Evening star., 1942-09-27
Oslo, Hi by Unrest,
Reported on Verge
N State Of Siege
QuisIino Said to Have
Led Dush to Safety
During Raj Roid
~ the Associated Press,

SVO AuSU ~ SUISty
During Raj Roid !
~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 2o.-Norway's
German n-occupied capital OF Oslo
was reported tonight on the
verge of a state of siege after
Norwegian patriots and RAF
bombers had combined to. spread
1ire and havoc In the elaborate
settings of a convention Of the
Quisling Nazi puppet party.
Free Norwegian reports from
Sweden said the patriots had
smashed into the Bislep sports
stadium in advance of a Quisling
parade, burned stacks of the
Quisling paper Fritt Folk and dam
aged some buildings by fire. Numer-
ous street fights also were reported
"a the result of distribution of
leaflets urging Norwegians to boy
colt Quisiing youth parades.
Vidkun Quisling, fuming with
rage following disruption of his con-
vention yesterday afternoon by
Raj planes, which dropped bombs
from 100 feet on Gestapo buildings,
declared during a reconvened meet
ing TODAY:
"Now they are sending murder
planes to Oslo!"
He claimed the victims were "ordi-
nary people" and that the raid was
directed against the Norwegian
Nasjonal Samling (NazD party, not
against German troops. Four per-
sons were killed and 40 wounded,
he said.
Qutsling Led Dash to Safety.
Reports through underground
Norwegian sources said Quisling per-
sonally led the dash to the cellars.
elbowing his way through the throne
with his bodyguards.
After the all-clear sounded
Quisling and the Germans emerged
from their shelters, while the police
busied themselves rounding up
Norwegians who violated regulations
BY not taking shelter. Some Of these
Nuwegians had even gone to house.
tops to wave to the bombers, the
reports said.
The Norwegians also said panic
broke out among the more than
100000 Germans evacuated from
bombed German cities and now liv-
Ing in Oslo.
The Air Ministry News Service
said the raid on Oslo was carried
out In bright sunshine by q flieht
Of four mosquito planes, the new
Brttish-manufactured twin-eneined
Light bomber which is still on the
secret list.
In the first British mention Of
them the news service said mos
quttoes are now in service with the
bomber command. No details were
given, but an idea Of the speed of
the plane was indicated in the
report Of one pilot who said three
OF the planes eluded a flight OF
Germany's newest and fastest fight
er, the F-W 100.
The Germans, for their part. de-
scribed the raiders as Boston bomb
ers.
Norwegian quarters here said
Gestapo headquarters in Oslo was
referred to throughout Norway as
the torture chamber" and that
news that it was hit by q bomb
sent "a thrill OF Joy through the
population"
Squadron Leader D. A. G. Parry,
who holds the Distinguished Flying
Cross and bar. said that "as our
crews approached the city just be-
fore 4 o'clock, they could distinguish
Its conspicuous buildings several
miles away.
One mosquito was shot down and
another was hit but kept on flying,
Parry said.
We bombed from 100 feet. We
GOT a quick glimpse Of people in
the streets as we rushed over them
low enough to see the Nast flag.
hs continued.
The crew Of one plane saw bombs
hit the corner of the GestApos CEN
tral building. throwing up q great
volume Of dark red dust.
Admitting the revolt against his
regime was growing even among
his so-called followers, Quisline at
the meeting Friday said "the op-
position must be crushed by every
means" and appealed to party
members to help him put an end
to internal dissension which to a
certain extent is also pervading the
party itself"
Asks Quisling Be Supplanted.
Authorized Free Norwegian sources
IN London said there was so much
dissension in the Quisling group as
the result Of Quisling's demands for
5000 Russian front recruits and be-
cause OF his failure to gain the sup
port Of loyal Norwegians that Gen
Nikolaus Won Falkenhorst, com
manding the army of occupation
was asking Hitler to supplant Quis-
ling with a German civil admin.
4strator.
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