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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
Amongst Scandinavians
Here and There
E. J. Dalby, widely~known wat
erfront reporter and for more than
two decades marine editor of the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. died
Dec. 28 in Virginia Mason hospital
here.
Dalby. who had retired a few
years ago. was a member of a
pioneer Washington family.
Since his retirement he had liv
ed at the family residence near
Union. on Hood canal. He is sur
vived by his widow, three sons and
a daughter.
is 2!: =9!
Chaplain Frithjof Eide has been
stationed at Fort Lewis‘ since May
of last year. He is attached to
Sections 1, 2 and 4 of Madigan
General Hospital and is now re
siding with his wife. and two chil
dren at Parkland.
Chaplain Eide was pastor in Os
trander, Minn, prior to entering
the army Chaplaincy in February,
1944. Mrs. Eide is the former Mar
garet Wall of Vancouver, B. C..
and was president of the North
Puget Sound Circuit Luther
League for five and a half years
prior to taking over the position
of educatioonal secretary of the
International Young People‘s Luth
er League of the Norwegian Luth
eran Church. with headquarters in
Minneapolis.
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An Oregonian who has con-‘
tributerl to development of ‘radmz‘
is Dr. Vivian A. Johnson, daughter"
of Mrs. Albert G. Johnson, 01*
2914 S. E. Salmon street. Gradu-‘
ate of Washington high school and
Reed college. Dr. Johnson earned‘
her advance degrees at Purdue!
university. 1
Dr. Johnson. with two others‘
from the northwest, Dr. Hubert J.‘
Yearian with a B. s. and M. s}
degree from the University of Ore-i
gon and Dr. Ronald N. Smith oi”
Vancouver. B. C.. have been work-1
ing secretly the last three years.
Their work has been with the Pur
due Resenrch foundation, Lafay
ette. ln<l., under :i contract from
the National Defense Research
committee.
.The physicists. under the (“rec-1
tion of Dr. K. Lark-Horovitz. suc-‘i
cessfully adapted the rare element‘
germanium. a release from thm
purdue foundation states. to rc-l
place silicon crystals for radon
sets. ;
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Galveston. Dec. 27.- Eight crewl
members of the Swedish ship Svea
borg which exploded and sank at
Texas City, are reported missing.
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Dr. E. c. Bloomquist or Chicago
passed away suddenly on Sunday
morning. Dec. 9. according to a
telegram received by C. 0. Lynn
of Tacoma. Mr. Lynn had visited‘
Dr. Bloomquist two weeks previ-‘
ously and said that he was in ap-i
parent good health. Dr. Bloom
qulst served as pastor of First
Lutheran Church (Aug). Tacoma,
for 14 years. He was vice presi
dent of the Columbia Conference
for several terms. He is survived
by his wife and two children. Dr.
Bloumquist was born on February
20, 1879.
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Election of Chris Anderson as
president of the Greater Empire
Way Community Club in Seattle
was announced recently.
. t e no-
A University of Washington
graduate, Dr. Harold K.Skramstad,
was one of the scientists who por
footed the Bat. the radar-guided
flying bomb. one of America's fore
most secret weapons developed in
the war, it was revealed recently.
Dr. Skamstad. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Olaf Skramstad, 6412 8th
Ave. N. E.. was graduated from
the College of Puget Sound and
obtained his ‘physics fellowship
and his doctor's degree at the Uni
versity of Washington. He is at
present an aeronautical research
physicist with the national bu~
rcsu of standards.
Maria Mack is home in Seattle
utter upendlng a year abroad with
the office of Strategic Services:
going through six months of the
Mndon hula; being one o! the
first Allies to enter Nazi-occupied
Norway and driving her nwn jeep.
Miss Mack, whose nivkname is
“Mosse.” is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Egil Mack, 3612 F}. Union
St. Her father is a Seattle banker.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sundt
announce the engagement of their
daughter. Nancy Marie. to Mr. Tul‘
Myklebost of Oslo, Norway. Miss
Sundt came to this country im
mediately after the German in‘
vasion of Norway in 1940, and
made her home in Seattle with her
parents. She is a graduate of Vas
sar College and has been active
in various fields, among them
teaching the Norwegian language
to the American soldiers at the
University of Oregon. After half
a year at the press department at
the. Norwegian Embassy in Wash
ington. D. C., she is now an as
sistant in the Norwegian Informa
tion Service in New York.
She is the granddaughter of the
late Mr. Moritz Thomson and has
one brother, Mr. Frederick Sundt,
Jr.. a svcund officer in the Mer—
chant Marine, now on duty in
China.
Mr. Myklebost attended the. Uni
versity of Oslo. and was :1 journ
alist in Oslo befon" the war. He
became active in undorgrmmd
work immediately after the Ger
man occupation of Norway and
had to 950an that country in late
1940.
Bong Scholars
To Be Trained
AttUniversity
The University of Washington
has hoon solcctml us om- of the
sohnols which will train scholar
ship shulmts in aeronautical 0n—
;linm-I'ing' under tho Richard Ira
Bong Memorial Foundntion plan.
Dean R A. Loew, of tho college,
of engim‘vring, announced today.
Fifty high-svhool graduate-Si. sc
h-ctod from schools all owr the
United States and Alaska will re
wivo scholarships each year. on a
competitive basis.
The foundation was organized in
Poplar. Wis., Bong’s home city. by
friends of the ace flyer. on a non
profit basis. as a living memorial
to Major Bong, Swedish American.
and other airmen who gave their
lives in the war.
“The University of Washington
is pleased to be among the institu
tlons that will share the great
work of the Bong Foundation in
educating American youth in th‘s
highly lmportant field." Dean
Loew said.
Besides the 50 $1,000 scholar
ships to be awardml yearly
through public contributions. the
foundation plans to erect a recrea—
tional and educational building in
Poplar. The foundation is headed
by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. who
will serve as honorary chairman.
Gen. H. H. Arnold and Col. Jimmy
Stewart will serve as honorary
vice chairmen.
Estonian Voyagers
Denied U. S. Entry
NORFOLK. Va. _,_ Entrance to
the United States is being denied
by immigration omvlals to 16 E3-
tontans who lmdcd here Doc. 15
after sailing their 37-foot sailboat
for 129 days across the seas from
Stockholm, Sweden. in the hope
that they could begin anew lives
um had been upset by European
wars and oppressions.
None of the group. composed of
sm‘en men. five women, and {our
small girls. possessed visas nor
had any or them cansulted an
American consul before gutting
their handoun voyage to Amer
tea.
Olson Seeks
Mayor Post .
In Tacoma
With advent of the new year.
Tacoma‘s political pot has com—
menced to simmer gently. and the
broth that is brewing gained a,
bit more. strength ’l‘hursday with
the formal announcenwnt of Paul
A. Olson. former secretary to Con
gressman John M. (,‘uffc-c, of 01—
son's candidacy as mayor zmd
commissioner of public welfare.
Olson is the first candidate to
formally announce his intention of
seeking the mayor's post since
Mayor Harry P. Cain announced
several days ago that ho would not
be a candidate for ro-cioction.
In announcing his candidacy,
Olson said in part:
"In the next two months the
voters of the city of Tacoma will
select one of their number to
serve as mayor and commissioner
of public Welfare. I have decided
to file as a. candidate for that po
sition. 'Ihere are many reasons
for this decision. not the least
among them the urging: of many
fellow Tacomans and friends who
have persuaded me that my exper
ience. qualifications and training
muld be of service to our city at
this time when 50 many crucial
decisions will be made. affecting
our whole future.
“Tacoma must have more fac
tories on the tideflats; more ships
loading and unloading in the har
bor; more businesscs. hospitals,
schools. day nursorivs. libraries;
more places to work as well as to
play; more concerts and cultural
activities; more homes and great
or economic opportunity for all?
“Today Tacoma faves the new
arse of thv Pacific. There are lim
itless opportunities ahead, in com
nn‘rco. trade. air transportation.
shipping and manufacturing. to
name a few. An nkrt. prng‘ros—
sive City administration can bv in
the vanguard of tho driw to help
'I‘nooma get her full share of bene
fits and aid, state and national.
in achieving mnst of these aims.
“This is. and will be. thv cun
tral thomw nf my campaign for
mayor. I will launch such a cam
paign immodiatoly upon my rc
turn from Washington, 110. about
Jan. 12. At a time when city gov—
ernments must work closely with
state and federal. as well as civic
and commercial groups, my friends
have stressed the value of my ex
perience of more than 10 years
broad and active governmental
work with John M. Coffee, the
distinguished legislator from Ta
coma. While that job was federal
in title and tmik me to Washing—
ton. D. 0.. part of each year. its
very nature has been such as to
require closé- daily contact with
the officials and functions of all
units of govcnimvnt in my home
:city. county. and state.
‘ “I submit that my awareness of
our potential opportunities. com
bined with my knowledge or how
im secure maximum cuopemtion
‘lt‘rnm federal and state officials.
lcivic and commercial groups, mi
ititlcs me to ask for the weapon-
Istibility of serving as your mayor.“
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Oslo Invites Track
!And Field Stars
Norway will play hunt to Eu
rope's traok and field stars next
summer when the European clum
picmship will be decided in Oslo
between August 22 and 25. Prep
arations for the event are already
under Way in Norway's (:1le].
where Norwegian Cruwn Prlnce
Olav has been elevted Honorary
President of lhe Track and Field
Ashmcintlon. His father. Klng
Haukon, has volunteered his serv
ices as pull-on for the affair, while
Foreign Minister Trygvu Lie has
been named chairman nf the re
ception committee. The schedule of
events will include all those of the
mm Olympic come-tn.
WE WISH HIM lUCK
(Editorial in The Alaska Weekly. Jan. 11, 1946)
On December 31, Colonel Otto
FA Ohlsnn retired as General
Manager of thv Alaska Railroad
after eighteen years in that va
pacity.
Starting: in thw mlh'oad business
as a, youth in his nativv Swoden.
Colnm‘i Ohison's railroading has
pretty wvll cm’ermi tho globe.
From tviogrnph operator in A!“
gentina to working on British
roads in India is quite :1 jump. but
not too much for Otto. Thor-9 ful
lnwcd nine years with tho P('nn~
syivzmia. :1, wvshvard move to tho
Northern Pacific. and than camt‘
World War I, which shnrtly found
him in me‘o as Railway Super
intendent for tho AEF‘. whvrv hc‘
did an outstanding job buth dur
im: the war and in the distribu
tion of supplies: at thv' close of thv
war, and earned the rank of Lieut.
Colonel.
Returning to the Nnrthurn Pu-
Cil‘ic as a division Supvrintvndvnt
ho had but thrt‘e yours ll) [:0 1w
forv retirement whm he was ask
(‘d to go to Alaska to sew what
could be done toward making; the
Alaska Railroad pay.
A little understood fact is thntf
Colonel Ohlson went to Alnskui
with the distinct understanding}
that either the Alaska Railroad}
paid its way or ceased ope-rations.‘
since Congress. forgetful of the;
real objective for which the roml‘
had been constructed. had decidedi
that it would make no further ap-i
propriations to meet deficits. ?
The Colonel accepted the ehal-i
lenge and. never a. man to “pllss‘
the buck" accepted with it the ill
will erented by the measures noe-i
essary to the aecomplishment of
the job. We happen to know per—
sonally of one instance in whieh
he went to Washington to protesh
a freight rate increase, met an:
mlnment eommittee on uppropria
tions, and returned to Alaska to‘
meet the antagonism of Alaskans
who held him solely responsiblei
for the rates whit-h he, nfi well my
they. knew would delay tlle ill-vel—
opment of the railroad belt.
This :1 fact well known to his
friends that. Colonel Ohlson has
long: wished to retire. and. except
‘for the outbreak of World \Vnr ll,
iwoulil hm'e retired some years
iago. But. the Colonel is not the
Etype to quit under fire aiul he
lbuekleil into the job of keeping
the mass of tonnage occasioned by
{war demands rolling over the line,
innd of keep'ng‘ the line in shade
ito handle it, with all the gusto of
a stripling and the judgment of a
lveteran.
Often a storm center and never
(lodgingr :1 fight. Otto Ohlson maile
mum: NATIONS fiflefig
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his shale nt‘ onemies «luring his
loightovn years in Alaska and ac
wu-‘ptod them as all in the day's
fwork. By the same token he madv
in host 01' luyai friends who ud
lmirod his ubilLty in do things. his
iunquestiunsblo integrity, both of
:purpose and action, the thbusands
Inf charitable and kindly deeds
iwhioh were a part of his every
iduy living although hidden be
inr-ath a gruff, protectivv shell.
{and the unswerving loyalty of his
i friendships.
! At 75. Colonel Ohisnn is plan
éning to revisit his natin Sweden
lfur the fist time in fifty years
innd than to return to Alaska
gwhoro his interests. both financial
_nnd sentimental. chiefly liv.
i We happen to be among thnsv
iwho are proud to can Colonel Ot
‘in Ohison "friend." and to admit
iboth our admiratinn fur the man
inor in which he has handlt‘d a
ldiffii-ult job in Alaska nml th»
‘nffc‘rtion WP hold for him ns 3
imam. We wish him llli‘k inis nf
litr except when we) tunglv With
ihim in a pukvr gunu‘.
I s
ls Gust Alaska’s
Oldest Sourdough?
‘ WA H _
L Last fall, Glut .hmg‘quist relo
[brated his 90th birthday in (for
.dovn. in good health and stzll able
to walk about. enjoy the society
(if his friends and nvlghhnrs and
even Chat with tho hnrkvvp as he
takes an nccnslnmil morning "nip."
Gus recalls that whvn hv got
his first pair of long pants lw had
a hankering to trawl and being
fond of the sea stayl-d with ships
for long years during whlvh time
he visited prm‘tivnlly n~\'rr_\' [Hit in
Africa and Snuth Amt-rim. When
only 20 he decided to take out
citizenship paiwrs srmn mitt-r. Back
in 1889 he sailed to (‘urdnvn and
liking the "lay wl’ thv land." he
took :1 job bringing in fish fur
this first mnnm'y §‘\'¢‘l‘_\' ”printed
‘in the district. lmzltnl un Luke
FEyak. Bctwt-on wasting hl‘ pros
pected and mim‘d m thv Mt-Kmlvy
Lake district.
He owned ('onaidernhlv pmporty
in ()ldtuwn “'hit'h he ldtt‘l‘ (ix
changed fur thl‘ corner site now
occupied by tho I’mitunum Clean
lers. It is thought he is thv uldost
:resident in the torritnry, bath in
”mint of age and length uf rosi
‘gdenco.
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