Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-04-21
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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a couple of years ago Mr. Wad made
it a rule to spend his annual summer
vacations in his native country.
Under the Flag of Norway.
Official reports show that during
1881 the harbor of New York was visi-
ted by 476 Norwegian vessels. Only
the United States and Great Britain
had more ships passing into New
York harbor during the year. While
Norwegian shipping ranks third at
that port, it ranks fourth among ships
passing through the Panama canal
during 1881: There were 2.417 Brit
ish vessels. 1890 American, 800 Ger
man and 1863 Norwegian
Sues Won POrat.
Edward Stevenson, Norwegian
Chicago citizen, has brought suit
against Otto Won Porat, heavyweight
boxer of Norway. 1t develops that the
plaintiff was Won Porats manager
while the latter boxed i'm this country
a few years ago. and he now claims
that Won Porat owes him $4,000 for
services. As first step Stevenson
has placed attachment liens on the
boxers real estate property i'm this
country. and it is expected that Won
Porat will make the trip from Nor
way to Chicago when the case comes
up next month.
Double Silver Wedding.
4 few days ago Mr. and Mrs Wal
fred Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Noreen of Fresno. Calf. celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversaries of their
wedding. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs.
Noreen being sisters. Bouth couples
are of Swedish birth. and the cele-
bration took place i'm the Swedish
Mission church of Fresno where
large group of friends of both couples
were present.
HofriiS VIII Try Again.
Holger Hoiriis. Danish aviator of
LiDertyville, n. Y, who last year
made an airplane trip across the At
lantic ocean. intending to go to Copen-
hagen but landing in Germany, has
arrived in this country from brief
visit to European countries, and now
announces that he hopes to be able
States to Greenland and thence to
Denmark some time during the next
few months. There is said to be some
possibility OF his becoming affiliated
with the Transamerica Airlines Cor
pOration which is planning to estab-
liSh a regular mail route from De-
troit to Copenhagen via Greenland
and Iceland, but his plans, as well
as those of the corporation, are as
Yet a bit indefinite.
Norway and Olympic Games.
Since it has become an almost GER
tain official fact that the government
of Norway will appropriate no funds
for participation in the Olympic
Games at Los Angeles this summer.
Il strong movement is on foot to OBJ
tain such funds through private sub
Scription in order to insure at least
some Norwegian representation at
this international gathering of sports
men. a Norwegian-American Olym-
pic committee is working in the same
direction
School 20 Years Old.
From May 81 until June / the Min
neSota conference of the Swedish
AuSustana Lutheran synod will hold
its annual meeting at the Gustavus
Adophus college, st. Peter, Mimi, at
the same time celebrating the seven
tieth anniversary of the founding of
that institution. One of the features
OF the program will be historical
pageant illustrating Swedish-Ameri-
can pioneer life in Minnesota and
elsewhere in the Middle West
Transatlantic BrOadcaStS.
Recent letters and newspapers from
Denmark announce that American
radio programs are now being heard
in that country quite frequently. but
il is said there is pretty general
dissatisfaction with the quality of
most of the programs since they APP
parently consist chiefly of jazz music.
One Copenhagen paper says: In the
United States excellent composers are
creating original music of great
merit: why do not the broadcasting
companies give us something of that
type instead of eardrum- splitting
doses of that musical insanity which
rightly has been named jazz. Swed-
ISL and Italian radio stations give US
record programs of some of the music
played by the wonderful American
symphony and philharmonic Orches-
tras, but as general rule our only
direct impression of American music
is jazz and very little except that"
To Study Agriculture.
l.. Hemenswaag of Bergen, Norway.
has arrived i'm this country for the
purpose of studying modern American
truck farming, especially in Michi-
gan and Minnesota. Mr.. Hemenswaag
who formerly spent some years in the
United States is convinced that while
Americans may learn quite a little
from Norwegian agriculture, Norwe-
gians have a great deal to learn from