Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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throughout the United States are
forming committees to support the
movement in progress for the purpose
of insuring official Norwegian parti-
cipation in the Olympic games in the
United States next year. There will
be two sections, One-winter sports
at Lake Placid, N. Y, and the other
general athletics-in Los Angeles, Cal.
Pay Tribute to Him.
| A representative group of Chicago
Swedes last week paid tribute to AXel
Fredenholm of Stockholm who is in
this country on a lecture tour. The
occasion was a banquet arranged in
honor of Mr.. Fredenholm'S fiftieth
birthday anniversary; he is travelling
through Swedish-American commun-
tiles in behalf of the Swedish National
Cultural League which has branches
in nearly all countries.
Washington GenealOgy.
Various claims have been advanced
from time to time seeking to prove
that George Washington was of either
Swedish or Norwegian descent. Now
historian directs attention to work
published in 1879 and entitled, 1.-The
pedigree and history of the Washing
ton family. Derived from Odin, the
founder of Scandinavia, Ammo 20 B. c.,
involving period of Is centuries and
including 55 generations. By Albert
Welles, president of the American
College of Genealogical Registry and
Heraldry." In the book alleged proof
is established that WaShingtOn's earli-
est progenitors came from Slesvig,
Denmark. Odin (Woden) was the
"chief of staff" of the ancient Teu-
tonic gods of mythology.
KOht Goes Home.
DR.. Hjalmar Koht of Oslo, Norway,
is now on the high seas bound for
his home country. He spent several
months as a guest professor at Har-
ward university, and also lectured at
the state universities of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Illinois as well as at
st. Olaf College. Mortified, Mimi. In
an interview DR.. Koht is quoted as
having said that he had observed a
considerable change in the American
outlook upon life in 1930-31 from that
which prevailed here when he WISH
ted the United States some twenty
years before. He thought, for in
stance, that Americans impressed him
as less optimistic now than on the
occasion of his former visit, but he
conceded that this might be due, in
part, to the atmosphere of general de-
preston now noticeable here.
Awaiting Punishment.
Herbert Loennroth, native Of Swe-
den and naturalized American citizen,
is incarcerated in Miami, Fla, Jail,
awaiting trial and sentence upon
charges that seemingly have not yet
been determined upon. He came to
Florida from Nicaragua on an alleged
mission entrusted, to him by General
SANDING, and had $4,000 in his pos
session. 1t is learned that he is an
almost professional adventurer," for
he has seen service in the armies OF
many lands, has been spy and a
deserter, and lately was confidential
secretary to SANDING. The authorities
are not quite certain what can be done
with the man.
Studied American Banking.
Gunnar T. Ohland of Copenhagen,
returns this month to Denmark after
having studied banking methods In
the Bank of America, San Francisco
He formerly studied banking systems
in Privatbanken, Copenhagen, Ham
bros Bank, London, and an institution
at Bordeaux, France, and he main
tains that European bankers hardly
can consider themselves fully trained
unless they have had an opportunity
of becoming intimately acquainted
with modern American banking meth
DDS. Mr.. Ohland expects to take owe
the management of one of the large
banks in Denmark shortly after hi
return to that country.
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