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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Mendsy, My 27, 1357 Swedish Labor, Housing Shortage Brought on By Influx Into Cities Editor not: A United Pres Cor rpondnt flew to Sweden to re tarn to the L'nited SUtet aboard the new Swednh American liner M. S. Gripholm. Here are some of the - thtnes he found not about swenen dnrinx a 5-dav visit to Stockholm and Gothenburg. By ROBERT L. FREY United Press Correspondent New York V There are more restaurants in New York where customers can help them selves to smorgasbord from groaning tables than there are in Stockholm. The custom stop ped during wartime food short ages, was not revived, and now the lutefisk. sillsalat and other delicacies are served individu ally. There is a labor shortage and housing shortage in Sweden, brought on by the rapid indust rialization of the country since the end of World War II. Work ers are moving steadily from the farms into the cities, in a ountry whose entire population is less than that of New York City. IWustry Privately Owned Sweden has had a Social Dem crtic government now for 25 years. The Social Democrats point out that 90 per cent of S.dish industry is privately owned but some industrialists feel there is little to choose be tween government ownership and the heavy taxes and gov ernment controls under which privf te industry operates. Gothenburg is a cosmopolitan vaport sometimes called "Little London." The Royal Bachelors club founded there by the Eng lish in the 17th century still flourishes . . . restaurants in Sweden are not permitted to Male a profit on the sale of liquor so they will not encourage it consumption. Largest department store in rthern Europe is the "N. K." ia Stockholm. Its children's bar ter shop has half-sized chairs ftich face a wall lined with Built-in aquariums, illuminated and filled with tropical fish. The tots sit quietly under the bar bers' shears, absorbed in watch ing, the fish. It Small Car Market Sweden entered the small-car market in the United States last year with the 4-passenger Volvo. They sold 5,000, mostly on the West Coast, and expect to sell 10,000 this year . . . Sweden Meeds dollars and is very con scious of the American market. But some manufacturers are cautious about sending their goods here for fear they may create a demand in a big market which they are not yet equipped to fill. This is true of some of their new designs in furniture, rugs and tapestries. King Gustaf VI Adolph is an ardent collector of porcelain and Starlet Denies Plan lo Wed Elvis Presley Hollywood Wl Starlet "Vvonne Lime insisted today that there was nothing to reports that she and rock-and-roll singer El vis Presley planned to be mar ried in Mexico this week. "We are friends but there is tftothing to that story," the 20-Sear-old blonde actress said. Miss Lime said she has dated fcsley since February but that had not seen him for a week bjacause both of them were work ing feard, she on a television shoy, and he on a movie. The story also was denied earlier by a spokesman for Pres ley. Deer Hit by Car On Portland Street Portland rtP A deer was struck by a car on a Portland city street Sunday night. Donald R. Wagner, 21, Van couver, Wash., said he was trav eling north when the deer sud denly cime into the path of his car. The accident happened on Northwest Union ave. near Am pitheaters. Inc. County police start the animal. The secret of VQdka enjoyment Is in' Weffschmidt's $410 45 Qt. tfolfschmidt Lid.. Dundalk. Md. 80 proof. 100 Grain Neutral Spirits Product of U.SA. pottery, and an authority on the subicct. Occasionally tourists have been admitted to see his collections in the royal palace in Stockholm and a few times have been thrilled to have his majesty welcome them. He and Queen Louise often are seen window-shopping in Stockholm. Their people thoughtfully leave them to themselves during these outings. Businessmen Urged To Aid Community Portland up The Portland Chamber of Commerce was told today that businessmen should take a wide and more disinter ested part in community affairs. W. Homer Turner, executive director of the United States Steel Foundation. Inc., said bus iness concerns do not operate independently of the communi ty but rather they affect the community and are affected by it. "Any business concern doing a sufficient volume to make it a primary economic unit in the neighborhood should .. . make provision in its organization a structure for proper attention to community affairs and leader ship," he said. Turner said investments should be made in community activities with no thought of reaping an immediate return profit. Instead, he said, the pol icy should be one of "putting in for ultimate benefit to all." A lively debate is going on in Sweden over whether they should make atomic bombs. A group of American correspond ents asked Prime Minister Tage Erlander last week how he felt about it. He answered, "it is not yet necessary to take a decision" and suggested that next year would be time enough to raise the question. The division of opinion revolves about what ac tion Russia might take if Sweden decided to add atomic weapons to her arsenal . . . Stockholm is only about 30 seconds away by missile from the Soviet Baltic states . . . those opposed to mak ing atomic weapons say Sweden could not maintain her neutral ity if she had them. Adding Raid Shelters Meanwhile Sweden is adding to what must be the strongest and most impressive system of deep-rock air raid shelters in any country. The ,land itself has a base of ice-age granite. Indust ries, hospitals and naval and military posts are now living and working in caverns with 60 feet or more of solid rock above them. Enough, it is said, to with stand anything but a direct hit from an atomic bomb. The sub terranean shelters are air-conditioned, equipped with their own power supply. Their white-washed walls look spic and span under their fluorescent lighting. Elvis Presley films are play ing in Sweden ... he appears to be a bigger hit with the grown ups than with the youngsters . . . Elvis is billed as the "rock 'n roll king." LIVING in Las Vegas, Mrs. Harriet Edwards, one of 15 subjected to heavy A-bomb fallout, complains of bad health. (International) Two Men Slain In Labor Turmoil Guntersville, Ala. nn Two men were killed today and five other were wounded when gun fire erupted at a labor troubled construction project in this small Alabama city. The two victims were identi fied by police as Johnny Leroy Ward, Parsons, Kan., who was hit in the chest by a .22 caliber bullet, and W. M. Clinton Harri son, Albertville, Ala., who was shot in "the back. Officers " said the shooting broke out at a new feed mill un der construction by the Cotton Producers association. .The con struction site had been picketed for the past several days. Inauguration of Haitian President Ends Civil War Port Au Prince, Haiti W The inauguration of Daniel ! Fignole as provisional president of Haiti Sunday ended the coun try's brief lived civil war. But the situation remained tense to day and authorities were pre pared for new outbreak's. Airline service to Haiti still was suspended and hundreds of Americans were stranded. At least 80 persons were reported killed in fighting this week end, but there were no reports of American casualties. A crowd of 10,000 persons snakedanced through the streets in joy when Fignole. was sworn in. Most of them were from the low-paid laborer and farm work er class where he draws his strength. 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