The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-22
Warsaw Troops Are
Still Fighting On
Radio Sent Out Message That Nazi Bombs Kill 700
Children in Several Air Raids Yesterday

injured. It was believed that the re-
sular officials in Warsaw were in
cluded in the group.
The broadcasts, heard here and
elsewhere in Europe, said that several
churches and four hospitals had been
bombed, including one established by
the Red Cross and ION which nu-
merouus Red Cross flags had been
hoisted."
Show No Weakening
The communicates gave no indi-
cation that the city's defenders were
weakening on the 14th day of one of
the most devastating sieges Of mod
ern times. It was on September 8
that German motorized units first
swept into the suburbs from the
southwest, to be hurled back. The
city had been surrounded 10 days.
No more food or ammunition could
get in and at Budapest, Warsaw's
mayor Stefan Starzynski was heard
announcing that the bread situation
might soon become critical because
there were only few -four mills in
the city and one already had been
destroyed by bombs.
Nevertheless, almost every Warsaw
broadcaster reiterated that the de-
tenders would fight to the last man
and cartridge"
The 1870 a. m. defense command
communiquez" said that north of the
city, "the enemy, supported by heavy
artillery fire, attacked violently the
Annopol- Brudno- Saska -Kepa sector
but all attacks were repulsed. In the
west, after regrouping forces, the
enemy attempted with the support
of heavy artillery to retake positions
htey lost Wednesday but without sue
cess. The commander-in-chief COM
mends the spirit and courage Of all
ranks"
Tell of Bombing
A military commentator told OF the
TOO civilian deaths and the bombing
of the embassies. He said the city
defenders had been reinforced by two
infantry divisions and three cavalry
brigades who broke through the rear
of the German lines from Kutno, go
miles west, and marched into
Warsaw.
Up to last night, he said, 81 Ger
man planes had been shot down in
Warsaw. The present raids, he said
were being made by rather poor
machines of various types" The bet
ter machines evidently had been
transferred to the western front
In English, German and Polish
the announcerd exclaimed:
I'VE will fight to the end"
One announcer was a woman. She
said churches and historical sites in
the old section of the city had been
badly damaged. The spirit of the
population was unbroken, she said;
the telephone system was still op-
Grating and newspapers continued
to publish, although they were re-
stricted to one page.
(Transcontinental Press, a Polish
agency, reported at Paris that the
Warsaw station had broadcast that
although trolleys had stopped run
ming, buses were still running and
people were doing their best to con-
tinue normal affairs, working un-
daunted in the midst of laundering
commandments.
Statement of Mayor
(The Polish agency disseminated
the following statement from Mayor
Starzynski, Warsaw's civil defense
commissioner and hero to every
Pole: 1.-THE brutal bombardment Of
our city and its innocent population
won't have any effect :. These
methods of fighting will weigh or
the entire German nation and hel
spirit. I saw today wednesday, the
Royal Palace Belvedere, st. Jear
cathedral, a Red Cross hospital
churches and monuments destroyed
In our country people are attached
to their religion and their churche.
and the hatred of the people will mo-
lpass swiftly. Ephemeral conquering
ephemeral occupation of all our ter.
ritory won't decide the future I. II.
The population of the capital never
lost its spirit or dignity or pride. w,
know how to defend our honor un.
de- the most severe commandments
we profoundly believe that thu
avalanche which is descending upor
us on two sides will break up. Tha
strange friendship Of Hitlerism ant
bolshevism SO opposed to one anothel
will, break despite all the lie!
launched by German propaganda.
We. thank the British nation for it
words of esteem but we want effec
tive. aid. We believe. this aid shoult
be rapid and effective to permit u
to save the lives Of thousands o
women, children and old people"
Five Americans Out
Berlin. Sept. 22.-(UP) The Ger
man officiai news agency, D. N. B
reported from Brest-Litovsk that fiv,
American had reached there from
Warsaw:
Laural Hutchinson. New York,
dancer whose stage name Is Delore
, Laurel:
Joseph Panck. Santa Barbara. Cal