Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-20 | Page 1 | So They Say:

I SO THEY SAY BERLIN April 20 AP APGer Ger German an planes Saturday afternoon sank a British cruiser and set afire a 15 ton British t troop r roo o o p transport in fjord near Port 4 miles miles southwest of Trondheim Trondheim Trond- Trond heim and bombed British troops who already had landed it was announced officially The ships were attacked as they w were e ere r c landing tr troops o 0 o 0 p s the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment said t Bombing of the troops already disembarked was as effective as well it was as contended The cruiser was vas hit by a tremendous bomb and sank on the spot said the official news agency The transport went up Ull in inflames inflames inflames flames it asserted after being hit by several bombs and it c can n be regarded asa asa as us usa a total loss The attacking planes planes' re returned returned re- re turned safely to their base This announcement fol followed followed followed fol- fol lowed previous f t re reports reports reports re- re ports that one British transport transport transport trans trans- port had been sunk and two other transports and a cruiser damaged S s o 0 m e- e where off the Norwegian coast This occurred Friday Friday Fri Fri- rf day said LONDON April 20 INS The The British admiralty Saturday night announced that British submarines at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked a German convoy and torpedoed two troop ships The made madeno no mention whether the troop ships were sunk or badly damaged nor did it state the date of the at at- at tack The admiralty announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment also said that German German German Ger Ger- man planes carried out re repeated repeated repeated re- re attacks on British naval units and transports transports transports trans trans- ports but failed to r register register regis regis- gister gis- gis ter hits T Three h r e e enemy planes were shot down in the course of these attacks and others damaged