Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-14

1t is not generally known that the
recently elected president of the Ro-
tary International which held its
world congress in Seattle, Wash, is
the first Scandinavian who has ever
held that office. The new incumbent
is Clinton P. Anderson of Albuquer-
que, N. M, a native of South Dakota
where he was born of Swedish par
ents who had immigrated from Falun;
for several years Mr.. Anderson was a
newspaperman but more recently has
entered the insurance field in the
Southwest.
Bjsrnson Festivity.
On Sunday, July "a, members of
twenty-nine Norwegian fraternal, mu-
steal and athletic organizations will
gather at Lake NokOmis, Minneapolis.
to celebrate the one hundredth ami
versary of the birth of Bjornstjerne
Bjornson, Norway's national poet
who was born on December 8, 1882.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the occasion, and since
Bjornson was almost as widely known
among Danes and Swedes as among
his own people, it is supposed that
large number of Scandinavians in
general will avail themselves of this
opportunity to pay homage to the
memory of one of the greatest men
of the North.
Was a Suicide.
Later reports from Copenhagen are
IN hot Rrnc
dorff, whose death was reported in
these columns last week, committed
suicide by shooting. He had been
much depressed due, it appears, to
the serious illness of his wife, as
well as to economic difficulties.
While Mrs. Brusendorff was a patient
at hospital, her husband, apparently
in fit of momentary insanity, killed
himself. He was considered one of
Denmarks most prominent author
tiles in the field of English literature
and language many persons in
Askov and vicinity will recall the
visit he and his wife paid to the
community last year.
Was IS.
Allen Ramstedt died last week at
Moscow, Idaho, at the age of SO. He
was born in Fidsrum, Sweden, and
came to Laporte, Ind, in 1868, when
he was 33 years old; in 1852 he mar
ried Marie Jacobson who died only
about two years ago. After making
his home at Laporte for 10 years, Mr..
Ramstedt moved to Idaho in 1887 and
remained there until the day of his
death. In the Idaho newspaper press
he is referred to as one of the ener-
getic pioneers of that state.
VIII Attempt Flight.
Some time ago it was reported here
that Thorvald Solberg, a Norwegian
aviator in New York, was planning an
airplane flight from the North Amer
lean coast to Oslo, Norway. At the
time it was said that Mr.. Solberg had
not found sufficient financial backing,
but a report now says that he has
secured $4,000 of the $4,000 needed,
and it is added that he is preparing
to take off some time during August.
He is known as skilled aviator, and
his friends do not believe that any
hazard is involved in travelling by air.
plane with him as pilot Whether
the flight will be made by Mr.. Sol
berg alone or not, has not been de-
termined.
Changes Editor.
Paul Hoff Kunst, for seven years
editor and business manager of the
Danish Chicago weekly, "Dansk
Tidende," has resigned in order to
devote all his time to the manage
ment of newly established employ
ment agency. He will be succeeded
by Christian Botker, a veteran news
paperman who edited "Dansk Tiden-
de" during the years it was known as
"Revyen."
Swedish Architecture.
G. Adolf Johnson, Swedish-Amer-
lean architect of Omaha, Nebr., is at
the present time visiting Sweden, the