Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-08
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Examination Abroad.
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Examination Abroad.
Negotiations pending for some
time between the governments
of the United States and Norway
have resulted in an agreement to
the effect that in the future all
prospective Norwegian emigrants
will be subjected to medical ex-
animation before they leave Nor
way, instead of, as has been the
rule for many years, submitting
to the examination upon their ar
rival at Ellis Island. Examina-
tion offices will be established by
the United States department of
labor at Oslo and Bergen as soon
as arrangements have been COM
pleted.
Mrs. Hedberg's Book.
Mrs. Lydia Hedberg, a Swedish
author who is most widely known
under her pen name, "Bergslags-
NOR, has published a volume of
"reminiscences from Travels in
America. For three consecutive
years Mrs. Hedberg has travelled
in the United States, especially
among her compatriots. She
makes some rather blunt state
ments about the shortcomings she
thinks she has observed among
edish-Americans, and express
ses her regret that many of them
are very careless in their use
of the mother tongue. A Stock
holm reviewer calls attention to
the fact that "Bergslagsmor's
own language, as revealed in her
book, is anything but perfect.
Capt. Thomson Dead.
Capt. A. G. Thomson, for many
years commander of Danish IL
ners plying between Scandinavia
and America, died recently in
Copenhagen at the age of II
years. Mr.. Thomson had been a
sailor since his boyhood, and at
the age of % he became master
of vessel. From 1906 to 1912
he commanded the C.. F. Tietgen,
and from the latter year until
1920, when he resigned because
of old age, was the captain of the
flagship of the Scandinavian
Amer can Line, the Frederik VIII.
Capt. Thomson is credited with
having crossed the Atlantic oft
ener than any other commander
in the mercantile marine Of Scan
dinavia.
Gives Away a Million.
Edwin Ruud, manufacturer
of Pittsburg, who at the present
time is visiting Norway, his ma
tive country, announced on his
72nd birthday that he had do
mated one million kroner to a
foundation for the highly expert
training of especially gifted Nor
wegian and Swedish singers. Mr..
Ruud indicated that the million
is merely beginning. On for
mer occasions he has given large
amounts to educational institu-
tions in Norway. He was born
on the Ruud farm, Kykkelsrud in
Askin, and received his earliest
technical training at Horton;
later he became affiliated with
the Westinghouse Tool Mfg. Co.
in Pittsburg, and for several years
has been the head of the Ruud
Manufacturing Co.
Many Swedish Students.
At the 9th annual convention
of the Swedish Augustana Synod
held in Philadelphia, it was an
nounced that more than 1000
students attended Augustana Col
lege at Rock Island, ILL.,, during
the last school year. Announce
ment also was made that only
$4,000 of the original 100000
Indebtedness of the school re-
NAMED unpaid at this time. The
statistical department of the con-
vention informed the delegates
that the synod now has 325, 600
members, and thus is the largest
religious organization among
Swedish-Americans.
Methodist Gathering.
Several prominent Americans
last week attended the annual
Methodist conference at Vejle.
Denmark and commission, COM
prising Americans, was appointed
to discuss the case of Bishop An
ton Bast, now serving a three
month sentence in a Copenhagen
| jail after having been convicted
of obtaining funds under false
pretenses. The commission is
headed by Bishop Waldorf of
Kansas City-Most Of the Amer
leans who came to the Vejle con-
ference, paid visit to Mr.. Bast
| who is incarcerated in what is