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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Swedish HERRING
Fishing Hampered

STOCKHOLM Storms, fog and
the presence Of an unusually large
number Of Octopuses working hav-
oc among the herring schools have
seriously interfered with this
years activities of Swedish fish
ermen In some 100 vessels on their
traditional fishing grounds off
Iceland.
The vessels already returned
have brought good catches of from
500 to ]. 200 barrels, but it is feared
that late corners are having much
less luck. Losses of gear have
been unusually large. Appreciate
services have been rendered by
the Swedish assisting vessel Odin
that accompanied the expedition
this year for the first time. Thus,
the ships doctor has had to at
tend to nearly 800 cases. mostly
damaged hands.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
GripshoIm To
Be Modernized

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish
American Lines Motorliner Grips
holm will undergo renovation this
winter. The line has contracted
with a shipyard in Kiel to carry
out the modernization of the YES
sells passenger and crew quarters
which was, in fact, planned some
time ago.
The Gripsholm will thereafter
have only two classes, first and
tourist. The renovation is ex-
pected to take about two months
and will be begun at the end of
December. The Line plans to have
the ship back in service for
sailing on March 8, 1850. The
vessels exterior will not be
changed except that the two fun
nels will be streamlined and re-
built.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
FinIand's Trade IS Boosted
By Addition Of New Markets

Bay of Bengal, the most import
ant port in Pakistan, is being re-
furnished, partly with Finnish ma
terials, to be able to handle the
goods which are now flowing into
it from all parts of the world.
The Firms also signed a trade
agreement recently with India,
valid until May, 1850. under which
$4,000 tons of newsprint. 5000
tons of cellulose, 500 tons of build
ing paper-plus large quantities
of other wood products-machines,
portable houses, and sanitary in
stallations, will be delivered to
India. In return, the Firms will re-
ceive directly from India jute,
spices, chemicals and linseed.
The Finnish-Japanese trade
agreement signed with American
occupation authorities in July this
years, covers an exchange of goods
to the value of S5,OOO,OO0, paid
through a clearing account in the
Chase National Bank in Tokyo.
West German Market
Likewise, new trade agreements
have been signed with the author
tiles in West Germany providing
for an exchange of SS,500,0O0
worth of goods each way. To West
Germany. the Firms will send
cheese, berries, wood products.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
BY Elsa KruuSe

A continuing decline in trade
with the United States, VIII h
sent the Firms to find new mar
kets in which to buy and sell, has
resulted in a welcome but never
theless unexpected expansion of
Finlands world trade.
Finnish war PREPARATIONS to Rus
STA, expected to take lions share
of Finnish production until 1852,
when they are to be paid off, have
been brought down instead to less
than 4 per cent of national pro-
duction. This results partly from
concessions granted by the Rus
slams, who, after repeated re-
quests, revised the original 1888
price lists, thereby cutting agreed
reparations by almost so per cent.
Actually, reparations have had
a salutary effect on the Finnish
economy by forcing an expansion
of production capacity, including
the building of new factories,
modernization of the wood an d
pulp industry, and the developing
of new mining operations.
Loan Help
Much of this work could not
have been accomplished, however,
without loans to Finland from the
United States Export and Import
Bank and the World Bank. The
World Bank in August granite d
Finland an additional loan of S12.-
100000 for such purposes.
Some time before the official
bulletin, Unitas showed that Fin
nish exports to the United States
had declined from 10 per cent in
the first six months of 194s to 9
per cent for the same period this
year. and that imports from the
United States had dropped from
"a per cent in 1947 to s per cent
the first half of this year, Finnish
trade experts had started a search
for other outlets.
Developments in the Middle East
and Asia are proving increasingly
to Finnish exporters
and importers. Both Israel and
Pakistan, new and growing states.
present wide-open markets for
construction materials, wood pro-
ducts, portable housing, and heavy
Even now, Chittagong, on the
industrial goods.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Big Water Power
Boost In Norway

Since the end of the war Nor
way has increased her hydro
electric power by 700, 900 XIV.
The increase this year already
totals PCS, 900 XIV with the open
ing of the Hol and Maar plants.
Before the war the average an
nual production was nine billion
kilowatt hours.
Last year the production was
AS billion kilowett hours, and
this year it is estimated that the
figure will reach 16 billion.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Norway
Education
Public Schools

Since 1860 elementary education
has been free and compulsory for
all Norwegian children between Z
and IA years of age. Though par
ents may give their children indi-
vidual training, practically all chill
dren attend public schools, where
teaching and to some extent even
books etc, is free. In 1940-41
there were more than 100000 chill
dren in public schools, as against
only 1.400 in private schools.
Public school expenses are di-
vided between the State and NUM-
cipal authorities according to spe-
cial regulations. Dental and medi-
cal care and in some municipalities
also free meals (Oslo, Breakfast)
are provided. Teachers in public
school must be graduates of the
Teachers College, either a 4-year
course, or a 2-year course based
on students exam. In 1940-41
there were 500 teachers (male
and female) in rural districts and
$500 in city schools.
Children who are physically or
mentally handicapped, receive their
training in special schools. There
are 4 public state schools for the
deaf, for the blind, 4 for feeble
minded and for underprivileged
children as well as municipal
schools for abnormal children.
Many children pass on to con-
tinuation schools (framhaldssko-
ler), of which there are about 300
Their curriculum is based on public
school exams and emphasizes prac-
teal work. Other continuation
courses with broad, general scope
are the so-called peoples high
schools" (folkehegskoler) or coun-
try schools, 40 in all.
High Schools
The first Norwegian high
schools the so-called Cathedral
schools, We're founded as early as
the 18th century. The present or
ganization is based on Realskole
and Gymnasium" The former, of
3 years duration, aims to give
solid, general training. There are
plans to divide even this elemen-
tary training into more specialized
courses.
The Gymnasium" is the basis of
university education, and one can
choose between the following
courses or faculties: Science (cho-
sen by $3.50 of Students. Modern
languages especially English lit
erature and history : 1870, Nor
die, Latin, Greek or Russian.
The number of teachers was in
1913, 1900, of which 1900 had
their University degree and peda-
gogic course. There were alto
gether 272 high schools, 10 of
them state schools.
Other Schools
State, municipal and private
technical and special schools are
found all over the country. They
are partly based on public school
exams only as entrance qualifica-
tions, while others demand Junior
(realskole-eksamen) or senior Ear
tium) naturalization. Schools of
this type are Elementary technical,
technical, handicraft, commercial,
agricultural ETC., as well as schools
for seamen, fishermen, domestic
science workers etc.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Introducing Scandinavia
Denmark
Holidays

How we take our Holidays and
how we recommend our Guests to
do the same.
Summer proper in Denmark is
short only three months. The
Danes enjoy it while it lasts,
splashing around in the colossal
amount of water which surrounds
the country and provides lovely
beaches nearly everywhere.
When Danish youth has finished
work it gets onto one of the two
million bicycles in the country and
rides out to the nearest beach to
battle. Holidays proper are the
same without the bicycle ride and
with the whole day spent by the
sea getting as brown Cor is it red)
as a berry.
There are large hotels and small
hotels and boarding houses at all
seaside resorts. There are also
fishermens tiny and primitive cot
tages which are eagerly rented by
people who normally live in spa
ciousness and comfort with every
practical convenience. Hotels and
boarding houses assume that the
sea air and and doing just nothing
takes it out of people and that they
must have good nourishing food to
do it successfully. Shining is
therefore universal as soon as the
holidays are over.
Apart from bathing and SWIM
ming one does absolutely nothing
all day in the holidays = except
to round off the evenings with
dancing and such like.
Games, for some peculiar rea-
son, are regarded as inappropriate
to the holiday season. Only fan
atics Cor foreigners) would dream
of playing bridge. tennis, or golf,
for example. while on holiday, as
there is a special time of the year
for all these things. There are.
exceptions, of course. Exceptions
occur, in particular, when it rains,
for the possibility of rain cannot
be excluded. Should it come on to
rain, contrary to all our hopeful
rules and regulations, the time is
whiled away in cards, eating, read
ing detective stories, or perhaps
even flirting. It is a matter of
taste.
1t should again be noted that the
Danes are an inquisitive people
For this reason it has become in
creasingly common for them to
travel during their holidays. AS
we cannot all go abroad-there
must be somebody at home to re-
ceive our visitors - we travel |
around in our own country. Zea-
landers go to Jutland and think it |
is something quite different. 1t is,
Jutlanders come to Zealand and !
Copenhagen knowing it is outland- |
ish anyway. Both of them 60 to |
Hans Christian Andersen's Funen, |
partly, of course, because they can
hardly help it if they are travelling
between Zealand and Jutland.
The youth of the country hikes"
by getting lifts from one youth
hostel to another. The slightly |
older and apparently rich drive
round the country in a car, which
is sometimes borrowed or hired. If |
they are really energetic they can
go from one end to the other in a
day and spend the rest of the holi-
day on the side opposite from their
starting point doing nothing in the
usual active way. About fifty
travel in their own
planes, hoping not to overshoot the
mark and fall in the water beyond.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Sweden
Education

system aims at goal of more and
better education for greater
number of students.
This process of characterization
of educational opportunities has
been aided by recommendations by
committees having studied the
problem since 1910. They propose:
Longer compulsory school
ing.
2.-Lowering or abolishing fees.
3.-More schools, teachers.
4. Extension of more loans,
scholarships.
The present system provides for
both regular and vocational train
ing. Compulsory grade school
training must be finished before
entering trade school.
Elementary Schools
Beginning at seven years, COM
pulsory school is either seven
years plus a part-time continue
ton school of 1-2 years, or eight
continuous years. "a nine-year
compulsory citizen" school is pro-
posed combining grade school and
lower section Of secondary school)
Numbering $4,000 in 1947, grade
school teachers must be increased
by some 5000 to teach an antici-
pated 1872, ZOO children in 1856. New
building costs to 1860 are estimat-
ed at 1.5 billion crowns (S417 ,O00,-
000).
Physically and mentally defec-
tive children get care and instruc-
ton in special institutions.
Secondary Schools
In the fourt h or sixth year
grade school children can elect to
leave for a secondary school
known as "realskola'. THE near
est American equivalent is the jun
Tor high school) And yearly av-
erage of $4,000 enter realskola.
An examination (realexamen)
clears the student for the next
school, the gymnasium" or SEN
ior high school. A stiff final exam
(studentexamen) terminates high
school and entities students to en-
roll at universities.
In 1947, out of 100000 pupils
in regular secondary education
s,76S passed the junior high exam
averaging II years; numbering
4.237. senior high graduates aver
aged 20. The inadequate teaching
staff numbered 800.
In the armed forces one year
secondary education is compulsory
for regulars below officers rank
but continued high school educa-
ton IS offered.
Most secondary schools are run
by the State or municipality; tut
ton is free. a reform program of
free books and school meals was
partly effected in 1949.
Vocational Schools
Although grade school regula-
tons We're issued over 100 years
ago, It was not until 1918 that
Parliament decided to set up lower
vocational schools.
additionally, vocational train
ing has been given at the job.
Several private companies have
also established their own work
shop schools.
The present regular grade school
includes certain vocational train
ing. But the proposed new system
provides for an exclusive trade in
struction branch in the ninth year
With a grade school background
a youngster can enroll in part
time or full-time apprentice, trade.
workshop, technical, and special
schools. Length of courses range
from one month to four years.
Certain regular junior high
schools also have a strong voca-
tional slant. But admittance to
secondary vocational training usu-
ally requires regular junior high
graduation, or previous practical
work plus regular education at the
junior high level.
Vocational schools cover agri-
culture. fisheries. forestry. indus
try. handicraft. commerce, ship
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31

United Nations Day-24 Oct0bewas celebrated this
gates and staff members of UN with
the world organizations headquarters above
under construction in New York City, Scheduled principal
Elephants in the ceremony-markng UNs fourth birthday
President Harry Truman the United upper
inser and UN Secretary General Trygve
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs Wallace Garrett
of Wilm., spent the weekend with
his mother, Mrs. Rhoda Garrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Quillen and
Mrs. Ella Williams were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Phillips in Middletown.
Misses Peggy Miller and Jody
Signorella of Phila., were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Miller.
Mrs. Julia Moore entertained
Sunday the following, Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Miller and son of Washington
D. C. Mr.. Layton Moore of Sails
bury, Md, Mrs. Ethel Otwell and
Mrs Nettie Spicer of Laurel
Mr.. and Mrs. James Macasy had
as their guests over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert VanNess of
Clifton, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hastings
spent the weekend in Collingsood,
N. j., with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mcclure.
NAl6SGS LGS6y MOuAt anu IllCCu
Wheatley spent Saturday in Wilm
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Horne are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a baby boy in Milford Me-
mortal Hospital. The young man
has been named Harold, Jr. The
mother will be remembered as Miss
Eleanor Nichols of this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter HOrsey, Jr.
and family were dinner guests Sun.
day Of her parents.
Mrs. Karl Thompson and Mrs
Sallie Thompson of SeafOrd were
Sunday visitors of the formear''
father, Mr.. VIM. Massey.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Shiles, Sr
were dinner guests Sunday of thei
son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Shiles, Jr., in Sharptown, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Spicer at
| tended the Home Coming service
at SharptOwn, Md, on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

&c, he was also lecturer in Homil-
etics at Boston University school
of Theology.
Articles from his pen on social
and religious questions have ap-
peared in the Christian Century,
lions Hearld and Religion In Life.
He has an article in the current
issue of the pastor on "The Preach
ing and Ccunseling Functions of
the Minister " He has a sermon in
the current volume of Best Ser
mons 1948-49 edited by Butler. DR..
FurgesOn's sermon subject will be
Goods Grace and Mans Gratitude. "
A special Thanksgiving offering
will be received which shall be US
ed in helping someone in the world
who is unable to help themselves
this Christmas season.
The service will be conducted by
Rev. E. c. Thomas Or. assisted by
the Rev. ]. e. Layton of the Green.
wood Methodist Church. SpeciaI
Music will be part of the WORSHIP
service. We invite you all to come
and thank God for this abundant
life that is ours.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

DR.. Earl H. Furgeson will deliv-
er the sermon at the Annual Com
munity Service of Greenwood,
which is to be held at Grace Me-
thodist Church, Greenwood, on
Wednesday evening November %,
at 7:45 p. m.
DR.. Furgeson is the professor OF
Preaching and Church Administra-
tion at Westminster Theological
Seminary, Westminster, Md. He
was born in Terre Haute, Indiana,
March q, 1906. He received his ABB
degree from DePau University in
1928 and was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa. Boston University confer
red upon him his S. T. B., M. A.
Phi. D. degrees.
DR. FurgesOn has served charges
at Cambridge, North Rehoboth, and
New Bedford, all in Massachusetts,
and at Manchester, Connecticut
While he was pastor of the Har-
Vard-Epworth Church at Cambria.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
OVERLOOK

The w. S. c. S. of Whites Chapel
met with Mrs. Carl Davidson last
Friday with good attendance.
Charles Warrington, in company
with a number of others from Mid
way and RehobOth attended a
horse sale at Harrisburg, Pa, last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Campbell
were entertained at a 5 o'clock din
ner at the home of Mrs. Estella
Johnson and her sister, Minnie Da-
wilson Saturday night.
John w. Houston has purchased
a Plymouth car.
Mr., and Mrs. Howard Millman
and family entertained at a six
o'clock dinner Sunday evening Mr..
and Mrs. Miller Walls and children
of Ellendale, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy FL
lingswOrth and son Willard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall Wiley and two chill
dren.
Mrs. Ella Cam of Wilmington
and Mrs. Helen Batchelder of Phil
adelphia were over night guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Gilbert on
Saturday.
Mrs. Minnie Davidson is in Phil
adelphia this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy EllingswOrtl
visited Mrs. Susie Green, who has
been ill at the home of Mrs. Norman
| Workman in Prime Hook.
George Porter and family of nea
Glendale have now moved in tn
property of John Houston. recent
ly occupied by the Russells.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
GREENWOOD

Work by the committees is still
progressing for the annual Thanks
giving Dinner that will be held on
Thanksgiving day at the Manships
Church four miles west of FELTON,
on route II. This dinner is held
each year and has always been a
great success. The menu this year
will consist of turkey, oysters and
all the trimmings including dessert
for the price of $1.40 for adults and
75c for children. Reservations may
be made by calling any of the fol-
lowing FELTON, phone numbers 4164,
1921, 4163, 1895 or 4161. Serving
will begin at IL noon and will con-
tinue until 1880 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

1t is believed that the earth, once
warmer than it is today, was cover
ed by evergreen forest from pole
to pole. s.,
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

Approximately $40 of Austria's
population is Roman Catholics. The
others are Lutherans, Calvinists
and Jews.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

Classified Ads get results
Evening star., 1949-09-23

the culture-in-a-month gadabouts.
Today. for a few thousand lira,
I boarded an American Express
bus for q three-hour trip about
Rome. had made the trip sew
eral times before, having found
that trying to see Rome in three
hours Is a bit like trying to see
Texas during a weeks excursion.
Seated in front of me were two
women I judged to be house.
wives on their first fling in Italy.
Absorbed in Guide Books.
They didn't look out Of the win
dows very much because they
we're too absorbed in their guide
books. The guide would point out
a sight, they would duck into Their
guide books like hens picking up
corn, and by the time they had
prepared themselves to see the
sight we were two monuments
and four cathedrals away. It
gradually dawned on them that
they would either have to change
this procedure or see nothing at
Evening star., 1949-09-23

to the bottle again-the milk, Of
course.
But to get back to Agnes and
the foot. She was q bit ahead
Of her friend when the guide ex-
planned about the foot; and her
companion, who had missed the
explanation, asked her what it
was and what the guide had said.
Agnes told her this:
"Oh. as best as I remember.
he said it was some old something
dug up somewhere.
thought Of all the tired, earn.
est, hard-working little school,
teachers who would have liked
to have been walking through the
Vatican museum, and I wondered
what sort Of justice 1t was that
sent Agnes and her friend to
Rome to see naught, to hear
naught and-to provide me with
material for a column.
distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc. }
Evening star., 1949-09-23

lOIlldGlC VI duls
ton. Conciliatory and hopeful in
tone, it yet properly fixed respon-
sibility for much of the trouble in
the world today on Russia's OBJ
stinacy.
But how much more he might
have said. how great IAN influence
he might have welded among peo-
pie all over the world at this ia
vorable moment, he indicated in
his few brief and suggestive, If
cautious, departures from the
role Of lawyer representing one of
the clients there, the United
States.
Catalogued Problems.
He warily edged up to it toward
the end Of his address. He had
catalogued carefully. with nota-
tions as to our policy, the still un-
solved special problems among
nations all over the world. He had
recalled again the basic unsettled
issues Of international security
that have 80 harassed the United
Nations, International control of
the atomic bomb and general dis
armament, in which Russia has
been the chief obstacle. Then he
said:
I'm the final analysis, the Sc
curity problem is a universal
problem. It cannot be solved ex-
cept on q universal basis. through
the United Nations"
Evening star., 1949-09-23
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 70, le4s

all, so they laid their guide books
beside them and concentrated on
what was outside of the bus.
A few minutes later the bus
drew alongside the Coliseum
which, as every one must know,
is not quite what it used to be.
The years have taken quite a toll
of the Coliseum and what remains
Is majestic but fairly worn out.
Agnes" one of the women in
front OF me said to the other,
Agnes, that's the Coliseum.
Don't you think it's perfectly
marvelous?"
Agnes gave the Coliseum a
thorough looking lover, through
both top and bottom levels of her
bi-focals.
Then she exclaimed in a voice
loud enough to raise white caps on
the Tiber River, Martha, never
realized until now how badly we
bombed Rome during the last
war!"
Feels Like Taking to Bottle.
incidentally. anything that isn't
a thousand years old in Rome
still has the price label on it like
the bottom of a new shoe. I'd
always considered myself old at
AZ until I got to Rome, but after
being surrounded on all sides by
antiquity felt almost like taking
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Statehood Hopes Dashed
Hawaii's Labor Trouble Also Clouds
Alaska's Efforts for Status

courages its members to become
citizens, which Is natural.
Statehood's plight is a sadden-
ing circumstance for pre-Bridges
islanders. 1t is doubtless true that
the faith Of some has wavered be-
cause Of the labor dispute and
their Communist overtones. But
there are many still willing to
gamble on the axiom that the
cure for democracy is more de-
mocracy, especially in an outpost
facing Asia. In these critical times.
(Released BY the Bell syndicate, Inc.)