NEWS BY RADIO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1939, Page 8

NEWS BY RADIO

EVENTS ON BATTLE FRONTS WARSAW HOLDING OUT BRAVELY INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING & SHELLING The following Daventry reports have been rebroadeast by the Now Zealand National stations: — On the Eastern front military operations arc confined to Warsaw. ThePoles arc said to have thrust back the German lines in some places, while the Germans state that numerous attacks by the Poles in an attempt to break through the line have been repulsed. The Lord Mayor of Warsaw states that the Germans continue the indiscriminate bombing and shelling of the city. TWc/ German planes have been shot down.

The situation on the Western front is reported to be quiet. French forces carried out operations south of Saarbrucken and artillery activity continues on both sides. The French Army is using a new type of light tank. Both French and Belgian newspapers report the evacuation of civilians from Aix-la-Chapelle. It is stated that all the territory between the right bank of the Rhine and the Siegfried Line is being evacuated. Large numbers of soldiers are said to be billeted at Aix-la-Chap-elle, awaiting to be sent to the Saar front. i Stricter measures are being taken for the rationing of food in Germany. A SUBMARINE SUNK. The story of the sinking of a German submarine in the Atlantic is told by an eyewitness on an American ship, who watched the battle, which took place four miles away. The submarine appeared to have been disabled and was unable to submerge and had at? tempted to disguise itself as a trawler. A British destroyer appeared and after heavy firing for ten minutes the U boat sank. , x '' President Roosevelt states that two unidentified submarines have been sighted in American waters, one in the Pacific, off the southern boundary of Alaska, and the other in the Atlantic, off Boston. Both were sighted by ships at sea. PARTITION OF POLAND. The German news agency states that the line of demarcation in Poland was agreed upon by Germany and Russia before the invasion began. It was announced in Berlin that Russia was occupying nearly half of Poland, including the eastern suburbs of Warsaw and the whole of the Polish frontier with Hungary. The German Army is being withdrawn to the line agreed on and negotiations are continuing. The Russian’s territory starts about half-way along the East Prussian frontier in the north and proceeds along the Vistula, through Warsaw and south to the Carpathian Mountains. Russia, it is stated, has claimed more than was expected, including the whole of the Galician oil fields. The White Book dealing with diplomatic exchanges between Britain and Germany before the war has aroused enormous interest. It has been selling at the rate of a thousand copies an hour. Its contents have been given much prominence in the foreign Press. In Japan, for instance, the napers carry big headlines, such as “'The Truth of the Conflict” and “Strange Situation m Europe.” At a meeting of the Allied Supreme War Council, held in England, a review was given of developments since the last meeting on September 14 and their effect on the future course of the war. Complete agreement Was reached on the line to be taken. A record harvest of 27,500,000 tons is reported from Berlin. This is said to be enough for the whole of 1940 and will allow reserves for 1941, in case there is a shortage in that year. Further restrictions on the consumption of food are expected in Germany, and after Monday no milk vVill be allowed adults.