Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-09-23
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

GeOrg BfandeS, Danish critic, Wn1cn
aroused such a storm of protest when
translated into the German, has now
been put into English under the title
of Jesus: A Myth, and is published
by New York house. Brandes' con-
tention that Jesus Christ actually
never lived, and that the New Test
ament story is wholly legend, has
been presented in the American edi-
tion by Edwin Bjorkman. In the book
Brandes asserts that Jesus was as
much myth as Wilhelm Tell, Her
cules, Apollo, Osiris and Ulysses
Help Her EmigrantS.
Several rural communities in Nor
way have in recent weeks adopted
the policy of making cash grants to
emigrants leaving for Canada. They
advance the emigrant loan to cover
the passage money without interest,
$25 when arriving at the Canadian
port of destination. The increase in
the number of Norwegians going to
Canada is due to the restrictions
imposed by the United States quota
law. There are unusually many Nor
wegian citizens leaving their country
this year because of the general and
enduring period of economic depres-
sion.
A Famous Love Affair.
A movie" corporation in Los An
geles is preparing film which will
present one aspect of the life of Jenny
Lind, famous Swedish Nightingale":
The picture will tell the story of
her love for Hans Christian Andersen,
the Danish fairy-tale writer, and will
also describe how he reciprocated it.
AS comparatively little is definitely
known about the alleged love affair
between the two celebrated Scandi-
navians, it is expected that the seem
ario writer and the producer must
draw heavily upon their imagination
in order to give the picture any
vestige of reality.
Settlement 20 Years Old.
Although it had been originally
planned to defer festivities until the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the found
ing of the Danish Drowning Dagmars
Minde settlement in Montana, it has
now been decided to celebrate the
twentieth anniversary of that event,
and the celebration is to take place
on October 6. Twenty years ago a
settlement had been predicted at the
place where Dagmar, Mont, develop ed,
but at that time no one seriously
thought that it would be possible
to carry the plans through success
fully.
School is 25 Years Old.
Next Sunday Gale College at Gales
vile, Wis, will celebrate it's twenty
fifth anniversary as Norwegian
Lutheran school; it was founded be-
fore 1901, but was conducted for years
by Presbyterians. Among the speak
ers expected for the occasion are DR..
III. G.. Stub, president emeritus of the
Norwegian Lutheran Church of Amer
lea, and DR.. L. M Gimmestad, former
president of the college. Prof. Knute
Lokensgaard is now. the head of the
institution. At gathering of alumni
of the school it is expected that plans
for its future will be discussed.
Clergyman and Lawyer.
Rev. Herman Lind, pastor of Swe-
dish Lutheran congregation in San
Francisco, is, in addition to perform.
ing his ministerial duties, also prac-
Using attorney with a large clientele
Mr.. Lind is a native of Lila Sven
storp, Sweden, and has been in the
United States for many years. APP
parently not finding enough to dc
as clergyman he studied at the
law school of the Montana university
and obtained his Bachelor of Law
degree from, this institution. Reports
from the Golden Gate City are to the
effect that Mr. Lind's parishioners
have no objection to the arrangement
and that they, in fact, consult him
in his dual capacity.
Gets Medal.
The Blue Water Medal for 1924 has
been awarded by The Cruising Club
of America to Aksel Ingwersen OF
4 Copenhagen, Denmark The medal is
given for the most successful long
distance cruising trip recorded from
year to year. Mr.. Ingwersen was the
master of the small vessel, "Shang-
hal" which sailed all the way from
Shanghai in China to Copenhagen two
years ago. Since then Mr.. Ingwersen
has been second mate of the 1924
expedition to Scoresby sound, and he
is said to be considering new plans
for long-distance voyages in tiny yes
sells.
Studies Charity Work.
Rev. H. B. Kildahl of Minneapolis
secretary general of the charity &C
tivities of the Norwegian Lutheran
Church OF america, is at the present
tims sajoprning in Norway. He has
been commissioned to study charity