Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-22

Ivar Kreuger, Swedish financial
genius who increased a $50 real
estate commission received in Chicago
thirty years ago into a fortune esti-
mated to be around $50,000,OOO, re-
turned last week to the scene of his
business start as he had been invited
to address the Industrial club OF chi
cago. Mr.. Kreuger is the head or the
worlds match industry, and his pro-
ducts are used practically all over
the world His home is in Stockholm
and from his office there he directs
the multifarious business activities
undertaken by the match firms whose
chief he is. During recent years he
has lent more than S300,0OO,0O0 to
European nations, always, securing In
return valuable concessions for the
manufacture and sale of his matches.
Orders Ship in Denmark.
The International Cement Corpora
tion of New York has placed an order
for an ocean-going freight steamer
with the Aalborg shipyards, Denmark.
The boat is the second of its type
built by the Aalborg plant for this
American firm, and will be used for
the New York-Havana trade. Accord
ing to stipulation between the build
ers and the owners of the vessel, the
crew will be entirely Danish.
Day of Mourning.
Ordinarily, May 18th is celebrated
as the great national day of Norway,
in that country as well as among
Norwegians in the United States.
This year it was converted into day
of general mourning, for Fridtjof Nan
sen, Arctic explorer, scientist, inter-
national relief worker and League of
Nations high commissioner, was
buried in Oslo on May 18th. He died
suddenly May 18th. Nearly all Nor
wegian organizations in America ar
ranged memorial services in honor of
Nansen last Saturday.
Swede Becomes German Pastor.
4 Rev. Fritz Soderberg, pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran congregations at Au-
burn, Mass, and Grosvenor Dale,
Conn, has resigned for the purpose
of accepting an invitation to fill the
pulpit of German Lutheran congre-
cation at Webster, Conn. Mr.. Sober
berg in the future will preach in both
the German and the English language.
Want Joint Institution.
At a meeting of the first district
of the Danish Lutheran Church of
America in Brooklyn, N. Y, it was de-
cided to ask both that synod and the
United Danish Lutheran Church at
their forthcoming annual conventions
for support making it possible to
establish in Greater New York Dan
ish seamans mission. At the present
time, Rev. A. T. Dorf, pastor of Our
Savior's church, Brooklyn, devotes
much of his time to the work of the
seamen's mission, but it is felt-with
the increasing traffic between Ameri-
ca and Denmark-that the field has
become large enough to justify the
expense of maintaining a regular sta
tion with a full-time minister in
charge.
Complete Next Year.
H. Bachke, minister of Norway to
the United States, announces that
work on the new legation building in
Washington will be begun next month
and that, according to plans, it will
be completed some time in 1881. The
Norwegian parliament recently ap-
propriated 100000 for this work.
Norway will be the first of the Scan
dinavian nations to own a legation
building in the American capital city;
Northern legations occupy rented
quarters.
Swedish Books i'm English.
Diet stora varuhuset," a novel by
the Swedish writer, Sigfrid Siwertz,
has been issued in an English trans
lation by an American publishing
house under the title of "Goldman's s."
Likewise, the autobiography of Axel
Munthe has been published in this
country as THE Story of San Mi
chele," and last week also Larson
Duke of Mongolia" was issued by an
American firm. This is a transla-
ton of an autobiography by the Swed-
ish Duke" Larson.
Danish Obstetrics Landed.
In a Sunday feature magazine arti-
Gle, published simultaneously in many
American daily papers. DR. Ralph w.
Lobenstein pays a very warm tribute
to Danish obstetrics; he devotes sew