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Defenders Seriously Hampered by Nazis Overwhelming Supremacy In The Air

Allied Situation In South Norway Said Compromised

By WEBB MILLER

UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LONDON, May 2 (UP).—The whole Allied strategy in the expedition in Norway has been gravely com- promised and is now confronted with the possibility of drastic, unfavourable revision.

The position of the Allied troops in the entire region south of Trondheim has been rendered dangerously critical by the severance of the vital railway link between Dombans and Stoeren.

As long as the Germans retain

their crashing dominance of the ALLIED

air, as they have at present,

there scems

scant hope of GAINS AT

preventing General Falkenhorst

from strongly consolidating lis

tentative junction of the Trond NARVIK

heim garrison with the main

German forces in the Oslo area.

In auch an event the whole pur- Nazi Troops Being

pose of the Allied landings south of Trondheim would fail and one claw

of the Allied pincers designed to bile

Trondheim off broken.

would

Surrounded

be LONDON, May 1 (Reuter),— The other claw from the north has According to unconfirmed re-l been halted outside Steinkjer because ports from the Narvik area, in the road ahead is under Are.. from addition to the Allied troops German destroyers Inside Trondheim

Fjord and the Allled base at Namsos which are closing in on the port, in under constant bombardment from others are driving south from Tromsoe rounding up Germans

the air.

Hopeful Development

or driving them back into Nar-

The only hopeful development vik. visible here are two fresh landings at Brandal (north of Andalsnes and; about 45 mlies to the west of the

over

War. Offico Claims

1 LONDON, May

(Reuter)-A}

CHINA'S FIRST LADY RETURNS TO HER ORPHANS

THIS DELIGHTFUL photograph was taken "somewhere in China"when China's First Lady Madame Chiang Kai-shek, returned from her recent visit to Hongkong. Her first thought was of the war orphans, she has adopted.

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7 RAIDS ON NAMSOS

British Warship Bombed Then Torpedoed

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH". NAMSOS, May 1 (UP).-A

British destroyer was lost in Namsos 'Fjord to-day, when it was first set on fire by a bomb from a Nazł plane and then sunk by a torpedo from another British warship because the destroyer had ~ drifted to the entrance of the fjord and threatened to block it,

Seven raids were carried out on Namsos by the Nazi air force to-day, the last one being at 7.30 this even- ing.

The raiders, in this final nitack, concentrated on # British cruiser which had previously escoped damage.

Two Planes Brought Down

It has been officially announced that two German planes were shot down by British anti-oircraft bat- terles,

A British destroyer which had been ht and set aftre during the tiawn rald, drifted down the fjord where it. was feared she would block the en- trance to the port.

Later the destroyer was sunk by a torpedo from another British warship.

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King Finds A "KWEIYANG Exaggerated KING AND QUEEN Can't Decide Who She

New Spirit

Impressed On Tour Of

South Lancashire

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter),— "We have found

n different spirit all over the country Dombaas-Bioeren rallway) and in War Ofee communique states that wherever we have been since the the Nord Fjord to the south of the areas occupied by Allied forces war. Everyone is united in the Andalsnes

at Narvik have been extended and war effort," said the King to ine But these freshly lamled troops that operations are continuing satis-Trade Union leader, Sir Arthur

factorily. will be forced to proceed

Pugh, when Their Majesties mountainous country where it is! In the Namsos area, the slluation visited South Lancashire. very difficult to transport artillery. at the front remains unchanged. Clinching-of-the-German-grip-on In the Dombans area,-our-troops, southern Norway would mean that after stubborn resistance in the face where they saw astonishingly large the Allled object of preventing the of strong enginy attacks, withdrew numbers of planes being produced, linking the main body of Ger-to prepared positions.

up

made a ten-mile Toons with those at Trondheim host Steinkjer Position Good | Merscyalde Docks and visited a giantį failed for the time being.

NEAR STEINKJER, May 1 (Reu-armainent works busy making naval It would also mean that the Allied

ter)-French and Norwegian troops guns, scheme for quickly pinching off from have had further successes against the north and south and wiping the German patrols which were repulsed Germans out at Trondheim has fail- and lost several dead. ed, and the Allies themselves will be on the defensive if the Germons succeed in maintaining and sureng- thening their junction with Trond- helm.

Unhappy Prospect

The Allied position here is good, Narvik's Fall Imminent SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

LONDON, May 1 (UP)-Military rources Indicate that the capture of Norvik is imminent.

The forecast appears to be borne

The prospect also urises that in the long run Hitler can utilise the Nor-out by to-day's official War Office wegian bares to the fullest extent communique 011 the fighting in for wide scale air and submarine northern Norway, which states: offensives against Britain's mastery of the North Sea, which was the ori- ginal objective of the invasion,

General Falkenkocsi's next move will be an attempt to drive the Allies entirely out of the Trond- helm region. If he succeeds it will give the Allied Supreme War Connell the gravest problem they Have yel (aoed,

The Darkost Spot

-They inspected-an-aircraft-factory

tour of

The King's Hope

The

The King said to Mr. Arthur MeVey, another Trade Union leader; "We have got to see things through I only hope that it will be a better and Thousands of stevedores Lascurs unloading ships stopped to cheer. Their Majesties as they drove

world in every way after the war,"

by the docks escorted by Lord Derby sund Sir Warren Fisher, the Regional Commissioner.

The Allied forces are extending The crews of warships, British and their operations in the area around foreign merchantships lined the sides Narvik previously occupied by them. of their vessels and cheered.

"The operations are continuing satisfactorily.

"The situation remains unchanged

at Namsos,"

INVESTMENTS TO

The darkest spot in the picture is BE REGULATED

U.S. Sonato Passes New Measure

the continuance, almost unhindered of German predominance of the nir,; which enables them repeatedly to shower hundreds of bombs on Allied landing bases and lines of communica- tions. (as witness the seven raids on Namsos yesterday, sometimes lasting WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuter). two hours):

The House of Representatives has This constitutes a crucial handi-passed a Bill authorising the Pre- cap which the Alles cannol over-aldent to regulate or prohibit deal- coine until they acquire airfields ings In foreign investments in the where plenty of fast fighters can United States in war-time or other land and take off. In the meantime emergency.

operations

seriously The Senate passed the BH Jeopardised:

Monday. Hence it now

Koes to President Roosevelt for signature.

The Bill seeks to meet questions regarding the legality of the sident's recent action in "freezing" American credits belonging to Danish and Norwegian eliizens.

all

aro

It is precisely to gain control of

such air bases that Trondheim 'is such a vital objective in the Allied plan.

The modern, tiny high speed fight ing planes which ure necessary to combat the German bombers cannot earry enough gasoline to fly across the North Sen, näht and return.

on

Pro-

The Treasury has authorised all Norwegians and Danes to make do The planes which are carried on ponits in American bunks, but the naval aircraft carriers are of the restrictions to withdrawals scouting type and not fast enough or American accounts will be continued. from heavily enough armed to tackle

Allled forces have withdrawn to pre-

bombers.

So for the comparatively few Allied pored positions in the Dombans area fighters which have been sent to The withdrawal was effected after Norway have been forced to use a stubborn resistance to the German frozen lakes as their bases. This in onslaught. dangerous and unsatisfactory and, anyway, the lakes will soon thaw.

Allies Withdraw

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" LONDON, May 2 (UP) —An official British communique admits that the

Authorised Nezl pources in Berlin claim that Norwegian troops have been taken prisoner, in the sector.

DNB admits a heavy RAF. raid on Stavanger, but claims that, eleven British planes were shot down,

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AIR RAID Japanese Bombs Kill 500

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CHUNGKING, May 1, (UP). Japanese planes wiped out the heart of the business area of Kwelyang last Tuesday.

Nazi Claims

IN LANCASHIRE

Wants As Friend

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).—In LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)—Their discussing the politieni situation to- Majesties the King and Queen to-day day, the Stockholm newspaper "Dag loured

South Lancashire. Among Nyheter" points out that Germany al- the

Become Laughing Stock Of The Neutrals

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)-In the House of Commons to-day, Sir craft factory where they inspected ternates between Russia and Italy. John Reith, Minister of Information, plones in every singe of construction. During the first six months of the.

Later they talked with Trade said that his attention had been called:

was Germany's best

places they visited was an air-

to the exaggeration of British naval Union officials at Merseyside Docle. Russia

In cor

conversation with one leader, the friend, says the paper. But now her

losses of Norway by Germany.

The German claims, he said, were so exaggerated as to evoke sarcastic The Central Hospital was comments in neutral

countries. destroyed. There was a total of Ministry of Information, he said, for 500 casualties.

dealing with enemy mis-statements

Labour And The Electoral Truce

Special machinery existed in the

noticed King said that he had throughout the tour the very fine spirit everywhere.

Foreign Exchange Mobilisation

When these were-not-designed to elicit valuable information, immediate; corrections were Issued through channels which were assured of wide publicity, especially in south-cast OTTAWA, Moy 1 (Reuter), Europe.

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter At Premier To Speak

Labour Party meeting to be held on Whit Monday it is expected that some organisations will try to bring the electoral truce to an end.

Canada Is now taking steps to inoblise the boldings-of foreign ex- change. Holders of foreign cur- rencles must sell them to the Carm- dian Foreign Exchange Board within

friend is Italy.

Both the Russo-German and Italo- German friendships largely depend on coming events.

Mussolini desires a final answer to the problem of the air force versus the navy before taking-any-definito decision.

Russia Surprised

Russia, says the paper, was surprised by the German attack on Norway as Italy was surprised by the Russo-German pact last August. If Germany comes to dominate n. large part of the Scandinavian penin- sule much of Russia'a gains during the

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)-In 30 days. reply to a question put forward by

This Board, which was set up in inst six months will be lost.. the Rt. Hon. Mr. C. R. Altlee in the the early days of the war, has wide A Labour Party executive made it House of Commons to-day, the Prime powers to take over

It is therefore not surprising that the gold ex-Russin is considering the question of clear yesterday in his annual report Minister said he hoped to be in a change reserves of the Bank of delivering her that this would be opposed.

surplus exports position to make a statement on the Canada which in no longer required Yugo-Slavin and Britain Instead of position in Norway to-morrow. to maintain a minimun gold reserve. Germany.

Apart from the war Issue itself there was the matter of the life and

iberty of the British people.

The executive was convinced, hel raid, "that "the interests of the party demand adherence to an electoral

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