Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-04
NEWS AMONG
! SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

North.
Alfred P. Sloan, president of Gener-
al Motors Co., visited Copenhagen,
Denmark, two weeks ago, accompan-
led by several heads of the European
offices of the American firm. Asked
for his impression of the competition
offered by the European automobile
manufacturers, MIR. Sloan said he
didn't know there was such a thing
as European competition. He also
said that it would be best for Den
mark to scrap all the bicycles in use
in that country, and buy American
automobiles instead.
Robbed of Property.
Information is cabled here from
Norway that when Roald Amundsen's
ship, Maud, arrived at Nome, Alas
ka, last spring, all equipment, in
GLIDING an invaluable scientific col
lection, rare skins, a motion-picture
camera with several thousand feet of
film, and all the personal belongings
of the members of the crew, were
packed in cases and shipped to Oslo
by way of Seattle. Upon arrival in
the Norwegian capital the cases were
found to be in apparently good con-
dition, but investigation showed that
a number of valuable articles had
been stolen from some of the cases
which, instead, had been filled with
waste paper, rags and straw.
Clipper zen miniature.
a San Francisco vessel, and well
known among his Swedish compatri-
OTIS in the Pacific shipping world,
recently after ten years has completed
work on a tiny model of the clipper,
Young America, aboard which Capt.
Poisson made some of his earliest
voyages. Persons who have seen the
model describe it as a work of almost
miraculous deftness and skill. 1t is
not for sale, the owner says.
Back in New York.
I.auritz Melchior, Danish singer who
last year made his debut with the
Metropolitan Opera Co. Of New York,
returned to that city from Denmark
and Italy last week, in order to be
on hand when the opera season opens
early this month. Mr.. Melchior whose
specially is Wagner parts, has con-
tract with the Metropolitan opera ex-
tending over several years. During
his initial season in America he was
handicapped by Illness, but has now
fully recuperated. Mr.. Melchior is
accompanied. by his wife who is an
actress of considerable reputation.
New Papers.
A Liberal and literary" Norwegian.
weekly, Symra, has been started in
New York under the editorship of
Karsten Roedder, and last week the
first issue of the Chicago Tidende-
an eight-page weekly newspaper
was published with Gustav Hagen as
its editor. While the Symra strives
to win it's laurels in the field Of lite
rary criticism and essays, the new
Chicago paper will cover the general
news field, apparently with special
attention being paid to religious &C
tiyities.
To Start New School.
Thyra Boldsen, described as a
sculptress, an author and philos-
opher, has arrived in the United States
from Denmark, her native country.
She is reported to have won consider
able success with her sculpture works
and now plans to establish IAN inter-
national school and home" somewhere
in the United States to promote her
faith in what she refers to as active
idealism". Miss Boldsen is con-
WINGED that the proper soil for such
a srowth Can be found only in Amer
lea. Definite information. concerning
the details of her plan have not as
vet been entrusted to the press.
OF Danish Descent.
Miss Eva LeGallienne, New York
actress, is a daughter of the Amer
lean poet, Richard LeGallienne, and
his (former) wife, Julia LeGallienne
whose maiden name was Norgaard,
and who is a native of Copenhagen,
Denmark. Miss LeGallienne who for
some years has been very prominent
among the actresses of the American
metropolis. has now opened her own
theater in New York. and last week
directed the presentation of Tchekov's
weird drama, Three Sisters, which
made a decided hit. A critic in "The
world" says that as an actress Miss
LeGallienne leaves good deal to
be desired, but that as general
OF actors and actresses 'she leads
her generation She was guest in
Copenhagen, her mothers home city.
a few weeks ago, and was extensively
interviewed concerning her opinions
of the trend Of modern drama.
He Is a Swede.
Aroldo Eindi.. who has won much
renown on the opera stages of Italy,
Spain, Germany. and Sweden is not,