Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-05
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Continued from Page /,
Hedin's Autobiography,

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Hedin, world-famous Swedish ex-
plorer, has been published in
English by Boni & Liveright, N.
Y, in a translation made by Alf-
hid Huebsch. In the American
version the book is called, MY
Life as an Explorer, and it gives
an account of the numerous ex-
petitions which Hedin during
many years has headed to Asiatic
countries, notably Thibet, Persia,
India. The book sums up, in
non-scientific Technology, the re-
suits of it's authors unusual OBJ
servations on his journeys in
quest of strange adventure.
American Plaintiffs.
In behalf of large American
radio concern the Budde, Schou
Patent Bureau of Copenhagen,
Denmark, has instituted suit be-
fore Danish court to claim roy
alties on a series of patents used
in radio apparatus; the American
firm maintains that it owns the
patent rights involved. Judging
from information concerning the
litigation, the case is very COM
plicated, and there is said to be
a possibility that owners of the
apparatus may have to pay a GER
tain percentage of the royalties
in case the claim of the Ameri-
cans is upheld by the court.
Riiser-Larsen Coming.
Lieutenant Hjalmar Riiser-Lar-
sen, pilot of the dirigible Norge
on it's epoch-making trip from
Spitzbergen via the North Pole to
Teller, Alaska, is planning to
come to the United States some
time this fall to lecture on the
incidents and results of the trans
polar expedition. Audun Teln@s
of Oslo and New York is now
travelling through the country
making the necessary arrange
ments for Riiser-Larsen. Roald
Amundsen, head of the expedi-
ton, does not intend to lecture,
but will write the major part of
a work dealing with the expedi-
ton.
A Gift From u. s.
The Social Science Institute of
Stockholms Hogskula in Sweden
has received a gift of $4,000
annually for period of five years
from the Laura Spelam Rockefel-
Ter Memorial Foundation. The
donation will be used to further
social and political research work
which will be directed by Profess
sor Costa Bagge who visited this
country two years ago. Several
other gifts have been made by
Rockefeller foundations to scien-
tific institutions in the Scandin-
avian countries during recent
years.
Obtains Patent.
Louis Jensen of St. Paul-born
of Danish parents at Clinton, To-
wa-has secured United States
patent rights for a locked dust
cap for automobile tire valves.
The cap is so constructed that no
one can remove tires from the,
rim because the. air cannot be let
out, and it is claimed for the in
vention that it will eliminate tire
thefts. The mother of the in
ventor has aided him in complet-
ing work on the dust cap, and
when the patent has been dis
posed of, she hopes to find time
to visit Denmark where she has
not been since she immigrated
38 years ago.
To Study in u. s.
Reports emanating from Lon
don and Oslo are to the effect
that Crown Prince Olav of Nor
way who recently completed his
studies at Oxford university, will
come to the United States to
study at some university in this
country. 1t is said that the
crown prince feels his education
is not complete unless he has had
an opportunity of studying in
American institutions.-In 1925
it was rumored that Crown
Prince Olav was planning to come
to America to attend the Norwe-
gian-American centennial festival
in the Twin Cities, but shortly
before he was to leave, it was
deemed advisable to cancel his
trip.
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