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2 sea routes,” N " Heavy Adillery . And Tanks Landed, British Declare Operation Carried Out Without Losing Single Life, Allies Announce By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 20.—The allies, squaring away “for major opera- tions” against German forces in Norway, proudly announced today their troops had reached the new battleground without a single life being lost. “This achievement proves more than anything else the complete control the allied fleets have over said the Press Asso- ciation, authoritative news agency. ‘The numbers landed were held secret (though Swedish dispatches said two British and one French divisions reached the west coast of Norway), but the press said, “Day after day our transport ships have carried heavy artillery, tanks and army equipment together with thousands of troops over 400 miles of sea to ports in Northern Norway without mishap.” French Already in Action. France disclosed that her troops had landed at several points in Nor- way. Soon after a military spokesman raid a French expeditionary force landed yesterday and already has “taken part in engagements,” au- thorities said the first landing of the French in the north was followed by successive landings at various other points. | The number of troops involved and details of their movement north were not given though some sources estimated there were 20,000 men in the landing party first announced. Military observers expressed the opinion that the allies’ strategic position in Norway was considerably improved by the past week's opera- tions which saw syncronized attacks from sea and air on German bases. L April 13. They were approved by British attacking forces. from London to New York by Wide World cablephoto. were taken by a German soldier from aboard a transport. The undeveloped films were seized when the German was captured Nazi troops leaving a German destroyer for a landing at Narvik. Soon after photo was taken the warship was engaged with sister ships in the battle with BritisH vessels. These exclusive Wide World pictures, first received in the United States, tell graphically the story of the spectacular sea battle in Narvik Harbor between British and German warships by British censors and flashed Photos —Wide World Cablephotos. Nazis May Have 85,000. ‘There were no official estimates of allied troops in Norway, but Scan- dinavians said Germany had from 60.000 to 85,000 soldiers there. Rumania (Continued From First Page.) Hitler (Continued From First Page.) London commentators insisted the | Germans would encounter serious difficulties in supplying food and arms for their large forces but that the allies, due to naval superiority, could pour reinforcements and sup- plies to their troops by sea. Swedish frontier dispatches indi- cated allied and Norwegian forces were massing for a double-barreled attack against German-occupied Trondheim, after the landing of British troops described as’ picked soldiers fitted especially for moun- tain fighting in the rugged western region. Reports of initial clashes in the Trondheim area were unconfirmed by the War Office, which thus far has issued only two communiques totaling 28 words on the subject, saying that the British troops have landed and that operations are “proceeding.” Expect Drive to Take Months. Britain's chief strategist, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, indicated in a speech last night that the allies expect the . Norwegian campaign to take some months. Welcoming home survivors of naval warfare off the Norwegian coast, Mr. Churchill told them they were the vanguard of allied armies which “will use this summer to purge and cleanse the soil of the Vikings, the soil of Norway, from the filthy pollution of Nazi tyranny.” Diplomatic quarters, meanwhile, appeared to take a more serious view of Premier Mussolini's “saber-rat- tling,” though the recently pro-Ger- man tone of the Italian press slack- ened somewhat yesterday. The Times, which frequently re- flects British government opinion, bluntly replied to Italian press at- tacks with the assertion Britain and France “have both the power and determination to intervene forth- with” if called on to defend the in- dependence of a small country. The Times pointedly added that the allies’ “instant reply to the at- tack on Norway has made it im- possible to suppose they would re- main inactive in the face of an as- sault upon the integrity or inde- pendence of any Balkan nations.” Chicagofiin B the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 20.—Wheat prices fell a half cent in early dealings to- day due to continued profit taking was said further planes also would be sent. | The Germans were forced to forego t value of the mark in relation to the | Rumanian lei, and the Rumanian | | negotiators were equally adamant, it | was learned, in rejecting Nazi at- tempts to increase their monthly oil quota of 130,000 tons. 0il Talks Held Useless. { The Rumanians were understood | to have told the German legation | that it was useless to discuss oil ex- | ports since the Reich has been un- | | able to transport even her present quota because of a lack of transport | facilities. The Rumanian-German agreement was concluded as other Balkan cap- |itals gave evidence of increasing anxiety that the war might spread soon to Southeastern Europe. | Yugoslavs Continue Roundup. | of the British and French colonies, alarmed by reports that Germany | was planning to invade Hungary, began an exodus, Some documents of the French legation were said to have been taken to Belgrade for safe-keeping and a speedy truck stood outside the | British legation to facilitate the | rapid removal of state papers if this should seem necessary. Hungarians discounted the war rumors as alarmist, but searchlights swept the sky over Budapest last night and air-raid protection squads | patrolled the streets. | of Berliners gathered before the | the fighting services acknowledging the cheers of a throng Fuehrer's official residence. | Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, head of Germany's air force; Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, chief of the navy, and Col. Gen. Walther von Brauchitsch, com- | mander in chief of the army, brought Hitler the congratulations of | Goering reported “astonishing suc- cess” in the metal collection which is | the German people’s birthday gift to Hitler. In the midst of the conference the shouts and songs of the crowd out- side the chancellery were heard and | | the Fuehrer stepped to a balcony. | The cheers of the excited crowd in- creased as he repeatedly and smil- ingly gave the Nazi salute. It was explained that Hitler would spend the remainder of the day with his closest friends and coworkers. | War News Off Front Pages. Germany celebrated the birthday with the controlled Nazi press elimi- nating all war news from the front | pages tc devote the space exclusively to eulogy of the Fuehrer. - The keynote was sounded by the Reich press chief, Dr. Otto Dietrich, who wrote in Hitler's own newspa- per, Voelkishcher Beobachter, that the Fuehrer is a “genius” living a century ahead of his time. Other Nazi leaders addressed the people similarly. Marshal Goering, whom Hitler has named to succeed | 'him in event he s}wu]d die, pledged the air force to do everything in its | power until the war “ends with a vic- tory which safeguards the Reich of Adolf Hitler and the eternal life of | the German people.” The command- | ers of the army and navy made simi- | |lar announcements } In Yugoslavia, where authorities | announced yesterday they had un- | covered a plot to overthrow the gov- | ernment and deliver the country to ‘lhe Nazis, police continued a na- | tion-wide roundup of persons su pected of seditious activities. Homes | of hundreds of Germans were raided % g - and arms and documents seized. | Hess Promises New Colonies. Former Premier Milan Stoyadino- | Rudolf Hess, the Fuehrer's deputy | vich, who, the government said, had | party leader. who has been named been linked with Nazi “Trojan |next to Goering in the line of suc- Horse” activity in Yugoslavia, re- | cession, told the nation's youth in a | mained under heavy guard in a re- | radio address that “the world will mote mountain hamlet. | open to you after the great struggle Considerable importance was at- | Which we are waging presently has tached by trade experts to Ru-|been won.” | mania’s agreeing to fill Germany's| Hess said that Germany, shorn of outstanding wheat orders. The her overseas possessions following | previous action of the Rumanian |the World War, “will again possess | government in Voiding all foreign | colonies after this war.” wheat contracts because of a threat-| _“In those German lands youth will ened crop failure had been re-|find plenty of opportunity for work garded as a severe blow to Ger-|and adventures. Those of you who many. | feel the blood of Vikings pulsate Rumania’s 1938 wheat pmduc.‘through your veins can undertake | tion was 4922000 metric tons, of | discoveries on our own German ter- and hedge selling, but rallied quickly | about a cent to score net fractional gains. Strength in securities attracted at- | tention of traders whose buying! lifted May contracts above $1.11 and ' By Radto to The Star. deferred deliveries above $1.10. Later | BUCHAREST, April 19.—All Poles | the market quieted down with prices | residing in Ploesti, Rumania’s big | hear previous closing levels. petroleum center, are being sent| Traders watched foreign develop- | elsewhere to live, it is learned here. | ments closely. Possibility that un-| The reason for this transfer is| favorable European crop conditions, pelieved to be Rumania’s fear that as well as the fact that so much ggents of belligerent powers might manpower has been diverted from | gycceed in bribing local Poles to agriculture to warfare, may indicate | ;ommit acts of sabotage which would smaller harvests this season over- interefer with the supply of oil for shadowed by reports of easing len-\Ggrmany_ sion in the Mediterranean. Cables| poles residing in Rumania’s sea | indicated Great Britain apparently and river ports also are to be cleared has stopped buying Argentine wheat | gyt it is believed. In September, a because of the quality of the 1940 | minimum of 60,000 Poles, of which crgl_;;l and thfhlonzlfrelght haul. d}zs.ooo were soldiers, crossed into e weather forecast promised | Rumania as refugees. Today there ~ manian concentration camps, an local frosts in Illinois and Indiana. } an equal number of civilians. | No ‘Et’f!tmsu:“flf;;mf:fi.dp efrt;rtu!r*;:‘ Polish refugeeshhav(- beexrx 1{&;’5“" southwes| the country at the rate of A a were expected. The weekly forecast | month. On the other hand, Poles indicated showers may be received | escaping from Russian Poland have within the next few days in both|peen crossing the Dniester at the the northwest and southwest. Little | rate of 3,000 a month. rain was received overnight except | 0. Ch Daily News. T 1n parts of the Ohio-Valley and the‘ (Copyright. 1940. Chicago Daily News. Inc.) spring wheat belt. Rye and oats prices were aboul| rteady but corn moved with wheat, | Blessed Sucrament BO)’ advancing at times to small net| Wins Grammar Bee Eains. Corn receipts were only 73 | X cars and rpports from the country| Patrick Kolb, 13, of Blessed Sac- 1n|:hca|»rl little grain would be for | rament School last night took first sale until farmers could recewe|plnce in the fcprth annual gram- around 60 cents a bushed for No. 2| mar bee of District parochial schools yellow at rural stations. The Gov-|in Gonzaga High School. ernment loan price is 57 cents and| More than 750 persons watched the cost of scaling grain surplus in- [ 60 contestants from the parishes | :Ersnr; increases the value of coml o A Rl producers. onzaga which goes e w . 5 Lard advanced due to light ofler-l Second place went to George ngs and the hog market's good | Leithiser, 13, of St. Gabriel's and gains this week | Jerry McKenna, 13, of Blessed Sac- At 11 am. wheat was 1 lower w;ramen! took third. They received 13 higher compared with yesterday's [ half scholarships to Gonzaga from finish, May $1.11, July $109%, and | the Rev. Francis E. Garner, S. J., corn was also ! off to 15 up, May | headmaster of Gonzaga, who made 6412, July 65'%. the awards. which Germany took 500,000 tons. | Rumania Removes Poles From Petroleum Center compete for the full scholarship to | Y | ducting war in our day has also | Fuehrer.” ;part.s of the country transformed ‘m the newspapers. ritory.” Dietrich Delivers Eulogy. Dietrich in his eulogy of Hitler said the Fuehrer had accomplished | tasks about which former genera- | tions had only dreamed. This, he said, had won the Fuehrer the un- | shakable confidence of the nation. “And this confidence,” he said, “does not only belong to the Fuehrer today as a political leader amd statesman, but equally as a soldier and commander in chief.” Praising | Hitler’s military ability, Dietrichl said “the strategy of the lightning war in Poland for the first time re- vealed to us that the art of con- been revolutionized.” ‘¢The jump into England’s North Sea flank * * * is now gradually convincing the world that a new epoch of war strategv has begun,” Dietrich said, adding that England was on the way to being eliminated as a sea power. As usual on this birthday anni- versary, large crowds of Berliners assembled in front of the chan- cellery, beginning long before mid- night, last night. At the stroke of midnight thousands of arms went up in a Nazi salute, together with loud cheers of “We congratulate our Huge masses of flowers from all the chancellery into a veritable garden. Red swastika flags draped buildings throughout the capital and pictures of Hitler, surrounded by flowers, were to be seen in almost every store window. Scores of birthday promotions in the army and navy and in the air and police forces were announced ROME, April 20 (®).—King Victor Emmanuel, Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano sent greetings to Adolf Hitler today on his 51st birthday anni- versary. All newspapers published brief greetings to the Fuehrer, who was praised for infusing a high war- time spirit among the Germans. Nazi troops shown disembarking from a German destroyer on the water front of the iron ore port. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 194 #% A Swiss Army Officer Arrested as Spy For Germany Seizures Are First In Nation-Wide Drive On Espionage By the Associated Press. BERNE, April 20—The Swiss high command announced today that Soon after this picture was taken this destroyer and six others were shattered and sunk by British warships which forced their way into the harbor. “Reynaud (C ed From First Page) 0! fore Germany invaded Scandinavia, emerged last night from a secret| Chamber of Deputies debate with a unanimous vote of confidence, 515 to 0. | Seventeen Deputies, including Louis Martin, leader of the Rightist Republican Federation, did not vote. Thirteen others were on vacation. The vote came after the Deputies had quizzed the little Premier for five hours on the allied conduct of the war in its new phases and had raised such ticklish questions as what attitude France intends to pursue toward Italy and Russia. The unanimity of the vote sur- prised some observers because of the apparently unyielding hostility of many Rightists who object to his | government because there are So- cialists in it. When he first came to power last month, M. Reynaud could get only a clear majority of one from the Chamber. French-Italian relations have been | troubled primarily by Italy's position | as non-belligerent ally of Germany | with the ever-present possibility that she may enter the war against the allies. Recently the Italian press has carried on a sharp cam- paign against the allies. Even before the war, however. friction arose from Italian agitation | for railway and port concessions in | French Somaliland, former rail out- let for Italy's new Ethiopian empire; an Italian share in control of the| Suez Canal; improved status of the large Italian population of French Tunisia and territorial concessions | in Corsica, Nice and Savoy, former | Italian territories now French. Military preparations on both sides the border between Italian Libya | and French Tunisia and, until a vear ago, the presence of large Ital- | ian forces in Spain, just beyond France's Pyrennees border, were | other troublesome factors. Oratorical Contest Won By Anthony Marmo ‘ Anthony Marmo, 16, of 1523 C| street S.E., last night won a sec- tional Boys' Club of Washingwn‘ oratorical contest, sponsored by the East Washington Optimist Club. The contest was held at the Eastern Branch Clubhouse, Seventeenth street and Massachusetts avenue SE. Anthony, a student of Eastern High School, gets a free trip to Roanoke, Va., next Saturday to com- pete at the convention of Optimist Clubs of this district. i At 7:30 pm. Monday the Wash- ington Optimist Club will sponsor an oratorical contest for members of the Washington Boys’ Club of the central area at the central branch, 230 C street N.W. New Hampshire Society Elects Bridges President Senator H. Styles Bridges, Re- publican, of New Hampshire last night was elected president of the New Hampshire State Society at a meeting in the Willard Hotel. He succeeded John E. Benton, who had resigned. Other officers named are Miss Miriam Franks, vice president; John Moriarity, secretary, and Walter A. Browne, treasurer. Mr. Browne has been elected to his office for 26 con- secutive years. Arthur M. Stratton Graduated From Central High The first American known to be | awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palms in the present | war is a former Washingtonian. The recipient of the prized medal is Arthur Mills Stratton of the| American Ambulance Corps of the ! French Army, who received the decoration for extreme bravery in| removing wounded soldiers from the front under shellfire. This information came today from Stratton’s uncle, LeGrand W. Perce, attorney with the Federal Housing Administration. Mr. Perce. who lives at 3525 Davenport street N.W, said he received a telegram last night from his sister, Mrs. Stratton, telling of the award and that he heard of his nephew’s brav- | ery over the radio this morning. Mr. Stratton, 28, came to Wash- ington with his mother, Mrs.| Frances Perce Stratton, in 1918. His father was an English officer who died during the world war. | Mr. Stratton attended Central | High School, where he became editor of the school paper. He was grad- uated in 1928, afterwards attending Bowdoin College in Maine, where he was editor of the college paper and graduated with a B.A. degree. | ARTHUR !erans Facility, Coatsville, Pa. First American in War to Get Croix de Guerre Lived Here MILLS STRATTON. After attending Columbia Univer- sity in New York City, Mr. Stratton went to Paris to continue his studies. | At the start of the war he joined the American Ambulance Corps. Mr. Stratton and his mother for- | merly lived at 1682 Irving street N.W. Mrs. Stratton is now in charge of recreational therapy at the Vet- F. B. I. Probes Robbery 0f Census Worker Federal Bureau of Investigation | agents today sought to solve the! second robbery of an Arlington | (Va.) census enumerator which oc- | curred in less than two weeks. The enumerator, Mrs. Maud | Dove of 4713 South Eighth road, Arlington, told Arlington police she | stayed home yesterday to work on her reports. A stranger, who was well dressed, came to the house| and represented himself as a worker | at the Alexandria Census Bureau. | ‘The stranger was quoted as saying he would take the reports to the office, and when Mrs. Dove resisted, he shoved her over a chair and fied from the house, she said. On April 9 Mrs. Dove reported that two men in an automobile stopped beside her as she walked near South Ninth street and Glebe road early in the evening and that one man leaped out of the car and said: “I will relieve you of those papers.” Her census reports were grabbed from her arm, but a purse, held in the same hand, was not touched, | she reported. | Police said they were at a loss to explain the motives for the rob- beries, unless some person previ- ously enumerated by Mrs. Dove | “changed his mind” and decided | to withhold information. New Brazilian Sto—mp To Sell for 5 Cents Through & typographical error it was stated in a picture caption in Friday’s Star that the new Brazilian stamp issued in honor of the Pan- American Union’s 50th birthday an- niversary would sell for 4 cents. The price is 5 cents. Fleet Is Prepared fo Go Stockholm tchtumd From First Page) reported to be in consultation with Norse commanders. Advices reaching Stockholm said | Elverum had fallen and that the government radio in Hamar had | been silenced, indicating that city also probably was captured. Nor- wegian sources haad would be surrendered, but defense lines established north of the city. Large concentrations of German mechanized troops were reported in the region. 1 Americans to Be Evacuated. ! North of the conflict zone, the | United States Minister to Norway, | | Mrs. J. Borden Harruman, was pre- | | paring an_expedition to bring the | wives of Legation officials out of | ! Lillehammer where they had been ' sent to escape the war. Mrs. Harriman was quoted as saying “according to my information the American wives are in no dan- ger.” but that they would be brought to Sarna on the Swedish frontier Lillehammer, their present refuge, is only 20 miles north of Hamar. Mrs. Harriman, who is 70, told the | correspondent of the Swedish news- paper Dagens Nyheter that she was in vigorous health, despite hardships | since she followed the Norwegian government in flight from the Ger- man invasion, Ambulance Corps Ready. Also at Sarna were members of the American-Finland Ambulance Corps awaiting permission to enter Norway. Headed by the Swedish corps included 31 members—six doc- tors, 15 nurses, drivers and a kitchen staff. A young Norwegian, arriving in "Anywhere,” Edison Says By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.—The | United States Fleet, Secretary of | the Navy Edison said today, is “pre- pared to go anywhere national policy may send us.” Asked at a press conference if “anywhere” incltded the Nether- | lands Indies in the event the Nether- lands was invaded by European bel- | ligerents, he replied: | “These are matters for the State Department. | “The Navy is a function of the | national policy. Others make the | policy; the fleet is in readiness to exercise its job. For what we've got, we are in an excellent state of readi- ness.” Mr. Edison just returned from Honolulu, where he witnessed fleet maneuvers, said he was enthusiastic over the maneuvers and would urge Congress to provide more oil and ammunition to extend the scope of such make-believe. war. He also spoke highly of the development of Hawaii as this Nation's Western defense outpost. “Nothing should be left undone to strengthen the islands,” he said. | | | Census Lists Cow Thief WACO, Tex., April 20 (#).—The census will list one cow thief. “His folks said he had been sent to the penitentiary twice for steal-| ing cows, so they guessed that was| his profession,” explained the enu- merator to his boss. Polish Club to Hold Dance The Polish Club of Washington will hold a dance tonight at 9 Stockholm after fleeing Oslo and i s}jpping through German lines on skiis, said last night that bread and milk were being rationed in the city and that meat was virtually unob- tainable. More Germans were arriving steadily, he said, and the newcomers were less polite than at first. Farmers, he asserted, were “fu- In Oslo, he added, people were quiet, but depressed. Americans’ Departure From Oslo Speeded OSLO, Norway, April 20 (#).—The United States Legation here is work- ing at top speed to make possible the departure of all United States cit- izens in Norway who want to return home. The legation staff has registered approximately 900 Americans, the majority of whom wish to remain in spite of the German occupation of Southern Norway, pending further developments. Two hundred have said they want to leave, half of these at the earliest opportunity. German authorities here have promised a joint visa immediately to those who wish to go in a party. through Sweden and Germany to Italian ports. The legation has an- funds for travel, New Monument gchedule Francis F. Gillen, acting superin- tendent of National Capital Parks, announced today that the Washing- ton Monument will remain open to sightseers each Saturday and Sun- day night until 10:30 o'clock starting today. On other days the regular o'clock in the Stansbury Lodge, Georgia and Concord avenues N.W. 9 am. to 4 pm. hours will be ob- served, he said. said Hamar | Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, the | rious” at German requisition orders. | nounced it will help those who need | army counter-espionage agents had made a number of arrests in a spy plot involving a Swiss Army lieu- tenant colonel working in the judicial division of the Swiss War Ministry. It was learned on high authority that the officer and two others were working for Germany. A brief communique said the officer, Lt. Col. Hans Trueb, had confessed, adding that he had been syping for “a certain foreign power.” The arrests were the first in Switzerland’s nation-wide drive against spies and potential “fifth column” leaders. Since the rank of colonel is the highest peacetime post in the Swiss Army, the arrest of Col. Trueb and his alleged accomplices is described by officials as “a case of the first magnitude.” Col. Trueb was on the reserve list when the war began. but he was recalled to active service with many other officers last fall when the army | was mobilized. | Evidence of a new drive appeared | throughout Switzerland today. In the Soleure canton police arrested | three Communists for distributing propaganda. Youth”U;éed to Stress ‘Good Samaritan’ Policy Youths should stress the “good Samaritan” attitude in developing a worthwhile philosophy of life, Dr. A. B. Potorf of American University last night told members of the new East Washington District Methodist Youth Organization at its first din- ner, held in the dining room of the girls' dormitories at the university. Dr. Edgar C. Beery, superintendent of the Washington district, gave the benediction. Murrell Lank. di- rector of voung people’s work for the East Washington district, was toastmaster. Berlin (Continued From First Page.) likely another would be sent from Norway. Arne Scheel, the Norwegian en- voy, en route home today with mem- bers of his staff, left Nakskov, Den- mark, for Copenhagen. Authorities remained tight-lipped concerning declaration of martial law in the Netherlands and the drive in Yugoslavia against elements | accused of plotting to overthrow | the government in favor of Ger- many. The high command communique reiterated the claims made unoffici- ally yesterday that one allied cruiser |and two transports were bombed in aerial raids off the Norwegian west coast. (The British Admiralty and | War Office in a joint com- munique today said “the claim made by the German wireless that a British or French transe port has been sunk off the Nor= wegian coast is quite untrue.”) Transport Declared Unhampered. The high command communique said: “No special developments report- | able from the German-occupied' re- gions at Narvik, Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. Ger- | man troops further carried out their given tasks on schedule. “Transport of new German units and manifold materials continued unhampered by the enemy. “An enemy plane in the evening of April 19 dropped five bombs on the southern fringe of Narvik with- out damage. German troops in the Bergen region occupied a number of adjacent islands. “In the Kristiansand sector near Hageland additional Norwegian troops were disarmed. In the entire i region around Oslo German troops are in steady advance despite the difficulties of the terrain. “The number of prisoners and the amount of booty is constantly rising. Counting concluded on the after- noon of April 18 revealed 180 guns and 300 machine guns were taken booty. Two Ships Reported Sunk. “The air force continued large- scale reconnaissance activity. En- emy warships and transports were attacked on the Norwegian west coast despite unfavorable weather conditions. One cruiser and two | troop transports were struck square= 1y by heavy caliber bombs. “Dense smoke emanations from the ships and large oil spqts on the water made the destructive effects of the bomb hits plainly visible. One of our own planes is missing. “In the west there was lively scouting activity. Through our own reconnaissance and shock troops un= | dertakings in the border region west of Merzig and southwest of Saar- brucken and south of Zweirbrucken we succeeded in inflicting consider- able losses upon the enemy and in taking a number of prisoners and | seizing weapons and equipment. “Enemy scouting undertakings southwest of Saarbrucken and south of Zweibrucken were repelled with losses for the enemy. One enemy plane which was met by our own chasers in the western border region shunned a fight by flying into Bel- glan territory. One of our own planes is missing. Fiood (Continued From First Page.) “Golden Triangle,” where the Alle~ gheny and Monongahela Rivers | merge to form the Ohio. The Weather Bureau said & crest could not be predicted until later in_the day. 2 Reports were still incomplete on the amount of rain that has fallen in the past five days, but Weather Bureau Meteorologist W. S. Brotz- man said the rainfall in slhe past 24 hours in Pittsburgh was 136 inches. The rise at “The Point” was continuing at the rate of 3 of a foot an hour. Serious damage results here from a 35-foot stage. Indiana Roads Closed. INDIANAPOLIS, April 20 (#).— Flood waters closed SoutRern In- diana highways to traffic in 22 places today, but the Weather Bureau here said serious damage was not likely.