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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
EARLY Horvest

Adverse weather conditions in
dictate that Norway's harvest this
year will be lighter than usual. IN
tense summer temperatures, which
scared to the 100 mark in several
districts, account for one of the
driest growing seasons since 1901.
Due to the unusual heat wave,
grain crops are ripening many
weeks earlier than usual, and it is
feared that the barley crop will be
of an inferior quality.
The grain harvest is already un-
der way in many districts, with
rye and barley already harvested
and wheat and oats nearly ripe for
cutting. Despite recent showers the
unusually light rainfall has dried
up large areas of pasture land and
heavy rains will be needed to save
potato and root crops.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
The Danes Are
Great Travellers

So small a country as Denmark
would go stale if it's people did
not get out. But to escape from it
to larger and more varied coun-
tries is a rule of its being. over
to Sweden or Norway, down to
Germany, to Italy, out to Asia
the Danes keep on the move, and
this is no longer the exclusive
privilege of the well-off. The
workers of Denmark, no less than
the salaried people and the en-
ployers, crave the stimulus and
joy of travel. 1t is this mobility
that makes them seem SO frivol-
Gus when contrasted with the
more immobile Norwegians or the
more stately Swedes
don't know. I have no statist-
les on my person about the num-
Der of Danes who go abroad in
normal times. 1t is only my guess
that they are a much-traveled
people. and certainly those who
stay at home are avid to hear and
read and know about the world :.
Few books sell so well in Den
mark as books of adventurous
travel. The enormous vogue of
Kipling depended, to some extent,
on this appetite for a wildness out
and beyond, an outre-mer, a raw
ishing strangeness E.. The magic
flute for E Dane tells of far lands
and glancing leaves and birds of
paradise.
But it is not just bookish cur
iosity. One evening in Copenhag-
en- we met very polite and agree
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
King Hookon On
Inspection Tour

On August 81 King Haakon
boarded the Norwegian destroyer
"Stord" for ten-day inspection
tour of southern and central Nor
way. AS he and his party moved
out from the pier a large and en-
thusiastic crowd wished him God
speed.
This peaceful mission, to be
carried out on safe, mine-free wat
ers, was new task for the
"Stord." One of Norways most
famous fighting ships, she was
built during this war and was
largely instrumental in the sink
ing of the German battleship
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
Reconstruction At Narvik

From all parts of Norway come
reports describing a rising tempo
in industrial activities. Narvik re-
ports that several Norwegian firms
have already set to work rebuild
ing the iron ore docks and ship
ping facilities in that port. The
Jernbetong Corporation of Trond-
helm is already building new ore
crushing machinery, the first unit
of which was completed by the end
of July. Hoyer and Ellefsen and
the Selmer Company of Oslo have
contracted for the reconstruction
of workshops, buildings, and IA
cilities at Narvik.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
Breed From White Flour
Again For Sole

September 3, 1915, was a his
toric date for Norway's children,
for on that day bread, buns, and
cakes made of white flour could
be purchased on an ordinary bread
ration card. Long lines of jubilant
housewives waited in lines outside
Oslo's bakeries while bakers work
ed at full blast to satisfy all Gus
toners. Children who tasted the
almost forgotten ''delicacy" for the
first time in their lives lost no
time in appropriately labelling the
new wonder peace bread"
Only a few days before, Oslo
housewives were able, for the first
time in many years, to turn the
handle of their kitchen ranges and
watch the familiar blue flame light
up beneath the coffee pot. For
many of them the disheartening
struggle with raw, half-dried fire
wood was over. Gas had returned
to Oslo. There was more good news
when two ships arrived in Norway
from distant lands. one bearing
500 tons of oranges and the other
loaded with 700 tons of raw to-
bacco.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
PAGE THREE
Prominent Passengers
u. S.-Sweden;

STOCKHOLM, Sept. (By
Wireless) The Wangaratta, one
of the Transatlantic Lines new
est vessels, left Gothenburg Sep
tember 4 for New York carrying
passengers, including 1t. Colonel
Arvid Ericsson, recently appoint
ed military attache at the Swedish
Legation in Washington. In the
dark days at the beginning of the
war, Colonel Ericsson was popu-
larly known as the radio major"
on account of his remarkable work
of public morale building. Aboard
the Sparreholm, which sailed for
the United States at the end of
August, are Tor E. Brostrom and
Eric Christiansson, directors of
the Swedish American Line.
Captain Jim Miller, who is to
head the Stockholm office of the
American Export Lines, said in an
interview appearing in the Stock
holm press after his arrival in
Sweden September 3, that his
company would probably take
over the air route via Reyk1avik,
Iceland, to Sweden, now b e g
flown by the ATC, towards the
end of the year
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Norwegian
Visit Northwest

NEW YORK, September s.
Five Norwegian journalists, who
worked underground in their
homeland during the enemy occu-
patton, have arrived here for a
seven-Week tour O tn e United
States as guests of the United
States Government. The trip was
originally arranged some months
ago by Overseas Branch of OWL
The purpose of their visit is to
catch up on a story they missed
while working for liberation
what happened in the United
States during the war years.
The visitors, whose itinerary
will take them to places within
the United States where they will
find the story they seek, are Olav
Brunvand of the leading Norwe-
gian labor newspaper BERGENS
ARVEIDERBLAD; M. c. Kirke-
Doe, an editor of the Norwegian
Christian Press Agency serving
eighty newspapers; Miss Jorun
johnson of Norway's largest
newspaper AFTENPOSTEN; Os-
kar Hasselknippe of the new Nor
wegian newspaper VERDENS
GANG; and Per Thomson of the
n ewsp aper STAVANGER AT
TENRJ Al
The journalists will stay in New
York City for six days visiting
such places as Columbia Presby-
terrain Medical Center, Radio City,
the Metropolitan Museum and new
Idlewild Airport. From there they
will go to Detroit, center of the
nations automobile industry, tour
ing factories and viewing at first
hand reconversion from war pro-
duction to manufacture of civilian
goods. After three days in and
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01

ed the students who for five years
had fought the Nazi wherever
found, and had given Reichskom-
missar Terboven good reason to
label the University a hot-bed of
revolt.
Closed by Nazi decree in No
vember, 1913, Oslo University
stood cold and silent while stu
dents and teachers were scattered
to the four winds. Over 1000 were
deported to concentration camps
in Germany, many slipped past the
Gestapo and crossed into Sweden
while others stayed in Norway to
disappear into the anonymous him
terland of the underground. Now
they were returning from the far
corners Of the earth, many newly
discharged from Norway's armed
forces and others just relieved by
merchant marine replacements
They, together with the other
thousands whose educational plans
had been blasted by the war and
for whom a University education
had been long delayed, were now
putting aside the weapons of war
for the tools of peace.
ONE FIGHTER TO ANOTHER
University Rector Didrik A. Seip
greeted the new and returning stu
dents not only as the President
of their University, but as one
who for over four years had taken
the worst the Nazi had to offer
and had lived to see Oslo Uni
versity reopen in free Norway.
Arrested by the Germans in 1941,
he like hundreds of his students
had survived the bleak years in a
German concentration camp.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01
News from NORWAY
Issued by the Royal Norwegian Information
Service, Washington, D. c.
Flood Of New Students Swumps
Norwoy's Universities

On September l. Oslo University opened it's doors to the
largest throng of and returning students Noways
history For the first time two years the classical
grey stone buildings surrounding University Square resound
ed with familiar voices discussing text books
essors, and the thousand other things which
dents the first day of college Never before
had such significant body of earnngstarved young
and women gathered University registration day. Here
for the first time since the invasion of Norway gather
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01

able man at dinner who taught
music as a profession. We lost
sight of him for while but ran
into him at a concert and were
happy to be invited to have tea
with him E..
And where have you been?"
I'm Italy," he said. beaming,
land Sicily, and back through DIAL
malta and Venice"
We had not left Hellerup.
Good Lord 1 said, you have
an easy time. Did you go alone or
with friends ?"
Il worked hard every minute
he replied. Il took a batch of
working people,
For fun"
Yes and no." he said. II hap
pen to be good at languages, four
or five of them, and I was asked
to conduct a party of thirty. l
hadn't an instant's rest except on
one short sea journey but 1 en-
joyed every second of it. l was
courier, doctor, father. I arrang-
ed for the hotels, the boats, the
trains, the buses. l didn't lose
soul on the whole trip. and I new
err liked people so much as these.
1t was glorious"
Here was this rather reticent
man whom 1 had supposed to be
one of those bachelors who come
to dinner at moments notice
and can be counted on to see a
lady home. 1t had never occurred
to ME that he could be just as po-
lite, agreeable and helpful with
the wives and sisters of trade un-
ionists. Our afternoon was spent
in hearing about this thrilling yoy-
age, for which the workers paid
reasonable cooperative price
and had a glimpse of Florence,
Rome, Naples, Venice. and the
rest, the Petit, the Sistine Chapel,
the Villa Medici, st. Peters, Tivoli.
What most delighted our friends
was the stonemason who examin-
ed Roman antiquities with the eye
of craftsman. At every turn his
own spirit was refreshed by the
good sense. the seriousness, and
especially the novel approach of
men and women who We're willing
to put up with any small incon-
venience for the sake of a vision
for which their schools had long
prepared them. He came back Gag
er to go again and yet again. -
From Il Chose Denmark" by
Francis Hackett. copyright 1910
by Doubleday, Doran & Company.
Inc.
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All, Those were the days. When
you could kiss a girl and taste
nothing but girl!
Jacksonville GuardSman.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01

Philadelphia, Boston, and Hart
ford. Before returning to Norway
they will probably spend several
days in New York City.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-09-01

"Scharnhorst" during the well-re-
membered North Atlantic battle of
1913.
The sub., 1945-02-03
" Yard Actiiuities
by Charles Chapman

takers, and most all trades that can be named. These men can all be contacted on the ways. on the pro- duction line. Men that did not know what the inside of 8 boat looked like before they ever got on the pro- duction line, and aS some of the foremen have told me they were not able to really earn their pay be- fore they had been here for six or eight months. Besides the expense it has cost our government for these men and women that stayed on the job, just give a thought about the several hundred that came in and got their training, and aS soon as they went on the production line left because they did not like the work. want to say that the com panies with the help from the gov- ernment have had lot of patience, and have done wonderful job in their training of these men and wo- men, along with keeping up the production the way they have. I think that the men, the companies, and the government should be looked upon as very sincere in their undertaking and complimented up- on their good jobs at such a time as we are going through at the present time.
 Everyone has habits, some smoke, some chew tobacco, and some drink heavy, but our good old friend George Slattery on the test gang still has the one he learned at
The sub., 1945-02-03

I wonder how many men at this plant ever gave a thought about who is working by their side and what they were doing before they came here. Also have you ever given a thought about how much time and money has been spent in training these men for che job they are now holding down2 I am not writing this short story to hit on any of the working men or any rompany What I am about to say always takes place whenever an emergency occurs. During World War I the training was much more expensive than at the present time as there was so much more compn- Cated work to be done. There are very few men working at this plant or any other that worked at ship Building before the war began, therefore ninety per cent had to be trained for their job.
 If the boats were built by con- tract jobs and not percentage work &he cost of training would be so great that no company could keep going or come anywhere near the production schedule of Navy re- Quirements. All companies that have hired war time help have tried very hard to place incoming men on jobs that they would need the least training on to be able to get on the production line in the shortest time possible. But no matter how much the employment agencies studied these men they could not cut the training period down as much as some of us think it should be. Here Is just sample of what happens when a company has to hire in thousands of new men in a short space of time. Personally myself am salesman travelling on the road for quite a few years. came in as craneoperator. surely must be trained and get paid at the same time. That is only one small instance, as a craneoperator does not need as much training as some 0tther trades such as lawyer com ing in as shipfitter, or book keeper coming in as a machinist. a housewife as welder, or a dish washer as a welder. In asking questions around the Victory Yard, I find we have lawyers, doctors. truck drivers. bookies, lumber workers, dishwashers, real estate men, firemen, policemen. under
The sub., 1945-02-03

union man would not want to take the overtime when men are being laid off at the place where he works.
 Fifth after talking with one of the foremen about such things tak- ing place, he informed me that would be a good way to start a lot of trouble between his fellow work" CTS.
 My way of giving you the correct answer to your question would be get an hours work elsewhere that could be done evenings and on your Saturdays off, also little Sunday work. If you look me up may be able to tell you about Saturday and Sunday job that is near where you live.
The sub., 1945-02-03

school. He is forever blowing bub- bles.
 We on the second shift are signed up in the A. F. of l.. nearly ninety per cent. All trades are way over the majority irl numbers Some de- partments are up to ninety-nine per cent and quite few are over the eighty-five mark. We wonder what Is the matter on the first shift Is it possible we need to put new stewards in office or do the first shift men have the feeling they can get better working conditions with no union? Don't fool yourselves fell lows as organized labor Is here to stay. Through organized labor and organized labor only can we the working men survive now or after the war. From the stories I hear from foremen, superintendent, man. agers, and business owners that I have been contacting for the past three months, will say that the man that is not organized, his chances are going to be very slim in very short time. was talking with one factory owner from right here in New London County very few days ago and he informed me that the quicker men get organized the better it would be for both the workers and the companies. He in- forms me that 1t is much easier to talk with a representative from the A. F. of l.. than it is to talk to in- dependent workers as union men really know what they are after and what they are talking about, where the average man only thinks he knows. Fellows take a little advice from one of your fellow workers, join your union and be one of us now. Don't wait until it Is too late Remember this is the year we write a new contract. Get your contract right this year and you will not have to kick and growl the way you have on this old contract for the past two years. Don't put off un- til tomorrow to sign up with the Boilermakers as today you can sign up with flo initiation fee.
 As have never seen the man that asked me about trying to get him four hours day overtime here at the Victory Yard will give him the answer through these lines in The Sub. The question asked was could
The sub., 1945-02-03

get this man four hours overtime as he works on the first shift and has plenty of rest If he got the extra time. There are three or four rea- sons why I can not.
 First the company would not ask man to work the four hours for straight time and they do not need to pay time and half when they have had to lay men off.
 Second the Wages and Hours Act states he could not work overtime without receiving time and one half.
 Third the work at this plant Is not iCl SO much of rush that the company has to put men over lap ping shifts.
 Fourth but not least a strong
The sub., 1945-02-03


 This yardwds plan very necessary in view of thet failure of the incentive plan that is in operation De- tails of this bonus system cannot be dvuged this present issue of The SUB However the management has prom sed to consider this plan and another meeting between this new labor management incentive committee Is scheduled for next Monday st which time will be free to make an announcement.
 According to the announcements placed the bulletin boards throughout the yards have been congratulated time and time again for increased production by various and leading Navy personalities but according to the bonus system that is in operation haven't done much and also according to the bonus system there has been less incentive i'm the way extra dollars the workers pockets Now is the time to get behind the American Federation of Labor and behind this new bonus scheme
The sub., 1945-02-03
New Incentive Plan In View At E. B.

AZ of L. Committee and Consider New System Monday with the of the Electric Boat Company bring
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-23

Today's VICTORYGRAPH - an exclu-
sive Detroit Times feature-is graphic
representation of the work done by the
Big Three at the Potsdam conference
that ended July 25. TOday's map por-
trays merely the first tentative projects
in the settlement of European territorial
disputes. The job begun at Potsdam will
be carried on by council composed of
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-23

foreign ministers of the United States,
the L. S. S. r., China, France and Great
Britain. The councils first meeting will
be Sept. 1, in London, permanent cOun-
Gil seat. Here will be settled such
pressing problems as the Balkan contro-
versies, the Polish disputes, and the an
cient fight over the Dardanelles. Inset Cat
top) shows occupation zones in Germany.
vcroRYoHAPH BY Detroit rNs.. r.n Artist Avg n, ,S
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24
COMMUNITY BIBLE CLUB
NNNOUNCES PRAYER WEEK

Aur Hnoemcu- Is made that
wec. o. PRAYER VIII Be observed by
'n" Community Bible Club begin
Nuns sunday. Services will be con-
.u~f.d III EdVards Chapel Revival
urlfo~ will start in the chapel
0.'.uhor
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24
RICE CROP Up

CROWLEY, La, Aug "a up
The Official rice crop season opened
here recently with farmers starting
the harvest of $40 600 acres, which
IS 1000 acres above the average Of
the last 10 years. Production was
estimated at 23,452,O0O bushels.
which IS 6 per cent above the 1914
crop.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24

Missouri has three counties bear
.1- '.. names Of other states Of the
tu-.n MLssiS ippi. Texas and
G.. .u-fCn
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24

Crude oil production in California
during 1914 was 31O.992 900 barrels,
valued at S323,432.O00.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24
FUGATE
FOR
FARMS

614 Main Phone 474
9-l
80 ACRES. two years in alfalfa.
Good water delivery and drain
age. Modern house with modern
cOnvcnienccs. Barn, garage. chic
ken pen. owner must leave valley
due to his health. y mi. east and
I, mi. south Of junction Of Ill
highway and Imperial highway.
Howard Larson. 6-3l
FOR SALE-About so acres SOUTH
west Of Seeley: excellent land.
house cost $4,000 to build. Immc-
diatc possession: will take 1b0ut
$4,000 to handle deal See Starr
Won FluS5. 664 Holt. 8-18
COMFORTABLE 2-bedroom ranch
home. fine fireplace. large screen
cd porch for outdoor living room
much Of wear. Are you tired ut
nelghb0rs? Want some prlvaCV2
just two miles west Of EI Centre.
Possession lit close of escrow
Phone 97l4-Jl, W. J. Strickland.
8-28
l9-CitY Property tor Sole
FOUR-BEDROOM frame house ON
Len Rey. Immediate possession.
$4,000 Terms
TwO-BEDROOM stucco. s2750
cash.
THREE-BEDROOM stucco. south
side. S700u
SIX-ROOM frame house. Three
bedrooms. Completely furnished
S370O.
CHOICE invcstment-thrcc apart
ments and separate house on one
lot. Income $12O per month. $1,000
cash
BUSINESS site. just inside city
limits. PIP feet on Imperial hl2H-
W3v bV 100 fect dppD S25OO cash
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24

WANTED-To rent lagre, unfUr-
nlShed house with small acreage
in or near El CenJro; permanent
resident. Phi. Calexico 987. 8-25
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24
Lost. Found, Estruy


LOST-Friday night at Ross Ave.
and Dahlia canal. one black stall
lion, years old; one brown
horse, about years old, lame in
right front leg; weights. around
$50 to 900 pounds each; both
freshly clipped. Contact Elmer
Sallee, Route 2, Box 20, FL Gen.
tro. 9-25
LOST-In Jacumba, Saturday. la
dies Hamilton gold wrist watch.
Reward. Phone 1885 after 5 pm.
8-25
LOST-Binfold containing passport
and other papers. Mrs. Eloisa M.
Krum, Box 844, Calexico, or leave
at Post-Press. Reward, IS. 8-25
FOUND-August 10, one grey geld
ing, one brown gelding, two brown
mares, one bay mare; apparently
smooth mouth; 1l2 miles east of
FL Centro on Holtville highway.
o. L. Hill, phone 1548-M. 8-27
personals. Spec. Notices
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~ WOfLAtD VI UOulAO DuItOIL-
holes Mrs. Jesse Brown, 1075
Euclid, FL Centro.
ON and after this date, will not
be responsible for any debts other
than those contracted by me.
H. T. Tietjens. 8-27
i-Business Services
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ANDERSON AND MARTIN
Welding
Gas and ElectiC
Brazing and Hard Facing
24-Hour Portable Service
Anywhere Anytime
Hebcr, California Phone 8728-J3
8-28
WILSON'S MACnINE SHOP
1922 Main st.
PHONE 40
0-l
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24

MARINE officer, wife and three
children desire house; prefer place
close to school. Phone 1900. Ex-
tension 531, before noon. w. W.
Winner Jr. 9-6
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24
Ell CENlTRO
NURSERY

300 No. imperial Ave
Phone 633 Fl Centre
NEW storm boring b1r model NK6
capacity from 35 ,o - inches.
Old Bob Doughi.t Shop. Holtvillo
highway. $50
FOR SALE chicken fertilizer;
clean. no foreign matter in it.
Phone 47-W $50
USED cooler- See the cooler man
at 525 Oran-c 8-27
FOR SALE one 2-ton chain block
almost new, S45 Crsn. Carts Ga
rage. 1893 Adams.
5O-GALLON butanc tank Merritt
hot water heater, Simmons dav
Bod piano ana violin. Gen. Elcc
cooler. 6l6 N. 9th after 5 pm. 8-27
25-Let's Swap
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WILL TRADE 3-bcdroom sfucc.
house. BIZ years old. in Los An
gclcs area. for property in Fl Cen,
tro or what have you? JnmmJ
Brovlcs. 1867 Miller Ave. Gar
dCna, Calf.
8-25
D6-A -E7rTy, Naa1s
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-24

S25 REWARD Department or house
for couple, no children or pets.
Phone 217O-R. 827