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With reference to the letter of Mr. George B. Mathues, Secretary of the Harvard Pacifist Association, in the April 17th issue of the Crimson, may I ask Mr. Mathues to tell the readers of the Crimson how he would advise the Norwegian people to conduct themselves in order to obtain a "victory of love over force." Edward S. Thurston '98. Professor, Harvard Law School...
...Norwegian military spokesman said 1000 German soldiers were isolated in the town of Narvik itself, 1500 at Gratanger, 25 miles north of the port where the Nazis were lured into a trap, and nearly 100 on the hills of Rombak Fjord jutting inland from Narvik...
...Norwegian troops, in the craggy hills along the route, allowed the Germans to advance 25 miles to Gratangen and then struck across the highway at Oesevatten at the Germans' rear, cutting off their retreat...
...Norwegian spokesman, who said his information came from a courier who reached the Swedish border from the Narvik zone, said the Norwegians set fire to the hotel and all other large buildings in Gratangen, leaving the town ablaze...
...Germans, according to our latest courier reports, scattered to the few farm houses of the region to escape from the severe Arctic cold and Norwegian snipers dropped them in their tracks whenever they emerged from shelter...