| Show REPORT CLAIMS NAZI NAil REPULSES Travelers Say ay Norse Still Hold Elverum ff I. I j c. c I. I B By THOMAS lAS Ol n F. HAWKINS st f STOCKHOLM April 20 UP The repulse of ol the the Germans Germans with heavy losses at Elverum former refuge of ol King VII a and d his government government government gov gov- was reported late Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day day by travelers reaching Sweden from Norway Both Swedish and German advices advices advices ad ad- vices had reported the fall faB of ol Elverum about 75 miles northeast of Oslo but these travelers said saia th the town still was in Norwegian handsOn hands On the w west st coast the Germans were reported to have sent troops to Levanger 40 miles northeast of ol Trondheim and south of ol Steinkjer where Swedish advices advises have said decisive fighting may break out between the invaders and allied and Norwegian troops German soldiers who had been close lose t to the Swedish frontier were ere said to have been sent to Levanger to strengthen forces from Trondheim Trond Trond- heim helm Allied and Norwegian troops to the north of ol th this s region were reported receiving heavy reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements reinforce reinforce- ments from still farther north Allied Troops Land Allied troop landings at three points on the Norwegian west coast and continued German advances In east central Norway plunged the embattled Scandinavian nation deeper into warl warfare re as the battleground battleground battleground battle battle- ground of ol western Europe's major powers Swedish newspaper r reports said one French and ana two British divisions divisions divisions divi divi- between and men had landed at Namos Later- Later dal and Molde The dispatches reported on the theother theother theother other hand that the German sweep In eastern Norway had netted two more towns Hamar and Elverum both of ol which were temporary headquarters of the Norwegian government go in the first days after aHer the nazi invasion f forced authorities authorities ties to flee Oslo Major Engagement S Seen en The allied landings were reported report report- ed a at widely spaced c coastal stal points two of ol them apparently heading toward a major engagement in the Trondheim region the key to central central central cen cen- Norway These reports said one division had landed at Namsos miles north of ol Trondheim and another at Molde Mold an equal distance south evidently intending to cut off the the German occupants of ol Trondheim Molde lies at the mouth of the Rauma river valley vaIley which provides I access to central Norway A third division penetrated 90 00 miles inland to land at Laerdal head of ol Sogne fjord one of ol Nor- Nor Continued on Pare Page Tw Two I. I Column Seven I 11 ALLIES ALLIES' ALlI S MOVE j. j j i FORCE SAFELy ContinUed Continue from Pa PIKe Pate on One tion that the French part pan of ft expedition would include som the rated amon among Ife finest and most enterprise enterprising fighting men They A of ci f are sh stocky nen men typical of the p Fren provinces wearing blue and blue berets familiar to toju can World war veterans vetera TbT mountain troops trained i In the lie use of both ki and ana ano were calculated here t to Ideally suited for Cor the hilly illy nj J Norwegian country where T the great test was to come bet the allied expeditionary forte force and J the German occupation ar army Britain launched a new flew offensive in territory vital to r Ctr Ce many as the expeditionary expedition awaited the test y fOlet T TIt It was said officially that thatiS iS vl i Halifax f count foreign v told Ivan Malsky Russian Ruia Friday that the govi had considered Russia's su that Britain and Russia suggestion ene engage i trade talks and Is In prepared to t s. cuss with the soviet government an exploratory manner heft there is a basis for a trade to ment situation taking Into account the thi nv I T j The official informant said said- i There is nothing further to say ty J This meant British a accept in principle of Russia's Russia J made on several oc vided that Russia had to offer that would beef beof Britain 1 It was understood that B. B b really was Interested only j In jj agreement which eventually eventually- cut across Russia's trade VB Germany Attractive Offers 1 In southeastern Europe It it reported that Britain had made nad offers of exchange i goods calculated to lessen C fc many's trade with that thai Import area J The allies aHles were reported pl plesS by the dispatch of a tH sion to Moscow to negotiate a I trai agreement after a year 22 trod In Russian relation On the diplomatic side I that Viscount I foreign secretary and R Ru Aras Turkish ambassador I discussed Friday Italy's p c toward the allies with ith p preference pat reference to southeastern M MIn i In Scandinavia the allied tip force and the tha Ce occupation force continued i a In nto rw n to reinforce their positions positioning a II neared a big scale fight 1 y 4 Battle Battle- Sector Predicted I l Belief was bi big test test wo woUld ld come i Norway area bounded on b by Namsos and Molde aada east by the Swedish fronti It ish troops were reported to hebe tot landed at both Namsos and andi The area defined Includes t ti- ti helm heim and its mid Norway ra nriL to Sweden It forms a gate lr southern Norway and don the two big railroad systems system lying in two big valleys we n ned 4 ed by whichever side Is to southern Norway In the end eni J 3 |
