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Sweden Expected to Attend World
Economic Conference in United States
STOCKHOLM, December 15. (By wireless)—Sweden un
doubtedly will accept the invitation to attend the world
economic conference which will be held in the United States
in 1946. said Gunnar Myrdal, Minister of Commerce and well
~-:nown economist, at a meeting here yesterday of the Stock
holm Chamber of Commerce. He stressed the importance of
Sweden‘s interest in a free trade policy being unequivocally
declared and of Sweden showing in practice that its foreign
.zommerce follows the principle of free trade.
Sweden’s tariff barriers are lower than those of other
:0untries. the Minister pointed out, but he added that in the
nterest of economic disarmament
rt should offer to abolish or at
feast lower certain tariffs. At
j.resent Sweden is concluding bi—
ateral trade treaties, and these
:hould be looked upon as steps to
and multilateral trade.
Professor Myrdal said he hoped
that the great financial settle
rnents now being drafted in Wash
;ngton would help to overcome the
scarcity of foreign currency which
today is the greatest obstacle to
multilateral world trade. This, in
turn. might increase international
production and distribution. He
'varned. however. against autar
(hic tendencies, stressing the ne
wseity of common international
..ieasures.
Swedish Tanker Damaged;
By Blast — Many Are i
Killed and Wounded i
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. —— The
ixwwdish tanker “Sveaborg” (13,-
400 tons. d.w.. Svea Steamship
Ccmpany) was severely damaged
".y an explosion yesterday while
wading gasoline in Texas City.
Texas. The stern was ripped apart
and settled in thirty feet of water.
Promilinary reports state that
fight members of the crew were
filled and 12 wounded. The ex
_:w‘.«,»sion. of undetermined origin,
C(‘Iil'red at five in the morning
:an woke the whole city up. The
‘adies of the dead cannot be re
‘nm‘ed until the entire cargo of
“asthma has been pumped out so
‘hat acetylene torches can be safe
med to cut through the hull.
“America Pushes Recon
version Work Energeti
cally"—Heidenstam
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 17. (By
"sirulessyflThe United States is
energetically pushing its vast re
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Jon Heidenstam, head of the Gas
Accumulator Company (AGA) and
a board member of the Interna
tional Chamber of Commerce on
his return here yesterday from
New York. “Unemployment is not
noticeable —— quite the opposite,
there is a great demand for man
power. However. disturbing m
fluences are not absent. such as
the strikes, for instance."
Mr. Heidenstam also stated that
there is a great demand for Swed
ish quality goods. He emphasized
that Sweden could not obtain ev
erything it needs from the United
States immediately. although he
said that there is reason to hope
that the deliveries of coal from
America will continue and in
crease. “Generally speaking." said
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been elected chairman of the trans
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200,000 Christmas
Packages Sent From
Sweden to Other Lands
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 31. (By
wireless) —About 200,000 Christ
mas packages have been sent from
Sweden to foreign countries. The
majority, or 70.000. vent to Fin
land and some 20,000 to Norway
and Denmark.
Packages have also been sent
:to many other countries. such as
Abyssinia. Parcels weighed up to
‘22 pounds and usually contained
‘coffee, tea. or cocoa. The Swedish
Government contributed 1 0 , 0 0 0
children‘s shoes to France.
Swedish Scientist
l_'|0n9r_gd _By The
Franklin In'stime
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15 (Via-air
mailinhe Howard N. Potts Gold
Medal of the Franklin Institute in
Philadelphia has been awarded B.
Edlén, Professor in Physics at the
University of Lund, for his re<
search of the extreme ultra violet
rays in the atomic spectra. His
studies have helped to solve the
problem of the corona. Professor
Edlén has for some. time been liv
ing in the United States.
"Patton Was A Great
Warrior, A Great Mon"
_Bernddofle
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 27. (By
wireless) 77.. Count Folke Berna
dotte. who met General George S.
Patton. Jr., in Germany and was
his host at a Thanksgiving dinner
in Stockholm given by the Swed
ish-American Society, said that‘
the Commander of the Third U.
S. Army had made a. strong and
lasting impression on him.
“He was outspoken, often a bit
)rusque', but his eyes sparkled
with good humor," said Count
Bernadotte. “He was probably
very demanding of his men. but he
asked as much of himself. On the
day after his death he was sup
posed to have returned to America,
and when I saw him here he was
as happy as a child at the pros
peet of spending Christmas with
his family. We all know he was
a great army leader: he was also
a great man."
Changes in Sweden’s
_Offjgi'al _Begreuntation
In The u. S. A.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. — Leif
Belfrage, bureau chief of the trade
department of the Swedish For
eign Office, has been appointed
Commercial Counselor at the Le
gation in Washington, D. C. Tor
sten Brandel, who formerly served
at the Swedish Legation in Ber
lin and was an aide to Count Folke
Bernadette in liberating prison
ers from German concentration
camps, has been appointed Vice
Consul at the Swedish Consulate
General in San Francisco.
"We Will Never Forget
The Year Just Gone"
—Archbishop Eidem
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 27. (By
wireless)——“We will never forget
the year that has just gone." said
Archbishop Erling Eidem of Up
sala in his annual Christmas mes
sage. “With exuberant joy we
watched the liberation of our Dan
ish and Norwegian brethren. The
year also brought us the eagerly
awaited message that the arms
have at last been laid down after
a devastating world war. It is ob
vious to us all that a new world
cannot be founded on might and
violence. New men and women
are needed, and a new spirit,
marked by justice. tolerance, and
good will. To alleviate the world’s
misery, material as well as spirit
ual, it is necessary for mankind
to become like the good Samari
tan."
Swedish-American
Scholar Plans Huge
Work on Strindberg
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 27 (By
'vireiess)*Prof. Alrik T. Gustaf—
son of the University of Minne
sota has arrived in Stockholm as
a Guggenheim scholar to collect
material for a. detailed work on
the dramatist August Strindberg.
In a newspaper interview Prof.
Gustafson said that he plans to
write a three volume study of the
playwright, “which probably will
take the rest of my life to com
plete." .The first volume will be
a biography of Strindberg; the
second will deal with his dramatic
works, and the- third will be an
analysis of his influence on dra
matists in the United States and
Great Britain and the understand
ing he has met with in these
countries.
visit to Sweden. From 1927,1928
This is Prof. GusLarson'a third
he was a fellow of The American-
Scandinavian Foundation to study
the influence of the English lan
guage on Swedish literature. He
received his Ph. D. from the Uni
versity of Chicago in 1934, and
has served as Professor in Eng
lish at Cornell University. Augus
tana College, and the University
of Minnesota. Among his earlier
works are "Six Scandinavian Nov
elists" and “A Northern Renais—
sance."
Unique Protestant-
Catholic Discussion
Meeting
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 15 (Via air
mail) A meeting at which rep
resentatives of the Protestant and
Catholic churches in Sweden dis
ousted the possibilities for closer
Bergen Il-boat Pen
Roses Problems
The city of Bergen, Norway. has
inherited a colossus of steel and
concrete from the German Navy.
one of the world’s most modern
U-boat bunkers. Here there is
room to hide 22 subs*under ceil
ings 19 feet thick, with three
built-in dry docks, and machine
shops capable of handling almost
any job. The installation is pos
sibly one of the world’s best and
is super-modern in every respect.
but no one seems to know what
to do with it.
Despite its one-time value, the
structure can hardly be regarded
as an aid to peace-time harbor
beautifications. The huge concrete
block 665 feet square and tower—
ing 90 feet in the air contains
well over 300.000 cubic yards of
cement and structural steel and
kept 1700 laborers occupied day
and night for many months. Most
Bergensers are awaiting the day
when this unsightly monument to
the Nazi wolf packs will be torn
down, and replaced by a structure
better suited to the times. The
well-equipped work shops will pos
sibly become the property of the
Norwegian Navy, while the bunk
ers themselves may be removed.
Air Line Granted
Scandinavian Route
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. IR
The Civil Aeronautics Board yes
terday authorized American Air
lines system to begin service on
its route to the Scandinavian
countries and designated airports
in each of them.
Officials of the air line said they
expected to announce shortly
when operations. which now reach
only to London, would be extended.
The airports designated are
Bromma at Stockholm. Garder
moen at Oslo and Kastrup at Cop—
enhagen.
"The 1945 Winner of the Nobel
Award, Gabriela Mistral," by Mil
dred Adams. The New York T'mes
Book Review. December 9. 1945.
cooperation was held in Upsala re
cently. Sponsored by the univer
sity students' discussion society.
the meeting is believed to be the
first of its kind ever arranged.
The Catholic representatives was
the Rev. Theuves of Stockholm.
author Harry Blomberg represent
ing Protestant groups.
Swedish-Norwegian
Trade Treaty For
1946 Is Signed
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 23. (By
wireless) —A A trade treaty has
been signed betxveen Sweden and
Norway for 1946 providing for an
exchange of goods valued at 200.~
000,000 kronor. or some $50.-
000. According to this agreement.
Sweden is to export iron and steel,
ball bearings, machinery. chemical
products, peas, syrup. and molass
es. whilr.‘ Norway will deliver ni
trate. copper, zinc. aluminum an]
hidta.
Medical Discovery Aids
Anti-Tuberculosis Fight
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 18. (By
wireless)» ~Dr. Hans Davide. head
of Stockhoim's central bacteriolo
gical laboratory. has discovered a
substance which acts'fataily on
tuberculosis bacilli, Successful ex
periments have been made on an
imals, and Dr. Davide soon expects
to try out his remedy also on hu
man beings. The Swedish National
Anti-Tuberculosis Association has
awarded Dr. Davide and two other
Swedish authorites on tubercu
losis grants to continue their re
searches.
Telephone connection with Eng
land haa been resumed. but so far
only official. press. and important
business calls are permitted. -
THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
Siegbahn Thinks
Reported Russ
Bomb Unique
WASHINGTON. — Sweden‘s
foremost tatomic research scientist
and Noble Prize winner, Prof.
Manne Siegbahn, commenting on
reports that the Russians have a
new atomic bomb with terrific
effect, was recorded by the For
eign Broadcast Information Serv
ice as saying:
“The effects reported are so
enormous that they can scarcely
be explained as a result of split
ting the atom. Effects of this
magnitude might conceivably be
obtained by the opposite of split
ting the atom. a result of building
up atoms, for instance by making
hydrogen atoms combine to form
helium atoms.”
In the United States Govern
ment's official report on “atomic
energy for military purposes," by
Prof. Henry D. Smyth, cognizance
of this process is taken and an
explanation included of how an
atomic bomb. theoretically eight
times as powerful as the uranium
bomb. would result by the process.
According to American atomic
scientists the “missing link" in
the hydrogen-to-helium process is
the ignorance of the substance or
process by which atoms can be
made to unite, the “glue" that
holds them together to express it
crudely. While not denying ex
perimentation with this process.
they do deny the United States yet
knows that secret.
Norway Surveys
Merchant Fleet
“Nortraship.” the code word or
ganization which in a few short
years has become. a figme or
speech in shipping circles the
world around is now looking back
on a brief but action-packed exist
ence. The term, a natural abbrevi
ation for Norwegian Trade. and
Shipping Mission, has during the
five years of Norway's war become
a part of every seaman’s vocab
ulary and has been heard in nearly
every friendly port throughout the
world.
Since the invasion of Norway in
April of 1940. all Norwegian ship
ping in the Allied service has been
under the direction of this far—
fiung organization which. aside
from London and New York, had
branch offices in over 50 ports
scattered throughout the worin.
During the past five years the
emigree fleet has sailed in over
“00.000900 to meet payments on
Norway's national debt and to pav
Government administrative costs.
But during the same period ton
nage losses reached a total of (15
ships or 2,917.652 d.w.t. and 2.383
Norwegian seamen were lost in
action. This represents a loss 0t
over one-half of Norway's mer
chant fleet. not to mention the
amortization o! the remaining
ships.
The ships which remain are now
being returned to private owner
ship and a final settlement be
tween shipowners and Government
is being negotiated. This can nor
be completed, however. until some
provision is made for releasing the
7.000.000 pound credit which has
accrued to Norwegian owners in
British insurance firms. The
amount represents insurance pay
ments due on ships punk durinf:
the war, and is negotiable only in
restricted areas.
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