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Defiant Defenders Rallying East of Oslo for Stand Against Germans. (Continued from Page One)

planes protecting the transport attempted to bomb the _Draug. Meanwhile, Norwegian soldiers and volunteers are holding Halden, on the Oslofjord, despite reports of a German troop landing and the Norwegian flag still flies over the strong Norwegian fortress of Fredrikssten nearby, it was reported. It had been reported that the Germans succeeded in landing a force at Halden, on the eastern

side of Oslofjord near Fredrickstad, |

Which had made a long and stubborn stand under terrible airplane bombardments. It was asserted that the German ~ troops had arrived during the night. Whether they had landed or not, the Stockholm radio flashed a dispatch from the official Swedish Telegraph Agency that Halden had not been captured and that the Norwegians also held the fortress.

Situation Uncertain

The situation along the 50-mile Oslofjord which leads to Oslo, from the Skagerrak, was extremely uncertain. It had been reported conflictingly that Allied ships were Blocking’ the entrance; that another rman fleet had reached Oslo yesSe including a battleship and a number of destroyers and other warships, to be met by ambulances; that the German troops had arrived at Halden. It was believed that the Halden troops, if landed, might have been sent from Germany in special transport lanes, It was at least apparent that the Germans held the fjord as far down from Oslo at Moss, a reach of some

were in strong force not far inland and held the fjord east coast to He 5 South,

¥ Land Battle Reverted:

Numerous trained Norwegian officers were reported to have arrived in southeastern Norway to organize volunteers: who were hurrying there

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They came, they saw, and were conquered last night as the 19th Annual Indianapolis Home Show had , its premier at the Fair Grounds Manufacturers’ Building. Waiting to inspect the three model homes were long lines of home-loving Hoosiers, like this one entering the “Town House,” the exposition’s centerpiece. Other groups filed through the “Honeymoon Home” and the “Holiday Lodge.”

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clubs. Mrs. Harold ‘Hayes. (left),

e clubs and member of the Home Sho w board of directors, supervised the work. Judges were e of Richmond, state president of the Garden Clubs of Indiana, and Donald Johnson and

NAZIS SHELLED IN SAAR REGION

Infantry Action Picks up;

Polish. Army Is Offered To Assist Norway.

PARIS, April 13 (U. P.) —Infantry action is intensifying on the Rhine part of the Western Front and German troops have been repulsed in

|an attempt to capture a Rhine is-

land held by the French north of

Huningue, a High Command communique disclosed today. Activity continued throughout the

by all possible transport facilities. It was reported that railroad cam-

munication had been resto

red by

the Germans between Trondheim, on the Norwegian west coast, and the Swedish frontier, a distance of

55 miles.

The captain of an unidentified American steamship in Trondheim harbor was reported negotiating with Germans regarding his ship's

departure, and it was added that he firi

had been told he might leave at his

_ own risk.

Dispatches from the Norwegian

horder reported that a battle progress - near Askeim, 30 southeast of Oslo. German Lad advanced inland from

was in miles troops Moss,

above Frederikstad on the Oslofjord,

to attack the Norwegians.

It was

- said, and one detachment succeeded

in cr the Glommen

River

just went of Askeim. To cross the

river, the Germans had

to

use

ferries, it was said, as the Nor- - wegians had blown up all bridges.

Volunteers Have Machine

Guns

Frontier reports said that a big fight seemed imminent at Skanes,

40° miles northeast of Oslo.

Ger-

man troops were reported 15 miles south of the town, advancing on it. More than 1000 volunteers had joined Norwegian troops at Skarnes, it ; was said, and were at once equipped with machine guns and

other weapons. |

It was reported that only about

300 men remained at Kongsvingen,

a town of 2000 inhabitants which is

a Norwegian headquarters Skarnes. _ the fighting lines.

Radio Stockholm reported thati the commander of the Konsvingen Gen. Hoch-Nielsen,

fortress,

near

The other men were in

had

been relieved of his command on the ground that he had shown sym-

pathy for the puppet regime

set up

by the Germans at Oslo and be-

" telephone and cable communica-

~ Hambro that when he accepted the

Injured

cause arms intended for his troops had been delayed.

Oslo Power Is Cut Off

‘Gen. C. J. Erichsen, commanding Norwegian troops in the Glommen ‘River area, reported that he had succeeded in severing electricity service to Oslo by cutting cables from the power station north of the capital. He had also cut all

tions to Germany. A usually reliable Norwegian informant here said that Maj. R. Mosleff, who had been mentioned as “defense minister” in the Oslo puppet regime, had arrived secretly in Stockholm and reported to C. J. Hambro, Speaker of the Norwegian Upper House who had come to represent the interests of his Government. Mosleff was reported to have told

post he did not know Norway was warring with Germany and that as soon as he learned the truth he

night in the Rhine regions east of Mulhouse and near Strasbourg, it was said. Along the Maginot Line, French drtillery late yesterday shelled German constructions near . the Saar River region, the communique said. A military informant said that the French bombardment of the Saar sector was particularly violent. It was started in retort to German

ng. Reports of activity /along the Rhine came after War Office assertions that preparations had been observed for an attack by the Germans at different points,

Poles Help Lay Mines

French sources reported today that Germany already had lost one tanker gnd one munitions ship in the new Allied mine fields, apparently. the ones in the Kattegat or the little and great belt channels between the Danish islands and the Danish mainland. Polish as well as French warships aided the British to lay the new mine fields, it was disclosed. It also was learned today that units of a Polish Army which had been training through the winter in France have been offered to Norway to fight against the Germans. Situation in North Confusing

French informants estimated that Germany had between 25,000 and 40,000 men in Norway. It was believed that Norway could mobilize between 80,000 and 100,000 men. It was said that the Allied positions in Scandinavia on land and sea and in the air had been reinforced extensively and that their pressure on the Germans bottled in deep bays along the Norwegian coast was increasing steadily as the Norwegians completed their mobilization fo attack on the land side.

U.S. ‘EXPECTS’ SAFE PASSAGE FOR 3 SHIPS

WASHINGTON, April 13 (U. P.). —The United States today notified belligerents that three American freighters now in Norwegian waters will return home shortly and that this Government expects that they will be given safe passage. American diplomats in Britain,

ed to notify those Governments that the American ships are under orders to return home and that they may be expected to sail soon, The ships are the! Flying Fish and the Mormacsea of the MooreMcCormack Lines and the Charles R. McCormack of the McCormack Line, now under charter to the Stockard Line of New York. The Charles R. McCormack and the Flying Fish are reported to be at Bergen and the Mormacsea at

escaped.

Trondnein.

IN INDIA

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Totals 58 55 MEETINGS TODAY

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BIRTHS

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James, Mary Mating! t St, Vincent's. Mark, Marily HY y; a Fra nots,

ncis. Bruce, Bath. re ot Sa N. Pine, geome | Gertrude Moore, at Ma E. oth. Paul, Evelyn Wickersham. at 709 Bacon. Clarence. Rhoda Dilk, at 429 W. Me»

Car orze.] ‘Dora_Linder, at 338 Beauty. | , Mary Heck. at 2809 McPherson.

Louis DEATHS

Virginia Love, 38. at City, carcinoma.

Edward Moore, 54. at (C 1 . PR. oo: a a entral Indiana,

Emm Lyvzott, 67, at 2006 nn Ry N. Capiier.

Mary Meixner. 65, at 910 N. La Salle, chronic myocarditis

Lillian Herrington, 86, at 1731 N. Capitol. carcino

Charles Humble. nl at 2231 N. Harding, mitral insufficien Thoma, Hyde. "66. “at 1638 Arrow, chronic mybeards annie Lockman, 69, at 721 N. Noble, pulmonar edema. Reva ck, 67, at City, coronary sclerosi

oS0se Hine Pautzke, 69. at 104 8. Davidonic myocarditis.

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Revolt Suspect Hangs Himself

NEW YORK, April 13 (U. P.).— Claus Gunther Ernecke, missing defendant in the trial of 17 men charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Government, was found dead today in the cellar of an apartment house. He had hanged himself. > Ernecke failed to appear in Federal Court yesterday when the trial was resumed and his bail of $7500 was forfeited. Ernecke was a German who had taken out first citizenship papers and-a member of the New York National Guard. Denis .Healy, chief prosecution witness at the trial, testified this week that it was through Ernecke that he was introduced into the Christian Front. - : The trial is in adjournment until Monday because of Healy's collapse late Tuesday during a cross examination.

HOME SHOW HAILED AT+ORMAL OPENING

(Continued from Page One) and Indiana will celebrate Garden Club Day. 8 ” » By the time the ribbon-cutting ceremony had begun, long lines of visitors waited before each house.

First to enter the “Town House”:

were Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Richard-

son of 655 Virginia Ave. At the “Honeymoon Home” it was Dr. and Mrs. Roy Lee Smith of 421 Blue Ridge Road. The earliest visitors at the “Holiday Lodge” were Mrs. E. M. Redick of 2053 Guilford Ave. and her daughter, Helen.

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Whiié most visitors toured in groups and pointed out items they were afraid someone might miss, three persons walked among the gardens silently and separately, each with a pencil and cardboard. They were the judges of the gardens laid out by the 10 Indianapolis Garden Clubs. They were Donald Johnson and James E. Lowery Jr., both local landscape architects, and Mrs. E. C. Cline, state president of the Garden Clubs of Indiana. They based their choices on general design and effect, originality, plant selection and arrangement, color harmony, and adaptability of home use. The ribbon winners were: First, Marigold Garden Club, rock garden; second, Spade & Trowel Garden Club, pool garden; third, Brookside Garden Club, rose garden; fourth, Municipal Garden Club, wall and terrace garden; first honorable mention, Neophyte Garden Club, cut flower garden; second honorable mention, Irvington Garden Club, informal border.

TEA FOR CANDIDATES All Republican candidates have been invited to a twilight tea to be given by the Ninth Precinct of the Fifth Ward tomorrow from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. in the home of Ernest Arnett, 631 Udell St. Mrs. Mary Carlisle is general chairman.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

By U. 8S. Weather Bureau ec!

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow; light frost tonight.

Sunrise -

5:10 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —April 13, 1939—

sana 6:21

rr 24 hrs, ending 7 a. m. T Total precipitation since Jan. 1........ 7.17 Deficiency since Jan. 1................ 4.08

MIDWEST WEATHER mi djana—-Cenerally fair tonight and tomorrow;” not so cool in central and ‘south portions tonight, light frost in central and Darth? portions; warmer tomorrow in south IMinois—Fair lomignt and probably tomorrow: not so cool in south portion toht; Narmer tomorrow except along Lake M chigan Lower Michigan—Generally Jair, and continued cool tonight and tomor Ohio—Generally fair tonight To tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Kentucky—Fair tonight and tomorrow; slowly rising temperature tomorrow and in central and west portions tonight.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Weather Bar. Temp. lear 30.24

de 96 Portland, Ore. ....... Cloudy 30.23 San an tonio, Tex, ...Clear ancisco

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NARVIK BATTLE,

Nazis Pound British Ships|

Dornier flying boat, which fled with ‘both engines afire.

“Trying to Land Troops; Norse Join Fighting. (Continued from Page One)

Norwegian port of Stavanger and its airdrome. The announcement said it was believed that the hangar and planes extensively damaged. Stavanger is at the Stavanger airdrome had been on the west coast of Norway. I Large-scale naval operations in the entrance to the Baltic, and intensified infantry action on the Western Front were other developments. In Amstérdam, British authorities today circularized all British residents of Holland advising “as a precautionary measure” that they should be ready to leave, if neces sary, on short notice. In that event, the circular said, Britons should proceed with hand luggage to British consulates either in Amsterdam or Rotterdam.

Mine 60,000 Square Miles At sea, the British were reported to have sown a new secret type of deadly mine in the Kattegat, between Denmark and the NorwaySweden peninsula, in an effort to cut off the German forces in Norway.

London naval experts claimed the |

new mine is so Geadly that the Germans will not be able to escape it by any known_method. The great mine field laid-RBy the Allies around the German North Sea coast, Denmark, the Skaggerak and the Kattegat was reported to cover about 60,000 square miles, which would make it the greatest mining operation in naval history. London sources. said the Allies have a submarine fleet in the Kattegat, ready to meet any German attempt to sweep a path through the mine field.

British Raid Bergen

The British Admiralty announced that the air arm of the fleet had raided the large Norwegian port of Bergen yesterday, bombing transports and supply ships and blowing up a munitions warehouse. One British plane was lost in the raid. In other raids by the Royal Air Force, the Admiralty said, eight planes were lost yesterday and two were forced down at sea. The British estimate of German losses in Scandinavian waters this week was 34 ships known to have been sunk or reported sunk. They. comprised three surface warships and one submarine known sunk, six others reported sunk, and 24 transports, supply, ammunition and merchant ships sunk or reported sunk. Despite the German clainr that they had landed additional troops at Halden on the Oslofjord leading to Oslo, probably by transport plane, the Norwegians said they still re holding Halden and the fortress of Frederikssten nearby. Report Battle at Askeim The Germans apparently held the Oslofjord for a distance of about 30 miles below Oslo and German warships were reported there. Norwegians held the east coast of the fjord south of that, and had a strong force inland. Border dispatches reported a battle in gress near Askeim, 30 miles southeast of Oslo. Norwegian lines were holding a semi-circle north and east of Oslo, and fighting ‘was believed in progress there. On the Western Front, a French communique said that German troops had been repulsed in an attempt to capture an island in the Rhine held by the French north of Huningue. It was the first suck attempt since the war started.

In London:

British Fliers Bomb German Tansperts in Raid on Bergen

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destroyer’ deck with 100 rounds of ammuntion and then attacked the

It was believed that the flying boat was damaged so severely that it was unable to reach land. The gas tank of the British plane was leaking as result of a bullet hole but it was able to reach land although it had to fly across a great stretch of the North Sea. The Air try’s announcement indicated that the Royal Air Force r a wide stretch of coast. Meanwhile, it was reported today that Great Britain has used a new, deadly secret mine in its attempt to cut off Germany from ifs occupation forces in Norway. It was intimated that the Allies have a submarine fleet in the Kattegat ready to meet any German attempt to sweep a channel through the mine fields for supplies and reinforce gian forces. Allied mine fields, laid off the German, Netherlands and Norwegian coasts and in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the entrances to the Baltic, now cover about 60,000 square miles, it was reported. Naval experts intimated that British Navy niine experts had developed completely new mine types and asserted t they knew no pre- || cautions which the Germans could take which would guarantee their ships against destruction if they| came into contact with the British mines. Backing up warships in the drive| to sweep German transport and supply ships from the sea were| new super-sfreamlined - swordfish biplanes, each carrying a single torpedo as powerful as those aboard

ents for the Norwe- |

(Continued from Page One) Germans also were under-|:

ae to be using new methods of waging warfare. It had apparently been established that many hundreds, if not thousands, of German troops in Norway had arrived in special transport planes, which were able to shuttle back and forth between Germany or Denmark and the Norwegian coast. Britain tightened the hold by which it hopes to strangle Germany not only with its new mine fields but by other means. It was said authoritatively that Danish ships, now classed technically as enemy craft, would be permitted by the Allies to ply the seas only under the Allied flag. Danish ships are to be seized as prizes. Requisitioned, and operated as Allied ones. Twenty-nine Danish ships, including nine fishing boats and 20 merchantmen whose tonnage totaled 26,000, already have been seized in British Ports, it was made known. It was disclosed that the Ministry of Economic Warfare and blockade authorities had started to search mails bound for the United States, South America and other areas from neutral countries surrounding Germany. Tt was explained that examination of figures issued at Washington had ‘shown that for some time past United States imports from (Germany had been surprisingly high. Precious stones and jewelry were bons imported at the rate of one | million dollars a year, it was asserted, small items of machinery, tches and similar products at the rate of $300,000 a year; dyes at the rate of 2250,000 pounds a year (avoirdupois) and chemicals and other products at the rate of 18

submarines.

million pounds a year.

In Berlin:

Dicusied Zone in Norway Expanded, Germans Claim.

(Continued from Page One)

British naval and air units were being concentrated north of Trondheim, apparently in preparation for an attack on the German forces of occupation there. The announcement that Germ forces at o had been reinforc was regarded here as another indication that the British had not ypt succeeded in cutting Germany's communications with Norway. Dea ing with the reinforcements for Oslo, the agency said: “They were immediately t ported to assigned locations, of them being quartered near Oslo.

(German wireless reports hea in New York said heavy artille armered cars and enormous quantities of ammunition were in cargo reaching Oslo yesterday in transport ships.) [1 The Nazis said latest information disclosed that eight British planes were shot down in ‘an attack on Bergen Wednesday, and that one was shot down off Stavanger. H “In the Oslo region there were no important operations,” the come | munique said. On the basis of official reports, the occupation still was confined to the lowlands around Oslo and the seaports of Arendal, Christiansand, Egersund, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondhemn, Evenes and Narvik, |

RUSSIA HANDS OVER PETSAMO T0 FINNS

MOSCOW, April 13 (U. PJ Russia has handed over the Pet samo Arctic region to Finland after restoring damage done to Finnish property, the official news agency Tass announced today. Russia agreed under the RussoFinnish e treaty to hand oXet

Petsamo fil 10.

Five-Day Syphilis oe iil Is Claimed by 3 Doctors

NEW YORK, April 13 (U. P)— A five-day treatment said to cure syphilis was available to the medical world today.

Three doctors initiated the treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital here

in 1933 and in a report yesterday to|

200 public health officials and syphilis specialists said that 85 per cent of the patients treated were cured in five days and the remainder cured in a second treatment three months later. A. drug developed by Dr. Paul Ehrlich, German discoverer of the “magic bullet” treatment for syphilis, was employed in the cures, but the compression of the treatment into five days instead of at Jatt

Ave IGnLEs was.

Cure

venous drip,” which permitted m sive doses of the curative drug. Patients discharged from the ho pital DE week no longer could spread the disease. The treatment is painless and the only.

called z continuous slow fit,

hargin and William Leifer, all of the Mount Sinai staff, ducted the experiments in a ward supervised. by Dr. George Baehr. The ure ‘was announced after seven years of experiments tion ind ted it was ready to be released for trial and improvement

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| The campaign for the moment seemed to be concentrated on extending the occupied area around Oslo.. It was believed that Hamar,

jone of the most important inland

wns of South Norway, was still in Norwegian hands. The strength of German forces in Norway was a military secret, but whereas German quarters tried to give the impression that several di- | visions—100,000 or more men—were

-|in ‘the invading army, it was be-

lieved that only a few thousand .|were in the Oslo district. Meanwhile, newspapers sharply warned Great Britain that any further raids on German communication ‘lines, such as the reported bombing of a railway station in Holstein near the Danish border, would bring retaliation with “double intensity.” Many observers saw in these protests the threat that air activity, heretofore generally confined to reconnaissance flights and naval raids, might be extended into large-scale land bombings. The official news agency, meanwhile, denied emphatically that

German fliers had bombed any]

civilian objectives in Norway. It said British sources had made that

'lcharge.

INAMED HEAD OF

CLEMENCY BOARD

Charles O. Apple, Grant County farmer, today became the new chairman of the State Clemency Commission, succeeding J. T. Arbuckle of Rushville, who resigned yesterday.

Mr. Apple, who was appointed by 2 Governor M. Clifford Townsend, was | 4

head of the farm division of ‘the State Democratic Committee during

the 1938 campaign and was formerly

president of the Grant County Farm Bureau. : Mr. Arbuckle, who is 77, has been a member of the Commission since it was created in 1933 during the ad-

_|ministration of former Governor|?

" |Paul V. McNutt. He said he was retiring from public life ta go to California with Mrs. Arbuckle. He ran for the Democratic Lieutenant Governor nomination in 1932 when Governor Townsend was nominated for that post. : Other members of the Commission are J. W. Yost of Winchester and Mrs. Martha Salb, the Governor's secretary in charge of penal affairs.

City-Wide BRANCHES cher Trust Cs

‘Iponed one day until tonight.

‘NO BOSSISM,’ |S EDITORS’ TIP

Association Indorses State Administration, Minton And VanNuys. (Continued from Page One) them, it elected, to support the re-

spective candidates. However, party leaders said the

iling of delegate slates for the May

7 primary was not general over the State by either of the gubernatorial candidates. . Sentiment for other prospective candidates for the gubernatorial nomination was expected to develop, especially for State Chairman Bays, despite his avowed intention not to be a candidate. Talk also was expected from some groups inthe party concerning the possibility of running another candidate in the convention for the senatorial nomination against Senator Minton. This sentiment developed sev-

eral weeks ago among a few party

workers as the result of the Sena~ tor's open fight against the Hatch “clean politics” bill which would prohibit from participation in politics state employees whose salaries are paid in part by the Federal Government. The Association meeting is being held later this year than usual in order to commemorate Jefferson Day and also the first anniversary of Mr. Bays’ election as state chairman. The principal speaker at the annual banquet tonight will be Congressman T. V. Smith of Chicago, who outlined Democratic Party principles in a series of radio debates recently with U. S. Senator Robert Taft of Ohio. Also scheduled to speak are Governor Townsend, Frank M. McHale, manager of the McNutt-for-Presi-dent campaign, Chairman Bays and Senator Minton.

FAIR AND WARMER DUE FOR WEEK-END

(Continued from Page One)

Cherry Blossom Festival was postThe blossoms suffered little damage despite the 26-degree temperature. Atlanta, Ga., had the coldest April 13 on record—2a7 degrees. The Georgia peach crop escaped damage, growers reported, because the frost had been light and orchardists had been warned. Gauges - along the White and Black Rivers in Arkansas showed waters above the flood stage because of heavy rains and melting snow. Fruit trees and tender ¢rops were believed to have been damaged heavily by cold. Northern Ohio was blanketed with snow up to five inches deep. The forecast was for warmer weather in Michigan after the coldest April 12 in 67 years was reported at Detroit. A snowstorm there assumed nearblizzard proportions. In the corn belt, Towa crop experts believed the damage would not be excessive. Fruit suffered considerable damage in Oklahoma, but cotton and wheat were spared. In the panhandle country the lowest temperature recorded Friday was 10 above. Heavy frost in northern Texas tapered to light nips as far south as Houston and San Antonio. Ironically, only 10 days ago Texas cities had reported record high temperatures for April and a New York salesman died of sunstroke at Houston. The cold wave completed a series of mid-April weather record smashing.

TELLS OF FLIGHT FROM GERMANS

Nazis Rain Bombs on Roads; King Haakon Has Narrow Escape in Hotel.

(Continued from Page One)

going were in automobiles and we left for Hamar in four cars. “At Hamar we were told that the

Royal Court of Norway and the

‘Ministers and ed to Hosbjor. “We arrived (at Hosbjor) at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, finding all members of the British Legation including the minister, Sir Cecil Dormer and Lady Dormer. : “I telephoned our’ Legation in Oslo and heard their news. word came from the Government at Hamar that it might be better to move toward the Swedish frontier. But after supper it was whispered to me to move to Elverum, as the Germans were within a half hour of Hamar. We rushed back to pack our. things. “We drove off in a long line of cars. The Germans took Hamar and our mountain retreat at Hosbjor as well. “On entering . Elverum, Haakon's two cars passed us. “On the outskirts of Elverum sole diers in white snow were barricade ed. They later proved most effective in throwing down the German advance and saving their king. Finds Hotel Full “The Hotel Central at Elverum was full. Sir Cecil sought out the Norwegian government's new headquarters x the woods and told us to go to a fa: : away, near Herodsbygd. We had just settled there when Sir Cecil arrived with word that the Gere mans had reached Hamar in nine armored cars. “Wednesday morning’ we were awakened by the roar of six German planes flying toward Elverum, and flying very low. “We lunched that day on poached eggs. During the day I was able to reach the Government twice by telephone and our Legation at Oslo once. Just as we were going to bed that night there was an air raid alarm and the lights went out. We were taken to woods near the house and told we must run there if airplanes came, and not to undress all night. I called the American Legation at Stockholm and gave Minister Frederick A Sterling a cable for the State Department. Then I retired. Sees Elverum Bombed “Thursday, planes were centering over Elverum and we heard that we were being caught in a trap, as all bridges were being burned and roads barricaded. I wanted to get nearer the Swedish border where the Government had moved in the night. . “We ‘could see Elverum being bombed. There was little noise because they were using incendiary bombs. Thick, yellow smoke was rising. “We hoped to get to the road going east to the Swedish border. After driving a few miles we were stopped by soldiers at a great barricade across the road. They said, ‘Go back as fast as you can because we expect seven German armored cars.’ “While we retraced our steps, numbers of German Heinkels passed overhead toward Elverum and when we arrived at Hostjor we saw that Elverum was now on fire. “It burned steadily for hours, but the: Norwegian Government had gone. a “We took the road eastward and were told that it would lead eventually to another barricade, but it seemed the only | direction away from the line of fire. After some hours we found a farm house. “I Had One Egg”

*“That day I had one egg and one piece of toast for breakfast, three

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King

lunch, and two _poached eggs for supper. . on my tiny couch, “Friday morning the owner of the farm proved most resourceful. He searched all the neighboring forests and passable roads. He returned with: news that soldiers at the barricade would help pass. “At the barricade we got out of the car and squeezed through one end of it. down a hill by the chauffeur, first to the river and it went for 150 yards along on the ice which was still thick enough to hold it; then the soldiers pushed-it up the steep, icy bank again. “As we reached Elverum we found the Red Cross hospital and church standing, but the rest of the town demolished. The big Hotel Central where I had spent a half hour Tuesday night was completely de stroyed. “From EIverum we drove to Nye bergsund and rea¢ched there about 3 p. m. I was to have visited the Government there ‘the 'day before, We found the hotel razed to the ground.” It had been bombed at 4 o'clock the previous afternoon while the King and Government were in it. “Fortunately, they had escaped. “An attempt had been made to destroy the Blommen River bridge as well, but the bombs had missed it, “Here again there was no telephone connection so I proceeded to | the border. Wr “I now pian to return to Norway | and get as near the Government as

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