Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
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through the Panama Canal and mo-
tored up the Pacific coast. A ship
news reporter in describing the "Eu-
ropa" says that "she is the most per-
fectly appointed vessel ever entering
the port of Seattle" and that large
crowds foregathered at the pier for
the purpose of inspecting the ship.
Sigrid Undset and Knute ROckne.
An American newspaper editor re-
Gently sent to Nine. Sigrid Undset, Nor
wegian novelist and Nobel prize win
ner, some biographical matter relating
to the late Coach Knute ROckne, and
illustrated with imaginary scenes pur-
porting to reproduce views from Voss,
that part of Norway whence Rockne
hailed. Nine. Undset in replying said
that the illustrations resemble some
German landscape" and that the "at-
tire of the persons seen in the picture
is German rather than Norwegian"
She considered the information about
Knute Rockne very interesting but
admitted that she had never heard
anything about him-didn't know who
he vast"
Fiftieth Anniversary.
Hundreds of persons from near and
far gathered last Sunday at AMMAN
dale, Mimi, for the purpose of at
tending the festivities in connection
with the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the Swedish Lutheran
congregation at that place. The Rev.
]. S. Nilsson was the first pastor, and
at the present time the Rev. Alex.
Sand is pastor of the church.
Absent.
Since June II no issue of the Dan
ish Minneapolis weekly, "Det Danske
Ugeblad," has made its appearance;
on the other hand no official notice
of its having suspended publication
has been given. Upon a couple of
former occasions this paper has taken
rest cure and then suddenly reap
peared, clothed with renewed vigor
and strength 1t was founded by the
late Christian Rasmussen in 1880 and
us eultOr HOW is AAeI II. ANDERSEN.
Book About Byrd.
Carl o. Petersen, a Norwegian who
was the radio-telegraph operator of
Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expedition,
has received word from a publishing
house in Oslo to the effect that his
Norwegian manuscript about the Byrd
expedition has been accepted for pub
LEGATION in the fall. The book will
contain much material and many pic
lures not available in the more Off
cial reports of the epoch-making
American expedition.
In Honor of Bishop.
E. N. Rohde, D. D., bishop of the
Lund diocese of the Swedish Luther
an state church, has arrived in the
United States as the official delegate
of his country to the international
Y. M. C. A. congress. He plans to
spend several days during the latter
part of this month in Chicago where
elaborate preparations are being made
for honoring him and Mrs. Rohde
who accompanies him and who is
delegate to the international Y. w.
c. A. congress. The bishop is plan.
ming to visit several other communi-
ties where large numbers of his COM
patriots make their home.
Wants s275,OOO.
Mrs. Kari Paulson, Alameda, Calf,
is sueing a contracting firm in that
city for $275,000 because her hus-
band, Anders Paulson, some time ago
was fatally injured while at work
for the defendant. The plaintiff al
leges that her supporters death was
due to negligence and carelessness on
the part of his employers. Mr.. Paul
son, a native of Moen, Norway, had
lived in Alameda during the ten years
since he came to the United States.
He had been a civil engineer in his
home country but in California learned
the bricklayer's trade.
At Dairy Congress.
On Tuesday of this week the inter-
national dairy congress was opened
in Copenhagen, Denmark. Some of the
official American delegates attending
are: e. o. Reed, chief of the bureau
of dairy industry, U. S. department of
agriculture; Niels A. Olsen, chief of
the bureau of agricultural economics;
Professor M. Mortensen, head of the
dairy-industry department of the