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Evening star., 1939-09-05
Warsaw
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proximately 40 miles southwest of
Grudziadz.
Ten persons were killed when a
bomb hit Girl Scout canteen in
a 45-minute raid on Warsaw yester-
day.
The wreckage of the Girl Scout
canteen at the East Warsaw railway
station produced the heaviest cas-
ualties in yesterdays long air raid,
carried out by 16 German planes.
The Poles claimed to have shot down
three. The bombing also produced
heavy losses in Warsaw's residential
outskirts. Four apartment houses
and a streetcar barn in the city
proper were destroyed.
A train of Red Cross cars, with
wounded from the battlefelds, was
struck by splinters from the bomb
that exploded in the canteen. but
without further injury to those on
the train.
Try Pincer Movement.
1t is apparent the Germans are
trying pincer movement to join
Germany and East Prussia in a
military sense while seeking to iso-
late Gydnia and thus cut off Po-
land from her only access to the
Baltic Sea.
1t is understood Germany is using
mechanical units extensively.
The most isolated" of all Polish
troops were reported still holding
out against vastly superior opposi-
ton. This was the garrison at Wes-
terplatte, the ammunitions dump
on a small peninsular jutting into
Danzig Harbor. 1t has been sub
Jected to German sea and air at
tacks since dawn last Friday.
In addition to withdrawing from
Grudziadz and Bydgoscz, Polish
troops earlier had begun straight
ening the front by what was de-
scribed as an orderly retreat from
Czestochowa, an important city in
the southwestern industrial section.
A cornmunique said the retreat. in
the face Of an overwhelming enemy
assault, was covered by Polish air
Evening star., 1939-09-05
British Merchantmen
In Orient Warned
Of German Raiders
Ordered to Stoy in Port
On Rumor kozi Ships
Have Been Armed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 5.-Britain or
dered all merchant ships in the
Far East to remain in port today
pending further instructions from
the admiralty.
In some quarters it was believed
this action was taken to permit a
check of unconhrmed reports that
several German vessels had "disap-
peared'' from their Oriental routes
and had mounted guns to act as
raiders.
A Japanese press dispatch from
Annoy said it was reported there
that the 3,742-ton British steamer
Anking had been torpedoed between
Manila and Hong Kong. The An
king plies between Annoy, in South
China, and Manila.
On Manila agents of Butter
field & Swire, which operate the
Anking. discounted the report
and declared the vessel was i'm
mediately north of Manila Bay,
close to the United States Olon-
gapo naval base.
Germany has had no naval
! base in the Far East since los
ing all her possessions in the
war of 1914-1918D
The Canadian liners Empress of
Japan, which was scheduled to sail
this morning for Vancouver, and
Empress of Asia, which arrived this
afternoon, were among the vessels
held in port.
The United States cruiser Mar
blehead is due in Shanghai tomor-
row with company of United
States Marines removed from Chin
wangtao.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Henry
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creature from Mars. To such a state
has come our crazy planet, with q
madman's fingers on its throat.
Nearly everybody on the street
carries a little pasteboard box over
his shoulder. Firemen have them,
the newsboys and the bus conductors.
1t is patriotic duty to wear one,
even If one has no personal fear of
an air raid. Let it be said right now
that the people Of London are su-
premely confident that no enemy
airplane can get through, to say
nothing Of getting low enough to
drop effective gas bombs, but they
are determined that, If by a miracle
1t should happen, there would be no
damage. There is not the slightest
trace OF bravado or of q show-off
spirit.
Several million of these pasteboard
boxes have been provided, to say
nothing of different styles of gas
masks provided by firms for their
employees. They are furnished and
fitted free, and every new arrival in
the city is at once directed to the
nearest station where one can be
obtained. For the center of London
1t is Westminster City Hall, where
the fitting is accomplished by a
trained personnel with extraordinary
efficiency.
1t is astounding how coolly every
body takes this extraordinarily weird
situation. The scene is hardly imag-
Unable in the United States. Fool
hardy folks who appear in public
without gas masks are looked at.
Today it is almost like appearing
without shoes.
Silver Bulldogs of the Stars.
London after dark is q "city Of
dreadful night" 1t is an adventure
to walk block. Even the flame of a
match to light cigarette is frowned
upon. Very faint, weird blue lights
burn at the entrances. to subway
stations. Every hotel and shop win
dow is heavily blanketed. Automo-
Evening star., 1939-09-05
planes, which broke up two columns
OF German troops.
ArmOred Trains Bombed.

A Polish aerial squadron was re-
ported to have inflicted heavy losses
on enemy armored troop trains the
nights of September and 4.
German planes, it was claimed in
a communique, were staging repeat
ed bomb and machine-gun attacks
on farms and villages in the vicinity
OF Warsaw, with numerous casual
ties" among peasants. women and
children at work in fields and farm
yards.
Meanwhile, Germans and persons
OF questionable status who were
born in Pomorze but do not possess
definite Polish citizenship papers are
being taken into custody by police,
presumably for internment.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
sh Bombing Planes Inct Heavy Damage on German Warsps
raids at Wilhelmshaven and Cux-

raids at Wilhelmshaven and Cux-
haven"
"a dispatch from Paris, timed
7:35 a.m.-1:31a.m., E. 8. T.-to-
day said German planes had in
vaded France to start air opera
tions on the western front, while
scattered fighting took place be-
tween the opposed armies on the
Rhineland line.
Exchange Telegraph, British
news agency, reported from Zu-
rich, Switzerland, violent ex-
plosion had occurred in a fac.
tory at Friedrichshafen, site Of
the German Zeppelin Works)
The cabinet defense council, un-
der Craftsmanship of Field Marshal
Hermann Goering, issued a decree
introducing war taxes and regulat-
ing business practices.
The decree provided for:
A tax as high as so per cent on
incomes of more than $500 marks
(about $1,000.
A 20 per cent tax on beer and to-
bacco.
Penalties for destroying or with
holding necessary commodities and
for war profiteering.
Reduction of "disproportionately"
high salaries.
The supreme war command re-
ported war volunteers-youths un-
der military age (18 years. and re-
servists whose classes have not yet
been called to the colors-were re-
porting for service in such numbers
that their offers had to be declined
momentarily.
Frenzied Hitler Greeting.
Short advance notices to towns
along the route of the Fuehrers
journey through the Corridor yester-
day were said to have enabled the
German population of the '1iberat-
ed" territory to display swastika
flags and arrange joyous receptions.
THE populace went into a frenzy
of JOY" said an official broadcast,
welcoming the 7uehrer with un-
bounded enthusiasm.
50 Miles From Warsaw.
Along the communique reports:
Troops from East Prussia have
pushed to Przasnysz, so miles north
of Warsaw.
Troops in the south between the
high Tatra Mountains and the in
dustrial region have forged forward
to within 81 miles of Krakow, former
Polish capital, Poles retreating in
disorder ahead of motorized German
units.
Polish cavalry which attempted to
invade German territory north of
Treuburg was repulsed.
tWarsaw reports said Polish
Lancers had cut through the
German frontier north of Bres-
lau after recapturing Leszno and
Rawicz)
A Polish submarine and a DESTROY
er were sunk in naval and aerial
operations in the Baltic off Danzie
and Gdynia, and a minelayer was
damaged.
A new sector was opened in the
direction of Kaliz from lower Silesia,
the first thrust in the direction of
Poznan province. thumb of Po-
land extending into Germany.
The Netherlands minister called
at the foreign Office yesterday, re-
ported foreign planes had flown over
his country Sunday night and asked
that Germany investigate to see If
the planes were hers.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Noted German Author
Arrives in New York

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Erich
Maria Remarque, author of "All
Quiet on the Western Front" ar
rived on the Queen Mary yesterday,
bitter, unhappy man without a
country.
A German born foe of Nazi rule,
the. author of the powerful World
War book travels on a League of
Nations identification card.
Asked what he thought of the war.
he replied: Il wish I could tell you
in a few words. I feel terrible"
Despite his opposition to Hitler,
Remarque added, II can't fight
against Germany"
Evening star., 1939-09-05
750,000-Ton BIust

After years preparation, Bri-
tain's biggest quarry blast dislodged
100000 tons of rock near Aber-
gele, North Wales.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
China Ships to U. S.

China shipped products valued at
$40, ,875 900 to the United States in
the first five months of this year.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
D. c. College EIevens All Beset
With Troubles as Opening
Struggles Draw Near

they'll be ready for the Gamecocks
is a horse of another hue. This is
a situation that demands expert field
judgment, because the lad directing
operations must get the most out of
a squad that actually isn't prepared
to put its best foot forward, and
Bergman must give his signal call
erS the maximum preseason work
to get them on edge for the scrap.
The loss of Kercher, injured in
yesterdays scrimmage and out for
at least 10 days, was a serious blow
to Jack Hagerty's hopes of hurdling
Temple, for the big fellow was one
of the squads most adept pass re-
ceivers and an important offensive
cog. His absence means a. reshuffle
OF the Hoya squad, with young Mike
Kopcik, a sophomore, drawing an
assignment. In all other respects,
however, Georgetown will be ready
for the Owls, who, according to re-
ports from Philadelphia, will be
ready for Georgetown.
Hagerty has banned scrimmage
next week to guard against further
injuries and will content himself
with individual contact work and
polishing the aerial offense, which
Is expected TO be used frequently in
the inaugural.
Maryland, looking better in scrim-
mage against George Washington
than it did in a prior session. also
will take it easy next week as Frank
Dobson moved to conserve his lin
tied manpower. The Terps, with
Pershing Mondorff playing a triple
threat role, picked up stable gains
on the Colonials, showing across the
goal line three times. Beau"
Beamer's end play and the steady
work of the line heartened Old Line
supporters.
Bill Reinhart, Colonial coach, was
not displeased by all of his charges
errors, but with only those commit
ted by players who have been
around long enough to do better.
One was Billy Richardson, senior
halfback upon whom Reinhart is
banking heavily, whose pass throw
ing decidedly was mediocre. The
downtown gridmen blundered fire.
quently.
"We're not organized yet" he
said today, "and don't expect to be
for another week at least. We are
emphasizing individual work, stress
ing fundamentals at this time, and
overlooking team play. I don't care
how many mistakes they make as
long as they are honest errors. They
can miss all their tackles as long as
they show the proper form-and the
same goes for blocking. If We can
get them to execute their work
properly. ws can haudlo teamwork
later-thatU b 0asv."
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Twin Win Boosts
Lead Of Reds
To ; Games
Feller's 22d Victory
Due More to Bottina
Than His Pitching
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

This National League pennant
fight has become a war of nerves."
with the baseball world waiting to
see whether the Cincinnati Reds or
the st. Louis Cardinals crack first.
On the face Of matters, the Reds
seem to have passed an important
crisis by plastering a pair of defeats
on the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday,
TO and 1913, to expand their lead to
three full games.
But the bald fact remains that
Cincinnati or no one else can have
any claim until some one stops the
surge OF st. Louis, even If the Reds
have to do 1t themselves next week.
Cards Win Fifth in Row.
The Cardinals cuffed the Chicago
Cubs, 80, yesterday for their fifth
straight victory and their 18th in 10
games. That's travelling nearly as
fast as the law allows. and certainly
furnishes no opportunity for relaxa-
ton by the Reds.
This was the way they came to the
post today:
Won. ,os. Games sss,es Gangs s,.. to
s'nflonati ST. Ionis - - s. 8 1s
The Reds. confronted with another
double-header with the Pirates to-
day, made the most out Of their
chances yesterday, but left a lot of
supporters bit shaken about the
way they did it.
In the first game. Gene (Junior)
Thompson hurled 7-hit ball, Ernie
Lombardi hit his goth home run and
1val Goodman contributed two
triples. They started just as i'm
presslvely in the nightcap, taking a
TO lead in the third inning when
Wally Berger homered with the
bases loaded.
But then they gave up seven runs
In one inning on three hits. three
walks and three errors. It was any,
body's ball game after that, and the
Reds were lucky to win.
The Cardinals ganged up on Larry
French in the fourth with three runs
on two singles and two doubles. Bob
Bowman came through with some
sparkling pinch pitching when the
Cubs began getting playful with Mort
Cooper's offerings.
Feller Wins His 22d.
Bob Feller got his 22d victory Of
the campaign as the Cleveland In
dians downed Detroit, 5-4. but 1t
came in an unexpected manner. Fel-
Ter scattered nine hits, but two OF
these were home runs by Roy Cullen
bine, one of them with two on base.
The Indians. as usual. hit behind
Feller and brought him into the
ninth inning with the score tied. Eel
Ter promptly doubled and then scored
the winning run on Roy Weatherly's s
single.
The Red Sox raked three Phila-
delphia pitchers for 13 hits and
punched four runs in the fourth to
beat the Athletics, Us.
These were the only scheduled
games.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
BY LEWIS ATCHISON.

With two weeks of muscle strip
ping, preseason work behind their
squads, District football coaches to-
day took stock and found their
earlier optimism somewhat blighted.
Catholic University, opening
against South Carolina next week,
was not prepared to face the music,
and Georgetown, drawing possibly
an even tougher assignment in Tenn
pie, found itself shy an end as Bob
Hercher dislocated an elbow. Mary
land was plagued with offensive
difficulties, and George Washing
ton, a week behind its contem-
poraries, was beset sorely by innu-
merable individual problems.
Bergman Deals Small Doses.
As Dutch" Bergman pointed out,
team really isn't ready to play
its best football until its fourth
game, and. a coach can't expect
miracles in practice, but if the squad
is slow in absorbing fundamentals
it will not be ready for a tough
foe, even as late as the fourth
game. you can't give them every
thing in day or week." the Car
dinal mentor said. you've got to
work slowly, teaching them little
each day, and rehearsing 1t until
they fall into assignments easily and
habitually."
Bergman frankly is worried about
his quarterbacks, Johnny Fiorellino
and Pete Sachon, and wondering
how they'll react under South Caro-
lina's fire. The pair have enough
ability to run the team, but whether
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Troub|emoker' Werber One of Most Popular Reds
Eyes Opponent Wes Fere Publishes Sports Weekly

this year will think they're right
In the thick of the war. Defen-
sive signals will not be given by
numbers but by such commands
as England! France! Ger
many!" etc.
New York Post says today De-
troit wants Larry MacPhail to
become its general manager
when his Brooklyn contract ex-
pires. Bud Ward, the new anna
teur golf champ, will play in the
big California winter tourna-
ments. Ward and three of his
pals are challenging any other
foursome in the world to a match
in Spokane for charity.
One-minute interview. Jimmy
Dykes: IF the Yanks lose q
game to the Reds or Cardinals,
they ought to forfeit the series.
I've seen enough Of that gang
Tor ona yeas."
Evening star., 1939-09-23

than anything the Yanks and
the National League will dish
out next month.
Today's guest star-Tom Meany,
New York World Telegram:
walters and Derringer now have
won 40 games, as many as the
Deans did in "a, but with con-
siderably less noise"
Mike Jacobs is casting about
for a winter opponent for Joe
Louis and his eye has lit on Billy
Conn. That would be rushing
things a bit, wouldn't it? Three
of Al Wells fighters - Baby
Yack, Spider Armstrong and
Sammy Luftspring-are subject
to call to the Canadian colors.
That would be q fine howdy-do
for "The Vest" who has EN- al
going good right now.
Our Dixie scouts report you're
not hearing nearly - much
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Title Safe, but Di Mag
Loses Chance 10 Hit
In 400 Class
Average Drops to 1885;
Mize About Home With
n. l. Championship
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Any vi
sions Joe Di Maggie may have had
of becoming the major leagues first
400 hitter in nine years withered
into nothingness this week as the
New York Yankees star continued
in hitting slump.
AS consequence, his batting aver
age, which two weeks ago was an
impressive .405, and last week was
800, fell another five points to 1886.
He still was without opposition for
the American League batting cham
pionship because Jimmie Foxx, the
only player within nearly so points
OF him, was out of baseball for the
season convalescing from an ap-
pendicitis operation.
In the National League, Johnny
Mize got the brakes on his slide and
raised his percentage from .349 to
.351. In the meantime, Joe Medwick,
his fellow star in the st. Louis Car
dinals' constellation, ended the
chase by dropping from 1888 to 1888.
The 10 leaders in each league:
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Optimism Holds Upper
Hand as 5choo|boys
Open Grid Season
Johnnies Trip Riders;
Gonzoeo Victor Over
Anucostiu Eleven

Three of four local schoolboy foot
ball coaches had reason to be opti-
mistic today as they prepared to
iron out flaws observed yesterday
in two opneing games, but the fourth
saw little hope for the future.
Pleased were Gene Augusterfer,
whose st. Johns eleven routed
Roosevelt, 14-0. on the latter's field;
Artie Boyd, coach of the Riders,
and Orrel Mitchell, Gonzaga mentor,
who found satisfaction in his
charges 1876 triumph over Ana
costa at Central stadium. Gloomy
Gus of the group was Anacostia's
Roland Lund, who saw little hope for
the future.
st. Johns, District prep school
champion, did a workmanlike Job
on Roosevelt's scrappy crew, and
Augusterfer was particularly pleased
with the work of his rookie backs,
Billy Day and Steve Burns, who
fitted in nicely with lettermen Joe
DAILY and Frank Cady. The latter
put the game on ice late in the
third period with an off-tackle
thrust for the Cadets second score.
Joe Brogan counted the first when
he pounced on a loose ball behind
the Riders goal line in the first
quarter.
Although his team committed nu-
merous errors Artie Boyd liked its
fire and spirit, and predicted bet
ter performance next Saturday
against Baltimore City College.
Mitchell was heartened by the
line-plunging of a yearling full
back, Elmer Raba, who ripped holes
in Anacostia's line and confused
the Indians by his accurate pass
ing. Ruba teamed with Jim Co.'S
tello to put his team out in front
in the second period with a series
OF well-directed passes. Jack
Walsh's 30-yard run, and Bill Null
vihills 40-yard return of a punt
accounted for the Puppies final
scores.
Art Faircloth's second-period toss
to his brother Harris, standing In
the end zone, saved Alacostia from
a Shllt0Ilt
Evening star., 1939-09-23

about the Auburn Tigers as you
ought to. The first issue of the
Dixie Sports Weekly hit the
stands this week. Yves Ferrell,
the baseball pitcher, is the pub
Usher. Two of the big towns
brightest sports writing stars are
about to be shipped across to
cover the war.
Picking his spots. Johnny
Allen, the Cleveland pitcher, Ger
tainly picked a fine old time to
turn in one of his worst pitch
ing years. His two-year contract
Cat $4,000 per- is about to run
out, and look at him!
They don't have a boxing COM
mission out in Iowa, 50 when
Henry Armstrong and AL Man
fredo fight in Des Moines Octo-
Der 8, three newspaperman will
b picked to make the o@cial
decision. AAroustte'S opponants
Evening star., 1939-09-23
PLAYERS Rate Bouqh os the Best

Unless the football moguls find
the circumstances
completed far flat
five completed behind the line
scrnmage Against the Redskins this the only
OBrien completed When
player who grabbed the ball for that yardage.
Players themselves the
them all
middle
OBen they his middle
small that he onushng nemen
thus spot his receiver.
Baugh and then Ed Danowk Arnold
Robbins of the Chicago Cardinals
We asked Ray Fahey about Dav the train back from Pha
dephia Redskins had but had
passing
bitterness Flaherys
he spoke.
oBens good little player conceded Ray Hes he
we'll He's always threat when he's got the ball
he unless the slips and lets the nat
But he isn't real good He can't throw
the middle and he can't throw it far
he couldn't the ball. Ray would still be good enough
for this league? Could he get just passer?
Faherty fatty woods full of better
Fortunately packs ball"
Evening star., 1939-09-23
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associa ted Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Pitt
will fly to Seattle next week to
play Washington. Cincinnati
fans want to know what's be-
come of those American League
sports writer's who tagged Bill
Werber a troublemaker. They
say there isn't a more popular
guy on the club, unless it's Bucky
Walters. Don't miss Francis
Wallace's "Pigskin Preview," out
this week-high-class football
reading.
Larry MacPhail, the Dodger
boss, who runs one of the best
sideshows in the country, will
be initiated into the Circus
Saints and Sinners Club here
October 10. If we had our choice
we'd rather be on deck for the
coming Cardinals Reds series