Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-20
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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recently piloted the machine of the
German Baron Won Huehnefeld from
Berlin to Toxic, is planning an air
voyage from a Swedish city to New
York.
Wants World Organization.
Marinus Yde, Danish consul general
at Hamburg, Germany, has launched
movement having for it's aim the
organization of a league comprising
Danes in all parts of the world, and
he thinks that one of the principal OBJ
jects of such an association should be
the calling of congress of Danes
from all countries. There is at pres
ent an organization along these lines,
namely, Danmarkssamfundet, but ap-
parently the objects of this society
and those in the mind of Mr.. Yde are
somewhat at variance, although it
seems plausible that some form of
cooperation will be tried.
President Hanson.
In the Financial Digest, New York,
Seymour Wemyss Smith, a well known
writer, calls attention to the fact that
the first president of the United States
was not George Washington, but John
Hanson, a Swedish-American, who, in
accordance with the Articles of
Confederation, was elected president
by the first congress, and served as
such from 1881 until 1889. Mr.. Smith
says it is a very regrettable fact that
history textbooks, and even standard
encyclopedias, make scant or no men
ton of this mans life and career
Mr.. Hanson was, and should be con-
sidered, Mr.. Smith says, father of
his country"
Singers May Come.
The executive board of the Vestland
Chorus of Bergen, Norway, is negoti-
ating with Norwegian singing socie-
ties in the United States concerning
the carrying out of a plan for tour
of this country some time during the
of 1881. The chorus consists
of male voices and enjoys an unusual
measure of popularity throughout Nor
way. Plans are also on foot for an
tour of the academic singers
of Oslo, and few days ago announce
ment was made that the famous st.
Olaf choir of Northfield, Mimi, under
the direction of F. Melius Christian
sen, will go to Norway in 1880 to give
a series of concerts.
Finding Ore Fields.
A group of Swedish mining en-
gineers, under the direction of Hans
of Stockholm, recently have
discovered a vast ore field in New
Foundland. The discovery was made
through electrical devices perfected
by the Swedes, and it is said that the
area is very considerable. Mr.. Lund-
berg has now returned to Sweden,
where he will organize an expedition
to continue the New Foundland ore
search, and it is his plan to interest
English and Swedish capital in the |
of the discovered riches. |
The field is about % miles from the |
we'll gnown Buchanan mines.
To Build New Edifice.
The Norwegian First Lutheran |
church of Seattle, Wash, has decided |
to demolish its old church building |
and to erect a new edifice at an esti-
mated cost of $4,000. Of this amount,
1000 has already been subscribed, |
and it is the intention of the trustees
of the congregation to launch drive |
for the balance shortly after Christ |
mas. The First Lutheran congrega-
ton is one of the oldest Norwegian |
Lutheran churches on the Pacific |
coast, and its present building has
served it for upward of forty years.
Litigation Ended.
L. P. Larsen, as president of the L.
P. Larsen Co., Chicago, seventeen |
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