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NAZIS DECREE . EXECUTION FORm, • a _ —. — t•‘Norwegians Face Firing Squadj for Forming Anti-German Squads in Capital, 'NEW AUTHORITY IS SET UP)by ujokn kunkmoldt !OSLO, April 15. /P ~ (DolayodJ— /P—The death sentence has beenf proclaimed for snipers in Oslo, and several groups of Norwegians are • liable to this penalty for forming • bands and fighting German soldiers in the streets of the capital. !Most of them are young people! who, German authorities say. be-1f| Kteyed they had the right to fight*the Germans.The Germans point to the new ■ government commission appointed i today as the first constitutional-authority in Oslo since the ministry of Premier Johan Nygaar els void left ■• last Tuesday. It 5s composed of:Governor—-ingolf Els ter Christen-1 sen, 68-year-old former cabinet minister, a member of the conservative party.Gur.nar Jah, manager o£ the government statistical department.• O. P. Harbcck, justice.B. Morfc, president of the farmer's association.Bache Wiig, director of the farmer's association.A. Dtesen, chief of the Oslo munl-• cipal medicine administration.Didrik Anip Seip, rector of Oslo university'.Without Incident.The occupation of Oslo was almost without incident, although the German commander proclaimed a court martial to deal with cases in which attempts were made to wreck public communications and utilities.‘•’he Germans today handed over to Norwegian police control of all public communications. They said they did this as a sign of good will.lt;SM Oslo' and surrounding districts believed, when the German troops marched into Oslo last Tuesday, that Norway had capitulated. The general public was not aware that King Haakon, and the Nygaards-void government had left.• President Berg of the high courts today thanked Major Vidkun Quisling, head of the Norwegian Nazi party, for stepping in and proclaim-' ing himself state chief after Premier Nygaardsvold left. In a broadcast Berg said Major Quisling had• prevented chaos.”Since the German occupation,! there have been only two air alarms; in Oslo, both Wednesday forenoon, i Following the last alarm the numor spread that the entire population_Tiad to leave the city immediately,
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Sault Ste Marie Evening News
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, US
Tue, Apr 16, 1940
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