Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-09
NEWS AMONG
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sala university. After her marriage
in Kansas City, Mo-, Mrs. Hellstroem
taught in Swedish congregation
schools in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa.
Utah and elsewhere and was consid-
cred one of the most prominent Swed-
ish parochial instructors in this coun-
try.
'Our Friends Abroad"
Sixty American college and high
school students left New York on July
8 for Denmark, under the leadership
of DR.. Sven V. Knudsen who founded.
and for several years has been in
personal charge of the "Our Friends
Abroad movement; arrangements are
made every year for Danish and other
Scandinavian university and high
school students to visit the United
States, and, vice versa, for American
youth to visit the Northern countries.
One principal feature of the plan is
that the visitors are quartered in pri-
vate homes so as to obtain a clearer
insight into the life of the country
where they are guests.
ROald Amundsen Bridge.
The city council of Seattle, Wash,
is considering petition presented by
the Left Erickson Sons of Norway
lodge of that city asking that new
bridge now under construction be
named in honor of Roald Amundsen,
famous Norwegian Arctic explorer
who lost his life while attempting to
rescue General Umberto Mobile, head
of the dirigible Italia" Polar expedi-
ton. 1t is pointed out that with no
other American city was Amundsen's
name and work as closely affiliated
as with Seattle.
Bright Girl.
Majken Soivaej Soederberg. recent
graduate of one of the high schools
in San Francisco, has been mentioned
as 'the schools brightest pupil" She
came to America from Malmoe Swe-
den, in January, 1880, knowing no
English whatsoever, but in the course
OF fifteen months she worked her way
through grade after grade until she
finally was graduated from the high
school-and with honors, at that!
Independence Day.
Due to the general depression evil
dent in Europe as well as in America
also due to internal committee con-
worcestershire annual Danish-Ameri-
can Independence Day celebration in
the Rebild National Park, Denmark,
was Cancelled, but goodly number of
visiting DAM S h-Americans-amon
them large group of Oregon and
Washington members of the Danish
rotherhood-were present at a gath
ering in Aalborg on July 4, and the
following day visited the Rebild park
where they were given an opportunity
of inspecting the partly opened Dan
America archives and library.-In the
city of Randers other groups COM
memorated the American Day of indie
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, the Rebild cele-
brations attract crowds of from $4,000
to 10000 people.
Creates Optimism.
Although Norway is not directly in
volved in the transactions under dis
cussion as the result of the presenta-
ton of the American moratorium
plan, Foreign Minister Braadland said
at Oslo the other day that president
Hoover's proposition is bound to exert
a tremendous influence upon the Geo.
nomic life of the world, and to speed
its way back to normalcy."- Former
Premier Mowinckel commented en-
Enthusiastically upon the Hoover plan,
and emphasized the fact that lit
shows that the United States con-
siders it more necessary to restore
the economic equilibrium than to pro-
mote armament expenditures-in fact,
the proposed international moratorium
is in itself decided move against
militarism."
Swedes are Ready.
A Swedish committee has been Or
ganized in Los Angeles, California, for
the purpose of receiving and aiding