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he New Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.32 B. B. C. Recording-"West
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A Programme devised and pro- Variety with Len Green,duced by Francis Dillon. Dinah Miller and the Mills Brothers, 19.02 Latosi Variety.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, 10.30 London Relay "The Weather Forecast and
Announce-venge."
ments.
145 Latest Dance Music,
215 Close Down.
6.00 Compositions of Bralims.
G.50 Orchestral Selections.
7.03 Verdi's" Trovatore" Act 1. With
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11.00 London Relay-London Log”) 11.15 Dance Musle.
12,00 midnight. Close Down,
Costly German Blunder
In Invasion
Plot
We publish below a further remarkable despatch from t Special Correspondent who sent the first comprehensive message describing the German entry into Oslo. He now gives, by air muil, further exclusive details of the occupation of the Norwegian capital and of the sinking of the German cruiser, Emden and Bluecher.
All this gniety seemed completely out of tune with the day's news, and at 12.30 a.01. on Tuesday bedlam broke touse.
I saw the Germans morch into stons were never annulled. This may Oslo. The first writing on the wall explain the defections. came on Sunday evening. April 7, At 1.30 am, on April 9 three Nor- but on Monday Oslo restaurants and wegian vessels lay off Hortel's naval cafes were as carefree as ever,
buse in Oslo Fjord. Their commander received an order 'supposedly direct from the foreign Minister, Prof Koht. The commander was told that Ger mati warships were coming up the All the electricity had been turned fjord. He was ordered not to resist off, and we stared out on a lightless and to put all his men ashore at once, etty. Hundreds of Oslo's Inte cafe without arms. crowd
were standing in mystined oups Every street opped. Although we did not know it for hours. the Government had ordered general mobilisation.
car
Was
UNEXPECTED MOVE
Apparently without questioning the order he did exactly that. But ane little Norse ship, the Olat Tryggvason, did not receive. the order. Why? Because she had put in Unexpectedly for repairs, and those who were betraying Norway's sen
tes did not know she was there. That was one of two. costly slip-ups In the plot.
Shortly before 7 sam, there was alarm. There was
was nothing in sky, but "Have you heard the news?" someone cried. "The Germons pre- sented an ultimatum at five o'clock this morning. They are going to occupy all the Norwegian ports. Parliament has just met. The Gov naval control base at Drocbak, in the At the same hour somebody in the ment is evacuating 10 Hamar. The King and the Royal family are ford's Narrows, electrically discon- nected all the Norwegian mines eaving now. Parlament voted un- nimously to resist. They say they which had rendered the tea entrance are fighting now down in the fjord," to Oslo virtually impregnable.
At 4.30 am, the cruiser Emden and Then enme the famillar roar of big olanes. It was 7.45 am. I leaped to two submarines steamed up to Hortel. The three Norwegian vessels are he window.. Five huge bombers with engines wide open shaved the silent. The little Olat Tryggvason, tops of the buildings across the park. almost too small to be noticed, lies
close on the
to the Narrows. AN AMAZED PEOPLE
She carries several guns, When the I heard a few heavier explosions Emden is almost abreast the Olaf lets among the staccato of machine-guna. them go. She sinks the Emden and Several anti-aircraft shells burst but one submarine before she gets the hey were wide of the mark. It kept Norwegian commander's order to run ip like that for two and a half up a
white flag.
yours always with the Osloans Here I must turn the clock back, anding and watching curiousty in At four in the morning of April 9, the streets. They simply seemed an hour before the German Minister
unazed.
handed Illerauitimatum_to_Prof. The Norwegian Admiralty had an Kohi, the usually deserted quays of xiraordinary communique on the air Oslo's harbour were splotched with a very 15 minutes. The communique group of impatient men, said that German warships had forced The German Minister himself was heir way through the narrows of there. So was the entire staff of the Oslo
Fjord.
that Bergen and Narvik German Legation and the correspon- "id also been seized, and probably dents of the Nazi official news agency Trondhtem. Why the Admiralty D.N.B., likewise all the Nazi secret
vas spreading these reports to the agents. our, winds, none could guess,
THE LOST COMMAND
So that incredible day started, and They were the welcoming com- o It continued until 10:30 am. But mittee for the German expeditionary rom 11 am. onwards the handful force, which was due at four o'clock, - German 'planes bad vanished al-The Bluecher was bringing the first most completely from the sky. A German troops of occupation. Intended alse pence had settled over Oslo, to land just before dawn
lega
dawn.co sudden- or by the afternoon the occupationly as to capture King Haakon and the
thecity was complete.
Norwegian Government. Here it may be mentioned that
Aboard the Bluecher are said to ajor Quisling, who became puppet have been a German admiral com- Premier was a former Minister of manding the sea forces, and a Ger- War, and while in office appointed many army oMeers, whose commis man major-general commanding the army of occupation, together with their staffs. Also aboard were appro- 1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather ximately 1,500 men. Small wonder Report.
that the reception committee became idgety when 4.13 passed, and then "Musicaluxe
(Plane) 439, without any sign of the Blue
1.03 Bludlo-Another Cocktall" by Erich Porges (from Jimmy's Kitchen).
cher.
The German Minister Anally show- 1.23 Orchestral Inlerinde.
ed his audacity by hurrying off and 1.80-Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea-¡ delivering Berlin's ultimatum ang- ther Forecast and Announcements. how.
1.45 Berlioz Overturo "King Lear",
Op. 4.
The B.B.C, Symphony Orchestra conducted by
by Sir Adrian Boult. 2.0 A Light Orchestral Programme with Gila Alpar (Soprano).
2.30 Close down,
7.0 Half an hour with Beethoven. 7.30 London Relay-The News, 0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather
and Announcements. Report
8.83 B.B.C. Recording--"D'Yo Ken
Peck?"
John
But, meanwhile, one minor Nor- wegian officer in the Narrows fortress of Oscarburg, had proved himself a patriot. Shortly before or after four o'clock the mighty Bluccher alipped serenely. Into the Narrows with the Admiral convinced that treachery had spiked the Oscarborg guns.
SINKING OF THE BLUECHER
The Bluccher ploughed directly in- to line with those guns, and much closer than 100 yards, perhaps half that distance. The unknown artillery
Shells
A programme in honour of the officer inside Oseurborg gavo nix famous Cumberland huntsman. command.
roared clear Written and Produced by William through the Bluecher's steel armour Maclurg.
at its waterline. In less than five minutes Germany's proud armoured cruiser lay on the bottom of the Narrows. Only 40 dn board tre sald to have
8.35 London Relay"A. P. II.” Corrado Zambellt, Blanca
Scacciati, Ida Mannarini. Francesco Merli, Enrico Molinari and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, with the Milan Symphony Orchestra.
1.30 London Relay The News.
4.00 Local Timo Signul, Weather
Report and Announcements.
6.03 Harry Roy's Stage Show,
TO-MORROW'S BROADCAST
Recital by Erich Porges From the Studio
Radio Programme Broadcast by
Songs and sketches by A. P. Herbert,
9.18 London Relay-News Sum- mary.
9.30 "The Volee of the Nazi'-—-—-5.
Theived.
of the Invading Ger- man fleet and his stuff were gone. A talk recorded by Professor W. A. So were the general and headquarters.
staff of the German army of decupa-
2BW on a Frequency of 843 k.c's Sincandel-Concerto Grosso, No.tion. Titus did the Norwegian King,
and on Short Wave from 12.15-2.30
Harry Roy and His Orchestra (rep.m. and 8-10.35 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. corded at the actual performance at per second. The Garrick Theatre, Southpori).
8.17 Concert Waltzes,
My Darling Waltz (from The
| Gipry Baron'—Strauss), Berlin State
Opera Orchestra cond. by Dr. Leo
0.45
2,∙Op. 4.
The Boyd Neel String Orchestra. 10.0 Cesar-Franck-Choral No. 1 In E Major For OrgaIL,
Albert Schweitzer (Organ).. 10.10 Bladlo-Sunday
10.0-11.0 nm. Relay of Morning Service from St. Joseph's Church. 12.15 Bizet's "Carmen" Act IIL 12.55 Blzet-Dance Bohemienne. London Philharmonic Orchestra Epforue.
Blech; 'Acceleration-Waltz (Joh. conducted by Walter Goehr.
10.30 Close down.
Evening
Cabinet and Parliament gain eight hours In which to escupo.
The Germans now had to capture Oslo
at all costs. Apparently they could got no troopships in, until five p.m. on Thursday. Accordingly they were compelled to occupy Norway's capital by air.
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