The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-01
Hitler Bombs Poland
In "Undeclared" War
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ser,o,,s saces IN the crowd lirhted
IN for a moment when a movie
camers ro,led hv with a caneraman
DOING a cheer leader act In order To
set a little "color" for his Aim
f,auehins workers on a new building
rssnonded With a rigorous round OF
"heils" aithoueh there was no one In
sieht 10 "heil.S
The crowd waited for a while te
sac II IYitler would appear on the
haiconv AT the ehanceiiery.
Finally an elite guard leader
shouted: "Sieg he'll, victory!"
Then IL was announced the fueh.
rer was too busy to appear. The
people began to drift away.
Hitler Makes II Clear
Hitler's speech TO the reichstae
made clear his desire for quick, tri-
umphant thrust against Poland
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tne alo OF .Itsiy ana oeavie wy d. =.
Ism or french couio take action "
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many
Admits Bombing
It was ofncially admitted tna'
German airplanes were bombing
Polish cities such as Kattowitz, era.
cow. Grodna and Westerplatte, but
because they were fortified cities"
The main theme Of Hitler's speech
to the suddenly summoned reichstae
was an obvious desire to localize
German Polish hostilities.
The announcement expected by
some Nazis OF @ military alliance
with Soviet Russia did not mate.
rialize nor did a definite announce
ment Of Italys position, although
the fuehrer made 1t clear he hao
not called for any aid from any
foreign power.
The fuehrer's references to some
other" Polish government IN con-
nection with his attacks on the pres
ent Warsaw regime was regarded a:
q bid to overthrow Of the present
Polish officials. 1t has usually beer
part OF Killers strategy to try te
dislodge the existing government o.
a territory he Is attacking and Their
come to terms with the succeeding
regime.
Hitler named Field Marshal Her.
mann Goering, his right hand man
to be his successor III anything
should happen TO me IN this strug'
gle" and named Audolf Hess, deputy
Nazi leader, his second heir.
The ofncial radio announced re.
peatedly that the Polish port o.
Gdynia had been blockaded and al
ships were warned not to enter Of
leave 1t on pain OF destruction.
Sequence OF Events
The sequence OF events on this
der tag" was:
/. Germany, after announcing Z
l6-point program OF demano'
against Poland, said that POLAND
had rejected It,
Q. Every agency OF Nazi publicit,
started to jam through reports o.
Polish irregular attacks III the IRON
tier area.
3. Albert Forster. new Nazi heae
OF Danzig state, proclaimed Dan
gigs reunion 10 the reich, announc'
ed himself as supreme Danzig lead