Evening star., 1939-09-21
Warsaw Radio Silent
After She'll Explosion
Is Heard
Announcer Describes
Heaviest Firing
Since Siege Beeon
BY the Associated Press.

BUDAPEST, Sept. 2l.-The War
saw radio lapsed into sudden silence
early today shortly after what
sounded like the explosion of artil-
lery shells could be heard through
its microphone.
The announcer had carried on far
into the night, despite the deep,
periodic rumblings, until the station
suddenly went off the air halfway
through the playing of a Polish
military air.
Temporarily, at least, the only
communication between the Ger
man -besieged Polish capital and the
rest of the world was ended. Silence
came after the station had broad
cast grim story of Warsaw being
shelled and bombed as never before
and predicted there probably soon
will be big offensive against u.s."
The rest of Europe, which had
been following the 14-day fight of
Warsaw's defenders through almost
ceaseless broadcasts from the sta
ton, was left to speculate on what
might have happened.
Occupation Is Complete.
Diplomatic and news agency re-
ports said German-Soviet Russian
occupation of Poland was virtually
complete and that attention was
shifting to division of Polands 15O,-
600 square miles.
These advices envisioned the crea-
ton of buffer state between Ger
many and Russia.
Except for isolated instances of
Polish resistance, such as in War
saw, they said, the only unoccupied
territory appeared to be a thin line
through the center from Grodno di-
rectly south to the Bug River, thence
to the Hungarian frontier.
Russian and German motorized
units met at many places in Po-
land and dipped flags tremendously.
One Of these places was Turka, in
South Central Poland, near the
Hungarian frontier. Turka is nearly
$50 miles airline west of the Pol
ish-Russian border.
Between the two fast-moving
forces great waves of refugees and
remnants of the Polish armies swept
over the frontiers into Rumania and
Hungary.
Early today it was estimated some
10000 Poles had crossed into Hun
gary ana the stream of refugees
still was coming.
-BrOadcasts Amid Shells.
Warsaw's radio studio is in the
center of the city. Despite German
aerial and artillery bombardment
of that area for almost two weeks,
the station had remained on the air
day and night. It had gone on even
while shells were falling all around
it.
-Four times yesterday the warning
wall of AFRAID sirens could be heard
above the calm voice of the an
nouncer and four times the drone
OF diving airplanes came over the
air.
The broadcaster said the raids
were conducted by squadrons of 30
German planes. His account of the
siege included another appeal to
Great Britain to help save the bat
tered city.
Before silence again sealed War
saws fate, the radio reported a sue
cessful attack against a German
force. But it also admitted devas-
tating blows from German cannon
and warplanes.
Still defiant, Mayor Stefan Star
zlnski had appealed to the capitals
citizens to persevere until a final vic
tory had been won against the Ger
mans and told the outside world the
morale still is good"
Tank Attack Repulsed.
Col. Vaclava Lipinski described
the battle in which he said Polish
forces, particularly cavalry, drove
back a German tank attack.
German infantry advanced in
(See BUDAPEST, Page A-IO)