Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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STOCKHOLM--British and Norwegian troops have surrounded 3500 Germans in a "final assault" on the iron ore port of Narvik, a Norwegian spokesman claimed tonight, and the jaws of another trap were reported closing on German-held Trondheim...
...Within a few days the entire Narvik region should be ours again," said the authorized Norwegian military spokesman in describing furious fighting in the full-force attack to wrest Narvik from the Germans...
...Norwegian military headquarters admitted that Hamar and Elverum in central Norway remain firmly in German hands. Previous unconfirmed reports had said that British-Norwegian forces had recaptured the towns...
...Empire, may still be able to stay out of the U. S. bacon-and-egg market, save her foreign exchange for military materials. Meanwhile, Scandinavian dollar bonds hit the skids, with declines up to almost 50%. Washington issued an order, generally welcomed by importers, that reduced confusion: Norwegian and Danish credit transfers were put under Federal control...
This week the speculative blush in paper and foods had spread to sugar and shipping stocks, but without developing a very high color. For U. S. business was as bewildered by the turn of events as any Norwegian soldier. One thing was certain: the U. S. had lost an export market. And none pulled out of it faster than Moore-McCormack Lines, No. 1 U. S.-to-Scandinavia ship-operator. Day of Blitzkrieg's beginning, Moore-McCormack got busy on the radio. To Mormacstar and Mormactide, far out in the Atlantic, Scandinavia-bound, went orders to [ turn about, keep...