Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-11
NEWS AMONG
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last fall and has since crossed tn
Atlantic; ii is one of the tiniest YES
sells that ever ventured on the ocean
ly have suffered great deal of hard
ship while making the hazardous
voyage
Drowned I'm the Ohio.
George, Nils and Oscar B genfeldt
three manufacturers of Toledo, Ohio
were drowned in the Ohio river the
other day when the boat in which
they were sailing, capsiZed; other
victims were their wives and the two
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Nils Bogenfeldt
The brothers and their wives were
all natives of Sweden and had lived
in Ohio for more than % years. The
disaster took place when the party
was on its way to the Pelee Island
Natural park.
Expecting Refund.
According to Representative Garner
of Texas, member of the claims COM
mittee of the federal House of Repre-
sentatives, the United Steamship Com
pany of Copenhagen, Denmark, may
in the near future expect a check
for S620,000, representing an excess
amount which the concern has paid
to the American treasurer as income
tax in 1918; the treasury has acknow-
lodged the validity of the claim of
the shippers and as soon as certain
formalities have been complied with,
the money will be refunded The
United Steamship Co. is the parent
firm Of the northumberland
line whose steamers ply between
Danish, Norwegian and American
ports.
VIII Study Schools.
Jacob Naesj of Sandefjord, Norway,
has arrived in the United States for
the purpose Of studying American
public school methods. Mr. Naesj is
a prominent teacher in his home land
but although he thinks the Norwegian
public school has attained a very
high standing, he believes that there
and that quite little may be learned
by an investigation of school life in
America. He will not confine his
studies to any certain part of the
country but will try to make his OBJ
servations in the middle west as we'll
as on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts
Miles PreSides.
Carl Miles, famous Swedish sculp-
tor who spends several months each
year in the United States, has been
appointed head of the Swedish art
and industrial arts section at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair. 1888. Mr.. Miles
is said to be more thoroughly familiar
with American art life-as we'll as
with Swedish-than any contemporary
Scandinavian.
Central Gathering Place.
John Christensen, supreme presi-
dent of the Danish Brotherhood of
America, and just returned to this
country from visit in Denmark, has
launched, through an interview in a
Danish-American newspaper, the sug-
for Danish-American tourists be es-
tablished in Copenhagen, under the
auspices of the Brotherhood. He said
that his observations this summer con-
WINGED him of the need Of such q
place, especially because so many
Danish-Americans who desire to spend
a few days in the capital city before
going to the provincial or rural dis
tricts, have no relatives or close
friends in Copenhagen. Mr.. Christen-
sen says his idea has been endorsed
by Prime Minister Thorvald Staining
Left Erickson Fete.
Sunday. September Z, the Norwe-
gian organizations of Chicago, form
ing the Norwegian National league,
held their annual Left Erickson cele-
bration at the Navy Pier; the program
was featured by number of aquatic
events, and by the presence of Bernt
Balchen, airplane pilot of the Byrd
expedition to the Antarctic. The prin-
cipal address of the day was given
by Attorney J. J. Sonsteby, and sing
ing societies rendered number of
Norwegian and American songs. The
celebration takes place each year to
commemorate Left Erickson as the
earliest known discoverer of the Am
erican continent.
Modern Architecture.
A committee, consisting of Ameri-
cans and Swedes, is planning to exc
cute large replica of the Stockholm
city hall, said to be one of the finest
of modern civic architectural works,
and TO send ii 10 the United States as
a travelling exhibit. During the few
years elapsed since the building was
completed. it has been visited by hun
dreds of American architects.