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British Friendship
Ties With Sweden
‘Same Ideals of
Peace, Freedom’
'NEW YORK. — Strong national
and royal-family ties were renew
ed when the King and Queen of
Sweden made a state visit to Lon
don June 28-July 1. amid official
and popular demonstrations of
welCom‘e and good will. King Gus
taf Adolf and Queen Louise were
the first foreign guests to visit
London in state since Queen Eliz
abeth’s accession to the throne.
At a state banquet at Bucking
ham Palace on June 28, Queen
Elizabeth said that since the last
state visit from a Swedish king,
46 years ago, the Continent of
Europe had twice suffered devas
tation and turmoil, and even now
the storm clouds had not rolled
away. “Nevertheless, between our
two countries happy and peaceful
relations have continued without
a break, and I trust that the close
ties which already exist between
us will grow ever stronger and
more binding in the years to
come. But if we are to find the
root of our mutual good will we
must seek further back than 1908.
We must cast our minds across
the centuries to 1664. when, on
April 11, the Anglo-Swedish Trea
ty of Peace and Friendship was
signed at Upsala. In that treaty
we pledged ourselves to maintain
'a good, firm, sincere and perpet
ual peace. amity, alliance and cor
respondence' between our two
countries, ‘so that each part treat
and use the other with real friend
ship and affection.’ As we review
the three strife-ridden centuries
that separate us from that great
day we can. I think feel proud at
the extent to which we have kept
our pledge . . . I am glad that
the first guests to visit London
in state since my accession should
be the king and queen of a land
which is in many ways so similar
to ours. For. indeed, Great Brit
ain and SWeden have much in com
mon. We stand for the same ideals
of peace and freedom; we thrive
and prosper on the same liberal
institutions, which we have slow
ly built up through the years: and
we share an abiding love of the
sea. which both separates and
unite: us."
King Guam! Adolf: “Freedom And
Independence Must Be Cease
lesaly Detendod"
King Gustaf Adolf. in his reply.
said that the welcome given to
him and Queen Louise as they
sailed up the Thames and rode in
procession among the people had
moved them deeply by its warmth
as much as by its splendor. “Your
Majesty referred to the 300-year
old treaty by which our countries
pledged themselves to live togeth
er in peace and friendship. ln
deed, that pledge has been kept.
and few are the countries in our
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'l'o chair Trainee
Program
The A m e r i c a n - Scandinavian
Foundation. New York announced
last week that Arthur K. Watson,
president of I.B.M. World Trade
Corp.. has accepted chairmanship
of the newly formed ASF Trainee
Program Committee. The nation
wide committee. composed of rep
resentatives of 22 leading compa
nies. will serve in in sponsoring and
advisory group to the Foundation's
Trainee Program.
Started 43 years ago. the ASF
Trainee Program is the oldest and
most exteneiVe of its kind. Every
year. it supervises the placement
and on-the—job training of more
than 500 young Scandinavians in
A m e r i c a n organizations of all
kinds. And. under sponsorship of
the Foundation's associated socie
tiea in Norway. Denmark. Iceland
and Sweden. a number of Ameri
can youths alao receive omihe-job
training in the Scandinavian coun
tries. From January through
March thin year. a total of nine
Norwegian A81" traineee arrived
in USA. aa mil as five Norwegian
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Vol. 10, No.3.
8-Year Old Globetrotter
YOUTHFUL GLOBETROTTER: Folke Paul Carlson. eight years
old. son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon '1'. Carlson, 2412 26m Ave. W.. Se
attle. was greeted by Pan American Airways stewardess Elsie For
seth when he boarded a transatlantic plane in Chicago enroute to
London and Copenhagen. The lad didn‘t appear to think it particu
larly unusual that one of his years should be travelling more than
7.000 miles by himsell. He will be visiting his grandparents in
Sweden this summer. '
8A8 Transpolar Route Will Strengthen
Scandinavia-North America Relations
STOCKHOLM -— (By airmail)
——The recent announcement that
U. S. authorities have indicated
their willingness to grant Scan
dinavian Airlines System a three
year concession to operate an ex
perimental route from Los An
geles via Greenland to Scandin
avia, on certarn conditions. has
been greeted with great satisfac
tion in Sweden as in the other
Scandinavian countries. The Stock
holm Dngens Nyheter expresses
its conviction that the expected
agreement "will be a source of
mutual gratification and benefit
and further strengthen relations
between the Scandinavian corner
of the free world and the great
democracies In the West.” The
paper believes that at the end of
the three years the northern route
will be so firmly established as to
be regarded as indispensable.
rFormal arrangements for the
concession will be worked out in
In exchange of notes between the
United States and Denmark. Nor
way and Sweden. respectively. The
invitation to exchange notes on
the proposed route was communi
cated in identical note: {mm the
U. S. Department of state to the
Ambassadors of the three Scan
dinavian countries. The notes
Itlpuleted two conditions: One '
that the erranxemem provide fori
a reciprocal experimental route to‘
he opented by a center or car-l
lien datum by the United
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States, from USA via Greenland
to Scandinavxan points and be
yond. and two. that the reciprocal
exchange of notes would be au
thorized {or a three-year period
only, at the end of which the air
transport agreement between USA
and the three Scandinavian coun
tries could be amended so as to
make the routw permanent.
Scandinavian Airlines may be
able to start the transpolar ser
vice in about three months. oper
ating two weekly flights in each
direction. It will fly four-engined
DC-GBs. made by the Douglaq Air
craft Company of Santa Monica.
California. The new route will
shorten the trip from California
to Scandinavia by 448 miles. while
the saving in traveling time may
be estimated at 6-7 hours.
8A8 Plane Pint W Craft
to Fly Over Geographlc N. Polo
In the last two years 8A8 has
mtde a number of experimental
flights across the Arctic. At the
end of May, the SAS "1‘“ Vik
ing." piloted by a Norwegian lib
stated by 3 Dane and a Swede.
successfully completed a trans
polu-flight from Bculdlnnvm to
Tokyo and back. When passing
over the North Pole at an altitude
of 6,000 feet. the aircraft dropped
a large SAS flag md the {lugs
of Denmuk, Norway and Sweden.
“Lei! Viking" was the first pu~
Danger plum In the world to fly
ovu- the [oomphlc North Polo.
Novel Plastic Materials
Developed By Swedish
linseed-Oil Producers
STOCKHOLM—~The more than
125-year-old firm of S v e n s k a
Oljeslageri AB (SOABl. which
was up to the 1930s mainly a
producer of linseed oil. has very
quickly adapted itself to the new
demands for synthetic articles for
the paint and lacquer trades. An
almost explosive development has
characterized its advent into the
field of plastics. Virtually all the
softeners derived from phtalic
anhydride used in Sweden's plas:
tics industry is supplied by SOAB.
The total production of the
company is valued at about Kr.
50,000,000 (310000.000! annually.
about 40 per cent of which is ex
ported. An interesting fact is that
behind the SOAB‘s present manu
facture of products of organic
chemistry processes lies original
research by the company‘s own
chemists. The technical personnel.
which in 1939 consisted of three
chemists, today totals 100 persons,
iand the company spends an over—
[age of Kr. 1,000,000 (8200.000) on
research and laboratory work.
There exist very few patents in
the history of the development of
‘the plastics industry. and the
chemists of the world are en
gaged in a frantic race towards
inventing ever newer varieties of
and uses for plastics and the im
provement of existing methods.
SOAB has not lagged behind in
ithat race.
Among the newest results of
the experimenting in SOAB's lab
oratories is a chemical named
malein hydrazide, which has amaz
ing qualities in store for garden
ers and vegetable growers. This
material has the magic capacity
of thwarting the growth of liv
ing materia without causing it to
die. Vegetables. such as onions.
potatoes. cabbage. etc. which
lose their firmness by growth af
ter the harvesting can now be pre
served for much longer periods
by means of spraying with maicin
hydrazidc. Another similar pro
duct. 3 chemical which has been
given the work name M20 , it
exists at present only As a labora
tory productwis expected to be-
Naval
Appointments
Vice admiral Skule Storlieii.
chief of the Norwegian Navy. was
inst week named nuvni ettmhe tn
the United States and Cmda.
with the rank of rur edmirni At
the some time. he will serve as
Norwegian liaison officer to
SACLAN‘I‘ and member of
NAm‘s Military Representatives
Committee.
Norwuy's present naval attache
to Wuhlngton and 0&qu rear
admiral Erllng G. Hostvedt. was
named flag officer 0! the Val
hndet Nnval District. And rear
admiral P. J. E. Jami-en, now
flux officer of that district, was
nunod chief of the Norwegian
Navy. with the tomporuy rank
of do. alumni. Ho wu rennet-I37
am We to USA.
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('ome a weapon against moulds and
fungi.
SOAB is also a large producer
of so called non-saturated ester
resins. used extensively in the pro.
duction of moulded objects of
large size. SUCh as boat hulls. of
which Sweden as a pioneer in
Europe already has started series
production. Bodies for transport
trailers. laundry coptainers and
vessels for the (‘hemical industry
are other manufactures made from
the ester resins after they have
been reinforced with glass fibres
and made to harden by means of
catalysers.
All-Jet Air Force
Nearly Achieved
1,000 m.p.h.
Fighter in Works
l STOCKHOLM. The Swedish
1m: Force in 1946 decided to go
‘31] out for jet planes. and thanks
to this early decimon it is now al
most wholly jet propelled, accord
ing to General Bengt Norden<
‘skiold, who on June 30 retired as
Air Force Commander-in-Chiet
after having served in that post
for exactly twelve years. Most of
the thirty day-fighter squadrons
are equipped with the all-Swedish
"‘Flying Barrel," widely regarded
as one of the best jet fighters in
1 the world. while the others use the
‘British ‘Vampire." Only one ma«
:jor Air Force unit. a fighter-
Ibomber group. is still based on
lpropeller~driven machines, but it.
lwill soon receive a new attlck
iplane, the “Lance". which is in
'production at the Saab Aircraft
ffactoriese in Linktiping. In dive
itests the "Lance" has achieved
'supersonic speed. A new Swe-
Vdish fighter is now being devel
‘oped and will probably be in pro
.duction in about (our years, it
‘ will have a top speed of nearly 1 -
1000 miles an hour. or about 350
‘ miles more than the “Flying Bar
! rel."
On June 30. that is. his last day
on the job. the 62-year-old Gener
al Nordenskiold made a dramatic
tour of inspection. Starting in the
north of Sweden and piloting his
own “Vampire" jet plane, he flew
down to the south of the country
and then Wk to Stockholm. lend
ing et eighteen air bases and tnlk
ing to I tote] of thirty Air Porno
units on the ground or. over the
radio. from the nir. He landed at
Stockholm 9 hour! After he first
takeoff. with tour and three-quar
ten hours eftective flying time
behind him and hating kept an
everege weed of about 600 mile.
an hour.
1 Looking back on his (waive
gym" :5 Conunanderqn-Chief,
|General Nordemkibld felt (hut the
imoat trying put of hu )0!) had
been to keep a hnlnnce between
Air Force efficiency and safety.
H. m ion beam. he and.
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