Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-04-28
On American Libraries.

On American LIDTaFleS.
Wilhelm Munthe, Swedish univer-
sity librarian who visited this coun-
try some time ago, has published in
Swedish library magazine the re-
suits of his observations here. Sky
scrapers and libraries represent
Americas great contribution to mod
ern architectural art he says. He
finds that European university Ii
brarians have much to learn from their
American colleagues in matters of
construction, technical equipment and
service America is the land of
library experimentation: A visitor
abroad is confronted by new ideas,
m t h o Is, problems, perspectives,
ideals. America is not land-it is
an atmosphere"
Not a Professional. .
Miss Sonia Henie, worlds champion
fancy skater, has returned to her
home in Oslo. Norway, from the
United States and other countries,
and very emphatically denies the
rumors that she is about to turn
professional" She has no such in
tention, she says. On the other hand,
she is contemplating retiring from
the amateur field-that is. retiring
altogether from contests, but her
father-who is also her manager
believes that Miss Sonia will be easily
enough persuaded to defend her
championship next year.
Debel Appointed.
Attorney Niels Debel, Albert Lea,
Mimi, has been appointed member
Of the state industrial commission. by
Governor Floyd B. Olson. Mr.. Debel
is a native of Denmark, came to the
United States in 1901. attended Dana
College at Blair, Nebr. and later held
teaching positions as a political scien-
fist at Gourcher College in Baltimore
and the Johns Hopkins University
Teachers College. He has been
practising attorney in Albert Lea for
several years.
Greta SsrenSen.
A dispatch from London announces
that Greta Carlo. Swedish film star
in Hollywood. soon will marry Wilhelm
Sorensen, a son of a wealthy Swed-
ish fnancier (although his name
sounds more Danish than Swedish).
The London Daily Mail, authority
for the statement. learns that when
Miss Carlo becomes Mrs. Sorensen
she will retire from the world of the
silver screen. and settle with her hus-
band on one of the islands in Lake
Maelaren near Stockholm.
Wins Millionaire Bride.
Frederik Vetlesen, Norwegian New
York architect, last week was mar
ried to Mrs Maud Mcneil, a widow
whose first husband had left her a
fortune of S15,O0O.OO0 and an annual
income of S1.0OO.O0O. Mr.. Vetlesen
who was born in Oslo 43 years ago,
is the son of a we'll known physician
in that city. and has been in the
United States since 1917. He is deeply
interested in yachting and has taken
part in many races, some of them
transatlantic.
Celebration, Anyhow.
While the regular Independence
Day celebration at the Rebild Ma
tional Park, Denmark, will not take
place this year, arrangements have
now been perfected for a ceremony
on smaller scale, and the program
looks just about as elaborate as on
the former annual occasions. Among
speakers who have,promised to appear
are the newly appointed American
minister to Denmark, Frederick b.
Coleman, the famous Greenland eX-
plOrer, DR.. Knud Rasmussen, and
George p. Jensen, Chicago. president
of the American Rebild Park associa-
ton.
VIII Deliver Address.
j. Christian Bay, chief librarian of
the John Crerar Scientific Research
Library, Chicago, has been asked to
deliver the principal address at the
official dedication of the Danish
American archives in the Sohngaards
holm mansion near AalbOrg, Den
mark, early in July. Mr.. Bay is chair
man of the board of directors of the
Dan-American Archives, and has con-
tributed a very large number of valu-
able manuscripts, books and letters
to the institution.
NathOrSt Resigns.
Brigadier General Charles Edward
Nathorst has resigned as chief of the
Philippine constabulary-a post which
he has held for 81 years. General
Nathorst was born at Dagsholm near
Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1862, and
came to the United States at the age
OF 81. For some time he was rail-
road worker in Montana, enlisted in
Minnesota regiment at the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war, later
was promoted to corporal, resigned
i'm order to do some gold prospecting
in which work he did not succeed. In
1901 he was appointed to the post he
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