Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
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that country's official participation
in the Worlds Fair are not very
bright, but that there still is
some hope that Denmark may be
represented in one way or another.
Denmark has held aloof, principally
for the reason that present American
tariff laws make it extremely difficult
for Danish products to be sold in this
country.
Broadcast to Norway.
On one of the days of the biennial
"Sangerfest" of the Norwegian Sing
ers' League at Madison, Wis., last
week, male chorus of 1000 voices
broadcast concert to all parts of the
United States as we'll as to Norway
and Germany. One interesting fea-
ture was an address by Governor
Philip LaFollette who, in English and
excellent Norwegian and German, sent
the official greetings of the state of
Wisconsin to foreign lands. The Wis
consin governor is a descendant of an
ancient French family said to have
originated in Norway some 900 years
ago, later settling in Normandy.
"BOOk of the Month";"
"Algo Sands" most recent book,
"Senor Bum in the Jungle" is one of
the books of the month" recon-
mended to its members by the Book
of-the-Month Club, New York. "Algo
Sand" is the pseudonym of the Swed-
ish-American novelist, Herbert Jo-
hanson-and the BONNER Publishing
House, StockholmS has now purchased
publication rights from the American
publishers, planning to issue the book
in Swedish.
~. s. A."
Wilhelm Rasmussen, Phi. D., Copen-
hagen, has published a volume of
essays concerning the history and Gull
tural development of the United States
from the time of the Viking discovery
of the North American continent to
the present day. 1t is an earnest of
increasing Danish interest in Amer
lea that this volume is the third
which in the last two years has been
written in Denmark about things
American; the first was a brief Dan
ish history of the United States, by
Rev. M. F. Blichfeld, who formerly
lived in this country, and the second
was a Danish Guide to Modern
American Literature" written by DR..
Frederick Schyberg.
Revelation.
Einar Hilsen, a Norwegian-Ameri-
can publicist, reveals what he says
has hitherto been considered a secret,
in an article in "Norgeposten," New
York, for he says that the speech
which then President Coolidge de-
livered on the occasion of the Nor
wegian-American Centennial celebra-
tion in Minneapolis, 1925, was not
written by the president, at all, but
by the late Ole ]. Kvale, member Of
the national House of Representatives
from the 7th Minnesota district. In
cidentally, it was Congressman Kvale
who was active in securing official
American participation in the Centen-
NAL celebration.
Less Swedish Spoken.
A study of the census tabulations
of 1880 indicates that the number of
persons in this country who speak
Swedish, and consider it their native
language, has decreased from 643, 1903
in 1920 to 613,465 in 1890 1t is also
pointed out that there are more
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Danes and
Norwegians-in Minnesota than in any
other state of the Union, the number
being given as 1922.
209 Descendants.
A few days ago Mrs. Elsie Chris
Jensen of Moroni, Utah, died at the
age of almost 81; she was born in
Denmark and had come to this coun-
try in 1858, settling at Moroni two
years later. On the occasion Of her
death the Utah press devotes consid-
cradle attention to Mrs. Christensen
because she is survived by four child
rem, So grandchildren, 135 great grand
children and IL great-great-gr grand
children; there have been still more
direct descendants, but they have
died.
To Celebrate Anniversary.
On Saturday of this week the Nor
wegian liner, "Bergensfjord," leaves
New York for Oslo carrying many
passengers who will represent their
respective organizations at the fes-
tivities with which the Nordmands-
Forbundet (Norsemen's League) on
June "a will celebrate its 18th ami
versary. Nordmands-F orbundet COM
prises about $4,000 members, mostly
residents of other countries than Nor
way, but nearly all natives of that
country. A banquet will be given
aboard the steamer, "Dronningen,"
while cruising up and down the Oslo
Fjord, and the climax of the festiv-
tiles will be an excursion aboard the
"Bergensfjord" among the skerries of
the Norwegian west coast.
Gets the Estate.
Hedge Jonsson, Bloomfield, N. j.,
recently brought suit against eight
persons in the parish of Torp, Swe-
den, contesting their claim to an es-
tate of $4,000 left by Hedge Jonsson's
father The case was tried in the