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Show Latvia, freightened people stormed storm-ed it, jamming the doorways and crawling- in through windows. It left packed with seething humanity, human-ity, the floors piled high with bundles and satchels. Other cities were reported to have bombed throughout Poland. The government announced that the army was holding its own on most of the frontier and that Polish cavalry had invaded East Prussia on a line between Klarscholm and Kowalewo. It was announced that the Germans there were "retiring in panic." WARSAW, Sept. 5 (U.H) U. S. Ambassador Anthony A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., ajid his family left Warsaw today. Secretary Longworth Harrison was left in charge of the embassy property and Major Colburn, military mili-tary attache, decided to remain here with him. Poland to iove Government to Safer Quarters BY EDWARD W. BE ATI E, JK. United Press Correspondent WARSAW, Sept. 5 (im The Polish government may soon move to new quarters, it was reported re-ported today as the second air raid of the day began at 9:10 a. m., 4:30 a. m. EDT.) It was learned that the United States and British embassies were leaving Warsaw today for an unknown un-known desination plans of other diplomatic missions were not immediately im-mediately available. Eleven Heingel bombers were counted flying very high approximately ap-proximately 15,000 feet. They bombed the suburbs which had been subjected to two merciless raids last night. Dive - Bombing Used The first raid had occurred at 8 :45 a. m. ; the second followed 25 minutes later. Anti-aircraft gunners were placing barrages close to the planes with such accuracy ac-curacy that they stayed almost three miles high, except when diving to drop bombs. Then, the raiders would come down within 500 feet of their targets and score direct hits. This method of dive-bombing dive-bombing imperiled government buildings and other strategic centers cen-ters ot the city and was believed to have inspired a plan for evacuating evac-uating the government. Two fires set by incendiary bombs had burned all night in the suburbs and parts of the city were still in panic when the morning raids s carted. Four workers' wor-kers' apartment buildings had been struck and set afire and many tenants killed last night. Thirty planes were in the raiding raid-ing party last night. I saw three of .them shot down. They dropped approximately 50 100 - pound bombs, none in the center of the city which was better protected by anti-aircraft guns. Suburbs In Panic The suburbs were in panic all night. When a refugee train pulled out for Vilna or BLalystock, with passengers .bound for Riga, |