Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

A cablegram from Stockholm is to
the effect that Swedish labor groups
as well as parts of the Swedish press
have shown the greatest interest in
the case against the two Italians in
Massachusetts, Sacco and VanZetti,
who recently were sentenced to death
for a murder they are alleged to have
committed some six years ago.
Georg Branting, lawyer-a son OF
Sweden's late Socialistic premier-has
embarked for the United States to
seek first-hand information about the
Massachusetts case which has at
tracted universal attention because
of it's various peculiar features, one
of them being a claim that the two
men have been convicted because of
their affiliations with the Communist
party rather than for murder which
they are thought by many to have not
committed.
ROtarians May Come.
Early in July the international Ro-
tary congress will be held at Ostende,
Belgium, and it is expected that the
five thousand American delegates who
will attend, are including Scandin
avian trip in their itinerary. In that
case an invitation will be extended to
them to attena~the Danish-American
Independence Day festivities which
will take place at the Rebild Nation
al park on July 4. One of the main
speakers on that day will be Pefcival
Dodge, U. S. minister to Denmark,
who has announced he will discuss
early Danish Settlers in America.
New TRANSACTIONS.
New York publishers list among
their spring offerings translation
of Knut Hamsun's Norwegian novel,
"Mysterier" translated literally into
"Mysteries"), and also the third vol
ume of "Kristin Lavransdatter" by
another Norwegian author, Sigrid
Undset; this latter which completes
the American translation of Mrs. Und-
sets trilogy is entitled, "The Cross.
Several of Hamsun's most noted books
have been made accessible in English
several years ago.
Transferred to Chicago.
Announcement is made by the con-
sulate of Sweden in Chicago that the
Swedish industrial arts exhibit which
has been shown in New York for sew
eral weeks, will be transferred to the
Art Institute in Chicago in the near
e,,f,, on hit will hn
moved to Detroit, Mich, but it is said
that there is little likelihood that it
will be shown in any of the other
large American inland cities although
negotiations have not been concluded
concerning it's being sent to Minneap-
oils.
Danish FOlk.High Schools.
Joseph K. Hart, an American edu-
cational writer, has just issued vol
ume, which he entities, Light from
in a wealth of detail his conception
of the Danish folk-high school, it's
scope, methods and aims, and he
maintains that this unique institution
contains many of these elements need
ed in modern American adult educa-
ton, especially that of the rural dis
tricts. Mr.. Hart feels convinced that
the Danes through their folk-high
schools have shown the rest of the
world the way to a general and high
standard popular education as well as
to prosperity attained through such
schooling as is it given by the typical
establishments of this kind.
Museum Articles Received.
The first consignment of gift of
valuable museum articles from Nor
way to Norwegians in the United
States has just been received at the
Norwegian-American Pioneer museum
at DEBORAH, Iowa. 1t comprises,
among other things, complete furni-
ture for several typical farm houses
in Norway of old, and, altogether, the
objects sent weigh about ten thousand
pounds. This, however, is merely one
third of the total gifts of this nature
promised by the people of Norway;
the balance of the objects gathered
over there for permanent exhibit at
DEBORAH will arrive late in the sum-
mer.
Married Is Years.
You hear of fiftieth and even six
tieth wedding anniversaries, although
the latter class must be considered
rarity. But it is exceptional that a
married couple attains its sixty-fifth
wedding anniversary. One such
couple, however, lives at Fergus Falls,
Mimi, where Rev. John Holstrem--
a Swedish Baptist minister and his
wife last week gathered in their
church with number of friends and
relatives to celebrate the anniversary
of their wedding which took place in
Sweden in 1862 Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
strem have lived in the United States
since 1868; he is SO, and Mrs. Hol-
str8m Sc years old.
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