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S. FEELS WAR'S EFFECTS Storm Kills One in Bisbee, Gila Valley Is Struck by Flood By ASSOCIATED PRESS A storm which Saturday night struck sections of southern and eastern Arizona left today a BERLIN MOVING TROOPS AGAINST FRENCHFRONTS Forces Freed by Fresh Developments in Poland Used US NAZI PLAHES HELP Her Usual Fall Upturn Gets Additional Drive From Europe ORDERS ROLLING IN f. Mile Advance in First Day of Operations Lightning Attacks Reported at One Point as Large Towns Fall Before Relentless March Collapse of Republic Warsa w's Surrender Planned as More Cities Fall MOSCOW SAYS SHE IS STILL NEUTRAL Slight Reaction Is Seen as Likely, then New Business Hike oi one aeaa ana damage estimated at several thousand dollars. Herbert Puckett, a miner, was the lone victim of the storm. He was drowned at Bisbee when a four-foot wall of water swept down Brewery Gulch.

His body was found today three miles below the point where he disappeared. Police Captain Cecil Burns who saw Puckett lose his balance and sought to save him said that he nearly met the same fate. While Bisbee was having Its heaviest rain hi seven years, a 28-mile area of the Gila, vaii.v Seen as Soldiers Are Interned Explains Her Action Was Taken Because She Was BERLIN, Sept. 17. Germans tonight expressed the belief that the complete surrender of Poland was a matter of only a few hours.

PLANES TRANSFERRED London Is Silent on Her Course of Action Against Russia PARIS, Sept. 17. (JP) Heavy movements of German troops from the east were seen by France today as shifting the European war's main theatre to the western front, where two forceful German attacks were launched. Simultaneously with the Soviet Russian advance into Poland, which might release German forces for use on the west, Nazi contingents' struck twice at Collapse of Polish Government MOSCOW, Sept. 17.

(fl5) Soviet Russia's gread Red jfiny, marching on orders to "liberate" their "brothers" in Poland, moved into that embattled country today along the entire frontier, from Latvia to Rumania. A general staff communique tonight reported occupation of a dozen towns along a 500-mile front on the first dav's was receiving a downpour which Noting that the mighty forces of Soviet Russia were marching. into eastern Poland on an 800-mile front, the Ger pioneer residents said had not been equalled since 1904. Several houses were seen floating: between Pima anil man high command stated that the capitulation of long-be uarch, penetrating as far as 50 miles inside the Polish border Thatcher a's the result of an overflow from small creeks in the area. sieged Warsaw was imminent.

NEW YORK, Sept. 17. (P) Workers have been called back to jobs in factories, shops and mines by tens of thousands in a wartime acceleration of business recovery in the United States, a nation-wide survey disclosed today. Heavy backlogs of unfilled orders in steel, shipbuilding, aircraft manufacture, textiles and other industries indicate, the possibility that many more thousands may be restored to payrolls from furloughs and relief lists, business observers said. From Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, St.

Louis, Boston, Atlanta, Youngs-town and other business renters the reports plainly pictured a In responye to a broadcast appeal For several hours early yesterday hichwav and rail travel for the Polish capital's surrender, at the fartnest poini. The Russians reported capturing the Ukrainian city of Tarnopol, which would mean that their swift drive carried in to within 48 miles of the French advance positions. the high command reported that was held up by flood conditions. Although no official rstimate the defenders had agreed to dis French advices said their troops were holding firm at Perl, a mile vr 1 patch emissaries to the German was immediately available, dam lines. -rest German forces those at zemysl.

southeast of Lwow, taken list week. and a half inside German territory near Luxembourg, and had turned age to me cotton crop was be Germans then stipulated that un lieved heavy. back wave after wave of Germans der traditional white flags one Po IGNACE MOSCICKI, pres ident of Poland, was reported fleeing to Rumania yesterday before the onslaughts of the German and Russian armies. Big Towns Taken Tirnopol normally Is of 35,000 attacking east of Saarbruecken, 40 miles southeast of Perl. lish officer and a member of the diplomatic corps should report to II soulation.

Other large towns re- U. S. UNCERTAIN ON WAR MOVES Hull Considers Russian Action, Awaits New Data German advance lines at 10 p. CERNAUTI, Rumania, Sept. 18.

(Monday) (JP) Large sections of the Polish army were pouring across the frontier into Rumania early today following the flight of President I a Moscicki and the apparent collapse of the Polish republic. Moscicki arrived during the day with Foreign Minister Jozef Beck and a government party of 56. Beck immediately arranged to meet with the heads of diplomatics missions to Poland, now established here, and was expected to tell them that their mission was "now The plans of the Polish government, however, were not immediately clear. There were some re ports that it would go on to Bucharest, Rumania's capital. Soldiers Disarmed The Polish soldiers came with arms and equipment and irnme diately were disarmed by the Rumanian border patrol.

Many of the soldiers declared their intention of joining a foreign legion to continue the fight against Germany. By 10 p. m. last night (4 p. EST) 132 Polish planes had landed in groups at Cernauti and mora were landing early today.

Two of the planes crashed. Tha crush was so great at the small airport that one plane landed on top of three others, destroying all four. Planes Interned The planes and crews were in Troops Moved The French general staff declared il'stfd were Rowno, of 40,000 popu- AMERICANS DIE IN SHIP BLAST Previously, the high command had summarized a series of vital blows Germany was shifting full divisions at the crumbling defense of Poland. of troops and large air force units from the eastern front, where they march back to work, sped by the I Strongholds Fall I'M, ntt ivoimea, 01 oj.uuu, Dom iio la the Ukraine. The communique said the Reds "weak advance units and serves of the Polish army." Ear-jrboth Soviet and German radio RUSSIA'S MOVE BRINGS MUDDLE Three strongholds of strategic have been fighting Poland, to the Importance were announced to western front facing France.

have fallen: sudden torrent cf war buying un loosed two weeks ago on the Brit ish-French declaration of war. Two Upturns Soviet Russias march into Po WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. (JP Kutno, 75 miles west of the em land caught France unaware. iroadcasts disclosed heavy fighting I State department officials indicat battled capital; Premier Daladier cut short a it tome points.

The general staff said seven Po Deblin, 70 miles southeast of Analysis of just how important the war spur has been was obscured Warsaw; week-end inspection tour of the front lines and returned to Paris to assume charge of resulting diplomatic activity. fighting planes were brought doira and three heavy bombers in part by the coincidence cf con flict's start with the usual season forced to land. The citadel of Brest-Litovsk (Brzesc and Bugiem), where 600 prisoners were reported taken. The city outside the fort had already been reported captured by German al upturn in business in this coun try following Labor day. But busi Before arrival of the premier.

The Soviet troops marched on a who acts as his own foreign minis ness men said it was apparent a Jne from the Zapadnaya Dvina river, at the Latvian border on the Survivors Tell of Long Fight to Reach Safety FLUSHING, THE NETHERLANDS, Sept. 17. Four battered survivors of the Norwegian freighter Ronda, sunk by a mine off northern Holland, described graphically today two days and nig'hts without food or water in a tiny lifeboat before they were rescued by an Italian steamer. Seventeen persons, Including two Americans, were lost with the ship. Karl Hilgendorf of Milwaukee, described as a hero in the struggle to stay afloat, summed up the attitude of the survivors with three words "We were lucky." Girl Tells Story troops striking from East Prussia Little Nations Watching Situation With Apprehension COPENHAGEN, Sept.

17. (-TV-Soviet Russia's decision to move immediately into Poland left the international situation at the end of the second week of the war more muddled than ever, posing a grave question for Britain and France and alarming all small nations in eastern Europe. real dent was being made in the some 10,000,000 unemployed. Hrth, to the Dniester river, at the Brest-Litovsk is 110 miles due east ter. Undersecretary Auguste Cham-petier de Ribes held a long discussion with United States Ambassador William C.

Bullitt. Rumanian border to the south. of Warsaw. Counting out any further busi ness stimulus which might be derived from changes in the neutral Long- Front The northernmost town reported Officials Confer On the western front, the high command asserted heavy losses had been inflicted on the French and there had been local engagements occupied was Glubokoye. and the ity act and diversion of foreign commerce from warring countries nothernmost Kolomea, 485 airline miles away.

near Zweibruecken. Meanwhile, Berlin Itself was concerned about two mysterious ex The farthest thrust Into- Poland The head of Daladier's secretariat, Robert Coulondre, former French envoy to Berlin, conferred with Polish Ambassador Julius Lukasiewicz. The French and British governments were understood to be in almost continuous consultation on the new situation created by Russia's move. ij reported made after the Ger- ed tonight that this government's official attitude toward Russia's invasion of Poland would await further advices regarding the implications of the Soviet move. A department spokesman said the note given to American Ambassador Laurence A.

Steinhardt in Moscow and announcing the decision of the Soviet to send troops into Poland had been received here, but that the department, for the time being, had no announcement concerning it. Decision Waited This was taken to mean that until the situation was clearer there would be no decision on whether any action by this country was necessary, such as possible application of the neutrality law. If the law should be applied, an embargo on arms shipments to Russia would be declared and the law's other restrictions on trade with belligerents put Into effect The question was raised in non-official circles, however, whether the apparent imminent collapse of plosions in the heart of the city. Both occurred in doorways during last night's blackout. Should Britain and France decide this is a further threat to Polish independence, which Poland resists, they would be obligated under their independence guarantee to Poland to accept a state of war with their erstwhile hoped-for ally, Russia.

terned. Hundreds of refugees swarmed across the frontier in wagons, automobiles and autobuses. They proceeded to Cernauti where the Rumanian government established rigid inspection service. The first at the air ministry headquarters of Field Marshal Her mann Wilhelm Goering shattered The Polish embassy declared that (Continued to Page 2, Column 3) half a dozen big front windows in The Soviet government coupled its decision to enter Poland with stores across the street, the Leipzig erstrasse. The force of the second an air force had assisted in the attack.

This was at Baranovichi, a rail-nj center 50 miles from the Rusks border, which the general itiff reported captured at the end of the day's march. Earlier Ger-ain and Russian radio broadcasts had told of heavy German air raids ipinst the city, which is in the northeast about 120 miles south of Wilno. Tonight's communique ended: "The population everywhere the Red army units with blast pockmarked the doorway of the assertion that the Polish government no longer was effective and that occupation of Polish White NEUTRALS CONFER ON POLISH MOVES the central police station. Police blocked off the respective streets and officials declined to to the United States, analysts noted the autumn upswing has taken off from these solid foundations: (1) Estimates of $1,000,000,000 or more in unfilled orders in shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing industries, where armament and merchant marine business was booming months before Germany sent its troops into Poland. Orders Placed (2) A huge accumulation of orders for forward delivery in textiles, rated by some trade sources the largest since the World war inflation years.

(3) One of the largest steel backlogs in history, derived in part from what trade reports called a "tremendous" wave of buying on the war news. (4) The highest level of residential building since 1929, supplemented by evidence of a moderate increase in expenditures for factory and office construction and prospect these may increase as available capacity is used. Equipment Bought CSV Hastening of capital outlay "How we ever made it I don't know," declared comely Josephine Allen Duncan formerly of Richmond, who was carried overboard by waves. "We bailed out the lifeboat continuously with only our shoes for buckets," said Douglas Miller, son of George Miller of Ann Arbor, and a student in the University of Michigan. Mrs.

Elizabeth Duncan Etchison formerly of Richmond, an aunt of Miss Duncan, and 16 of the crew were the other survivors. 17 Are Drowned Ann, 13-year-old daughter of Mrs. Etchison, and Gordon Felts, Odessa, singer who had been studying (Continued to Page 2, Column 1) Russia and the Polish Ukraine was necessary to keep order and protect Russian borders. comment further than to say that investigators "were on the trail of COPENHAGEN, Sept. 17.

flV-Prime ministers and foreign of Norway, Sweden and Denmark will meet here tomorrow to Reward Seen Some diplomatic circles, however, the perpelators." No one was injured. Dramatic requirements for the meeting of the expected Polish dilation." expressed the opinion it was a pos discuss war problems. Neutrality Sought Poland's 20-year republic appeared tonight to have received a knockout blow as German and Russian armies struck from the west and east Hopes Blasted The Russian invasion blasted th hopes of high Polish officials here that Polish forces could make a stand through the winter in marshes along the Russian border. The Polish government was reported in full flight to foreign havens. The national archives and Poland's gold fund already have been brought to Rumania.

The Rumanian government notified 37 countries diplomats accredited to Poland that they must leave their temporary quarters here and go either to Bucharest or home. Envoys Arrive The French and British diplomatic missions to Poland, including British Ambassador Sir Howard sible move to disclose what was to be Russia's reward for her recently signed nonaggression pact The meeting will follow closely the Russian march into Poland Soviet Russia marched into Po-'ffid while telling other nations she Poland might not end any possibility of an actual state of war between Russia and Poland. which complicated further the with Germany. position of neutral countries. wuld maintain neutrality In the European war.

The possibility that Russia was identifying herself with powers in The Russians' announced inten- emissaries from Warsaw were outlined by the high command. To Use Cars Out from the beleaguered capital, the army officer and the diplomatic representative were to ride in separate automobiles. Their protection from the surrounding masses of German troops, lying invisibly in wait in the night, were to be the Secretary of Sta'e Hull was at his office from early morning until mid-afternoon to go over the dispatches from abroad and confer with aides. tent upon remaking the map of the world engineered a flood of tn was to "take under their pro-tection" about 11,000,000 and White Russians In eastern nd southern Poland. speculation concerning the result- (Contmued to Page 3, Column 5) Red Russians War Polish Ukrainian Against Whites War Irish Revolution riJiljU I Turkish-Armenian VZO)- Polish-RussianWar Roosevelt Rests President Roosevelt broke his Lwmte Russia and the Polish Ukraine, where most of these minorities live, comprise approximate- HENSHAW RESIGNS specified full-strength headlights and the white flags fluttering close vigil over the European events to make a short afternoon plainly in front of them.

They were AS RECTOR HERE war II MM f-T Spanish Kiff War wwimted to Page 3, Column 1) cruise on the Potomac. The Russian-Polish development 1 1 II I Greek-Turkish lorrr war OSCAR McSPADDEN furnished fresh fuel for the con 1 '--JS k. Ibn Saud's Arabian Rival War Lords I DEAD IN CHELSEA to proceed until naitea. i Events leading up to the expected capitulation of Warsaw began yesterday. The Warsaw military commander was then reported to have refused to receive a German emissary with an ultimatum (Continued to Page 2, Column 6) for utility and rail equipment, both considered large reservoirs of deferred demand.

(6) Stimulation in mining, notably iron ore and coal, to meet larger industrial needs and the urge to accumulate stocks as protection against possible wartime rise in prices. (7) An earlier-than-usual production season on. 1940 automobiles, felt widely in the allied fields of parts and raw material supply. These forces are reflected in the reports of late job and business gains from many communities, especially the speeding up in steel, rail equipment spending and ma-rhine-making activities. Steel rail Conquests Envelop vnina in Civil Wars 1923 1924 Kennard, arirved here today.

Border sources said they expected President Ignace Moscicki, Foreign Minister Jozef Beck, and other members of the embattled Polish government to cross the frontier at any time. Polish government archives arrived here. German planes were reported to have bombed a 50-mile trip of the Polish-Rumanian border and destroyed the Zalesczycski bridge across the Dniester river, a mis-' directed bomb killing and injuring many in the nearby Rumanian village of Wignitz. The Rumanian army drew up large reinforcements to protect the frontier. Tl Draws Revolt in Rev.

Edgar W. Henshaw announced yesterday morning from the pulpit of Grace Episcopal church his resignation as rector of the church, a post which he has held during the past two years. The resignation becomes effective at the conclusion of this week's services. Members of the church vestry said last night that no successor has as yet been selected and that during the next few weeks and until a successor is announced the services will bo in charge of the senior warden and senior laymen. CHELSEA, Sept.

17. VP) tJr Lyle McSpadden, 47, promi-!" cattleman, died in a hospital today. He returned to Chelsga years ago from New Mexico, 6sre he had gone 20 years ago in ranching, torvivinsr are a HniipMpr. Flor- I Syria SHENBERG TELLS ABOUT OLD RAIDS II 1926V- gressional controversy over proposed repeal of the arms embargo. Senator Borah (R-Idaho) said it should strengthen this country's determination to keep out of the conflict in Europe.

The veteran Idaho senator said it appeared to him that the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland could mean only that Russia and Germany were operating under an understanding to divide Poland. Borah Opinion He voiced the opinion, however, that Russia, once it has reclaimed the Ukrainian and White Russian sections which it held he World war, would be loathe to fight cm the westren front if the collapse of Poland moves the major theatre of war there. A huge vice campaign staged in Political Wars 1927 Intfl I Ellen McSpadden, Tucson, a son, Craig, Gallup, N. orders last. week were said in trade circles to have been the largest in Tucson in pre-war days was recalled last night by B.

H. Shen- years for a comparable period, xo taling more than 100.000 tons. berg, former investigator tne Pima county attorney's office, who with his wife stopped over- in Tucson last night en route from Los 1 929) Mexican Revolution 1930 The shipbuilding backlog was augmented by the closing of bids on 33 cargo boats, aggregating Gran Chaco War Bolivia Paraguay Kill 100,000 in Boundary Dispute Harry Morrison, San Di-Calif, and two brothers, Theo- Nowata, and Booth, "a Diego. Lne funeral will be here Tues- On the War Fronts Angeles to Mexico City. Shenberg, who is now an investigator with the 1931 Los Angeles county department of Japanese Conquest 152,000 tons.

TWO ARE INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT of Manchuria charities, said that one of his lirst investigation jobs was while he was in Tucson nearly 25 years ago Japanese Invasion of Shanghai during the time that the late George Hilsinger was county attorney. 193 3 Japanese Conquest ofJehol Two nersons were injured, one fczi Sub Bombed As It Aids Rescue Work Haneerously. when an automobile "I was retained by various city 1934 and county officials as an investi gator out of Hilsinger's office for a VJ935T- crashed into a tree after swerving off the Mission highway south of Tucson yesterday afternoon. Albert Lucero, 24, West Fifth and Main streets, is in the county hospital, where last night it was reported complete survey or the violations of the gambling, prohibition and Italian-Ethiopian War vice laws. After several weeks' 1936 NEW YORK, Sept.

A. PMarenn i tVl work, the county staged a whole Lmi States liner American sale raid and never before had so many "prominent" persons been gathered together in the record British steamer Kafiristan sunk by submarine 400 (isles). Six men missing due to submarine action. inrate "Submarine assisted us to locate boats using rockets and blinker. SurSvors report submanne com By ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW.

Russian armies march into Poland; "protection" of Ukrainians and White Russians in Poland given as reason. CERNAUTI, Rumania. President and foreign minister of Poland flee to Rumania; Polish republic appears doomed; Red troops reported to have advanced 35 miles into Poland on first day. BERLIN. Germans expect complete surrender of Poland In few hours, with Russian and German forces meeting on line east of Warsaw.

LONDON. Polish embassy charges Russian action Is "act of direct British government silent on course. PARIS. Possibility seen that major conflict between Russia and Poland would face France with state of war between herself and Russia; Britain similarly pledged to help Poland. WASHINGTON.

United States government's attitude on Russian invasion awaits further advices; 28 Americans believed on Athenia still missing. ROME. Italy greets Soviet action with indications of friendliness with Russia and signs of solidarity with Germany. BERLIN. Germans say capitulation of Warsaw imminent; report capture of Kutno, Deblin and citadel of Brest-Litovsk.

PARIS. French report heavy movements of German troops from Polish to western fronts; say French repulse two Nazi attacks. FLUSHING, Netherlands. Two Americans among 17 lost in sinking- of Norwegian freighter Ronda by a mine. CHATHAM, Mass.

British steamer Kafiristan torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic; six of crew lost, United States vessel Amerios farmer res- Hes 28k er's court," Shenberg said. Spanish Civil War Revolt of Arabs in Palestine 19371 fl938 5 It was his first visit here since reported to line officers to? that he was rescuing 29 Cis frm the sinking British 'd th nstan" An airPlane bomb- Sino-JapaneseWar New World War that time and he expressed amazement at the growth made during mander very numane. hv until we arrived. (Sub to- the quarter century. "It is a little jm.

wnicn naa iui-t. "le Kafiristan. marine) Also offered tow ward Ireland if not located i stored towage rd Ireland difficult to gaze behind the neon that he was suffering irom a cerebral fracture and was still unconscious. Tony Gramillo, 20, 510 North Carmen street, was able to leave the hospital after receiving treatment for slight injuries. The pair were traveling north of Mission road with Gramillo driving the coupe, which was owned by Lucero.

About half a mfle north of the Ajo road intersection, the driver failed to make a curve and the car went over a five-foot embankment and traveled 200 feet more before being stopped by a tree. The car was demolished. Lucero and Gramillo were rushed to the county hospital in an am sain imf e. aij 5J rneeieu IN NOT ONE OF THE 21 YEARS since the armistice signs and picture the town of 25 years ago when Congress street was almost the only paved street ana tion airpiane cVmlirine halted the last World war has the globe been without war. In all but two years at least two wars or military conflicts of comparable size have been under way simultaneously.

A the turning on of the lights for its 'line repucQ itj gUns and "disappeared, leav- 4et.ery heavy white smoke on surface." Said that Pcdersen and Knmnarncu oww-- first white way was such an im ded with machine-gun i-. new World war, threatening to affect all nations politically or portant event," he said. "At that time the Congress hotel, then three stories high, was the city's' sky 'apparent! American armer economically, arrives while an Arab revolt dies out in Pales scraper. tine and conluct continues vmna. wunessea tne oatwe oe-marin.

British airplane and sub-Ve Iar off the, coast of Ireland. cued 29 memberi fiX th ctey good." bulance.

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