Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-05-31
NEWS AMONG
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annual Norway quota having been set
at 6,453.
Inyents New Jack.
Erik Wikstrom in Chicago a
Swede by birth-has invented new
automobile jack, one of whose advan-
tages is said to be that it is always
attached to the car, and that it may
be manipulated by the pressure of
foot on a certain part of the run
ming board. The jack also may he
so adjusted as to prevent theft of an
automobile, for one of the rear wheels
can be lacked up. and locked in such
a way that it will be practically i'm
possible for anyone without the prop
er key to start the vehicle. The in
vention has been patented, and fac
tory is now being built to introduce
the device on the market.
The Wilson Plane.
Christian Wilson is the name of
a Danish automobile mechanic at
Sangus, Conn, who has constructed
an airplane able to ascend vertically,
even in the most violent wind storm.
Several experiments have been sue
cessfully completed, and on the basis
of their results Mr.. Wilson announces
that he is preparing to fly from
Sangus to Copenhagen this summer. A
wealthy eastern manufacturer is said
to have interested himself in Mr.. Will
sens work, and to have expressed
willingness to be his hacker in con-
nection with the proposed trans-At-
lantic hop.
Mentally Sound.
Having failed to convince even the
court of appeals of New York of his
innocence, Ludwig Halvorsen Lee, a
Norwegian janitor who has been con-
victed of the murder of a Brooklyn
woman, once more had his case sub
mitted to the state lunacy commission
whose verdict, handed down last
week, is to the effect that Lee is
mentally sound and thus must be held
responsible for the crime in question.
His execution at Sing Sing has been
set for June 81, and it now appears
that only executive clemency may
save him from the electric chair.
industrial King.
"The Financial Post" of Toronto
refers to Olof Hanson, Swedish consul
at Prince Rupert, as the industrial
king of British Columbia. Mr.. Han
son came to Canada from Sweden 80
years ago, penniless, and without
knowledge of the English language.
Now, the Toronto paper says, he prac-
tically controls all the lumber and
fishing companies of British Column
bia, owns a number of mines, builds
and runs some of the railroads, and
is the owner of immense tracts of
land as we'll as of a number of
houses. "A fairy tale" says 1.-The
Financial Post"-"a fairy tale rarely
thought possible in any country out
side the United States. and yet not
so unusual in Canada"
In Charge of Dam.
Lars Jergensen of Berkeley, CAL,
has been placed in charge of the
construction work on the San Fer
nando dam near Los Angeles, said to
be the largest in the world. Mr..
Jergensen is a native of Denmark
who received his technical education
in Europe as we'll as in the United
States. He has for years been a
specialist in concrete dam cOnstruc-
ton, and is considered one of the
foremost authorities in his field in
the United States. The dam of which
he now has charge, will be SS5 feet
high.
May Go South.
Lieut.. E. Dietrichsen of Kristians-
sand, Norway, has applied to the war
ministry of his country for leave of
absence so as to be able to go to
the United States for a conference
with Commander Richard E. Byrd
who is said to be DESTROYS of having
him join the South Polar expedition
which will leave New York in Sep
TENDER. Lieutenant Dietrichsen took
part in Roald Amundsens airplane
expedition to the North Polar regions
Hi 1870, dlu 10 Sdlu W DS lIlOIOuSHIy
familiar with flying under difficult
conditions. One other Norwegian,
Bernt Balchen, who accompanied
Commander Byrd on his flight to
France last year, will accompany the
South Polar expedition in an execu-
tive position.
For Work Well Done.
The New York Building congress
has bestowed its gold medal and spe-
cial diploma "for work well done" on
Einar Jonsson, Theodore Gustafson
and Gustaf Bergeson, all carpenters,
living in New York city, and all men
who have immigrated from Sweden.
According to announcement made by
the New York Building Congress, the
work of these three men was far
in advance of the workmanship US
ually seen in America"
To Visit Denmark.
Douglas Fairbanks and his wife,
Mary Pickford, now in Europe, are
planning to visit Denmark; they in
tend to arrive at COpenhagen in a