Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-05-20

charity, has been temporarily re-
leased, pending a petition for a
new trial which he filed last
week. Bishop Bast has re-
peatedly said that he wanted to
make trip to the United States
where he has many friends, but
it is understood that he will not
be permitted tc leave Danish
jurisdiction until his case has
been finally disposed Of.
Donation to Valdres.
Albert Fodness of Minneapolis,
has donated the amount of
$4,000 to a projected home for
aged in his native parish of Nord
Aurdal, Norway. There are many
people from that district scat
tered throughout the United
States, and just now they are en-
gagged in carrying on a subscrip-
ton campaign to raise sufficient
funds with which to establish the
home; it is in connection with
this drive" that Mr.. Fodness do
mated his $4,000. Present plans
call for the purchase of Fryden-
lund hotel-in Aurdalsbyen which
may be obtained, it is said, for
$4,000 kroner, and which can
easily be converted into a home
for the aged residents of the
parish.
New Postal Stamps.
In connection with the impend-
ing unwilling of a national monu-
ment to John Ericsson, the Swe-
dish engineer who invented the
Monitor, the postmaster gen.
eral has authorized the printing
and the sale of a new scent
stamp which will be distributed
in fifteen million copies. The
stamp will be available on May 20
and thereafter, the date having
been selected as appropriate be-
cause the unwilling of the Erics-
son monument takes place in
Washington then.
Many Expected.
Advance announcements from
Denmark indicate that this years
|Danish-American Fourth of July
celebration at the Rebild Nation
al Park will be carried out on a
vaster scale than any of its pre-
decessors. The specific reason for
this is that this year marks the
150th anniversary of the signing
of the American Declaration of
independence. A group of men
prominent in public life in both
the United States and Denmark
will be among the speakers, and
a comprehensive program of mu-
steal features is also being
planned. Thousands of natives of
Denmark from all parts of the
earth are expected to come to the
Rebild Park on the day of cele-
bration.
Children to Norway.
Observation-Disclosures, VIII o e
general offices are at Oslo, has an
nounced plans for arranging an
excursion of 800 Norwegian
American school children to Nor
way-this summer. 1t is expected
that they will spend three weeks
in the native country Of their
fathers and mothers, and during
that time will be. guests at indi-
vidual homes. The plan calls for
extensive sightseeing trips in
Oslo as well as through other
cities and parts of Norway, and
if it succeeds according to expect
atoms, it is intended to arrange
similar excursions annually here
after.
Thorsten Berg Dead.
Per Thorsten Berg, 70 years
old, one of Sweden's foremost
civil engineers, died in Stockholm
last Friday. He was formerly
chief engineer Of the Carnegie
Steel Works in Pittsburg, and
was also European technical rep
resentative of the United States
Steel Corporation. Mr.. Berg was
spoken of as one of the most in
fluential men working for CO.
operation between America and
Sweden; for the last eleven years
he had been United States vice
consul at Stockholm.