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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-04-01
An1undsen Vessel
Being Rebuilt

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Plans for
completing restoration of the
"Gjoa,' the tiny Alton sloop in
which Norwegian explorer Roald
Amundsen traversed the North
west passage and fixed the posi-
ton of the magnetic North Pole,
are now being prepared by a COM
mittee of prominent San Fran
cisco citizens. The Gjoa Founda-
ton, headed by Norwegian Consul
General in San Francisco, Jorgen
Gable, has recently issued a call
for funds to complete the rebuild
ing of the vessel. 1t is hoped that
the needed $4,000 may be raised
in time to complete restoration by
July 16, 1947-the 18th anniver-
sary of Amundsen's birth. Of this
amount, $4,000 has already been
appropriated by the city of San
Francisco.
At the present time, the partial
ly reconstructed sloop is housed in
special building in San Francis
cos Golden Gate Park where it
has been viewed by countless Wis
itors.
Amundsen was the first explorer
to reach the South Pole (1912),
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-04-01
Great Skating Interest |nSweden
BY Eddie Shipstod, Co-owner of the Ice FoIIies

Having recently returned from
spending several weeks in Europe,
l wish to tell of few of the in
-teresting things l saw in Sweden.
We spent week in Stock
holm and attended hockey match
where $4,000 ice-fans sat in zero
weather to see their famous
Swedish ice-hockey team play.
The Swedish team later went to
Czechoslovakia and lost the
worlds title to Austria, after fool
ing around most of the game. The
Swedish hockey club is the best
in the world.
We, Walter Brown, mgr. of the
Boston Garden, Arena, and yours
truly invited the Swedish team to
America this November and you
will have the opportunity to see
what fine ice-team it is. I hope
to have them skate in Frisco,
Seattle and Portland, Ore, and
Providence, New Haven and Bos-
ton will have the chance to get
peek at them.
For those who doubt what the
Swedes are doing in skating,
here's one for America. In and
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-04-01

around Stockholm there are 200
skating Kinks, outdoors, where
hockey and figure skating is be-
ing played throughout the winter
months, on many occasions 20 be-
low zero. In the entire country of
Sweden there are more than 1000
such ice-arenas, many seating TO-
600 to 10000. There are 700
hockey teams throughout the coun-
try and in the very near future
indoor ice arenas will be built.
Don't be surprised if the Ice
Follies do not send a show of stars
to the first indoor ice-rink when
it is completed. 1t is all amateur
skating and there is some doubt
that pro-show would make good
but 1 feel that the Swedes,
NorWegians and Danes are Just
aching for such a production on
ice.
From Sweden i flew with Mr..
1Ao"H W l. oISc, 1Cl illnlly, AUS
tria and witnessed the worlds
champion amateur hockey meet in
Prague, where the Swedish team
ran rough-shod over everyone in
Guiding the American amateur
team, then lost tough one to the
Austrians.
still like the looks of the
American girls, especially the
Scandinavian blends for ice-skat-
ing. We have a few men and
women Scandian skaters in. mind
for our '4S edition of the Ice Fol-
lies that open in Los Angeles this
September.
1t was loads of fun looking up
my family tree, friends, relatives
of Shipstads, and on my mothers
side-Andersons. Ever so many in
Sweden. I also made quite study
of old time Scandinavian skates
and brought quite a few home for
my hobby-room.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-04-01

no trained ground crews existed
in Denmark or Norway. 1t was.
however, decided to divide up the
work between the three countries
as soon as possible. This appor-
tioning will become all the more
necessary as SASS air fleet grows.
The traffic to North America
will be maintained with four
Boeing Stratocruisers, ready for
delivery in 1913. Built in two
stories, they are expected to cut
the travelling time by about ten
hours. Toward the end of this
year, seven new Douglas DC 6
planes will be put in operation.
Hangers and repair shops for the
Boeings will be built at Sofa, out
side Stavanger, where a whole
little community entirely devoted
to the SAS air traffic is expected
to spring up. The seven Douglas
DC As at present used on the
North and South America run
later on are expected to be trans
ferred to the Africa route. They
will be stationed in Copenhagen,
where hangers and repair shops
are now being built. The seven
new DC 6's will be used on long
distance flights to South America,
the Far East. and Australia For
the time being they will be quar-
tered at Bromma and later trans
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-04-01

and was also the first human be-
ing to have been at both of the
earth's polar extremeties. He died
in 1928 in an unsuccessful attempt
to rescue the Italian explorer Gen.
eral Mobile whose expedition had
become lost in the Arctic.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-04-01
Scandinavian Air|ines System 10
Establish Three Permanent Bases

STOCKHOLM, March 6-(By wireess) - The city of
Savanger in Norway will be the future base for the Scan
dinavan Airlnes System traffic to North America Copen
hagen will be the base for flights to Africa and parts of
ASIA and Bromma airport Stockholm the center for
the routes to South America the Far East and Australia
until the field Halmsjon ready When SAS began
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

the bills mounting every week.
The Chamber of Commerce economists informed
The Star there's really nothing to worry about.
TIE National Association of Manufacturers is fairly
silent and consumer economists simply deplore the
precedented rise of personal debts from previous
high Of S40.7 billion in 1928 10 S45 billion today.
CLIO groups throughout the country demand roll
back of prices and undoubtedly this will be of the
proposals presented to the committee next week. along
with other ideas. That would call for genuine price
control essential commodities
Veterans of World War H. with almost primary
emphasis housing, insist that building construction
must be spurred with government aid on large scale
to keep down runaway rent increasing hous
ing shortages.
Some authorities from the United Packinghouse
Workers union here have proposed naturalization Of
the meat industry and control of the grain exchange
Others in that union and others have insisted
that the meat industry at least be brought under con-
trolls similar to those imposed public utilities
since people need food much as they need electric
lighting gas and telephones
Some economists believe there is no final solution
except reorganization of the economy along socialist
lines.
Regardless of what solution is correct the canvass
Of opinion from al-Jim the coffee-cup acquaintance
on to the most august economsts-show that polit
cal action is essential and especially in the coming
1913 elections.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Rob Inc people
or prices enc
IFS al IeguI

The big wheels got nervous-in Wall Street offices,
in the capitol and Chicagos State street Congress
agreed to investigate. Attorney General Tom Clark
stopped momentarily from his antiRed campaign and
ordered investigations of profiteering
special U. S. grand jury hearing opened
this week and U. S. District Attorney Otto Kerner Jr
invited public views the high prices-42 meat
packers and clearinghouse executives subpoenaed
While the grand jury weighed evidence, second
investigation of skyrocketng living costs scheduled
to open next week-Oct. 1.
Senators and representatives will hear testimony
living costs that date and probably for several
days thereafter. Headed by Republican Representative
George Bender they form the Midwest committee
the Joint Congressional Committee the Economic
Report
WELL. that's some of the background to the hear
ngs that will provide the show in this second largest
American city as its people face increasing crisis.
There facts and figures galore this crisis.
Every competent housewife knows the meaning of
government statistics which show that dollar today
worth only half of its -thecounter value during
the period of $780,
Every worker knows his REAL WAGES have been
sinking lower and lower. ~. S. Labor Department
statsticians estimate July average wage $4s25
showed that weekly pay check would buy about
SAG worth of goods In Terms of 1889 prices)
Profits to the trusts skyrocketing to all-time
highs, according to government federal bank
and private financing institutions and they're still
going up higher along with prices.
Wage increases lag far behind they always have.
Any ordinary Chicagoan knows the result in the
weekly budget, but there's something With
profits rising and real wages sinking additional billions
of nations wealth goes into the hands of few
people who have more money than they spend
On the side the banking economists point
out that the ruling family groups have accumulated
much of the nations wealth that they can't even
re-nvest it to create expanded production of goods
needed here and abroad-because such investments
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

might not prove sufficiently profitable
Yet they push up prices in concert, and further in
crease profits Their political stooge carry the
details of the spiral in the Capitol and the mass of
the consuming public cannot buy back the goods it
produces.
Gast week The Star questioned packnghouse
workers and found they couldn't put on the table
under present prices and wages than few days
of the week and then the meat is strictly the cheapest
cutsO
One worker became eloquent as he denounced GER
tain 'big shot millionaires who own country
but obviously can't handle the job 1t looks as though
they're running great country into a hinge that
can't end, except with the delrum tremens" he said.
THE FACT IS big capitalists have no alternative
but to profiteer and profiteer their ex-
aulted system of "free enterprise"
Under this situation il is obvious that the con-
tinuins spiral result in only end: "DEPREs-
SION.s' -aa-.r-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
BY TED COX

THAT was heluva good week." Jim explained.
Il knocked off almost $500 in six nights and spent
half of it with swell dame taking in the joints
of Los Angeles"
Now Jim is an acquaintance but not necessarily
close friend. We frequently hit same coffee joint
in my neghborhood at about the same time and we
talk
Jim is tough and rough character He jockeyed
heavy freight trucks between Chicago and the west
coast for few years. but been hacking cabs ever
since.
On this occasion-a few nights ago-he was on
his cup of coffee Apparently he'd had couple
of hookers earlier.
SIT out in Los Angeles" Jim explained 81
was wheeling my hack and doing good, even
on the straight. Comes the payday poker game with
the other hack-hustlers-I knock guy off for 800
smackaroos -. and the next trip get livey dump
the sucker and grab $237 bucks he drunk as
billy goat"
blue-clad gentleman from the Chicago Police
Department sitting the other side of Jim,
taking a sneak to rest his feet and cop free cup.
Lucky you didn't get caught" he told JIM
Sure I'm lucky" Jim said slipping at the coffee.
I'm just small time crook and I'd hadda serve
real stretch. If you're big shot crook running
poration, steal legal and get big headlines. Right
I'm goin' straight and the corporations steal me
blind every time hit store pay the rent"
THAT was Jims introduction to what has become
serious story-a story of how tiny minority of
multi millionaire corporation bosses and bankers are
robbing the American people of great wealth
through monopoly engineered initiation Higher prices
higher profits and lower real wages.
Getting clipped with higher prices every week
since Republican Democratic party coalition engin-
eered the wreckage of OPA year. plenty of ord-
nary Chicago people got fed They made demands.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

S ev er / proposals
have been made to
meet the crisis and
many of them will be
presented to the Con-
gressional sub-commit-
tee here next week.
S en- a tor Taft, the
C o m + O TT a ly up
holstered millionaire
who spearheaded the
political end of the
drive toward crisis, has
one idea. He suggests
the people "eat less,
and less extensively"
We can't blame a mill
lionaire banker-politi-
clan for presenting
such a solution, but
it's silly since 80 per
cent of us are already
doing it, not by "vol-
untary rationing"-by
essential rationing with
Evening star., 1947-09-04
Chicuoo Livestock

CHICAGO, Sept. 4 (P, CUsDA.-salable
hogs. $500: top, 13,500: active: weights
?60 pounds down. s5eady to 5 hishsT itlnng
to :5 higher; bulk good and sheice $50, s
heavier weights scarce, load :s51 pound;
25 80; good and choice sowS. 300 pound
down, mainly "a. 4.00-.5.25; few light sows
on butcher order. a5.5o-@5'5; 35o-4oo
saiabie cattle 5000: total. $500:
sa liable calves. 700; total, 700: fed steers.
no heifers steady to weak: lower grades
slow, steady; demand still broad for highly
finished cattle, however nothing strictly
choice in steers; low-choice offerings topped
at :'3 Is; strictly choice 95o-pound heiters
3a 80: most good to low-choiee steers s,tans and
28 OO-3l 90; offerings at latter price seal
ing sS3 pounds, bulls and vealerS. steady;
cutter cows at 90 down. good beef cows
at 2O50: heavy sausage bulls TO 1900
vealers. "a 90 down.
salable sheep. 1000; total. 1000; higher
asking prices delaying trade; scattered
early sales good and choice native Sprlne
lambs full so higher at 1915; many lambs
held for greater advance: short good ano
choice iOi pound yearlings. 30 higher at
II 90: not este blished on slaughter ewes;
asking 8. 90 and better for best ewes.
Evening star., 1947-09-04
Chicoqo Grain
AFTER CALL.

CHICAGO. Sept. LPt.-Both corn and
oats made new record highs again today
on the Board of Trade, but best prices were
shaved considerably during the latter part
of the session. Wheat was strong and re-
sisted late selling better than the feed
grains.
Commission houses and commercial in
terests bought wheat, the latter evidently
rejecting a reported pickup in domestic
-four business. The Kansas City Com
modify Credit Corp. was not buying wheat
but Chicago said it took 155,000 bushels
yesterday.
Corn and oats had a sharp runup at
one time, with buying stimulated on
private crop forecast showing further de.
terioration in corn crop prospects. cal
Of No. ] yellow corn sold in the cash mar
ket at So .56a4, new record.
Wheat closed h-3lA higher Septem-
ber S2.63A h2;corn ended IA lower to
cent higher September S2.5Oh3. and
oats were a. higher September. ST 1888
The new corn record was S25la4. made
by Sentemher, and the new oats record
xl.lSE4, a'So made bv September.
Chicago Cash Market.
Wheat none. Corn, No. ] yellow 2.53h
25534; No ., 254a-2 2551a; No. 5. ?.45:
sample grade, 2.30-2.40. Oats, No. | heavy
mixed. .?224: sample grade heavy mixed
.0S: No. l heavy white 1854: No. 2
white. 80 Field seed. per hundredWeisht.
timothy 00-4.25 red ton. - .50-l3 90
Barley. mailing. .9O2 46; feed, 65- 90
Rye, No. grades, 2.45. soybeans, No. 2
yellow 90
Evening star., 1947-09-04

Hourly sales on the Exchange TodAy: .
900 an lzo 600 1900 noon AGO 600
100 pm SEQ 900 2:bO p.m. $40 900
tunit Of trading, 10 shares. sIn bank
ruptcy or recelvership, or being reorganiseo
under the Bankruptcy Act. or securities
assumed by such companies Rates Of
diyidends in the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or seriannual declaration. Unless other.
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
Also extra or extras. Plus stock divi-
dend. Cash or stock. Paid last year.
Payable In stock. Declared or paid &C
lar this year. Payable In Canadian
funds. Accumulated dividends paid OF
declared this rear.
Evening star., 1947-09-04
Stock Market Drops
Fractions 10 81 or
More in Furry
By Victor Eubonk
Press Finonciot Writer


NEW YORK, Sept A brief but
relatively fast-selling wave hit the
stock market today and knocked
over leading issues fractions to more
than 2 points before little support
arrived.
Slow dealings with assorted recov-
cries among aircrafts and other
sections ruled at the start Offerings
then converged on steels, motors,
rails and pivotal industrials in the
second hour, with the pace quicken
ing appreciably for an interval
Subsequent slack periods eventuated
and extreme losses were reduced
here and there near the fourth hour.
Disappointment over the fact that
the market had refused to do one
thing or the other in recent sessions
was said to have touched off consid-
cradle liquidation. The cloudy in
ternational economic picture and
doubts regarding domestic business
in the light of dwindling exports, in
addition to the price-wage spiral.
caused the shelving of accounts in a
number of instances. A siZable batch
of pleasing dividends was ignored
by the majority of issues concerned.
Evening star., 1947-09-04
Business Briefs

Bank Clearings in "a leading cities
receded to s10,109, 10000 in the
holiday week ended Wednesday VS.
$1,000, ,676, 900 in the preceding fuil
week. but remained SO above $1O,-
054. .724, 900 in the like 1945 week
Dun g. Bradstreet.
Commercial, Industrial and Farm
Loans of member banks in l0l Lead
ing cities rose to s12, 2,406, 900 900 on
August q, a gain of Sl05,00O,O0o
from a week earlier and $685.
600 900 above year earlier-Federal
Reserve Board.
Electric Power Consumption in
the week ended August 80 dropped
to 4.s3e, ,8O1 900 kilowatt hours VS..
record of 4 1852 ,S76 900 in the preced-
ing week, but remained l2.2%o above
4.404 10000 in the like 1916 week
Edison Electric Institute.
CALIFORNIA; Dried Fruit Industry
is in terrible mes" as a result OF
Great Britain and European coun-
tries halting food purchases from
this country said Ray D. Wiser,
president of the California Farm
Bureau Federation.
Noblitt Sparks Industries, Inc,
stockholders will vote October 13 on
a proposed 2-for-1 split in common
stock. An initial 40-cent dividend
on new shares Is planned IN Decem-
ber. The present rate is so cents.
Pacific Finance Corp. offering OF
10000 common shares was marketed
today at s2l.50 a share by First
Boston Corp. and associates.
American Locomotive Co. con-
GUIDED arrangements for an Sl8,000,-
900 loan from bank group and has
naid off a term loan of s6,000,OO0
arranged earlier this year.
southern Natural Gas Co. received
SEC permission to borrow $5,Ooo,Ooo
from New York banks for expan-
sion. The notes will bear interest
of Ia per cent.
Carolina Telephone & Telegraph
Co. registered with the SEC 2l,2oo
common shares to finance the larg-
est construction program in its his
tory. New shares will be o1ered
at par to present holders at the rate
of two for each five held. -,
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Will
triple it's production of plastic
packaging material and foam ruo-
her for cushions through slo,Ooo'-
600 expansion program at Akron
Ohio. j.,
Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad esti-
mated annual expenses Will De IN
creased sle.450 900 by an arbitration
boards award of a 15l2-cent-an-
hour increase for incorporating en-
ployes. ,.-
Cunningham Drug Stores dlrec-
tors declared a dividend OF one
common share for each share out
standing, payable at date 10 oe
determined. and voted to place tne
new stock on a IS cents quarterly
basis. They also declared an extra
dividend of $l.25, payable Septem-
her 20, and a regular quarterly OF
80 cents payable october 20.
Cooper Bessemer Corp. declared q
dividend of IS cents, payable Sep
tember g. Previous payment was
Is cents in December, l945.
Follansbee Steel Corp. declared
dividend of IS cents a common
share, payable September 80. The
firm paid Is cents in March and
so cents in June.
Diamond T Motor Car Co. de-
clared an extra dividend Of Is cents
and a regular quarterly of Is cents
both payable September o. This
il the first extra since January
l946, when a similar amount was
paid.
Southern Pacific Railroad System
reported net income of s23.S6l 1897
or s632 a share in seven months
ended July 81 VS.. s11.329,54l or So in
the same 1916 period.
Evening star., 1947-09-04

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Evening star., 1947-09-04
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Sept 4 lR.-Cotton fu-
lures were steady in moderately active
by mill buying against textile sales and
short covering Hedge selling was nsh..er
than in Wednesdays session and liau,da'
Crop IDEAS continued mixed. One pri-
vate estimate placed the crop at 12.o4s,-
900 bales. while another anticipated =
634 600 bales. This compared with the
Government's August estimate of l1.S44.
600 bales, with the second official report
due nexo Monday.
Late afternoon prices were 81 to s so
a bsIe higher than the previous close.
October 81 40; December, 3l.l5, and
March, 81 .o4.