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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1940. 日六十三

R.A.F. RAIDS ON NORWAY

Jitters Among The Neutrals AMERICANS TOLD "WISE TO LEAVE HUNGARY NOW"

PARIS, Apr. 22 (Reuter).-The United States Legation at Budapest to-day advised all American citizens -residing in Hungary that it would be wise to return to.

the United States while facilities

R.A.F. BEAT OFF RAIDS

From Shetlands To South-East Coast LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter). -Planes believed to be German were reported off the south-east) const to-night.

Heavy gun-fire was heard and great flashes were scen just above the water, as if bombs were exploding.

East Coast Raid LONDON, Apr. 22 (Heuter)-Air-| craft believed to be German were also reported off the east coast 10- night.

Anti-alreraft guns were in action and pursuit planes went up.

Planos Over Shotlands

are still available, according to a Budapest telegram.

A circular letter says that the

I.A.F. photograph taken near Christiansand, in Nor-

way. It shows a German mer- JAPANESE

chant vessel with the hatches

open and a cruiser of the Kohn AIR RAIDS

class. This, the R.A.F. be

lieves, may be the cruiser

which was sunk later.

Note the staggered after part and the single turret for'rard with triple guns-an outstanding feature of this class of warship. The swastika astern shows clearly-British Official Photograh, Crown Copp- right Reserved,

AMERICAN KILLED IN

Legation is not in possession of NAZI RAID

any information which could lead

to the belief that the war is like- ly to be extended to south-east Europe.

Luxembourg Fears LUXEMBOURG, Apr. 22 (Reuter), The landing stages on the German side of the rivers Moselle and the Sur on the frontler between Germany and Luxembourg

Germany have constructed

increase river traffic and to relieve They declare that the object is to

the railways.

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The Luxembourg Government, a result, has erected on the Luxem- bourg side of the rivers concrete ob- stacles with spikes made of rails.

Swedish Protests

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 22 (Reuter),~~ Nümerous violations of our territory by lights over Swedish territory no LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter).—Two turally led the Swedish Government aeroplanes, believed to be enemy to protestato the German Govern-

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuter).The State Depart- ment has been informed that Captain Losey, Assistant United States Military Attache in Stockholm, was killed when the Germans raided Dombans in Norway from" the air" Sunday.

on

Captain Losey is the first American killed on land since the beginning of the war. He was assisting to remove Ame- ricans from the war zone.

DEARTH OF NEWS

machines, were seen fiying high over ment, declared a spokesman of the London Papers And

the Shetland urea this afternoon.

AA batteries opened fire and Bri- tish aghters went up. The planes were driven of.

No bombs were dropped and no air-raid warning was sounded.

Nazi Claim

is also

Swedish Foreign Ministry to-day.

He added that they requested that steps be taken to prevent a repetition

of the fights which were particularly numerous and serious yesterday.

War In Norway

Most of

articles

RESUME

Several Szechuan

Cities Bombed

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

CHUNGKING, Apr. 22 (UP). Fifty-four Japanese bombers

ralded districts in Szechwan this evening when. Chungking was held in dark suspense for five and

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NAZI ATTEMPTS TO CUT LINES OF COMMUNICATION BY PARACHUTE TROOPS

British only 30 miles from Trondheim

STOCKHOLM, April

|22 (Reuter). Accord- ing to newspaper reports, British troops have reached the strategic railway junction of Storen, which is 30 miles south of Trondheim.│in They arrived in trains.

It is also reported that fighting occurred at Vaer- dalsoera, which is north cast of Trondheim.

a quarter hours until 11 p.m.

The cities-raided inchided The Germans have repeat Chengtu and Kikiang 60 miles edly bombed the roads and southwest of Chungking.

A baby girl was born in the railways linking Namsos Chinese Foreign Office dugout during and Trondheim, but reports

he air raid warning.

A doctor happened to be in the indicate the railway has dugout. Mother and child are both suffered little reported to be doing well.

damage

A German engineer, H. M. Nielson, though the telephone lines aged 71, died from heart failure at have been broken. noon yesterday when he was shelter- ng in a dugout. He had been a resident of Chungking for the past 17 --Cities-included-in- last night's air ralds were Suifu, Luchow and Palsha

years.

all on the Upper Yangise.

NAZI AIR TERROR DESCRIBED

Norwegians Fleeing Devastated Towns

The papers report that the Norwegian forces are concentrat ing round the town of Steink- jaer, north-east of Trondheim... which is burning as a result of heavy aerial bombardment.

two The British air, attacks on Aerodromes in the Trondheim area are making li more difficult for the Germans to organise their air al-

tacks.

While the Germans claim to be at Lillehammer, which is between Hamar and Dombaas, a British ad- vance guard of 75 have arrived there and have been followed by more from Andalsnes, on the court.

TO THE

BRITISH EMPIRE

Second Chapter In Sir Nevile Henderson's dramatic document of events that led to war See Page Four

R.A.F. RAIDS ON GERMAN BASES

LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter).—It is understood that the course of last night's air raid on Aalborg numerous hits were made on the landing ground with high ex- plosives. Six fires, started by incendiary bombs, were left blazing in different parts of the aerodromic

One pilot, approaching from a} that most of height of only 100 feet, found the searchlights could not be depressed to such a low level and he was able to place an accurate salvo of bombs on the road

Įtower.

near

the control

A powerful, forer of long-range: bombers ralded Stavanger aerodrome. One of the raiders dropped ten bombs from a low altitude on a group of about 15 enemy aircraft, of which at least six were destroyed.. The others are believed to be badly damaged.

LOST. 100 PLANES

IN 5 DAYS'

Heavy Nazi Losses In Norway

LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter). One machine in a low-level attackAuthoritative-quarters here sowed a line of high explosive bombs calculate that in one period of across the aerodrome and also started five days since the Scandinavian several dres with incendiary bombs.

burst into flames.

Another plane mashine-gunned a war began the Germans have lost line of enemy aircraft, two of which 100 planes.

It is understood that the Only One Plano Lost British bombers met with no LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter)-The opposition from German fighter Air Ministry has issued a statement planes during the last raid on that only one plane is missing from Aalborg.

the raid on Aalborg and none are

missing after the attack on Stavanger. There has been no organised fighter resistance throughout the war in any Curfow In Denmark

night raid. LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter)-AC According to other reports the rail-

This is thought, in authoritative cording to

the German-controlled circles, to indicate that the fighter way from Andalsnes to Dombans and thence through the valley of Gub-Copenhagen Radio, a curfew was im-squadrons cannot trust the Messer- two Air Force raids on the airport the fighter plots are not trained for there.

night flying.

LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter). brandsdal, which is one of the most posed at Aalborg to-day, following schmidts for Innding at night or cise

All the rattway tracks and reads are strongly guarded and the Ger- *man attempts to cut the lines by

parachute troops have failed.

strategle valleys, is entirely in Allied The following message comes hands. from Reuter's special correspon- dent on the Norwegian-Swedish LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter)-frontier. The dearth of official nows I returned here in the early hours "They have been the subject of most from Norway gives little scope to of the morning after a 100 mile drive energetle representations from

Allics In Hamar ? the the British press for comment into the Norwegian war zone. I came DERLIN, Apr. 22 (Reuter).—An | Swedish side," it was stated.

back with two vivid impressions- LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter)-The to-day. official news agency claims that nine.

Nazi Planes Over Belgium

the formidable nature of the German Allied forces in eastern Norway are British and two French planes were shot down on Sunday. It

the leading

pertal attacks and the terror on the believed to be fighting at Hamar and German detach- claimed that two British bombers BRUSSELS, Apr. 22 (Reuter)-A abstain from discussing the main faces of the villagars fleclug from Elverum against

Ministry of Defence communique topic.

bombed villages.

ments from Oslo, were shot down during the raid on

After a drive across a rough truck Reports persist that the British, Stavanger and four more in the raid states that in addition to flights by

foreign planes over the Neufchuteau Russiu, Italy, the "Fifth Column" over the wild mountain height of French and Norwegian troops have on Aalborg.

reglon this morning, forelgi aircraft and Imperialism are discussed but Bradfjell, I drove into the little town re-captured both Hamar and flew over Belginn territory ht not Norway.

of Grong (north of Namsos) to find Elverum. However, these reports number of points during the day.

everything in utter confusion.

Terrified Villagers Two were identified

113 German machines.

Terrified villagers carrying bundles of clothes were deeing in desperate

way from Andalsnes. panic.

"The Germam have bombed us, Partial confirmation of this may We are leaving the town." said a be the fact that Andalsries has been young Norwegian. "There have bombed. been many English soldiers

Heavy Toll Of Transports

Belgium Restores Leave BRUSSELS, Apr. 22 (Reuter),-It British Submarine Sinks is announced that Army leave has been restored "to a certain extent." 3,000 Tons

LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter). →H.M. submarine Sea Lion has

returned for a rest.

Sho has sunk 9,000 tons of

WESTERN FRONT

German transports in Norwegian Nazi Attack

watera.

Norwegian Ship Sunk LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter)—The *Norwegian" steamer, Bravore, 1,450 tons, was sunk after an explosion off the south-east coast of England to- day.

Twenty of the crew of 24 are fear ed to have lost their lives. The four survivors were landed at a south-east

const pork

PARIS

Repulsed

"The Times" sums up the dimeul- ties about getting a complete pleture of what is happening in Norway in

in leader entitled "Waiting for News,"

Waiting For Nows

Waiting for vital news, says this Paper, is not easy. Waiting is always necessary until the issue is decided for the situation clarified until in

formation can be put out without profitting the enemy.

down

should be treated with reserve.

Other reports, which seem to be more reliable, state that the Allied troops have reached an

east.

No civilians, except persons going

to or coming from work and doctors and nurses, are allowed in the strects | between 9 p.m. and 4.30 a.m.

The Copenhagen announcer gave detalled instructions as to what to do in the course of an air raid and warn- ed listeners outside Aalborg that a state of air raid danger might be de- clared in other parts of the country.

Nazis Discard

Their Mask Invasion Of Norway. No Longer "Protective" AMSTERDAM, Apr. 22 (Reu- fer). The last vestiges of Ger-

LATEST

U.S. WARSHIPS WATCH R.N.

MANILA, Apr. 23 (Router) --Two United States worships have been dispatched to "keep an eye" on a bo warship reported to British Four kirge Nazi bombers were re-

operating in Philippine waters, ac

"reliable sources." here. They are now fighting, the ported to have been shot down dur-man claims that they are pro-cording to the "Manlia Buletin," south," added. ing an attack on one station on the tocting Norway are fading from This action has been loken in ae- I called at the local Norwegian rallway line from Andalanes to the the German Press.

cordance with neutrality regulations, military headquarters and found them

The "Koelniache Zeitung" openly the paper anys, Im- In Norway it is not possible to working by candle light in an

The Norwegians have rounded attacks King Haakon, saying that he Local radio programmes have been withhold news to the extent which provised air raid shelter in a cellar. · up 50 German parachutista, may be destrable. Reports got across

Namsos In Flames

The Nasis. captured a farm but had left no stone unturned to en-interrupted during the past three courage his people to adopt an anti-days by naval authorities recalling the frontier Into neutral Sweden, A Norwegian officer told me that

Norwegians, wing hand German attitude.

personnel to ships. grenades and machine-gung, forced But "The Time" warns that much Namsos was in flanics and very badly

the Germans to surrender with the damaged. of the reports from Sweden have nót He said that the British troops had lous of 25 yes. been altogether rellable in the past already captured: Steinkjaer and #1 Apart from automatics, the Ger- and it would be unwise to place battle was in progress south of that mans had with them folding bicycles, complete confidence in what in coming town.

radio sets and even gas welding ap- through now.

Frendi, Norwegian and English peratus. troops, he added, were now in com- pleto control. of the railways and communications south of Grong and on both sides of Lake Snaasa (south of Namsos).

Apr. 22 (Reuter)-To- day's communique says that enst of

"We may think we have enough: the Moselle we repulsed, by our fire, the attack of an enemy detachment material for putting together the which did not succeed in approaching general outline but it is possible that our outposts.

Important gaps are not filled or the During the night of April 21-23, Importance some of the details Dutch Ship A Victim

several deep reconnaissances had supplied may exceed reality," AMSTERDAM, Apr. 22 (Reuter) been carried out by our. aviation. the paper. "The Dutch steamor. Berniase. 051

Tiring the morning of April 22, tons, homeward bound with a cargo in the course of an encounter

"If the people are eagerly wailing of Iron sank off the Norwegian const.one of our patrols, an enemy

for news," concludes "The Times, The brew, numbering, 10, were connaissance plane was

"they are doing so in a spirit of calm ahot. down saved,

PLEASE Tum To Page 7. and fell in Belgium.

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Seys

Naxi Communique

The paper declares that with the expulsion of the Norwegian Minister from Berlin, the situation has become very seriously aggravated.

The naval authorities explained the reason for this as "special exercises,”

It is learned, that last week British warship requested a conster to verify its nationality at a point be

RUSSO-JAPANESE ween Manila and Northern Luzon.

BERLIN, Apr. 22 (Reuter) CONVERSATIONS

officiol news agency commentary on MOSCOW, Apr. 22 (Reuter) -- the High Command, communique' | M, Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Com- here are many British troops and mentions violent Norwegian resist-missar, received Mr. Shigenori Togo, their number is increasing daily," he ance to the north of Dalo, but says the Japanese Ambassador, on Sun- that the resistance was fruitless and day for, the second time within three was "broken with bloody lossen for days. the ene

"It is understood that the Interview trade negotia- was connected with tions.

Walking later through the deserted streets of Grong, 1 mét a Norwegian soldier who, on being asked if there PLEASE Turn To Page 7.

enemy." It claims that the_forüfed_post

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