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Evening star., 1940-08-05

Michael ssBsnski. that Is what, be-
ing Poles. the wounded and the
dying cried. I had used exactly
the same expression two weeks be-
fore, on the night Of August 81.
when I thought Of what awaited me
the morning Of September !. What
awaited me was an examination at
school. 1t was to be . very sti6
examination, but the Nazi bombers
rescued me from it. Now here was
"Ojej!" again, uttered In such a way
as seemed impossible for human
throats.
The German bombings had
smashed the electricity and water
supplies of Lublin. The X-ray ma.
chimes could not be operated. Water
became more precious than blood.
The wax of a candle became as
important as flesh.
There were five doctors in the
ward in which I stayed and they
had no time for anything but emer-
gency cases. There were not even
beds for anything except emergency
cases. We others, who were merely
crippled and not dying, sat on the
edge of beds or on the floor.
I discovered soon that my only
hope of getting my fractured arm
and ribs set was to catch the eye Of
a doctor at a moment between one
rush of work and the next. I sat
for two days and two nights in the
doorway of the operating room.
Hospital Train Leaves.
On September Is an orderly whis-
pered to me that Lublin was to be
abandoned to the Germans that
night and that hospital train was
leaving with the army. The word
was passed around that way be-
cause they did not want to add to
the suffering of those who could not
be moved. Some of the doctors and
nurses volunteered to remain with
their charges and be taken prisoner
Evening star., 1940-08-05

rect. ct least % saw them In the
hospital. I began TO make sonndings
among them Tor Q pass to 50 home
to Warsaw and ! found ont that
not any Of them was interested In
money or precious metals.
weakness fef Wrist watches.
Their weakness was for wrist
watches. ! remember seeing one Rus
sian omcor with perhaps = dozen
wrist watches covering his arm from
wrist to elbow. He kept shaking hts
arm and laughing deliehtedly. (
saw . soldier order . picture Of :
watch tattooed on his wrist.
The Russians were guarding all
the exits from Brest-Litovsk and
were shooting al who tried to get
out. But there was one wooden
bridge over the Bug River near the
fort that had been bombed and
shattered and no guard was placed
over 1t. The Russians thought no
one would dare cross 1t because the
whole middle span was sunk into
the water.
It was really quite simple to cross
and I got out Of Brest-Lituvsk on
September - without . single shot
being fred ut me.
Tomorrow: Mr.. Sobanski de-
sTtoes hb 5ou7ney to W0rsaw
across 200 nHes OF country hlled
Nth the debris Of irar and NTH
complete anarchy.
Released b. the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1ne.)
Evening star., 1940-08-05

around within the hospital and the
Germans were quite friendly with
me.
There was kind Of civil ad-
ministration established already by
Nazi party functionaries, but it was
rudimentary because the Russians
were expected soon and, when the
Russians came, the Germans would
leave. I asked an army sergeant
about his sudden friendship with the
Russians and he said, when the
Fuehrer orders friendship, obey.
as will obey when he orders war"
In making soundings for a pass
to 60 back home to Warsaw, I came
into contact with a second example
Of what 1t means to be conquered
by the Nazis. The first had been
the seizure Of all precious metals.
The second was the establishment
Of fee for any official permission
to do anything. Official. permission
was required for the least move.
Bribing Necessary.
Further than that, the Nazi party
functionary who had the right, say,
to issue q pass to 60 to the next
town, not only exacted an official
fee, but found himself unable to get
around to your case until you paid
q bribe besides.
1t seems that the German Reich
had turned Poland into what is
called in America q patronage plum.
German civil servants were all Nazi
party hacks, who were allowed to
accept bribes as pay for the work
they had done for the party at home.
This was not true In only isolated
cases. 1t was systematic and uni
versal and the system did not leave
of exacting pennies from me until
May Il. 1910, the day left Poland.
The Bolsheviks, complete with a
commissar, arrived on September
"a. They, too, were friendly and cor
Evening star., 1940-08-05

with rides and some bumped over
the tracks ahead Of the train and
began shooting there. but into the
air. The train came to . slow stop.
Then I single German soldier. q
burly man with flaming red hair,
ran down the length of the train,
carrying . light machine gun and
shouting. "Kannst laufen? Kannst
laufen?" Every one who admitted
he could run or was seen standing
or sitting was ordered of the train.
I heard him coming long way
OF and lay back and closed my
eyes.
The men who were taken of the
train were stood in a line and
searched. Their money was not dis
turbed, but everything they had
that was Of gold or silver or looked
as If it might be was taken. I
thought at first this was a private
little looting expedition by soldiers.
but from what saw later it seemed
TO- be q government policy. At
every opportunity Germans, led by
omcers, searched for precious metals
and said that whatever they found
was sent to the "fatherland."
Searched Once More.
After a while an offlcer arrived
and ordered everybody back into
the train. Then we were all
searched once more and whatever
was on the train was searched. The
Germans, once the excitement Of
capture died down, were most cor
rect. They disturbed nothing ex-
cept precious metals.
They ran the train to Brest-
Litovsk and deposited us in a hos
pital located in an old fort dating
from the time of Charles II. The
utmost freedom was allowed us.
"The war is over" they told us.
WARSAW has surrenderd." This was
not yet true, but they acted as If
it were. l was allowed to move
Evening star., 1940-08-05

industries by setting up, proper pro-
tective lnachinGry, ana that In 4
certain large factory putting out de-
tense supplies every effort Is being
made BY . Coimnlunist-con
labor group to. foment / strike"
Espionage Better Developed Now.
Mr.. OBrian. expressed the .opin.
ioh that the German espionage
system Is probably more highly de-
veloped In this country now than
prior to the World War, as the
German high command In 1914. he
said had not anticipated American
Intervention. Only q skeleton"
force Of agents had been maintained
by Germany here in the prs-war
period, he added. and the ares. of
IS members the night this country
declared war broke the backbone OF
the ring.
He added humorously that the
country also has more adequate
laws to deal with foreign agents
now, saying that 1t was necessary 20
years ago to prosecute agents PRO-
vocateur under the Sherman Anti
trust Act.
Mr.. O'Brian said one Of the prin-
cipal troubles Of the department In
the World War period was the "spy-
chasing mania" which gripped the
country, and he advised the State
authorities that no matter what
law-enforcement steps they took,
they could expect vigorous criticism.
No Effort to Bind States.
Gov. Vanderbilt told his associates
that I'VE have grave responsibility
In this time Of emergency" and
urged a calm approach" to their
discussions. He pointed out that no
effort is to be made to bind State
or local governments by action taken
here "and no resolutions are to be
adopted" The two days will be given
over to a series of executive sessions
covering various phases of law en-.
forcement, and the reports de-
veloped from these are to be carried
back to the local governments with
recommendation for support Of the
principles outlined.
Sabotage Negligible This Time.
In advance of the meeting, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
reporting for the fiscal year 1910,
said that there has been a neg
hgible amount of sabotage Gin the
United States) in the second World
War in contrast with the first
World War"
Director Hoover said national de-
fense matters had increased greatly
the work Of the bureau, 1886 in
vestigations being conducted during
the year as compared with 1851 in
1889, but he gave no details on cases.
Evening star., 1940-08-05

ments, the National Association Of
Attorneys General and the Inter.
STATE Commission On Crime are CO.
operating with the Justice Depart
ment In the conference, over which
Gov. william H. Vanderbilt Of
Rhode Island Il preSidinS.
*U. 3. Went Dietate.s
NJ. Roosevelt called etate-Federal
.co-opdration sthe heart Of our prob
lem, the test Of our Americanism, -
IN his message to the conference.
He added:
There can, there must be no po-
lidcal considerations In our approach
TO- these discussions. The Federal
Government must not and win not
dictate TO the States what procedure
they should pursue"
Some things. he said. were best
handled by the Federal Government
such - registration Of aliens and
correlation under the ?. B. I. OF
information about subversive activi-
ties. In other cases, he continued
joint control can be effectively
worked OUT.
II have In mind, as an example,
Mr.. Roosevelt said, "the enactment
by Congress and the State Legis-
latures Of laws dealing with SUBJ
versiye activities. with seditioua
acts, with those things which slow
up or break down our common de-
tense program.
These mutual objectives can be
reached by carefully considered
legislation, free from the prejudice
and emotional haste which char
acterized much Of similar legisla-
ton during the last World War"
Warns Against Hateful Crusade"
Attorney General Jackson dealt
extensively with the alien registra-
ton program, which goes into effect
August 81, and appealed for CO.
operation by State authorities to
see that it docs not become a hate,
full, anti-alien crusade"
Some employers" he continued
ARE wondering II they should dis
charge all aliens. Our answer is:
Certainly not loyal and faithful
ones We must not create a relief
or refugee problem in America by
denial of q chance to earn, living
or by unreasoning boycotts or dis
ordinations"
He declared: There Is no purpose
or desire Of the Federal Government
to usurp or interfere with" the func-
tioning of State law enforcement
but that the keynote should be CO.
operation by all concerned to keep
law enforcement out of the hands
of rufians and self-constituted
groups who seek to take the law In
their own hand"
Regrets Westrick Publicity.
Mr.. Jackson spoke with some re.
gret of the publicity given the
Westrick case, indicating hts belief
that more could have been accom-.
plished by secrecy and counter.
espionage" at this stage. He con.
ceded. however, that the publication
of the story was entirely proper.
Mr.. Hoover told the conference
that he expects to be charged with
advocating the abrogation Of civi
rights for giving voice to such sen.
timents, but that "in the approach
ing job OF protecting America w
must consider the problem Of sepa.
rating true liberty from license; W.
must set apart freedom. as defined
by our Constitution, from the pur.
Joining Of privileges by enemie.
within our gates who would fit oul
country to the pattern of the dicta.
tors they serve"
Mr.. Hoover charged that the Com
munists are attempting to hamper
the +. B. I. program to aid defense
Evening star., 1940-08-05
O'Ryon Denies BIoming
Far Eost War on China
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 5.-Maj. Gen.
j. F. Organ, New York attorney
and head Of a trade mission backed
by some japanese and American
interests, described as "rot" yester-
day a statement attributed to him
by a Japanese e-sponsored Russian
language newspaper that China was
responsible for the Chinese-Jap-
anese War.
TITS rot; I said no such thing"
said Gen. Organ. a World War
A. E. F. commander, who Just re-
turned from a flying visit to Nam
king where he interviewed Wang
Ching-wei, Chinese head Of the
Japanese sponsored government
there.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Conference
Continued From First Page }

activity which is being resorted to In
the United States to create q nth
column here.
Altogether too many people," he
continued, think of the fifth COL
umn' as groups Of disloyal citizens or
disloyal workmen who are prepared
to sabotage industrial plants. To be
sure, we face that danger,
But q greater menace for US is
the effort being made here now to
try to soften this country as France
was 'softened.' This effort takes
the form Of the promise Of business
orders and Of profits II the war can
be called OF and business relations
resumed as usual with the victor.
In holding out the allure of business
this effort seeks to create a fifth
column among men Of influence and
respectability.
Legal Bait Dangled."
1T is not illegal to dangle this bait
before American businessmen even
in our own press and. in our mar
kets. But 1t is well that our people
recognize 1t when they see it, and
that we cease the belief that ef-
forts in this country are confined to
the crudities of the Black Tom
days"
Last Thursday the New York
Herald Tribune published story
which it said "at least partially
solved" the mystery of the move
ments and activities" of DR.. West
rick as Adolf Hitler's special ennis
sary" to consult with American
businessmen.
Following the lead of the Presi-
dent. the Attorney General, j. Edgar
Hoover, director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, and John Lord
OBrian, former special Assistant to
the Attorney General, who headed
the special war work division of the
Justice Department in the World
War, also urged q curb on volunteer
law-enforcement groups.
The Council of State Govern.
Evening star., 1940-08-05

w n e n { h e 1r
hands began to
tremble with ia
tigue, they went
to sleep right in
the o p ra t ing
room and slept
t " o or thr e e
hours until the
sharp edge OF
exhaustion had
been blum t e d
and they could
hear once again
the screams OF
the wounded.
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Evening star., 1940-08-05
japanese Reported
Demanding Base
In Indo-China
Right to Use Railway
For Operations Against
Chions Also Sought
~ the Associated Press,

SS VIC AScOClatcu EIcSS.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 5.-Chinese re-
ports said today Japan had made
new, sweeping demands on the gov
ernment Of French Indo- China. In
cluding the right to use the French
railway into the Chinese province Of
Yunnan for military operations and
to establish military or naval base
on the Indo- China coast.
These reports were not confirmed
by other sources and were denied by
an Official Japanese spokesman in
Toxic.
Want to Use Railway.
The Chinese accounts said the
Japanese wanted to use the railway
from Haiphong. on the Indo- China
coast, to Kumming, capital Of Yum
nan, for operations against the Chi
nese forces of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek. Such thrust would men
ace the vulnerable southwestern
provinces. Chiang's main stronghold.
A coastal base presumably would
be used for naval operations in
the South Seas, possibly designed to
fix Japanese domination Of the
Netherlands Indies.
japanese authorities here said
they had no knowledge of specific
new demands on Indo-C China, but
recalled that important repre-
sentations" of an undisclosed nature
were reported made. Saturday to
Vice Admiral Jean Decoux, Petain-
appointed governor-general Of Indo-
China. Local japanese said they
did not know the nature of the rep
resentations.
: Domei Japanese news agency
said they were made by the acting
chief of the Japanese Contraband
Control Mission in Indo- China. They
conceded with the arrival by air
of the head of the mission, Gen.
1ssaku Nishihara, in Toxic to con-
fer with the government on the
next phase of japanese policy IN
1ndo-China.
Shortly after Frances defeat by
Germany Japan obtained the right
to station a military mission In
main transport centers of 1ndo-
China to prevent war supplies from
reaching China through French ter
ritory. The railway into Yunnan,
which the Chinese reports say Japan
wants to use for invasion Of that
southwestern province, was the prin-
cipal route of such traffic.
At the time the Japanese placed
this mission in Indo-China 1t was
reported they asked for the right
for their planes to use airports at
Hanoi and other Indo-China cities
on their commercial air route to
Thailand (Siam). They were also
said to have insisted that their con-
traband inspectors be permitted to
move freely along the Indo-C China
border.
In Toxic the Foreign ONCE spokes-
man, Yakichiro Suma, denied any
new demands on French 1ndo-
China. He said japan was main
tanning diplomatic missions both in
Paris and Vichy, seat of the Petain
government, but that neither had
taken any such action. He did not
comment on reports of representa-
tions" to the DecouX government at
Hanoi ,.
Nevertheless. reports from Toxic
have indicated a great increase In
the Japanese governments interest
in Far Eastern possessions Of Euro
pean powers smashed by German
conquest. The government has an
tounced a new policy of domination
over Greater East ASIA" officially
defined as including French Indo-
China and the Netherland Indies.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
BY MICHAEL 6OBANsKI.
As Told to Ira Wolfert.

40 AOsU ~ A1O WOVSTL.
The hospital In Lublin was located
In what had been, q few days before,
q seminary for priests. The doctors
were In terrible rush to patch
together, before all hope was gone,
the mutilated bits OF flesh dropped
on the tables before them. They
worked like clerks, with their heads
down and their arms flying, hour
after hour. with never q moment for
relaxing or thought or consultation
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Germans Report Raids
On British Shipyords

BERLIN, Aug. 5 R.-The German
air force carried out q number OF
raids on British anti-aircraft posi-
tions, oil tanks and shipyards yes
terday, the high command an
nounced today, claiming British
bombs dropped in Western Ger
many last night caused little dam
age.
In reconnoitering operations over
England, Scotland and "the sea re-
gions of these coasts" the high
commands daily communique said,
q merchant ship was sunk at the
mouth of st. Georges Channel, about
IS miles southwest of Pembroke.
During the night, the high COM
mand said, German warplanes
bombed oil storage tanks and ship
yards at Sheerness, in the Thames
Estuary. Anti-aircraft positions
were attacked at Thames Haven, in
the Thames Estuary, and North
Killingholme, in the Humber River
Estuary.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
London
Continued From First Page.)

whose ideas of war were described
as highly antiquated."
At the same time the civilian pop
ulation surrendered its traditional
August bank holiday to speed the
work of producing munitions and
vital war supplies.
CA German communique said
attacks had been carried out on
Swansea. Wales, and on an oil
harbor near Liverpool, where
large fires were started)
Military observers expressed be-
lief that if Hitler intends to launch
an attack this month it probably
will come in the five days-begin-
ming today-when the high August
tides are at their peak.
1t was expected that these tides,
most favorable for sea-borne at
tack, would be accompanied by calm
seas and channel fog.
Heavy Attacks on Bases.
Heavy attacks on the bases which
would serve Hitler as a springboard
for the expected invasion were car
ried out during the week end by
wide-ranging British bombers.
Royal Air Force pilots told of ma
chine-gunning German troop con-
centrations at the French port of
Abbeville, of bombing truck con-
voys and an armored train and
blasting barges near Gravelines and
Dunkerque.
German bombers kept up their
scattered attacks on England with
a series of raids during the night
which, the government said, resulted
in the death of one person, a few
other casualties and negligible"
damage.
Thousands of green and yellow
leaflets containing extracts of Adolf
Hitler's peace offer speech to the
Reichstag were dropped in q North.
east England town and in sections
Of Southeast England last night.
High explosives and incendiary
bombs were dropped in isolated dis
tricts in the Midlands and Eastern
ENGLAND. q communioue said.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
life in Poland Under the Nozi Conquerors
Tells How Troops Cowboy Foshion Roded
Hospital To Search Of Precious Metals for the Fotherond

The second Of a series Of sir
articles BY the American -born
son OF q Polish Army colonel,
gtptng the first detailed, uncen-
sored account Of the German
system OF conquest IN Poland.
Evening star., 1940-08-05

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Evening star., 1940-08-05

NANCY HARKNEss LOVE ooed Is transport license 49,
was flying before avon Today she's
one ranking the game More than % Nancy Love
planes, sells them-has even helped build planes
Yes girl with the extras She Likes the ex in her smoking
mdne coon favor and smoking
are aces with her-and with millions of other smokers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-14
BIG WELL IN WEST POOL
Vdnderpds
Well Rated
At $50 Dbl.

The high gravity oil pool of
West Kelvin field provided still
another large well this week,
following acidization, as Van
derpas-Thumm No. 3 came in
with an initial of - barrels per
hour-over $50 barrels per day.
Location of this well is in the
south end of the high gravity
pool, in center of the north line
Of NWA NW14 33-35-3W. The
well had a showing of oil from
1705 to It'll and was treated
with 1000 gallons of hydro
chloric acid. 1t is one location
east of the No. l producer on
this farm and there is only one
producer south of it.
This area was considered some
what doubtful following the
failure of the Twin Butte-Syndi-
cate No. well in NV corner
NEi4 NW14 Section 33. Obser-
vers say that the Thumm No. 8
had no more oil showing, before
than did the Twin
Butte well which was appar-
emily handled with less skill than
used on other wells in the dis
trict. A further south extSn-
sion Of the pool is now expected
as this producer is far better
.han wells to the north. The
Thumm farm is now owned by
A. Thompson. observation-disclosures
er who is associated with Van
1erpas in this development. The
south offset to the new well be-
ongs to Aileen Oil Co. which
has one producer.
The earliest wells in the high (
gravity pool were drilled about
/ mile southwest Of the big well,
n territory that has not been de-
'eloped since the revival follow
ng the Introduction of the use
# acid.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-14
ALBERTANS GET
FLOW OF GAS IN
BIG 0VERTHRUST

Montana oil scouts returning
from Calgary report that the new
strike at Brazeau structure in the
northern foothills, $50 miles north
west of Calgary, may be another
Turner Valley, promising a new
and important source of crude. It
is in the over-thrust area. similar
to the many structures in Montana
along the east face OF the Rocky
Mountains.
Home Oil company's wildcat in
LSD Is, 7-43-17W5 has naptha
gas in a 5000, 900 Gu. IT. flow, to-
gether with some SIS gravity crude.
This gas is coming from three for
nations between $3.50 and $3.50
feet. The we'll drilled into the
fault and was bridged back to
the Kootenai formation, CORES
ponding to the Cut Bank horizon,
after the drill had gone back into
the Blairmore formation, which is
the surface formation in Turner
Valley. The gas was cased off
as drilling proceeded and then later
opened up by gun perforation. Home
has $1,000 acres leased along the
l5-mile fold paralleling the noun
.ains.
Additional drilling will be done
BY Home to determine the extent OF
The pool and the nature of the |
)verthrust fold.