Evening star., 1938-06-28
SWEDEN'S PRINCE
|. SPEAKSFROM BED
Heir to Throne, III, Delivers
Dedicatory Talk From
Ship in Philadelphia.
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By the Associated Press.


By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA June 2s.-Crown
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, de-
spite an illness that kept him con-
fined to his stateroom while crossing
the Atlantic, delivered the dedicatory
address today for q museum whose
cornerstone he laid in 1926.
Through amplifiers, a crowd at the
Swedish American Historical Museum
heard the Prince, speaking by tele-
phone from the motorship Kungsholm
in the Navy Yard. proclaim:
This museum is to stand as q trib-
ute to the heroism Of the great num-
her Of Swedes who left their home
land to create a new country in Amer
ica."
His wife, Crown Princess Louise, and
his son, Prince Bertil, listened from
their seats on the veranda of the
building as the Crown Prince spoke.
He laid the cornerstone in 1926 dur
ing his first tour of the United States.
To Go to New York.
In the museum are gathered relics
and exhibits conmemorating the part
Swedish Americans have taken IN de-
veloping America since the first Swedes
came up the Delaware in 1888. The
Swedish government has loaned an
notwithstanding the original of the
Swedish constitution.
Immediately after the address the
crown prince prepared to leave for q
New York hospital by automobile for
observation for the kidney ailment,
which forced him to cancel most of his
part in the Swedish tercentenary pro-
gram in Delaware, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
The rain, which drenched the thou
sands who focked to Wilmington yes
terday, ceased soon after the royal
party arrived in Philadelphia.
A specialist from Johns Hopkins
Hospital, who examined the Crown
Price, advised moving him.
The i'll Prince received Gov. and
Mrs. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania
and Admiral Wat T. Cluverius in his
suite aboard ship when the Kungs.
holm docked in the navy yard.
Thousands standing ashore in 9
steady rain cheered as the liner movec
to its pier.
Prince Bertil, 2e-year-old curly.
haired son of the Crown Prince, took
his fathers place in the ceremonies
as he did in Wilmington, Del, yester.
day when President Roosevelt vel
coined the party I'm true friendship"
A program that left them little time
for leisure ashore faced Prince Bertil
Crown Princess Louise and other mem
bers of the party during the day In
Philadelphia.
Museum to BE Dedicated.
The dedication Of q Swedish memo
rial museum near the Navy Yard, moi
far from Tinicum Island on which the
Swedes established strategic fort to
control the river, was the first public
event on the program. Next swas q
formal reception ut the home of Gov.
Earle's mother.
Prince Bertil's schedule included
participation In services at Old Swedes'
Church and convention hall marking
the 300th anniversary Of the establish
ing Of Lutheranism in America.
Other events include . lawn festival
lasting throughout the afternoon;
awarding Of honorary degrees to the
Finnish Tercentinary Commission,
headed by E. Rudolph w. Holsti, Fin
ish minister Of foreign affairs, by
Temple University; . formal banquet
given by the Commonwealth, and the
Schuylkill navy regatta carnival.