Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-04
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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Greater New York last week in recog-
milton of the heroism displayed by
them when rescuing the crew of a
German steamer a few months ago.
The banquet had been twice post
poned because of unforeseen delay In
the steamers arrival. Prior to the
banquet, Mayor j. j. Walker of New
York, received the Danish seamen at
the city hall to which they were
driven, escorted by police motor
squad constituting guard of honor.
Singer Decorated.
w. H. Singer, wealthy New York
business man who years ago forsook
mercantile work for painting, and
who then secluded himself at Olden,
Nordfjord. Norway, has been decorated
with the knighthood of st. Olav by
the king of Norway. Mr.. Singer has
for years painted Norwegian scenes.
his pictures having been exhibited in
the United States as well as in sew
eral European countries; he has also
contributed very generously to Nor
wegian charities, and is, for various
reasons, one of the most popular men
in northern Norway.
Two New Ships.
The Norwegian America Line has
ordered two motor vessels for its
freight traffic between Norway and
American ports; the vessels will be
built at the Gotta works in Sweden,
and will be of $500 tons each. There
all space being arranged for the pur
pose of slowing cargo. 1t had been
planned to award the construction
contracts to firms in Norway, but
since the increasing traffic demands
speedy delivery, it was found that the
guarantee delivery much sooner than
were the Norwegian.
Town Is "American.'
William H. Stoneman, correspondent
of the Chicago Daily News" cables
his paper from Hellevik, a modest
little village in Sweden, that coming
to that place he feels almost as
though he were coming home, for
everywhere he has met within day
or two, SwedeS who formerly lived in
name some thirty former Swedish
Americans who had lived in various
parts of the United States and who
now had gone back to the old country
to spend their declining years among
the friends and surroundings of-child-
hood and youth.
COpenhagen.DetrOit
Mrs. Anna Augusta Knudsen, so
years old, has arrived in Detroit,
Mich, direct from Copenhagen, Den
mark, to spend few months at the
home of her son, William F. Knudsen,
head of the Chevrolet Motor Co. Mrs.
Knudsen who had never before made
a trip across the Atlantic, proudly
voyage in order to reach Detroit on
the fiftieth birthday anniversary of
her son, who in the course of less
than twenty years has risen from the
job of a modest mechanic to that of
one of the greatest automobile manu-
facturers in the world.
Industrial Art.
A 100000 corporation, 1.-The Weav-
ers," has been formed in New York
for the purpose of promoting the sale
of industrial arts products of Norway.
The corporation intends to establish
branches in a number of large Amer
lean cities, and Norwegian capital is
invested in the business, also. Among
the articles which will be featured
on the American market, are en-
broideries, porcelain, home decora-
tions, bric-a-brac of various kinds and
descriptions, etc. The initiative in
this matter has been taken by Mrs.
Berthea Aske Bergh, prominent
among rwegian-Americans through
out the East.
"Sweden'S Edison"
Attention was recently called to C.
E. Johanson, Detroit, Mich, on the
occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday
anniversary, and many who might
have forgotten about him, were re-
minded that he is widely known as
1.-THE Edison of Sweden" his special
claim to fame being his invention of
a machine for precise measurements;
one of his devices can register accu-
rately one-millionth of an inch. Mr..
Johansop was born in Frotuna, Swe-
den, came as young man to Duluth,