Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-06-24
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.


native of Sweden, who for some
time has been affiliated with the
New York cancer hospital in Buff
falo has been appointed head ply
stefan of the cancer institute OF
the Minnesota state university.
DIR. Stenstr9m will take over his
new position some time in July.
During the short time DR.. STEM
strgm has spent in the United
States, he has become widely
known because of his research
work.
Invents New Motor.
O. E. Jorgensen who until few
years ago was head of the expert
ment department of the Bur-
meister & Vain shipyards at CO.
penhagen, Denmark, and who now
holds responsible position with
the Worthington Pump & Machin-
cry Corporation, New York, has
invented a new Diesel motor
which is said to be far superior to
any of the older types. The U. S.
Shipping Board is very interested
in the new meteor and is likely to
place large order with the manu-
facturers. 1t was Mr.. J0rgensen
who, while with the Burmeister &
Vain firm, developed the Diesel
engine to the point of perfection
which it attained some twelve or
fourteen years ago.
Goes Home Disguised.
Charles Hoff, famous Norwe-
gian all-around athlete, who
smashed number of records
during his sojourn in this coun-
try, returned to Norway last
week, very much Disguised with
the reception given him in some
quarters where hindrances were
placed in his way because it was
alleged that he had forfeited his
claims to be an amateur. Friends
of Mr.. Hoff intimate that court
proceedings may be resorted to to
vindicate the young athlete, who
says he is not, and never wants to
be, a professional.
LithOgraph Exhibit.
Birger Sandzen, a Swedish ar
fist and art teacher at Bethany
College, Linsborg, Kansas, last
week opened an exhibit of sixteen
of his original Autographs at the
Paul Elder gallery in San Fran
cisco. Most of the pictures are
from Sweden, Kansas, the Rocky
Mountains, and the Sierras, and
they are attracting wide attention
because of the dizziness and strik-
ing originality of conception dis
played by the artist. Mr. Sandzen
has been in the United States for
about twenty years land during
this period he has become one of
the leading artists in the field of
etching. During visit to Sweden
last summer he was hailed as one
of the foremost etchers of his
time.
Hans Bergman Dead.
Hans Bergman, Establishment
can newspaperman, died last week
at Tacoma, Wash, So years old.
He was born in Herjedalen,
Sweden, and when he came to Spo-
kane in 1907 he began publishing
the weekly, "Svenska Nord-
western" which he also edited for
a number of years. Six years ago
he went to Victoria, B. c., where
he was attached to the office of
the Swedish vice consulate until
it was abolished. He published a
book, British Columbia and its
Swedish Inhabitants, and also
during the last few years of his
life, which he spent in Tacoma, a
History of the Scandinavians in
Tacoma and Pierce County.
Evjen Honored.
Professor John O. Evjen, Nor
wegian-American. who now is at
Springfield, Ohio, has been appoint
ed an honorary member of the
Societe academique d'histoire" of
Paris, and has been awarded that
society's gold metal in recognition
of his ability as an interpreter of
history. Professor Evjen was for.
merly head of the state normal
school at Mayville, N. D., and is
now professor of church history at
Wittenberg College. Recently his
monumental work, Early Scan
dinavians in New Kork" was ex-
tensively reviewed in the French
periodical, Revue Internationale"