Scandinavian American. [volume], December 01, 1945, Image 1

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- Serving the" Scandinavian-American Population of the Great Northwest
Vol. 1, No. 10
HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO ALL!
Norway Receives
Christmas Ration
The rapid improvement in Nor
way's food situation is indicated
by the extra "Christmas Ration"
which has just been announced by
the Supply Department. Though
the ration must still be figured
in terms of ounces, instead of in
pounds, the variety of goods avail
able rather than the increased
quantity points toward a merrier
Christmas than Norway ha s
known for many years.
The long-voiced hope that there
might be fresh meat on every
Norwegian Christmas board may
be a reality what with the extra
27 ounce meat ration. In addition
to this, each card holder is en
titled to almost three pounds of
canned meat and two and one half
pounds of fat and cheese. Three
and one-half extra ounces of cof
fee are in themselves a cause for
celebration.
For the sweet tooth of the
youngsters there will be a whole
pound of syrup, 7 ounces of su—
gar. 13 ounces of raisins, three
and one-half ounces of dried fruit,
and two whole pounds of oranges.
an almost forgotten delicacy. Top
ping this off with two and one
half ounces of nuts. there is evrry
reason to believe that for thou
sands of Norway‘s children this
will be the first real Christmas.
Although every Gay has been
Thanksgiving Day in Norway.
Christmas of 1945 will be- an oc
casion whenevery Norwegian will
look back a few short months and
give thanks for his lot.
Alaska Tree Seeds
Going To Iceland
JUNEAU. — — His seed-collecting
mission to Westward Alaska suc
cessfully completed. Hakon Bjarn
ason. chief of the State Forestry
Service of Iceland. returned to Ju
neau on his way back to his
North Atlantic land.
Between 85 and 90 sacks of
cones of Sitka spruce. mountain
hemlock and western hemlock
were selected. He worked around
Prince William Sound and on the
Kenai Peninsula and also collected
small quantities of white spruce
and white birch seeds.
South American
Wins Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM. Nov. 15.—Tho
1945 Nobel prize in literature has
been awarded to Lucile Godoy Y.
Alcayaga 0: Chile. who writes lyric
poetry under the name of Gabriela
Mistral. it was announced today.
Other Nobel prize winners were
announced as follows:
Prof. Wolfgang Pauli, atomic
research expert of the Institue of
Advanced Stqdies at Princeton. N.
J.. the 1945 award in physics.
Prof. Otto Hahn. German au
thority on radio-activity and the
atom. the 1944 award in chem
lalry.
Artturl ertanen. Finnish bio
chemist, the 1945 award in chem
“try.
Christmas is near. Pretty students at Upsala College revive the 01d Swedish Sancta Lucia
tradition in the earlymorning of Dec. 13th
Columbia Conference Home For The Aged
(Written for The SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN by Rev. L. E. Jones, 511}_)or'intemicnt of
Kathryn E. Malstrom. Olympia,
director of the department of So-
cial Security for the state of;
Washington. was the speaker at‘
the 25th anniversary banquet of.
the Cnlumbia Conference Home.‘
Dec. 3rd, held in the parlors of the?
Gethsemane Lutheran church. Sch!
attle. Miss Anna M. Johnson. ma-f
tron at the Home for the agod.:
was the guest of honor. Chester
0. Browne. secretary of the local
committee in charge of the ad—
ministration _of the Home was the;
toastmaster. 1
Dr. G. A. Magnuson, chairman;
of the local committee. read an}
historical sketch of the Home”1
covering the twenty-five years»
He has been identified with the&
local committee since the HomeE
was founded. I
N. E. Gultafson. treasurer. nfl
the Home, presided at the “cram-i
tion" of a mortgage of $12,820.00”;
dating back to November 22, 1926.4
The 140 guests at the banquet ap
‘plauded as the “deceased mort
gage" went up in flames.
‘ Mrs. MaLetrom in her address‘
iuutlined the work of the depart-1
men! of which sh? is the head nndl
’the assistance which the State is!
giving to the aged and depend-l
enu within the State, and exprea-l
ud her high apprecintion of the '
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER, 1945
the Columbia Conference Home)
work of the Columbia Conference
Home. She streued the point1
that the aim of the department miZ
giving aid is to maintain the mor-j
ale and dignity of those I‘CCoivingi
it. I
The Columbia Conference Honnfl
luv. L. If. Jones. superintondf
on! o! the (‘olumhla (‘oMen-m-el
Homo. I
Phinney Avenue and North 48th
Street. Seattle. is licensed by the
city as a. PLACE OF REFI'GE;
and it is all of that for 63 mum-A
less men and vmmt-n who have
come to that age when they are
unable to care {hr themselves. even
in their own home it‘ they are for—
tunate enough to own (me. What
they need is a rcfuge fnr body.
mind. and spirit .withnut the
thought (if being a case of charity
or a burden to ncnr relatives. in
their own quiet rnnnr they can
live their own lifc in their own
way Without unnecessary ltllt‘rft‘l‘-
encc.
In this Home they can pay the
entrance fee for a life contract
which includes shelter, food. and
nursing care, together with the
medical service which the Home
provides, as long as they live on
this earth and at last when they
move across the border into the
world beyond, the Home guaran
tees for them the. last and rites
and a hallowed place of rest for
the tired body. The entrance tee
for this ranges from 83.200 at the
age or 70 years down to $1,000.00
for 87 years or over This form
lot a contract is offered by the
IHome because it relieves the mind
of worries and comes as near to
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Generous Gift For
New Invalid Home
TACOMA The Luthvran Wvl
{are Society rvcently was the rel-I—
pient of a gift of $10,004) cash. Tl‘m
gift ls designated t0 apply on com
struction of the new hullding‘ plan
nod for the Lutheran Home m
Puyallup. This new huilding W1ll
be dedicated to thv cure of aged
invalids and chronically ill pm'sons.
The donor of this gift. N015
Hammerlin, is himself a man past
83 years of ago. Mr. Hammerlm
is a member of First Lutheran
Churvh. Tacoma.
Mr. Hammerlin ('umv tn Tacoma
in 1888 from Cottage vav. Ore
gon. During thesv :37 years he has
been occupied in thv building busi
mss. selling and renting; homes 111
Tamma and Seattle.
Mr. Hammerlin although retired
takrs an active inn-rest in lns
church and the Lutheran \V‘elfare
Society_ especially the home for
aged. having bevn intl-rosted m
the work of the SOClCt)’ from its
im‘eption. Ho tuuk a real lnten-st
in learning of the prnhlcms of the
aged when the home at I’uyallup
l was opened.
‘Denmark-ll. 8. Air
Route In Operation
Dvnmark is to have three giant
planes in operation betwven Cop
enhagen and tho ['nited States.
and the first of these machines
is now being given :1 tryout with
Danish pilots aboard.
It is a sistership m the pianns
operating from Stovkholm via Ice-
Iand to New York. The Danish
plane IS a romnslruvted bumber
and Will au-nmmndate 14 passen
gers. The four mnturs operate with
4800 hnrseanor and can trawl
260 mxles an hour.
Two “Skymaster” Dnuglas DC~4
planes were ordered by the Danish
Air Service Company recently to
be used in the schvdulod trans~
Atlantic service Copenhagen—New
York;
Delivery or the planes is expect
ed by next February or March.
Until then, American passengers
from Denmark will have tn travel
vm Stockholm. Regular flight
service from Copenhagen to Paris
and Oslo already has been re
sumcd.
30,000 Gl’s Pay
Visit To Denmark
Thirty thousand American 013
from the American-occupation
zone in Germany will en)oy a
holiday in Denmark. and about
150 are now arriving daily on a
week‘s furlough. according to ad
vice from Copenhagen.
The Dunes enthusiastically wel
come these visitors. {or the Ameri
can Ioldier in popular in Denmark.
Lansing! will be no hindrance.
for the avenge Dane has a fairly
good knowledge of English which
is taught i_n Danish schools The
Danish gnvemmvnt has appropri
aled 750.000 krnnor nahuut 8150.-
000) toward the nrgamzaiiun of
the GI Danish holiday.
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