HONOLULU Open New Drive Against Foreign Jews BERLIN, June 8. (P). German secret rounding up more than 10,000 Polish ment in concentration camps in another Jews here said large groups were daily after notices as short as 24 hours. Those whe lost their Polish, passports under the new Polish citizenship of last November are being taken to the dreaded concentration camps. Those whose passports are in order are being dumped across the border into Poland. Jews reported the Gestapo agents said they would not tolerate foreigners without passports and that the new drive was a measure of retaliation for recent Polish deportations of Germans. The police, it was said by Jews, sent written notices to Polish Jews ordering them to leave the country voluntarily or be deported by force. Many, who no longer were considered citizens of Poland, had lived in Germany as long as 10 years. May Retaliate WARSAW, June 8. (P)-The new German order Polish Jews was reported prompttorpelling, ed the Polish government to issue warning to Germany. The asserted warning informed Germany that retaliatory ineasures might be taken against Germans Poland. Reorganization Of Federal Agencies Gets FDR Signature WASHINGTON, June 8. (AP) - President Roosevelt signed a resolution today permitting his two reorganization plans to become effec-| tive of police were reported today to be Jews for deportation or imprisoner nazi drive against foreign Jews. being escorted to the Polish frontier Only men were involved. German Infantry Reported Sent To Moravian Towns LONDON, June 8. (U.P) - The Daily Mirror, tabloid newspaper, said in an undated story today that German infantry had been sent into Kromeriz and Prerov, Moravia, 30 miles from the Polish frontier. The Slovak town of Baardejov, miles from Poland, was reported, occupied could by exert the a Germans. military threat to western Galicia from this region. Two German airdromes have been built in Slovakia and a number of Italian and technicians have arrived it also was said. Pilots, Woman Murder Ring Suspect Is Released PHILADELPHIA, June 8. (P- Mrs. Rose Smigel Shenkman, widow held in connection with ininvestigation of a mass murder syndicate, was released by Judge Harry McDevitt today. The body of her first husband. exhumed in the course of the investigation, did not reveal the presence of any poison. At the same time additional murder conspiracy charges were filed against seven key, figures in the case: Herman Paul Petrillo, Cesare Valenti, Morris (the Rabbi) Bolber, Dr. Horace Perlman, David JEWS' PLIGHT IS DESCRIBED By HERBERT MANASSE Chairman of the German Jewish Refuge Committee (Copyright, 1939, by United Press) ABOARD THE ST. LOUIS, VIA RADIO TO UNITED PRESS. June 8-More than 900 German refugees are returning to Germany aboard the St. Louis, praying that divine intervention will find them a place of refuge. Sunday morning is the absolute deadline for them to receive an offer of haven from the new world. Unless a decision is made by then it will be impossible, because of technical the St. Louis to return to the new world. The refugees hope has to the United States, where Bernard H. Handler is trying to arrange entry, is permits. now 12 days since we first saw Havana. No landing anywhere has been assured us. The passengers for the most part are in despair and profoundly uneasy. If the deadline passes, it is almost inevitable that panic aboard the vessel will increase. Editor's Note: At the request of the United Press, Herbert Manasse, chairman of the refugee committee aboard the Hamburg-American liner St. Louis, sent the above dispatch describing the conditions aboard the ship. More than 900 Jewish refugees aboard the ship have been turned back to Germany, denied entry into new world countries.
