The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-22

on the North- Sea coast, were be- lieved to imply that the air force was working in closest coordination with the army and navy and was seeking not only to knock out Ger ma hair bases but to cover Allied landing op erations by preventing German reconnaissance.
 A British spokesman asserted that Allied landing operations had gone very we'll" He said that the Brit ish had suffered no losses from German air attacks. But he admit ted that immunity from damage might not long continue.
 Responsible quarters suggested that Germany had failed tc reckon on Norwegian resistance when it sent its troops far up the coast.
 Now we shall see whether the Germans can maintain their forces in northern Norway by air alone, " spokesman said.
 The press association said that so far there had been very few or practically no losses" among Brit ish troops in Norway as a result of Nazi aerial attacks. The associa- tion said that morale of Norwegian officers and men is now very high an dtheir equipment is improved. and their equipment is improved.
 Sir John Simon, chancellor of the exchequer, in introducing in the House of Commons tomorrow the budget for the fiscal year which started April 1, was expected to call for between 3,000,000,0OO pounds mad 3,400,000,000 pounds the largest budget in British history.
 (The equivalents at the present pound sterling rate are $105OO, O,OOO,- 900 and $11, 300, ,O0O,OOO; ta par $14,- 6O0,oOo,OOO and $16,547, ,OOO,O ,OOO)
 AS the treasury planned to make this contribution to Allied victory a contribution which will come from every person in Great Britain, and most particularly from the lower middle income groups the Royal air force prosecuted the most de- termined bombing raids of the war against German air bases in Scan- dinavia.
 The air ministry said a commun- ique this morning that British planes had bombed and machine gunned Stavanger airdrome, on the southwest Norwegian coast, last night and destroyed a number of German planes.
 18th Bombing Raid
 It was the 18th bombing raid on Stavanger, and in addition there had been a major naval lombard ment of the field.
 During the weekend Stavanger had been bombed Saturday night and Royal Air Force planes had bombed Kristiansand, on the south Norwegian coast at the entrance to the Olsofjord, and Aaalborg, the sole German air base in Northern Denmark.
 The Kristiansand and Aalborg raids were the first on those import ant airports, but it was indicated they would not be the last.
 As it was seen here, the German ofrces in Norway were strong but isolated. German land forces seek ing to drive northward up the two main Norwegian valleys had not effected contact with their men in coastal towns.
 But the Allies had established contact with strong Norwegian forces and were engaged in opera tionS with them.
 Not only British and French but Polish troops, men of the Legion which has been training in France since the German victory in Poland were believed now to be firmly es- tablished in mid Norway.
 May Slow Germans
 It was the Allied hope that tht main Norwegian body now in ac. tion, retreating up the two mai1 valleys, could slow the Germans sufficiently to permit full organiz ation of British, French, Polish ant Norwegian armies for a smashing drive against all Germans in Nor way.
 British official sources deprecatet the strong optimistic reports iron Scandinavia, such as an allied re capture of such towns as Hamal They wanted it made plain tha they were in for a deliberate, care fully planned campaign. not for al outing in which by some miracl they would suddenly throw a stron and well trained German army int the sea.
 The most the war office woul say, in a communique last nigh was:
 Operations in Norway are COT tinuing. British troops are operat ing in conjunction with Norwegia forces"
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