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have time to got clothing or any. thing. A passenger on the staten. dam gave me this suit I'm wearing. Otherwise, I would have had nothing nt ail."
 deorgeson and tho crew went into two lifeboAts that were stocked with water and figged with sails. They pulled away from the Winkleigh and then the submarine came along side the lifeboats.
 T went aboard the submarine" deorgeson sald, land the captain, who seemed nice enough, ordered me to give him gome of the ships pa- pers. l did that and then no asked me If we had enough food to reach land. I told him we had but he in- sisted that We take the bread"
 decrgeston went back to the life. boats and they went several hun. dred yards away. Then they sat and watched the submarine send c torpedo into the Winkleigh. It was c direct hit and the Winkleigh sank in few minutes.
 Commander c. ]. Barendse of the etatendam said he received m sos from the Winkleigh at 7:i3 Q. m. Of September 6. it gave the ships position and added that it was about 10 be torpedoed.
 II changed my course and put on full speed" Barendse said. we went i2b miles south Of our course to pick ID the Winkleigh's boats. There was . little swell but nothing else. We saw the two boats when VIC were still about nine miles away from them and we also saw scattered ail over the sea tho vessels cargo Of lumber and other wFeckage.'
 All members of the Winkleieh'n crew were in good condition when taken aboard tho statcndam
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generals" the announcement con. tinued. "One hundred and forty three guns, and 38 armored cars were captured.
 Encircllng Attack
 "The encircling attack against Polish divisions near Kutno (b7 miles west of Warsaw rolled forward. The ring around the Polish capital ws closed yesterday from the east.
 East of Modlin (i8 miles north- west of Warsaw German troops crossed the Narew river and also are nearing the capital from the north and west. German forces which crossed the Warsaw-siedlce road least of Warsaw divided. pushing southwest and also east and west. "The eighteenth Polish division | including the division staff, laid down It's arms north of Ostrow- | Azowieka. Six thousand prisoners and 30 guns were captured, German forces driving on Brest- Litovsk Gin East Central Poland) quickly are approaching the city.
 "The last Polish frontier fortifi- cations ct Sowiec were captured yesterday by East Prussia troops.
 Despite unfavorable conditions the air arm successfully attacked the east of Warsaw and along Pc. lish connecting roads back Of that line, where two enemy planes were shot down."
 Poles s.iIi Fighting
 Although German forces have talk. on Qdyria, which has been isolat- 1! d since Germany took Danzig on September l. fighting continues north of the port, tho army com. n.and said. ddynia is in tho Bal. tic ct tho head of the so-called Polish corridor.
 Before German troops occupied ddynia the mayor had agreed C hand the city over, it was reported The communique said; "The rina of German troops surrounding War. saw has been closed on the easl side. German troops crossed tht vistula at several point9 at tht North Confluence of the San"
 The San joins the Vistula above sandomier, 100 miles south Of War. saw. On the basis of the communi- que, Germans who crossed the vB' tula had continued northeastward tt mako contact with the army from tho north, which had skirted War. saw 40 miles to tho east, neal siedlce, and continued southwest ward.
 Warsaw Not Yet Taken
 That meant that Warsaw was mol necessarily in any immediate dan' yer, however, for 1t would Do m ( loop of PoIish-contr0lled territory Axtending almost i40 miles west ol Warsaw to poMiari Province, and 4t miles north and few miles south west of the city,
 The colnmunique added; "0ermsr lroops are rapidly approachini rreSt- -Litovsk ti20 miles east 0 warsaw and i60 miles west of ths ltussian border.) Fort osowiec, ths inst Polish frontier fertilization hai been captured"
 1 The force moving against Drest. t.itovsk was the easternost wing oi the nortlieifir army that caiino dowi ,ut Of East Prussia.
 An earlier Cofninuniniie had AAit that Mobile German troops hat cached the main highway between Lembcrg tin the far southeesD aiit Lublin (the provisional Polish cap itai, 100 miles southeast of War
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and were approaching Brest-Lit. ovsk, the communications center ot eastern Poland.
 Several of Poland's leading gen. erals were captured, the Nazis an- rlounced, as the German lines were frightened in Central Poland and resisting troops crushed or enclrcled at such points as Radon and Mod- in, At least 66,000 prisoners were reported taken in today's dispatch es. .u,
 Polish reports broadcast from warsaw or other Polish cities, dis. uuted the German claims and said that more rain was working against the Nazi mechanized columns but the defense lines that once stretch ed across the heart of Poland along the Narew, Vistaul and San rivers obviously were being battered at vital points.
 Polish Armies Fight On
 Polish armies which were reported to have fought their way out of q German encirclemnt west of War saw were said in Polish broadcasts to be fighting on, but the Germans denied that they represented a ser. ious military problem and scotfed at the reported recapture of Lod2, which they said Hitler visited as late as yesterday afternoon,
 Warsaw still held out against the invading armies, but the NaA rec ports that 1t was completely en- circled by German columns moving down from East Prussia and up from the Silesia appeared to cut the capital of from all major sup- ply lines.
 The Poles charged further bonn bardment of open cities by the NaN aerial feet, which was told in Berlin to break Polish resistance by "all means because Of civilian sniping and sabotage.
 On the western front, the German defenders of the Siegfried line be- came more active, opening up With Q heavy artillery barrage against the French forces in the Saar sec- tor and inflicting considerable cas- unltieS, according to reports n Raris. The French held their gains, however, and dug in along d line dominating Sarrbruecken.
 Naxls Pressed In West
 But as the Na2is claimed their triumph in Poland was near, the nressure of war on their western front had become 50 great that they were taking drastic defensive meas ures and appeared to be preparing for counter offensive against the French. Strategic roads were she'll cd by both sides, although wine and rain slowed down infantry ane airplane activities.
 On the high seas, both Britain and Germany sought to tighter their lines. The Nazis published ( list of contraband which their un. derwater fleets will attempt to pre-. vent neutral vessels from carrying to the allied shores. The British were stopping scores of neutra ships for search In order to en- force their blockade against Ger many.
 The American steamer Warrior o Mobiles cargo of 5,900 tons o phosphate was seized by the British it was announced.
 At Vatican City, Pope Plus de- dared that he would do everything in his power to influence the war, ring nations to observe the rules 0 Humane" warfare and to restor peace as soon as possible.
 In the Far East, the JapaneS military leaders in China made thei first move in Q long awaited cam
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government restrictions regarding exports.
 (Lloyds Register lists the Warrior as c 7,55i ton steamship built in 1920, owned by tie Waterman Steamship Corporation and regis tered out of Mobile, Ala.
 The British "contraband control" Is the io3o version of the i9i4-i0i8 war blockade which helped to bring Germany to her knees, Ships Are Called In
 Neutral ships had been invited" to call at designated ports in the British Isles and at both ends of the Mediterranean for examination
 Today the ministry of information announced:
 while no American ships have been seized, c few American ships have been taken in for examination but 1t Is impossible to state the num- Der ct any given moment"
 Earlier the ministry had on. nouneed that the steamship Black Osprey of New York, 6,B89 tons, owned by the Black Diamont Lines had been taken into Weymouth sep- tember 6 but might now proceed to It's destination, It's cargo having been examined.
 It was explained that the ships manifest contained some 400 items and this caused delay.
 Some War Contraband
 Some Of the cargo consisted of goods covered by the contraband proclamation the ministry said, but it was not fully established that Germany was the destination and as tho items themselves proved unim- portant in quantity none of the car- 90 waS stopped"
 The ministry announced that tho cargo of tho steamship droenlo, 1888 tons, of Amsterdam had been aeized as suspected contraband Sept. {.
 'The Groerlo was detained at the Downs" the ministry said. Tt was found to Dc carrying c cargo con- signed to DueSseldorf (dermany) and tho contraband committee ct it's meeting .. ordered tho cargo seized aS suspected contraband.
 "The vessel was then sent into port for it's cargo to Do unloadcd. AS soon as unloading has been complet- cd the ship will be released and in due course the seizure will come up before C prize court"
 Ships Are Held Up
 (A United Press dispatch from Rotterdam, Netherlands, said that the big Netherlands liners Nieuw Amsterdam and Pennland had not arrived there on scheduled times yesterday and that it was believed they were being held at tho Downs which is of the Kentish coast oi England, for search. It was reported at Rotterdam, the dispatch sad, that more than 100 ships were awaiting search in the Downsj
 The ministry Of information naval section said il Q statement lasl night that enforcement Of contro Of neutral trade entitled tho British navy to halt merchantmen on tht nigh seas to determine their char. actor and occupation.
 The usual practise, it was said would be to board c merchant ghir to examine It's papers but that whef this was impracticable owing to tho weather or other reasons c fleutra vessel might Dc taken to harbor foi this purpose.
 The statement recalled that in tho last war tho United States protested against this practise which was con. tinued until eventually neutral yes. sells found it convenient to make voluntary calls at British ports foi the purpose of submitting to exam. lnation for contraband Of war" ----s---ss-s--~-s--
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SUBMARINE IS DOCKED AT PIER
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 mander of the squalus, and i2 Of the 8 survivors to ride" the subs inersibie on its shoreward trip, whef, the boat was lifted only about six feet of tho coming tower was above water and sthe project had to be abandoned.
 Surfaced Yesterday
 The squalus was surfaced late yesterday after afi earlier lift failed when the submarine was returned to the bottom because of faulty bal- aice.
 Eventually raised from % feet of water, tho squalus was surfaced with c 20 degree list.
 The nire-inile tow to the navy yard was fraught with danger. Bob- bling in the center of four hugo pontoons, the aow-rtlsty submersible remained stubborn to the last.
 Twice during the hazardous tow the i4S0-ton submarine grounded, threatening to turn victory Into at,s other inaddening defeat.
 Shb bDAVAS DAA0AtD VI oNVhbSA aboard the towing fleet prevented another accident.
 Half Mast Flags
 When successfully surfaced ai ..0b D. m, orders were given fof salvage ships to half-mast theli flags.
 The shoreward haul, which re- quired nearly six hours, was Tod py tug Wandank with Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, one of his aides, aud Captain Shirley Holt, hafbormastsi and skipper of the Chandler, in tho pilot house.
 Drawing 60 feet Of water, the HqualuS grounded twice near tho harbor mouth.
 The tow was 60 timed that the procession reached the iiarrowesl part of tho channel on tho final Jog Just at slack tide shortly after o'clock. By Q o'clock tho squalus had been grounded near the navy yard berth from which it put out on her tragic trip May a.
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Mysterious New Event In European Conflict
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paign to change conditions in the foregn controlled area of Shanghai by suggesting to American, British, French and Italian officials that changes should be made. No speci- fic proposals were advanced, al- though it was believed that there would be definite action soon.
 Pope Talks Of Peace
 Vatican City, Sept. IA (UP) - Pope Plus told the New Belgian ambassador to the Holy See today that he would do his utmost to rec strain belligerents to humane war fare until the moment was oppor- tune for "an honorable peace for all"
 Receiving the credentials of the new ambassador, Adrien Nieuwen- huys, at his summer estate at Castel Gandolfo, the Pope indicated that he felt this moment not opportune for further peace efforts. However he said he would continue to search for any occasion" when there might be opportunity for an honorable peace for all.
 We will try to alleviate the suf- fering of war by trying to have belligerents conform to international rules and law so that civil popu- lations may be spared and war prisoners will receive religious com fort, and finally that the use of gas may be avoided.
 
 Still Prays For End
 To-day the arms of war drown out all other sounds, but notwith- standing we continue to pray to God so that the trial will be shortened and a new way opened to peoples for peace which will be honorable for all before the present conflict degenerates into e general confia- grafton. Until such Q mement Is 'opportune we will try to alleviat te war suffering.
 After the ambassador had present cd his credentials he and the Pope talked privately for 20 minutes ir the Pope's library. At the creden- tials ceremony the Pope sat on 6 golden throne in the consistorial hal surrounded by noble guards.
 The Pope, alluding to peace efforts by King Leopold of the Belgians said:
 We are certain that we will flnt Belgium ready for collaboration 1T this humanitarian work"
 The Pontiff spoke in answer tt an address made by Nleuwehnhys 1T which the ambassador recalled tn, peace efforts made by the Pope ane King Leopold before the actual out break of hostilities.
 "TheSe efforts on our part wil continue and we feel sure that th, efforts of his Holiness also will con- tinue," the ambassador said.
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Nazis Claim Victory
 On East, West Fronts
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scaw) at points near Rawa Ruska (e6 miles southeast of Lublbin) and Tohaszow teo miles southeast Of Lublin.)
 Troops Out of .Silesla
 This force was the advance guard of the southwestern army which had come out of German Silesia and was now more than half way across Pc. land
 It was also announced that the fortified city of Modlin, l8 miles northwest of Warsaw at the con. fluence of the Narew and Vistula rivers, had been surrounded, that tho German troops were moving on against Warsaw from there, pass Ing through territory Uttered with oil kinds of Polish artillery, quanti- ties of economic stocks and large amounts of half-finlshed articles found in Polish munitions factor. ies."
 These announcements did not take into account tho advance Of the southern German army toward Lemberg vital gateway to the south. eastern borders, only about 100 miles north of Rumania and 100 miles west of Russia. At last reports yes. terday an advance German nlotor- iged unit had reached the edge Of tho city and had retired after . brief skirmish, but Q large body or German troops was only iB miles to the west.
 Map of German Claims
 4 war map based on German claims now would indicate that German troops, occupied, surround. cd or were closing in on the entire western two-thirds of Poland, in. cluding tho best industrial and agricultural regions and the vast plains between the Vistula and Bug rivers southeast of Warsaw, where the Polish army had been expected to mako It's main stand. ].
 Even neutral observers here said that on tho basis of German com- muniques, tho Poles plight seemed hopeless. With tho Warsaw area surrounded, no more supplies or res inforcements could get in. A sieed of Lublin would Do expected to scatg., tor the Polish government. which had moved thefe from Warsaw lask week. The capture of f,embers' would put Germans in position tV extend their lines to the RussiarlI border, cutting off any retreat by, tho Polish army toward Rumania {
 The largest, Intact Polish force was believed spread out fan wise from Lublin to tho Vistula. GO miles northwest, and tho San river, the same distance, southwest. 0ermanf had extended their lines for east of that region 10 both the north and south, however, and were iianeuycr- I ing Into position to close anothet ring behind the Poles in the fa, cast.
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MASONIC LODGES
 MEETING TONIGHT

A meeting Of Clark Commandery, Knights Templar, Temple. and Euclid Lodge, A. r. and A. M., will be held tonight at the Masonic Temple to discuss plans for degree work next month.
 Lodge activities next week will include c meeting of Naomi Chap- ter, Order of Eastern Star Tuesday night to make plans for 80th anni- versary celebration scheduled for October 3,
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Bcause Q prisoner made c rope from unravelled fibre from . nial in his cell, Justice Lansdown wants . new type Of mating for the jail In drahamstown. South Africa.
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To stop his pigs from strayine, M. Archer has stretched ar electric wire round hif farm near Abberton, England.
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WAR SUMMARY FROM EVERYWHERE
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(Continued from Page D under arms, official communist newspaper Pravda believed to have laid groundwork for possible gov- crnment approval of partitioning of Poland with establishment of separate Ukrainian and White Russian republics which might be incorporated into the U. S. S. R. Pravda criticlzes Polish treatment of minoritles and the official Soviet news agency charges Polish air forces violate Russian frontier.
 BUCHAREST-Reports from Southern Poland indicate Germans have smashed resistence west of Lwow and are encircling city which, diplimatic circles hear, Hit. Ter plans to make capital of Ger man. n.controlled Polish Ukrainian state.
 PRAGUE-German news agency announces series Of arrests In Bohemia and MoFavia; unofficiaily reported 400 Czechs, presumably for sabotage.
 ROME-Return of French Am. bassador Andre Francois Poncet expected to intensity diplomatic activity here and aid in clarifying Italy's position.
 VATICAN CTTY-Pope Plus XII indicates time not opportune for new peace overtures but Pontlh tells new Belgian ambassador he will exert hts utmost efforts to restrain bclligerents to humane warfare.
 MOsCOW-ofAciai Soviet news agency says Polish air forces violate Russian frontier. reports for Polish planes with crews to- taling 15 men forced down on Russian soil by Soviet flyers.
 Bucharest--Reports from Poland indicate Hitler, if German troops succeed In taking Lemberg (Lwow), will make city capital of German controlled Polish Ukrainian state, further advancing Germ any's march to the east.
 WASHINGTON - Demands for anti profiiteering legislation in. crease as congress prepares to meet Sept. 2i to consider neutral ity measures; Roosevelt asks cab- inet for inventory of national re- sources which could be used In event national emergency.
 NEW YORK - The British freighter Vancouver City was torpedoed early today of the southerwestcrn coast of England but her crew was rescued by . Dutch tanker, the Liner President Roosevelt reported today.
 After receiving word of the res- cue by the tanker, the President Roosevelt resumed her Journey to C0hh and A0tIthn m ntnn
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The British government Is buy. Ing shirts in France at 2e i.2 cent, each.
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BRITAIN KEEPS
 UP HER SEARCH

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PRAGUE-German news agency announces series Of arrests In Bohemia and Moravia; unofficiaily reported 400 Czechs, presumably for sabotage.
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R0ME-Rcturn of French Am. bassador Andre Francois Poncet expected to intensity diplomatic activity here and aid In clarifying Italy's position.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-15

Secretary of the National Negro In
surance Week Committee, which is
sponsoring Insurance Week, May, S-13
who has connected Negro school
principals throughout the country
advising them of the national essay
contest for junior and senior high
school students on the subject: "The
Relation Of Insurance Service to the
Economic Needs of the Negro"
First prize is 500; second prize, $50;
and third prize, SIS. Essays are limit
ed to SEQ words and may be turned
IN between April and May IS, to
Mr.. Young at 2l07 Dryades street,
New Orleans, La, or Mr.. G. w. Cox,
chairman of the committee, liz Parish
street, Durham, North Carolina
During Insurance Week the goal OF
twenty million dollars in new business
has been set, and awards will be
made to winning agents at the 10Th
annual convention of the National Ne
gro Insurance Association in Los An
gcles, Cal, July 1914.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-15

badly accounts for their refusal in de-
nying our people the right to vote in
the election"
A county school superintendent was
being elected, one of the members Of
the committee said After being told
that they could not vote, the group
went to the county prosecutor. George
Bridges, who informed them that the
action was violation of the constitu-
tional law. The group then retcrned
to the polling place and related to The
white clerk what Bridges had stated.
what the h does he have t.
do with it?" they said they were told
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
has been requested to investigate the
incident pending application for per-
mission from Attorney General Roy
McKittrick of Missouri.
Whitfield and his family formerly
occupied a government home in the
LaForge project in Southeast Missouri
but because of threats on his life, he
moved to Meachum Park in South
Kinloch, Mo-, near St. Louis.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-15
BAR NEGROES FROM POLLS
IN MISSOURI

St. Louis, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Negroes were denied the right to vote
Tuesday in the city and county elec.
ton in Wyatt, Mo-, in Mississippi
county, according to report by a
committee from that section who came
to St. Louis Wednesday.
Incensed over the mass demonstra-
ton by share-croppers several months
ago during which hundreds of Negroes
moved to the highways in protest Of
economic conditions in southeast
Missouri, the citizens were told by Z
white woman clerk at one of the poll
ing stations that mo Negroes were go.
inn to vot' and they might as we'll &c
home"
Owen H. Whitfield, leader of the
share-croppers during the nationally
publicized demonstration. told the St
Louis Cali that he was informed that
the above decision by the white CLERK
was made after the group refused tc
state what candidates they were going
to vote for.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-15
WAGNER HALLS AID OF
MINORITIES TO u. S.

New York, April, (CNA)-The rich
contributions of racial minorities to
the building of this country were hail
ed this week by Senator Robert F.
Wagner, New Deal Democrat, in a
ceremony in honor of the Unknown
Soldier at the Bronx County Court
house.
Wagner declared that the strength OF
America rests on the fact that we are
a nation of minorities-racial, relig-
ious, cultural, economic"
There is no threat of our national
security in the fact that one-third OF
our population was born abroad or are
the children of foreign-born parents,
he continued "Our national strength
stems from that very fact Each mi
nority has contributed its own rich
heritage"