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Evening star., 1940-04-25
III-Equipped British Troops
Cut Down by Nozi Force
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British officers maintained remarkable calm But this
small military machine with vital missing. Able to bomb at
WILL the had seriously disrupted the organization
little British exedtonary vanguard in its four days at the front
Later Norwegian officers told that the British
that their expeditions lack of artillery
remained completely bewldeng and nexpcabe to them
peatedy informed that nearly 1900 British
embarked at NamSos without single agun to
fend the landing against bobe
the moment and bomb missed the transport ship Empress
Australia by only 20 yards English soldiers said
that several thousand troops following
N Two battaons sped southwark to stop the
driving from Aasen but they had
ments in the 10 days they had been in Monday
afternoon that is None of them soldier
drove north SO miles almost to Namso but turned
back without finding trace of French troops.
French May Yet Save British.
On Tuesday afternoon while struggling obtain pecemea
transportation back toward the Swedish border
who said he had just several thousand soldiers
ships had Monday report
arrival of large Anglo renfocements
tered British advance
French well supplied with airguns Thus
the British
the Norwegians
But the roads in this section
from the spring thaw The transportation of allied
ments down to the front will days
perhaps considerably longer These rutted
roads accompces the avaors who
fly sngy threes Forty British fighters present
could probably clear the skies the entire
fighting and all vital sections their guard
Trondhem The British troops praying that fighters
will arrive and before it is toe late.
Following the British defeat Visit, that
Norwegian troops had compelled virtually
the north front above Trondhe The NorWegans
much larger forces than has generally supposed
reported to have about 1900 the north drive
their arpanes and artillery have terribly important
Evening star., 1940-04-25

forces on the spot, from just below
Namsos down to the front of Steink-
jer - that devastated, blackened
town which the Germans now
occupy.
Took 48 Hours to Go 100 Miles.
I struggled for 48 desperate
hours to cover approximately 100
miles-from Steinkjer up to Forma-
foss, and then over the blizzard
blocked pass to the Swedish from
tier at Gaeddede.
The Swedish photographer, Me-
lander. and myself had to hitch
hike on trucks and Red Cross am
balances. We hired cars twice, which
had to be abandoned because only
the heaviest trucks would plow
through the worst inferno of mud
and slush I had ever seen. On one
stretch of road it required nearly
four hours to cover exactly Is miles
Sometimes we spent hours searching
for any kind of transportation. At
the top of the mountain pass we
walked nearly 10 miles through the
snow.
Finally, together with the Co
lumbia Broadcasting Systems tiny
Betty Wason-who had fought her
way through alone as far as
Formafoss and Grong, we walked
nearly 10 miles through the snow
drifts on the mountain crest. At
last a Norwegian sheriff rescued us
and drove us to the frontier on
Wednesday night. For six hours we
rode on to Oestersund. I had had
two meals in three days and nothing
but water and a chocolate bar for
the last "a hours. During two nights
I had grabbed snatches of sleep on
the kitchen floors in farmhouses.
In SO hours I had had less than
eight hours of sleep. This was the
toughest physical nightmare I have
ever experienced. 1t still seems as
ii four days and nights had been at
least two weeks long.
Started With Swedes.
But what fantastic series of
events and revelations. Melander
and were accompanied at the out
set by three Swedish journalists. AS
soon as they heard about the Ger
mans aerial destruction of Namsos
and Steinkjer the three Swedes
talked wildly about how we would all
be machine-gunned as soon as day.
light came. They took over our two
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Confession of Two Men
Frees Pdir in Robbery

Instead of facing a jury In con-
nection with the robbery Of d gaso-
line station, two colored men, in
Jail since March "a, enjoyed unex-
pected freedom today.
The accused men, John K.
Stewart, %, and. Leon M. Smith, 20.
were indicted on charge of holding
up a filling station at 10 H street
NV, March "a. One victim "posi-
lively identified" them as the bandits
six hours after the robbery.
But on the eve of their trial before
Justice F. Dickinson Let's in Dis
trict Court, Assistant United States
Attorney John w. Jackson an
nounced, two other suspects held
by the police confessed to this rob-
berry and about "a others. These
prisoners took police to the scene
Of this and various other holdups.
Evening star., 1940-04-25

work one hour previously. The
rescue party got to Sjosjoen ..
The cars were fixed and the Amer
leans left Sjosjoen about pm -
With the aid Of horses and shovels
they finally reached Lillehammer at
pm.
HE learned that passage was
blocked at Elverum by destroyed
bridge. They adopted a northern
route, leaving Lillehammer at II am.
April 10, flying American flags from
their tenders and bigger ones over
the tops Of the cars. That night
they spent at farmhouses along the
way"
The next day 1t was necessary to
proceed by train, and while waiting
at Dombas Station the party took
refuge in a tunnel. From there the
Americans Travelled to Brekken; then
took a bus to Sjallnas, reaching
Sweden with "the entire party in
excellent shape apart from being
exhausted from the arduous Jour-
ney."
II knew the area was becoming a
dangerous fighting sector so forced
the party to keep going although
all were dog tired" Comdr. Hagen
recounted last night as he relaxed
with his pipe in the sitting room of
the family hotel where the party Is
staying.
"Yes, we wanted to stop and rest"
put in Mrs. Thormond o. Klath of
Brooklyn, N. Y, wife of the lega-
tion's commercial attache. "but he
made us keep on. In view of the
fighting we know why now"
Billiards Called Terrible.
Comely Mrs. Klath. complaining
only over the fact that she'd had
to leave most Of her clothes In Oslo.
said she probably would return to
the United States shortly to place
her l0-year-old daughter. Carolyn,
in school. Her husband is continue
ing on the job in Oslo.
"The trip was horrible and the
blizzards were terrible" added Mrs.
Klath, who also had to leave Warsaw
when the Germans invaded Poland.
1T was especially hard on the
children. One Of them had the
mumps, with resultant throat in
lection. He's in the hospital now
and will be all right.
Another had tonsilitis and we
wrapped the two of them in blan-
kets. It's wonder they made it,"
Evening star., 1940-04-25
More Cunudiun Troops
Arrive in Britain
BY the Associated Press,


LONDON, April 25.-Arrival at
northwest port of "a further con-
tingent of Canadians" and the first
military group from Newfoundland
was announced today.
The Newfoundlanders were In
civilian clothes and many of them
tossed their hats into the water as
their ship eased into her berth. The
Canadians were in uniform.
Canadian strength already in
Britain-a division and an air unit
numbers about 10000 men.
The announcement Of the new
arrivals said they reached an un-
disclosed port where Dominions
Secretary Anthony Eden extended
the welcome to "the first contingent,
a large number, of Newfoundlanders
who have volunteered for service
with the royal artillery"
Evening star., 1940-04-25

Military Initiative Held by Germans.
North of Trondheim the military
initiative is now held by alert, ag-
gressive and first-class German
/ troops. 1t is guaranteed by Nazi war
planes which are flying constantly
at less than 1000 feet over the allied
Norwegian sector and which bomb
their objective as easily as a crack
marksman picks off clay pigeons.
Three times in one day German
planes roared over my head at only
500 or 600 feet of altitude and twice
was In buildings where key Nor
wegian commands were located. I
thought the Nazis' espionage sefv-
ice-with its formidable network
throughout Scandinavia-had al
ready betrayed these locations.
Providentially, this had not hap
pened and no bombs were dropped.
So these two Norwegian control
centers escaped. But without the
allied aircraft and anti-air guns,
such miracles cannot endure for
long .@.
This is merely an illustration of
the tremendous initiative which has
been handed to the Germans north
Of Trondheim by one of the
costliest and most inexplicable mil
itary bungles in modern British his
tory. 1t has been handed to them
by those high British authorities who
thrust 1900 young territorials into
the snow and mud below Namsos 10
days ago. without a single anti
air gun or a single piece of artillery.
On Tuesday, exactly two weeks after
Germany invaded Norway, the
British have less men in action on
this front than the Nazis landed in
Oslo by air within the space of
eight hours on April 8.
Disastrous Lack of Organization.
These are facts, learned and re-
affirmed from the lips of British
| officers and soldiers. These are still
facts, whatever the truth may be
about reports of large British forces
having landed somewhere between
Trondheim and Bergen to the south.
Even though three British transports
may have entered Namsos Fjord late
Monday afternoon, and even though
several thousand French troops are
said to be somewhere in that vicinity,
the fact remains that the British
end of this expedition has started
with disastrous lack of organiza-
tion and lack of equipment.
AS result, the confidence of Nor
wegian Army officers in the British
Army and air force has been most
seriously shattered and in some
cases completely destroyed. Only
the most energetic kind of British
intervention-and immediate in
tervention-can possibly restore the
confidence of Norwegian officers on
this battered, mud-clogged front. It
seems now that the allies cannot
hope to capture Trondheim from the
north within month or much
longer. AS to what they can do
from the south and by sea, I have
no flrSt-hand evidence-and these
dispatches are based entirely upon
information obtained from mem
bers of the British and Norwegian
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Nozis Soy Terboven's
Tenure Is Limited
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. y.
OSLO, April 25.-German authori-
ties asserted today that the appoint
ment of Josef Terboven by Adolf
Hitler as commissioner for the Ger
man-occupied area of Norway would
be limited to the period of occu-
patton
They said it did not mean either
that Norway had become German
protectorate or Norway's constitu-
tion had been changed.
Terboven, they explained, will act
as an intermediary between Ger
many and the Norwegian Adminis-
trative Commission in Oslo headed
by Ingolf Elster Christensen as long
as regular diplomatic relations are
broken.
Evening star., 1940-04-25
YuqosIovs See Relations
With Russiu Resumed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. April Is.
Vice Premier vladimir Machek
said yesterday the impending trade
treaty between Soviet Russia and
Yugoslavia would pe followed by re-
sumption Of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries.
There have been no sucn relations
since the Russian revolution.
Moreover, the usually government
inspired Zagreb newspaper Novosti
said Yugoslavia and the Soviets were
brought together through London"
Evening star., 1940-04-25
U. 5. Refugees Brave
Air Raids, Blizzard
In Fleeing Oslo
Porty Took Shelter in
Tunnel Where American
Officer Was Killed
BY the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM, April 25.-Ending a
l2-day struggle through German
air raids and the deep SHOWS OF Nor
wegian mountains by car, truck,
SLED and afoot, party of American
war-zone refugees from the United
States Legation in German-occupied
Oslo arrived here yesterday.
The party was in charge Of the
United States naval attache at Oslo,
1t. Comdr. Ole o. Hagen.
Before starting to safety with the
party of men, women and children,
the attache had obtained promise
from the Germans not to bomb Sjos-
joen, where the women were quar-
tered, until after they had left.
However, the party encountered
numerous air raids along the route,
and once took shelter in the same
railway tunnel at Dombas, Nor
wegian railway junction point, in
which Capt. Robert M. Losey, 81, as
sistant military attache at Stock
holm, was killed the next day, SUM-
day, during German air raid.
The officers body is expected here
today.
Auto Obtained Through Police.
Deciding to move the party on
April IL, 1t. Comdr. Hagen left Oslo
by car obtained through the police
with a consulate clerk as the driver.
An account of his struggle was
told in prosaically-titled Bulletin
No. Four" issued by Frederick A.
Sterling, United States Minister to
Sweden.
The United States Minister to
Norway, Mrs. Florence Jaffray Har-
riman, arrived last night. She plans
to remain here until the situation is
cleared.
With a pass through the lines and
six United States flags, the party
started from Oslo at l pm. April r.
but was forced to return and make
a detour because of broken bridge.
Three hours later the caravan was
ditched in S feet of snow.
Nine Norwegians finally rescued
the refugees at II pm. and they
spent the night at a hotel in Haga
a small town about 80 miles north
east of Oslo.
Halted by Wrecked Bridge.
On the next day, April l3, the
party made fairly good time, reach
ing Ringsaker, about so miles north
OF Haga, before being halted by a
wrecked bridge.
There the refugees abandoned
their cars and walked two hours,
carrying suitcases and two United
States flags. Then they obtained
a truck ride. Subsequently they OBJ
tanned cars at Lillehammer and
reached Sjosjoen on April Is.
The commander realized they
had to return to Lillehammer if
they ever got the road clear" the
minister's story related.
He finally got a horse sled for
5 miles to a village where he pro-
cured an automobile to 60 to Lille
hammer. He reached Lillehammer
at $50 pm, contacted military au-
thorities and asked for help. =. /.
There had been a heavy blizzard all
day long.
There were air alarms about
every two hours throughout the day.
The storm continued. He tried to
get a mechanic to fix up the cars
(two OF the three which the partv
had at Sjosjoen would not start
'C He arranged for a mechanic
about 10 am. Thursday to drive
within 5 miles of Sjosjoen.
Two SIeds Hired.
Then he hired two sleds with
two horses and four men with shov-
els. The military plow had started
Evening star., 1940-04-25
ToyIor Confers at Voticon

VATICAN CITY. April Is (P.-
Myron c. Taylor, president Roose-
velts special envoy to the Vatican,
spent an hour today with Luigi
Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary
of state, presumably in discussion Of
the war situation,
Evening star., 1940-04-25

cars and dashed back up the noun.
tains. None Of them had come within
80 miles of the front and none had
got near enough to see single Brit
ish soldier, Thanks to their plight.
your correspondent is the only news
paperman to report these facts to
the outside world.
I went a long way round to get
into the Namsos sector, north OF
Trondheim. I was fearful that the
allies expeditionary forces might
capture Trondheim before I could
get there. If they did and thereby
opened up the Swedish frontier at
Storlien, then score of correspond
ents who were waiting there would
beat me to the scene. But wanted
to be the first newspaperman to join
the Anglo-French forces. If they
were held up somewhere, somehow,
l might get there, and my heart was
set on going into Trondheim with
the British and French-something
which would be impossible, in any
event, If I remained waiting at Stor-
lein.
The three Swedish journalists and
Melander, the photographer, had
the same idea. So we rode in to-
gether over the mountain road
which had only been opened up two
days before after being blocked all
winter. We rode for hours without
seeing a single house and our car
rammed and slid along through mar
row corridors of snow which was
often 12-15 feet high on both sides.
1t was midnight before we got down
the twisting valley to Formofoss.
Expected to Find $4,000.
All the way I was anticipating
reporting to British and French
headquarters and to the commander
of at least one full division of $4,000
men. In fact. it was reported that
the allies had landed three divisions
in Namos Fjord. On the strength of
these reports and British radio an
nouncements, confidently expected
to be filing dispatches out of Trond-
helm within week. That was
Sunday night-a long time ago.
A 2 o'clock Monday morning my
Swedish companions went off with
our car. Virtually every motor
vehicle is requisitioned for military
purposes in the Norwegian govern
mental territory.
BY great luck I found a car and in
three hours had reached the Nor
wegian brigade headquarters from
which British major was about to
leave. He said I had better present
my credentials to Gen. Carton de
Wharf, commander of the B. E. F..
north of Trondheim, but the general
was probably at Namsos. Everything
was still in state of flux, he said,
SO we turned around and drove
north. Near Overhalla, a Norweg-
ian police officer said that there was
no possibility of my getting to
NamsoS that day, and we had to
turn back. Norwegian soldiers
guarded the roads at intervals. but
we saw no trucks of British or
French soldiers. At Grong. which
rumor had painted as badly bombed
on Sunday, we found no more dam
age than a burned gasoline station
and broken window panes-not even
visible bomb hole in or around the
town. Two German planes, both
flying alone. passed over in the
direction of Namsos.
That was all until we got well
south again on the main road which
runs along the western shore of Lake
Snasa. We had left Snasa village
only 20 minutes when two planes
dropped six bombs there. They were
big ones and reverberated heavily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19

dleton; vice-president, Mrs. r. r.
Holland; secretary, Mrs. A. D. Kor-
negay. 1t is recalled that the club
was first organized in 1915, the sec.
ond Home Demonstration club Ia
be organized in Duplin county.
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Baptist church met Monday
afternoon in the church; the presi-
dent, Mrs. G. S. Best, presided Mrs.
Ed Hill led the devotional. Mrs.
r. D. Johnson and Mrs. J. C. Brock
had charge of the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Powell, of
Rocky Mount, entertained at love-
ly dinner Sunday, in honor OF their
twentieth wedding anniversary.
Guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Alvas
Powell and Claude, Mrs. Emma
Chambers, Mrs. J.. A. Powell, Mrs.
Carrie Peele, E. F. Nicholson, Mr..
and Mrs. Bernice Powell, Miss An
ME Kate Powell, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
B. Powell and D. D. Jr., Mary Hes
ter Powell of Meredith college; Dor
othy Powell of E. c. T. C. and Miss
Mamie Chambers of Weelsville, and
Mrs. A. H. Snyder Of Penderlea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
BIRTHDAY PARTY

WARSAW, Nov. 1S.-Mrs. Stacey
Britt and Mrs. L. S. Whittle were
hostesses at birthday party Mon
day evening honoring Miss Annie
Kate Powell, at the home of the
Powells. The honoree received many
lovely gifts. An elaborately iced two
TERED cake and block ice-cream were
served. Guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
L. H. Brown, and Leslie, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. D. L. Powell, Mrs. R. E.
l.. Wheeless, Miss Bette Loftin,
Edwin Nicholson, Mrs. Carrie Peele,
Miss Elizabeth Moore, Mrs. Emma
Chambers, Miss Eula Powell and L.
S. Whittle.
The women of Lanefield commu-
nifty met in the home of Mrs. Myra
Carlton Monday afternoon and re.
organized the Lanefield club. Eleven
women were present. Miss Hattie
Pearl Mallard, county Home Dem
onstration agent, assisted with the
organization and discussed work for
the coming year. Officers are as
follows: president, Mrs. Henry Mid
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE. Nov. 18-Don-
aid ITALIAN, who has been working
il: Kinston, has returned home
Mrs. j. M. Woolard, of Bolton, is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Mil
ton Pittman.-Mrs. Mary Bender,
Miss Kate Bender, Mrs. Julia
Pankey, Miss Jane Pankey and
George Pankey were recent New
Bern visitors.
Miss Minnie Morris Hurst. of
Marines. recently visited her Sis
ter, Mrs. Hedrick Aman.-Dr. and
Mrs. w. T. burlington and chill
dren, Billy, Bobby and Helen.
spent Sunday at Benson.-Mr. and
Mrs. Hedrick Aman and son, Jer-
ry, Hugh Hurst and Misses Lula
Hurst, Cole and Minnie Morris
Hurst spent last Sunday at Penn
broke.-Mrs. HON Henderson is
recovering from tonsil operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Baxter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Cowell were
recent visitors at Fort Bragg.-Mr.
and Mrs. c. w. Woolard. of Ra-
leigh, spent several days here this
week with Mrs. Woolard's father,
w. D. sabiston.-Harold Russell.
of Wilmington, spent the weekend
at Bear Creek with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Russell. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Ellis were in New
Bern Sunday visiting Mrs. Ellis
mother, Mrs. Mary Ellis.
Mrs. Mamie Murrill, of Jackson
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. John Larkins.
Of Trenton, and Mrs. Walker Bel
lamy, of Wilmington, spent last
weekend in Washington, D. c.
Mrs. Lawrence Morton, of Swans
boro, recently visited her sister,
Mrs. S. I. Farnell.- Mrs. Hill
Horne, of Greenville, spent several
days here recently with Mrs. R. c.
Warlick and Mrs. Annie Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Cole, Jr., of
Wilson, spent last weekend here
with Mr.. Coles parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. J. Cole.-James L. Harris
spent the weekend in Raleigh with
Mrs. Harris.
Recent Wilmington visitors in.
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jones
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
old Married Couple Is A Tag
Easy To Escape, Millett Declares
BY AMY PORTER

and more than one duty" dance,
too. That will throw the 'guessers
off the trail.
Sit close to her at a movie. You
might even go so far as to put your
arm around her
Hold hands when walking down
the street.
Say 1t With Flowers
Buy your wife some flowers TO pin
on her coat. The flowers will shout
that you aren't old married folks.
Dress as carefully as you did in
your counting days. Appear as if you
had taken one last hair-smoothing.
tie-adjusting look in the mirror be-
fore you started out.
Never let her carry any packages.
You may not get such kick out
of fooling the public in this way.
But your wife will. If she ever hears
people wondering whether you've
been married long, she'll be the SNUG
gest woman in the world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-19
CLINTON CLUB
ENTERTAINED BY
MISS THOMPSON

CLINTON, Nov. 18.-Miss Jane
Thompson entertaine d members of
the Deka club at her home on
College street on Thursday eve,
ming. Fall flowers were effectively
used in decorating the rooms
where guests were received.
Contract bridge was played for
several progressions. High score
prize, pearls, went to Mrs. H. j.
Hubbard, Jr. Second high score
prize, novelty ornament, went to
Mrs. W. M. Atkinson. At the close
of the games the hostess served
tempting refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Ennis an.
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Ella Carolyn, to William
Norwood Raines, of Dunn and
Goldsboro. The weddi: . to take
place December 81.
Mrs. M. r. Gainey entertained
at a most enjoyable party at her
home near town ou Friday evening
at 7:30 o'clock, honoring her niece,
Miss Mavourneen Royal and her
son, Robert Gainey on their birth.
day anniversaries.
The guests were invited into the
living room which was decorated
attractively with IA flowers
Games and contests were enjoyed
by large numb"r of the younger
social set throughout the evening
At the close of the games the
guests were invited into the din
ing room where they found a table
with two birthday cakes covered
with burning candles, tempting
home made candies, punch anc
fruit, carrying out a color note ot
red, white and blue.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Ellis son, John West, on October
Is. Mrs. Ellis was formerly Miss
Ossie Mae House.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Dwigh
Williams, son, at the Dunn hospi
tai on November 2. Mrs. Williams
was Miss Willie Lee.