Show po 0 0 economic highlights 0 pd that effect the dinner palls dividend checks oad and t tax bills of 0 every individual adie geran invasion of scandinavia hay bus turned a lougheed loag held fear into tt a arlia fact norway aud and den murk have desperately sought to cotaia their pio caulous yet despite these efforts it is that they have moved beadily tea dily toward war var for or some time the recent pessimistic announce agents oj of norwegian government havo have provided ample of that la is of immense importance to alrtle all the bet bel ilger eats and shu she has been subjected to an ter squeeze front both sides yesterday the was diplomatic today it Is militaristic arom the cold cola purely military bulut of it it la Is understandable that germany should lave moved northward at this time because the uuna announced anno that the blockade against the belch was waa to be ex and and anti inti mated that allied men of war would go inside norwegian territorial waters if necessary to sels german carrying precious nor iron ore home and the british have been mining corwe glan waters at the expense m se of german shipping this explains the german clerman hilgh command aun announce ouncE that denmark and norway are being given nazi protection on top of tha that there la is another factor involved an intangible factor but one ot of groat great significance it Is the factor fator of prestige german and allied diplomats have been nt at lever fever heat la in all the little neutral nations to cement their aes ues and lullu mice euce it la Is apparent Parent Up that threats no less than pacific persuasion have been used anything goes in war time germany tile the exper experts i ts say had haa come to fear that her ber inaction ina action had caused wine of the tf ae neutrals at least to bell te SIM she NN was as worried mid and as a result had eald caused tile bliem to cast a more friendly frim idly eye on alic ile allied tin the or erf the north may have been ordered in hi tit tin to change tills his situation no less alinn in ain attempt to protect her are supplies there is to indicate unit tile the danish government knew the blitzkrieg in Veni denmark nark was coining ind and agreed to itin other words word simply bowed to tile the able rather 11 ther than offering fering 9 futile ce which could have only result 41 in ill a in of her ix atil OtIa Illy till fighting forces norway farther away and beafter protected chose war nut hut her wartime military tary strength consists of an all army of little more than inadequately equipped buttressed tress 41 by a small fleet ot of warships largely obsolete it seems ln in that she can hold bold off the reich long without immediato immediate SIT on oil a large scale the allies at f course must do all they the an complete and of norway A along with denmark would give 04 v a superb series of air bases for strife iss directly at the heart ot t ung land and hampering british mor M almot shipping and naval ope opera ra tlona TIM there will be turmoil in the ballada and elsewhere tow now us as presses forward on oa the diplomatic as well as the military tt ted aca plating to what she has ka done to small powers which retime to cooperate la in the past as aa an example of what onay may happen to 0 others refusing to cooperate la in tile the culture fut ful ture tuc the allies will undoubtedly go the limit in seeking to outsell the retch and so war broadens out Germau ya ys action has posed continued on oa page five economic highlights continued from page four another ominous question does it perhaps mean that littler hitler now fuels it la Is time to tight fight in earnest and will shortly open a western front for hostilities iby by sending hu his armies through Ilo holland llana and bel glum flanking fla nging the line the french army Is said to be weady neady even eager fox for this and it is reported that belgium plans to open dier frontiers wide to the poll ua im once Ill II lUers flera deglans march if that happened the decisive de asive phase of the war might bo be concluded comparatively choly tholy through eh the decimation of either the P preach or tile the german army or both business is marking time the down downward wara trend evident recently rece has been checked iu in most lines but upward trend has yet appeared steel teel production Is at a magerl materially lower level than last year du da largely to the fact that production was ahead of consumption iu ta 1939 1930 automobile production Is running ling ahead of the level of a year ago and late estimates indicate that curs cars will be made this year as agat aist in 1030 1930 Doi D 0 m nestle B s 11 c construction goes ahead this years houses generally are smaller and slightly cheaper than last years houses the result la Is that while more moie dwellings are being erected tile the total value Is somewhat less most businessmen have given up hope of any ally big war boom this time allied purchasing shig Is orderly 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