of capacity "That will mean as many as 125,000 additional workers will be needed and full time for those jumpers carried instructions s.ti States should be convened Th advancing Germans lighting through th valley attempting to reach the Rumanian frontier and cut off Poland now working." a session at 12 o'clock neon, the 21st day of cooperate with the pro-Nazi German minority in Poland, Many of these still are undiscovered, it was said, and are aiding the invaders secretly, the fifth His figure was taken from the fact that mills, operating at ptenser, 1939, to receive such southeastern outlet WKimcation as may be made The German circle around had not been completely Executive; column" dtd In Spain. Nc therefore, Franklin D. c'oed. but troop detachment One.

coming down ouUirie War Hvtit, President of the United aeemed to In HIUon to join ed. Breakfast was In the family dugout this one a garden with a gasmaAk hinging nearby. (Associated "ress Photo) of America, do hereby This typical of the way Londoners had breakfast the morning of Sept 6 after an air raid warning had been sound each ohter. The forces oi i and declare that an ex- around 63 per cent last week, were employing 455.000 workers with a monthly payroll of Two years ago with production averaging between 80 and 90 per cent the industry'a monthly payroll was $80,000,000 for 572,000 workers. This spokesman and representatives of two other producers saw, wu declared to have pulled out a revolver and killed himself while he anil was dnngling over a squad of Polish 'Idler rushing th capital hav had the toughest nary occasion requires tha fttriif-iae.

tiress of the United States to Th Wartsw-Kleau railway to surround hi landing spot svene in extra session at the German armies attacking War wa rrrd yeaUMday, Advance guard had reachad It th pi- Pershing Urges 2pH in the city of Washington saw were- reported by Poles to arsursaay, the 21st day of Sep- viilm riav. day to have been hurled nasi joined in saying they were having to limit tonnage to a basis 1939, at 12 clock, noon. German Informant salo hi ull Strength for six miles in action which definitely put the invader "on tha while the firm's Cleveland plant reported operating at 90 per cent campaign to encircle Wrw wa beini carried out wna wcuc vactt all persons who shall at time be entitled to act as fibers thereof are hereby reared to take notice." run," of capacity. ui-h a hv been Ud on lm Military Forces The defenders of th Poluh rap The Carnegie Illinois concern's WAR TO DEATH Chamberlain Warns There Will Be No Peace Until Nazis Are Defeated. Kal, an official broadcast from portant town of western Poland in hope Warsaw would capitulate plant at Mingo Junction, previous comparable to past performances.

Customers who have been buying 1,000 tons a quarter are having to slash their order. All agreed that the price angle had a significant bearing, since those directing policies of rntit report aatd tky sklrm-Uhea war continuing today. The report said thre Gr-man plan wt brought down whll th French suffered "very mall nes.M Flint Through Night Th war ministry communlriu for Oil morning reported "continuation of reaction of th artillery in th emir of th night." Th communltiu referred briefly to "great activity hr and thr" by tii air force of both tdes. Between th oppoiing gun lay itubbl fields harvest ha been gathered. Th land wa domed and pitted with pillbox and math in gun nests, vulnerable only lo direct hit from mortar.

telegrams inviting leaders Warsaw declared, were manning -it House conference the without a long siege. Br Tk smocIb' Frr WASHINGTON. Sept. 13 Gen new defense positions with fresh bj before the session starts went On the Itadom front four Pol vigor wherever the Germans had eral John Pershing urged to ly slated for abandonment has recalled 400 men and plants of Wheeling Steel Weirton Steel in Steubenville were reported turning out top tonnage. Freight shipments and increased been ousted.

steel consumers were recalling Vice President Garner at 'Vide, House Speaksr ir.khead; Senator Barkley, Dem- ish division, totaling about 0(K) men, wer believed to hav been facing the Germans In an Developments Mated the pinch of the last World war. Prices for fourth quarter de day, on hi seventy-ninth birthday, that congress provide funds at ita coming special session "to carry the mili Official Poluh broadcast, said rra.se leader; senator McNary, attempt to halt tnem oeior reaching th Vistula, the defenders' stand, based on fpuacan leader; Senator Mm s. assistant Democratic leader tary establish- f. ine set up along the east bank Succes at Iladom woum open i ment to its full Kitor Austin, assistant Republi of the Vistula, was aided by: tha way for main German force is leader; Senator Pittman, the jWithdiwI of nine German to mov toward Lublin, l'a VI! li That wa th cen a decribed In peace strength." Full stingth would be raxratic chairman of the for demands for coal have boosted railroad operations. Railroad Men Recalled The New York Central lines recalled 600 men to its Collinwood shops and Chief Clerk J.

G. Caldwell of Columbus said 200 had been added to the railroad's operating personnel since the end of division from the lines before Warsaw to other section of the Br Tk Aaaorlalrtl Prvaa LONDON, Sept. 13 Great Britain's wartime parliament echoed today with solemn government assurances of unified mil southeast of Waraw, Advance troop already wer re is relations committee; Senator dvlce through llaael. French mircea said their armr Tr.es, Democrat of South Caro- ported In Lublin. 000 men in the regular army front.

(A German divinlon nor-maly numbers from 10.000 to had advanced only a few 'thous Representative Rayburn, 1'olrs lima nimw Warsaw remained In tit hand and yard a day in ome aector use Demxratic leader; and Rep livery have not yet been announced and most firms are taking orders for a specified amount at existing quotations and the remainder at the existing price when delivery is made. All executives stated there vlr tually were no war materials involved in the pickup and that only a few inquiries had been made by foreigners for any class of goods. One estimated the government had placed less than $10,000,000 for steeL Meanwhile, closely related industries began to feel the effects. The Pennsylvania railroad ordered back 2,000 workers, re where violent fighting marked Tentative Martin, house Republi- of Polish troops after a night of 000 men.) 2 Arrival of thousand of young volunteers, more than could be accepted Into the army, from very action, Roads shattered by German mines and artillery had bitter fighting, but German military leaders asserted th Tse President advised these to repaired. Advanc unita aoers that after a careful study and 424,000 in the national guard.

Since the war broke out in Europe, President Roosevelt has ordered expansion of the army to 227,000 (Turn to OHIO TRADE, Page 11) AUTHORITIES COMING often had to await" nightfall to capital' outlying defenses wer crumbling under steady pounding WHO situation he han rfe- French-British determination to end "once and for all" the pressure of Naziism, A stern warning was given that Britain would not tie her hands on aerial bombing if Adolf Hitler breaks his pledge on that same score. Prime Minister Chamberlain, spruce and confident after his first supreme war council on -Ji to call a special session. of around and air forces. ie the Chief Executive is Annarenl confident tha Ian Jtoas to limit not only the leeis- (Turn to BUDAPEST, Pag U) Survivors Relate Story of Athenia HERE IN KIDNAP CASE of the city a mere quettlon of time, tha nigh command already scope of the session to neu- and the guardnulJ 5-ty revision but also would like wa concentrating it attention 'f senior, to end as quickly as to 235,000. The A.E.F.

commander in -chief said in a birthday state on the next phase of operations, opened some of its machine shops. Baltimore Ohio called back almost 1.000. Steel scrap prices jumped $1 a ton yesterday to $18, French soil, almost hissed the words as he told the house of -'ie. many senators, including This was reported in reliabi Tennessee Officials To Seek Custody of Marion Mother. ment to the press: quarters to Invoice a determina nenusncan of Idaho; Van-Republican of Michigan, -Ve, Republican of North i must again recall our de commons that both France and Britain would fight until they had banished "the Intoletable strain of living under the per tion to drlv through Poland to th Rti-slan border, if necessary plorable situation when we en have declared thev would to crush th Poluh army.

Kntir-e that Tennessee au '-S. On f.lll Hphato altKAitoh Complete subjugation of Pol thorities are enroute to Ohio in and was deemed necessary to per a record for the year. The H. C. Frick Coke Co, V.

S. Steel subsidiary, began cleaning up four additional mine in Fayette county. equipped with the old time beehive ovens, an sent word to approximately 3,000 miners they would be needed back at work shortly. The mines had been closed two years. connection with the arrest here Roosevelt armeared ared of majority support with- Monday morning of Mrs.

Ella Mae Sinking in N. Y. Br Tk Mla Pr NEW YORK, Sept. 13 Women and children screamed on the darkened, listing decks of tha doomed liner Athenia and an officer ordered a few panicky stewards to "get the hell out of these lifeboats," tha firit survivors of th Athenia sinking to reach New York said today. Damon Boynton, 31, a member of tha Cornell university faculty (Turn to BERLIN.

Page 11) Bartram, 35, ol Hi jeueison toreign relations f'T some form of his street on a charge or kidnaping, was received today by Sheriff r3prss; to nermit the sale of fortify their positions for th protection of troop moving up behind them. Th advanc on Saarbruecken wa said to hav hammered a wedg in th Siegfried line at It strongest point Fall of th city would give th French control of th rich Saar mining basin, on of the world' most productive col fields. Saarbruecken, important railroad Junction, Ilea about midway on a 100-mil front between th Moaell and Khln rivers on France's northeastern boundary-northern wing of th western front Communication Cut East of Saarbruecken the French reported cutting Important German communication and hutting off reinforcements with an artillery barrage, To th northwest of th city, In a pocket formed by th Luxembourg and German border, th French wer said to be meeting I resistance. French and German Infantrymen clathed In bayonet fighting. Comparatively uneaoned German reservists In that sector wer said to hav been replaced by veterans.

A dispatch from Basel, Switzer petual threat of Nazi aggression." Threaten Bombings Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax simultaneously told the house of lords that Great Britain's pledges of restraint in bombing operations were based on conditions of similar restraint by Germany. He said the British would "hold themselves completely free to take such action as they may DUKE OF WINDSOR Fred F. Miller. to oe.i.gerent nations. unnamed con ent, Ser.ator Van Nuvs.

Dem Sheriff J. A. Barton of ixmee tered the World war 22 years ago. Then not a single move had been made, from a military point of view, to prepare for it That experience, with its costly lesson, I am happy to say, appears certain to be avoided In the event that we should again become involved in war." The general issued hi statement from Walter Reed hospital, where he is undergoing a periodic physical checkup and watching Europe' new war from his bed and easy chair. "The recent action of President Roosevelt in authorizing an immediate increase in the strength of the army and navy has my hearty support I sincerely AWAITS WAR POST X'j c' announced he county, informed local authorities that a requisition necessary to gain custody of Mrs.

Bar-tram had been obtained from the SOLICITOR NOMINEE MOVES FROM MARION a "cash and carry' at Ithaca, N. told the story today when he returned on the arms sales, if it were Ex-King at Home of Friend at IT? "guarded. liner Cameronla. governor ol Tennessee. me requisition was expected to be deem appropriate" if Nazi planas are turned loose without dis Boynton said he believed th tojMBARGO, Page 11 cresented today to Governor Exile Ends.

Rrirker of Ohio. Attorney Z. P. Davis Makes crimination on Polish civilians. This statement was prompted by a German army announce Athenia wa torpedoed by a ub-marine.

After he was rescued by the British destroyer Electra, he Temperature up in J. A Arter. attorney lor Home in Wellston, 0. ment today which said the Ger- Mrs. Bartram, who has asserted that she will "fight extradition," said, a member of the crew told him the submarine had been de (Turn to LONDON, Page 11) (Turn to PERSHING, Page 11) has notified Governor Bnckers office of his client's intention.

He Attorney and Mrs. Z. P. Davis and family moved this week to has requested a hearing upon pre sentation of the iennessee gov Wellston, Jackson county, their former home. He will enter law ernor's requisition.

AGAIN TODAY mercury was climbing Into this afternoon after week of up-and-down included a record -st week. Raensperger Ay; ficial reading of 91 m. les-rday's high was i'j- dropped only cain8 night, set-iJ. Ji minimum for the Polish Stand Before Warsaw Becomes One of Epics of World's War History land, described th artillery war-far near Luxembourg as one of the greatest duel in hUtory. Th A petition for a writ oi naoeas practice there, having previously been active in Wellston 24 years Moselle valley had been converted into one of the moat heavily forti corpus was nlea lor Mrs.

ear-tram in common pleas court here today. The petition asks that the court determine if she is being legally detained. Th WiHnanin charze was fied regions in the world with th great Sierck forts, on the French side, facing th German Jear Trassen area. a todav th mnimirn I filH hv Mn Bartram's former Tha main Siesfried line posi '-'i was 85 and the minimum husband, George D. McCutcheon of Tulahoma, Tenn.

It is in con- By DEHTTT MACKENZIE Associated Press Foreign Affairs Writer The Poles still hold Warsaw. Those five words tell one of the epic of war-history. At the end of six days of bitter fighting beneath a deluge of shattering steel, the Pole still hold their capital although it is largely encircled by a ring of German bayonet. One often refer to a man of unlimited courage in combat as a nection witn tne cusiocy oi uieir tr 11a Aaaaaiat Prats LONDON, Sept 13 At th secluded horn of a friend In Sussex today, the Duke of Windsor spent his first day out of self-lmpoed exile of nearly three years and waited for a war assignment He returned secretly from Prance In a destroyer last night With him came the American-born woman for whom he gav up the throne. They stepped onto a red carpet Portsmouth while a handful of port officials cheered.

It wa the former Wallis Wrfield's first time on British oil as the Duchess of Windsor. They were married in France. Most London paper put the homecoming story on front pages, but only two gave it headline comparing In size with those for the war news. It was the channel harbor of Portsmouth where the duke last saw England early the morning of Dec. 12, 1936.

The night before, in his historic farewell broadcast from Windsor castle, he had said: "It may be some time before I return to my native land" The homecoming recalled another passage from the memorable broadcast: "If at any time in th future I can be found of service to his rtN SAYS A 1 1 11-year-old daughter, June, who stroyed by depth bombs oroppea by another destroyer. "1 think it is logical and I believe it," said Boynton. He described the Athenia' death blow as a "muffled explosion like a cannon cracker going off In a 80-gallon drum." Sixty per cent of the Came-ronia's 7B8 passengers were sea-lick the first three days out, when a constant zig-zag to avoid submarines added to the roughness of the voyage. Four liners with a total of 4,245 pasaengers from Europe were expected to arrive tomorrow. Only one of them, the Aquitania, with 1,633 passengers, is a ship of a belligerent nation.

Other ships expected today were the White Star liner Van Dyck, with 500 passengers, and the Holland-America liner with 560. 2 Ohioans Among Cameronia'a 1T Tk art Pra NEW YORK. Sept 13 Two Ohioans who arrived today on the British liner Cameronia said according to the father was tion lie some seven miles behind Saarbruecken, and apparently the heavy German shellfir came from them. The French fir in this district was laid down along a two-mile front through tha ast-rn suburbs of th city to th aviation field, which had been a German military air base. AV0RS NEUTRALITY ago.

Mr. Davis had been the Democratic candidate for city solicitor in the November election here. The vacancy on the ticket may be filled through an appointment by the county Democratic executive committee, C. G. Ritzier, deputy clerk of the board of elections, announced.

The appointment must be made 40 days prior to the election. Clifford B. Stall, county chairman of the Democratic executive committee, reported that the committee plans to make an appointment in the near future. Kenneth A. Robinson of 433 Elmwood drive is Use Republican candidate for the same office.

GAS BURNS FATAL CHILXJCOTHE. Sept 13 I'l r- from the German border. They are fighting against time hanging on to give their Anglo-French allies a chance to take action which will relieve the awful pressure of that vast German war-machine. Rain Awaited by Pole A bit more and Poland may get help from nature. Come the fall rain and many of the road will become bogs.

Now the country highways are reported deep in dust Only a miracle can save Warsaw from capture, of course, but every day of delay is good for Poland. The desperate battle continue just north of Lodz, 60 mile west of Warsaw, where the Germans have surrounded 50 or 60 thousand Pole. It look like surrender or death for the defenders. Down in the southeast corner of Poland, the Germans ire trying to smash through the Polish line and reach the Russian border, so to i-A ana a "fighting fool." It is a complimentary term. Lii-j Cl neutrality lor "-es will mark the TEMPERATURES The Poles are fighting and always have been.

The sturdy "feloniously and uniawiuuy ae-coyed and taken," by Mrs. Bartram. The mother has been in Marion county jail since her arrest Monday. Her husband, Dallas Bartram, and the daughter. June, visited with her last night Sheriff Miller reported.

June has been token to the home of Marion relatives since her mother's arrest TANKER FLOATED SANDUSKY. Sept 13 The convention of the -nation of Labor in Cin- Observer Rsffensperger's Report I for Bcrl ktwa "1 month. President Green declared today. to Urr women-folk have in many places been helping out their men in battle. And even the small hand of children have been building barricades and digging trenches for fathers and brothers.

This defense of Warsaw represent a section of the big stand which the Pole finally are making through the heart of Poland, at the end of their planned retreat Maximum Yesterday 80 Minimum Yesterday 62 Barometer 29.20 Weather Clear On Tear Ago Today Maximum 85 Minimum 69 Burned when gasoline ignited as -is." Amalgamated Asso- Electric "otor Coach Emploves the A. F. L. would 0 "tPrcs upon the peo-s seT need for remaining he refueled a Eugene oil tanker Transford was floated last night after being held fast Howard, 24, a highway construction worker, died today in a hospital here. for 36 hours on a shoal near East (Turn to DUKE, Pag 11) (Turn to ATHENIA, Pge 11) (Turn to MTCEN2IE, Page 11) Sister island..