Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

Although the annual Danish-Amer-
lean Independence day celebration at
the Rebild National Park, Denmark,
has been officially cancelled because
of the depression" as it was alleged,
festivities are scheduled to take place
in the park next Monday, July 4. The
program, just released, mentions
among the speakers Prime Minister
Thorvald Staining. U. S. Minister F.
w. B. Coleman, DR.. Max Henius, Chi
cago, Halvor Jacobsen, New York,
John Christensen, Cincinnati, SUI
preme president of the Danish Broth
erhood of America, and several others.
Speaking at the dedication of the DAN
America archives at the Sohngaards-
holm manor on July 3, Chief Libra
rian J. Christian Bay. Chicago. will
discuss George Washington as Citi-
zen and Farmer"
ApprOpriates $1,000.
Norwegian National League-the
central organization of Norwegian So
cieties and lodges in Chicago-at its
most recent meeting voted to contri-
butte $1,000 to the fund which is being
subscribed to defray the expenditures
connected with the placing of Left
Erickson monument in Grant Park,
Chicago. An original estimate men
toned the sum of 100000 as the total
cost, but this has now been reduced
to 100000. Oscar Hansen, Norwegian
Chicago sculptor, is expected to OBJ
tain the commission for the work as
his design has been approved by the
park board, but how soon the i'm
pressive monument in honor of the
gian-Icelandic discoverer of the
North American continent will be
completed and unveiled, still remains
a problem.
His Memory Perpetuated.
At Sturgis, S. OAK, a monument
was dedicated the other day in honor
of Charles Nolin, Swede who way
back in the seventies was a pony mail
rider in the Dakota Territory Nolin
was murdered by Indians as he was
carrying mail from the Red Cloud
reservation to Deadwood. His monu-
ment is built of Black Hills minerals
selected and gathered by South Da-
kota Boy Scouts.
Humorous Error.
Even large newspapers are not in
fallible; this was eXemplified quite
recently by a very detailed story in
the Copenhagen "Politiken" about the
Lindbergh baby case when ref
erence was made to the Copen-
hagen "Politiken' about the al
legged hoax of John Hughes Curtis,
Norfolk, Va, ship builder. While the
article concerned him-and him only
and implicated no other person by
the name of Curtis, it contained as
its principal feature a portrait of the
smiling face of-Charles Curtis, vice
president of the United States! And
did the Danes laugh? They simply
roared!-It was "Politiken" which
many years ago contained a portrait
with the caption, Nan Patterson-a
then notorious New York woman-but
the picture itself was that of Mrs.
Alice Longworth.
CO.EducatiOn.
On July Z it is expected that the
board of education of the Norweg ian
Lutheran Church of America will
meet in Minneapolis to ratify a reso-
luton unanimously carried by meet
ing of the board of trustees of Luther
College, DEBORAH, Iowa, making pos
sible the admission of girl students
to this institution which during its
more than seventy years of existence
has been widely advertised as "col-
lege for men," While the definite at
titude of the board of education can
not be ascertained in advance, it is
said to be extremely likely that its