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...Admiral of the Royal Navy who had the worst time last week, whom all the others hoped to assist, was hollow-cheeked King Haakon of Norway (honorary...
...rooftops, and 200 big Junkers 52s were shuttling over on schedule every half-hour, each bringing 20 more fully armed men each trip, it didn't much matter if the people found out what went on. In four busses, 200 shock troopers were sent to find King Haakon and the Royal Norwegian Government, which had fled Oslo at Tuesday's dawn. The invading high command, headed by General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, who arrived by airplane, wanted the King to recognize Nazi Quisling as Premier, succeeding Laborite Premier Johan Nygaardsvold (who used to be an I.W.W. agitator...
...Balkans, the conviction spread that a fateful decision had been made and a great attack was impending; as the British-Italian trade agreement broke down; as Swedish public opinion split on the question of aid to the Finns and King Haakon of Norway hurried to Stockholm; as Premier Molotov in Moscow gave a three and one-half hour lunch to U. S. Ambassador Steinhardt; as diplomatic life all over Europe speeded up in the wake of the Welles mission, it was plain that, although Sumner Welles made no statement, raised no hopes, he looked to many a European like...
Died. Prince Aage of Denmark, 52, veteran officer in the French Foreign Legion; after brief illness; in Taza, French Morocco. Cousin of King George V, Tsar Nicholas II, King Christian X of Denmark, King Haakon VII of Norway, King Constantine of Greece, he renounced his rights to the Danish throne when he was 26. Said he then: "It wasn't such a sacrifice...
Opening Norway's Storting. King Haakon VII was less solicitous for Finland but not a jot less concerned with defense. "I hope," he said, "the new year will bring peace for all human beings, especially for our brother country in the east. . . . Training for the Army will follow the same directive as during past years, but there will be some enlargement. Naval defenses will be changed and enlarged...