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...probable," stated Professor Cross, "that the Germans will extend their operations to Sweden very shortly. This action should aid, rather than hamper, the democracies, however, since they will be able to campaign in Scandinavia with total disregard of political frontiers and the British chances of cutting off all ore shipments to Germany from the Kiruna field will be measurably improved...
Exports. Since World War II began, U. S. exports to Scandinavia and Finland have rocketed 81%, for January-February of this year hit a total of well over $30,000,000. For 1939 biggest item of U. S. sales was automobiles and accessories worth $22,210,000. To Scandinavia went $24,102,000 in U. S. metals and manufactures, $28,853,000 in coal, petroleum products and other nonmetallic minerals, $12,624,000 in tires, rosin, soybeans, tobacco; other millions in food, machinery, textiles, aircraft. Scandinavia might well have doubled its 1939 U. S. purchases, if World...
Imports. No. 1 U. S. import from Scandinavia is newsprint and wood pulp. Of 3,550,000 tons of newsprint used in the U. S. last year, 300,000 came from Scandinavia and Finland. Of 9,003,000 tons of pulp used by U. S. manufacturers of kraft, newsprint, book papers, 1,305,000 came from Sweden, Norway and Finland...
...supply basic U. S. needs. But with Canada's mills already working at capacity to supply Empire needs, Britain may look to U. S. pulp mills to supply her Scandinavian and Finnish deficit. Speculators were quick to appreciate the fact. Jumping into the market the morning after Scandinavia's invasion, they bought shares in integrated paper companies, made market leaders out of such stocks as International, Union Bag, Crown Zellerbach...
...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 steerage way with their bows pointed west, pending further orders. Few hours later the orders went out: head...