Scandinavian American. [volume], January 01, 1946, Page 13, Image 13

About Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958

Image provided by: Washington State Library; Olympia, WA

                
THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
Sweden Extends Her Relief Work
STOCKHOLM. — The Swedish
government and Swedish organi
zations are still carrying on ex
tensive relief activities. AS a mat
ter of fact, these activities have
been extended since the,German
collapse. as it has gradually been
possible to reach countries which
had previously been “hermetically
sealed.” Discussions are also be
ing carried on with the Allies con
cerning Swedish participation in
the relief work for the German
children.
On the whole the Swedish relief
activities have been concentrated
on help to children, although con
siderable assistance has also been
given to adults. During the war
the predominant part of the work
was devoted to the neighboring
countries, especially Norway and
Finland. This assistance is con
tinuing. According to a recent re
port, the Swedish Freedom Gift to
Norway -~ 8. special collection
started in Sweden on V-daywhas
now reached an amount of 11 mil
lion kronor (2.750,000).The money
will be used for the establishing
of, inter alia, two big children's
hospitals, one in Oslo for 110 beds
and one in Bergen with 80 beds,
and two smaller children’s hos
pitals in the north of Norway.
They will be largely built of and
equipped with Swedish materials.
Towards the end of the war about
325.000 Norwegians. most of them
children, received a daily nutriti-
ous meal through the Swedish re
lief organizations. This relief
activity is still going on. To pro
vide these meals. over 50,000 tons
of foodstuffs have been sent to
Calvary Methodist
Church
Rev. Francis Ahnlund, DD.
160-! Boren Ave., Seattle 1
Emanuel Scandinavian
} Methodist Church
Rev. J. S. Yndestad
24th NW and West 67th
Seattle. 7
‘,__.~___....h_. 2 WWW, v
5 Magnolia Lutheran
‘ Church
3lst Ave. “1th and “X MeGraw
Rev. Raymond lledherg
1522 28th Ave. “1. Seattle 9
Finnish Lutheran
Church
‘ 1708 \V. 65th St.
Rev. ()tto Kaarto
2880 \V. 64th St. Seattle, 7
SL'. 1837
St. John's Lutheran
Church
24th & East Spruce
Rev. Alfred E. Sorensen
2406 E. Spruce St. Seattle, 4
EAst 2891
Calvary Lutheran
Church
7002 23rd Ave. N. W. (Ballard)
Seattle. 1
Rev. H. S. Sigmar
8750 27th N. W.. Seattle, 7
HE. 5675
Mission Covenant Church
Film at Bellevue
(Formerly “The Swedish
Tabernacle")
Rev. Erick Guatuson. Pastor
Scandinavians are invited to
worship with us.
SUNDAY SERVICES
9:45 a, mi—Sunday School.
11:00 a. XXL—Worship (Broad
cast KJR)
5:00 p. m. —— Servicemen‘s Fel
iowahip.
7:30 p. m.—~Gospei Service.
Weekly prayer meeting, Friday.
8 p. m.
First Swedish Baptist
Church
820 Pine St. Seattle 1
Rev. A. J. Dahlby
Sunday School. 10 a. m.
Morning Service. 11:00 a. m.
Evening Service. 7230 p. m.
Wednesday Prayer Meeting. 7:30
p. m.
Ewrybody welcome.
Norway from Sweden.
During the war about 75,000
needy and sick Finnish Children
have been taken care of in Swe
dish families and in Swedish chil
dren's homes. The majority of
them have been sent back in re
cent months, ’but there are still
about 20,000 Finnish children in
Sweden. They are expected to
stay here for the winter. The
Swedish relief authorities have
also started feeding centers for
the children in Finland, and this
activity is continued.
Swedish relief activities are at
present also being carried on for‘
Poland and Czechoslovakia. Medi
cine and medical equipment have
been taken to those countries by
Swedish expeditions. In Poland a
number of fully equipped ordinary
hospitals have been organized, the
three largest of them containing
400 beds each. Equipment for an
other 2,000 beds is being distribut
ed to 13 placesin Poland. A special
Children's hospital providing 300‘
beds is also being established. i
The Swedish-Swiss relief organ—
ization in Greece has just termi-l
nated its work, which has been;
taken over by UNRRA. Since 1942i
about 700,000 tons of foodstuffs!
have been trans-ported to Greece!
from Canada and Argentina on!
Swedish vessels. in addition to cer-E
tain quantities of food and medi-l
cines which came from SWeden.
Intensive relief work is also
being carried on by the Swedish
Save-the-Children movement. At
present 2,900 Norwegian children.
1.900 Dutch, 360 Belgian and 100
French children are taken care of
in Sweden by this organization,
while a further 100 Norwegian
and about 800 French children
are expected to arrive in the near
future. In addition, the Society
is supporting 9.000 children in Fin
land, 7.000 in Norway and 5.000 in
Holland. Belgium and France.
Help also to German Children in
the Near Future
As regards help to the German
children, the Swedish Foreign Min
ister informed the Riksdag at the
end of November that the matter
was brought up before representa—
tives of the Allied Control Com
mission in Berlin during a recent
visit to Germany by Count Folke
Bernadette. the Head of the Swe
dish Red Cross. The Commission
did not come to any decision on
that occasion. but it transpires
that it will probably allow the au
thorities in each occupation zone
to decide for themselves, indepen
dently of the authorities in other
zones. A report has been received
from the authorities in the British
zone, the Swedish Foreign Minis
tcr said. that the enquiry into the
possibilities of facilitating Swedish
help for German children in the
British zone had made good prog
ress. There was every prospect.
the report stated. that official per
mission in principle could shortly
be given for a Swedish expedition
to work in the British zone. When
permission has been received. it is
intended that the Swedish Com
mittee for International Relief. the
Swedish Red Cross. and the Save
the-Chlldren Society shall jointly
organize this relief work.
Side by side with this Swedish
plan the G e r ma n Evangelical
Church has invited Elsa Brand
strdm—the Swedish Red Cross
Nurse. who during the last war
earned the name of "the Angel
of Siberia"~--to conduct relief
among children in Germany.- She
has accepted this invitation, and if
the requisite permission is granted
it is proposed that she shall com
mence operating in the American
zone. subsequently extending her
Work to other zones. The inten
tion is that this work shall be
conducted in cooperation with
Swedish relief organizations. the
Swedish Foreign Minister stated.
Finland Pays Again
WASHINGTON, Doc. 18 ~ The
Treasury said yesterday Finland
had made another payment on its
World War I debt. of $258,054.74.
"—
._.-._.
Russian Hospitals
Receive Equipment
From Stockholm
The Swedish Government Com
mittee for International Relief re
cently delivered its second gift to
Leningrad, consisting of equipment
for nine hospitals.
The first gift, handed over a
year ago, included chiefly medi
cines and vitamin preparations.
Moreover, kitchen equipment of
stainless steel intended for ten
children's homes has been do
nated to Leningrad.
Norwegian Labor
Program Defined
In a declaration before the Nor.
wegian Parliament outlining his
Government's policy, Prime Min
ister Einar Gerhardsen has stated
that the Labor party's labor pro
gram together with the common
overt-all platform announced by
Norway‘s four major parties in
June of this year will form tho
basis for action during the coming
months.
Reconstruction, the most press
ing of the problems confronting
the new Labor Government. will
be carried out under a combined
economic plan. In addition to the
normal state budget, an over-all
national budget is to be set up
showing the size of the national
income. its distribution and em
ployment. and the results of the
nation‘s labor. A revision of the
tax structure is also called for.
According to present plans, the
severe housing shortage in Nor
way is to be relieved through the
construction of 100,000 new
homes, and shipbuilding, textile,
and wood products industries will
be fitted under a Government pro
gram to guarantee full utilization
and expansion.
Merchant, fishing, and whaling
fleets are to be rehabilitated as
50011 as possible with special at
tention to wages and working
conditions of the seamen.
All possible efforts will be made
to rehabilitate and modernize tour
ist facilities. with the Govern
ment proposing that liquor li—
censes be issued to mountain re
sorts and tourist hotels.
In the field of state control, the
proposal advising a state import
monopoly on livestock, feed, sugar,
and medicines will be further in
vestigated as will the nationaliz
ing of all coastal transport. The
Government will also suggest that
all social insurance activities be.
combined under a. single depart
ment. Civil air travel will be re
garded .as a national enterprise
with the State as a participating
member.
Provision will also be made for
a grant of Kr. 100,000 ($20,000)
to be distributed as scholarships
or interest-free loans for the edu
cation of children whose parents
died in the war.
Bergman To Be
Film Producer
One of the most interesting deals
ever made in Hollywood was com
pleted Jan. 19. when Ingrid Berg
man and Walter Wanger formed
the Eu Corporation. which means
one in Swedish.
VValter is president and Ingrid
is vice president.
This means Miss Bergman be—
comes a producer.
In making the announcement.
Wanger emphasized this is not. an
cxclusxve contract It calls for
three pictures which Ingrid will
assist in making and in which she
will appear. But she can and will
appear in outside pictures.
Eight Danish Newspapermen Have
Arrived For Tour Through U. S.
Eight top-ranking Danish journ
alists have arrived in U. S. by
plane for a seven-week tour of
the United States as guests of
the Department of State. Mem
bers of the group. which represents
all of Denmark’s newspapers and
press associations, were active
participants in the Danish resist
ance movement, serving their
country with distinction until her
liberation on May 5, 1945. f
The journalists, all of whom‘
speak Enghsh, will study at first-l
hand America‘s vast industrial and“
agricultural structure and have
also evidenced keen interest in the
country's social and cultural ac
tivities. The visitors’ itinerary has
been planned with a view to pre-;
senting a cross—section of Ameri-:
can activities in all sections otj
the country. 1
In New York. the Danish news
men will visit centers of cultural
interest. Special emphasis will be
given to a tour of metropolitan
newspaper plants, the press as
sociations and radio networks.
From time to time during the
course of their stay. members 0:
the group will make broadcasts
to Denmark, describing their ex
periences in the United States.
, The party will meet President
Truman, Secretary of State
Byrnes. and other leading govern
ment. military. industrial and labor
officials in \Vashington, where
they hope to gain some insight
into the workings of American
government. ,
In view of Denmark‘s leading
position as a dairy country, her
press representatives will be shown
through the Cornell University
School of Agriculture and will also
investigate latest American farm
ing techniques in the New York
State dairy region.
Detroit, center of the nations?
automotive industry. Chicago's fa-Ei
mous stockyards, and the aircraft?
plants and shipyards of the west“
coast cities of Seattle. San Fran-“y
cisco and Los Angeles are major}
points on the itinerary. During;
their visit to San Francisco, the;
journalists will also see the Uni-‘
versity of California, site of the‘
gigantic cyclotron. This should be
of special interest to the Danes.
whose distinguished countryman.‘
Nobel prize-winner. Niels Bohrfi
played such a vital role in the'
discovery of the atomic bomb. ‘
A tour of the Grand Canyon is:
sheduled to give the visitors a‘
taste of the scenic splendor of the
West. The newsmen will spend
some time at San Antonio. Texas.
with trips to Randolph Field and
Kelly Field. After a brief visit to
New Orleans. the group will pro
ceed to Knoxville, Tennessee. where
they will spend several days study
ing:r the vast Tennessee Valley Au
thority projects.
The Danish journalists who are
»making this circuit of the coun
try are Anton Abildtrup. editor-in
chief of Radikale Venstres Presse
bureau, the Radical Party‘s press
agency; H. Hansen. editor-in-chief
of Venstres Pressebureautthe Lib
eral Party's press agency; Borge
Houmann. editor-in‘chief of the
Communist newspaper, Land as:
Folk; Arild Hvidtfeldt, correspond
ent for Socialdemokratisk Provins
presse. the Social Democratic
Party's provincial press agency:
Ebbe Munch, editor of Information.
the Resistance Movement‘s illegali
newspaper. now a Copenhagen
daily; Gunnar L. C Nielsen. editorl
of the Copenhagen conservative
daily Nationaltidendc; Sven 'I‘illge-
Rasmussen. correspondent for P0-
litiken. Denmark's largest daily
newspaper; and Poul Westphall.
editor of the Conservative Berling—
ske Titlende. i
The tour is part of State De
partment policy to bring foreign
Siucvrv \hnui \Vthm in ”m‘ Scandanugw I‘xw‘ulx
BEE HIVE COFFEE SHOP
0;». n H .\..\1.1u \ I“ M. Ikul;
Main and l‘iom‘or Munlosanu
13
journalists to this country an?
zgive them the opportunity to study
leconomic, social and political lif»
lin the United States Severa‘
lgroups of European journalist;
lfrom liberateg countries have al‘
{ready traveled throughout the
l nation under government auspices,
jobserving America's scientific. ec
gonomic and cultural achievements
l’ and its handling of the immediate
lproblems of reconversion, demo~
.bilization and political and eco
momic stabilization
Norway Builds
“Streamliner”
Norway's newest diesel powerer.
”streamliner" has been burning tha
rails between Oslo and Bergen
Smashing all records for «Tossing
Norway‘s north-south mountaix'
range, the new train is filst of 2
number to be constructed in Nor
way. Losses to Norway's railroads
represented by a depreciation (>7
rolling stock during the occupa
tion has been set as nearly 38.000.-
000.
New Iceland Chief
REYKJAVIK. Iceland. Jan. 21
—«Brig. Gen Clinton D. Vincent
31-year-old West Point graduate
has assumed command of I." S
Forces in Iceland, it was an
nounced today.
I Sincere Best \K’xshes
O
l Julla E. Crane
corny CLERK
)lontesanq. Wash.
ENGEN'S
Automotive Service
Ford Dealer - Fuel 01‘; Serwce
801-5 Pioneer Ave. E. Phone 43
Montesanu. “'ush.
Hearty Good Wishes
MONTESANO
GREENHOUSE
Phone 122
Pickering’s Red &
White Grocery
Mrs. (‘lum Pirkoring‘. Mgr.
216 S. Main St. Phone 292
Montesano. Wash.
R€RLTY&
E leSURQnC€ neencv
128 Marcy Aux Phone 64
Montesano. \\'a.~hingmn
firm-tings and Bmi \sz‘nm
EASTER PAINT
6' GLASS CO.
Phone 30 “unumano