Scandinavian American. [volume], January 01, 1946, Page 2, Image 2

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

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Youth Symphony Orchestra In Concert, Feb.8
(Continued from Page 1)
Aranyi. the son of a famous Hun
garian violinist and teacher, re
ceived his musical education at
the Royal Academy of Music.
Budapest (Jenoe Hubay) and
Hochschule fuer Musik. Berlin.
Following a period in which he
gave concerts in the capitals and
principal music centers of Europe.
he became an American citizen
and headed music departments at
Duquesne University. Michigan
State College and also conducted
professional symphonies. Seattle
New President of Swedish Réd Cross
-The Swedish Government re
cently acceded to Prince Carl‘s
request to be allowed to resign
from the post of chairman of the
Swedish Red Cross. Prince Carl.
PRINCE CARL
c
who is 84 years of age. will be sue-j
ceeded by Count Folke Bernadette;
as from the beginning of 1946. 5
As a remembrance of Prince
Cari‘s distinguished achievements
during 40 years' service with the
Red Cross, the King of Sweden has
instituted a new Royal decoration,
'the Prince Carl Medal." to be
awarded for distinguished humani
Joining the Health Parade
M
(Wumhom Photo.)
These gm. know that Iuborcnlofll in I Ily enemy. which may remnil
hidden for month: when detected by III x-ny. Equipped with I photo
timer. the machine inking their chest x-nyn opornteo so quickly oniy a
[cw minutes are lost from work. The immune. of periodic X-ray
examination is enphaoiud in the campaign min-t tuba-cumin sup
poned by tho I81. 0‘ Christmas Soul.
‘first became acquainted with Mr.|
lAranyi in 1941, as concertmaster
10f the Seattle Symphony Orches
‘tra under Sir Thomas Beecham.
i The Youth Symphony Orchestra‘
M'as created by Aranyi in 1942.
{and has been under his directioni
‘from the start, It is a non-profiti
‘yorganization. and is-sponsored by?
lthe parents of the members of the
‘ orchestra.
i The personnel of the orchestra
‘come from all Seattle High
QSchools and the University of
iWashington. as well as from
‘Bremerton. Bothell. Enumclaw,
tarian service. Only one medal will
be distributed each year, and the
first is to be awarded on Prince
Carl‘s 85th birthday. February 27,
1946.
When the Swedish Red Cross
was instituted 80 years ago, it was
on a modest scale. Today the
organization has half a million
members and assets of over 30
million kronor. Through its organi
zation over 350,000 Swedes have
received training in hygiene and in
the care of the sick.
It is also a well—known fact that
the Swedish Red Cross has organ
ized a number of relief activities
for the benefit of the war-ravaged
countries in Europe. and thousands
of ex—internees and prisoners-of
war have been transferred from
the German concentration camps
to Sweden for care and convales
cence through its intermediary.
Duty Relaxed On
Gifts To Norway
The Norwegian Embassy in}
Wa’shington, D. C.. reports that;
gift packages of food and usedj
clothing under 110 lbs. in weight‘
will be admitted to Norway duty“
free until April 1. 1946. l
The Norwegian Finance and!
Customs department had earlier}
set Dec. 31. 1945, as the date after
which such packages would be sub
ject to duty. but the new ruling
prolongs this period by three
months. The Customs Office in
Norway has been notified that in
those cases where other items have
been included in packages of food
and used clothing a more compre
hensive customs examination shall
‘ be instituted. '
'Denmark Hos First ' 3
Execution in 54 Years ‘
Copenhagen. —- Helwig Larsen,
34-year-old former war corre
spondent for a Danish Nazi news
paper. was killed by a firing squad
in Denmark’s first execution in 54
years. He was sentenced to death
for the murder of 8. Berlin corre
spondent of another Danish paper.
Renton and Kirkland. '
When the curtain goes up at
8:30 on February 8th, at the
Moore Theatre, do not anticipate
that you are about to hear an en
larged school-type orchestra. The
Youth Symphony. under the ex
acting direction and artistic gen
ius of Francis Aranyi, is prepared
to interpret the great masters and
their musical moods in a manner
that will thrill you, both for the
music itself, and for the pride of
accomplishment of these talented
young artists.
Details Given 0n
U. S. $20,000,000
loan To Denmark
Some time ago it was an
nounced that Denmark had bor
rowed 20 million dollars from the
U. S. A, This is just pin money
compared with a 400 million dol
lar loan to Russia: 50 millions to
Holland; 64 millions to China and
many other international loans
from Uncle Sam. The money to
Denmark is net coming through
very fast. however, and Danish
industrialists are dissatisfied with
the delay. which is costing them
money every day as they stand
ready to change American raw
materials into much needed goods.
It appears tnat scme new stipu—
lations have been made by Amer
ica after the deal was practical—
ly closed. It has always been the
custom for two members of the
Danish cabinet to sign for Ameri
can loans: all of a sudden the
powers wanted the: notes signed|
by the entire committee on fin
ances of the Danish parliament.
It was also stipulated that the
goods bought in America for the
money should be transported in
American bottoms. Of course. as
the Danish minister of finance
ipoints out, nobody pays much at-‘
:tention to this clause. inasmuch as
QAmerica seldom has sufficient
ibottoms to handle the great
amount of world shipping; it does
seem strange. however,-that these
‘matters all of a sudden become
so important. It is further stip--
iulated that every time one mil
;lion has been spent in the Ameri
ican imarket the borrower must
ifurnish affidavits to show that
ithe goods have been used in nee-l
lesaary enterprises. To this. one
belligerent Danish paper remarks!
‘that “we are treated much as
{though we were a lot of bandits."i
1 Perhaps the true story behind‘
ithe delay and the challenges has
{something to do with the large‘
~loan to England: now on the stove.
iThe fact is that while Denmark is
jwoefully short on American dollar
fcredit, the efficient. although
{small nation has plenty of sterl
ning credit in England. It might
{thus be that the national bank
.ers in U. S. would like to see Den
lmark use its sterling credit more
iin order to make the pending
{British loan stronger. The only
{trouble with that desire is that
{England does not possess the raw
[material needed by Denmark.
{And in case any small nation is
ito purchase American goods via
the British isles the national econ
romy does not look so good. In
any event all the secrecy and de
lay would no doubt lift like a
fog if only that British loan would
jump one way or anotht-lx
lceiand’s Gift to Aid
British Folk of Hull
HULL, England. Dec. 15, The
gift of £20,000 ($80,000) made to
Hull by trawler owners and the
chief fishery towns of Iceland as
an expression of sympathy w i t h
British seamen who lost their
homes in the war, will be used to
build a hostel for aged people or
the port‘s seafaring community.
March of Dimes Symbol
fi’MI/Ilbllliétf find/1:1? '
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THE NATIONAL FUI'NIMYI‘IHN FUR l,\'|~.\.\l‘H.l-4 }‘\R.\l.\.\l5. L\L
For millions of Americans. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who re
fused to accept defeat from infantile paralysis. symbolized the
nation's fight against the Great Crippler organized and directed by
the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. which the late
President founded. The above poster was prepared by the Nation
al Foundation for its 1946 March of Dimes. January 14-31.
Scandinavians And Finns Hail UNO
(By M. Lorimer Moe in The Christian Science Monitor)
In a world longing for a formula
for the preservation of peace there
is no nation or group of nations
which pins more hope on the suc
cess of the United Nations Organ
ization than Norway. Swaden,
Denmark. and Finland.
Except perhaps in the case of
Sweden. it is not because of fear
of Russian disapproval that the
four northern countries have aban
doned the onetime widely cher
ished dream of u Nordic union.
Nor is it because of a mutual uns
willingness to be regarded as u
bloc serving as a buffer between
any two or more combinations of
‘great powers—even though this is
:a powerful motive.
The real reason is a positive one
and not at all obscure to those
familiar with the history of the
ifour countries: They believe that
a strong and effective interna
ltional organization alone can pro
‘vide the atmosphere of national
isecurity in which they may con
tinue to develop the admirable
lcommunities they had become be
{fore the war.
This is no attitude newly born
of their experiences during the war
just ended in Europe. They were
among the first nations to abandon
force as an instrument of national
policy and place their faith in the
League of Nations. It was not
merely the intellectual brilliance
and strong personality of Sweden‘s
‘grent statesman, Dr. Hjalmnr
Branting. which made him one of
President Wilson's stanchest and
most effective supporters during
‘the early years of the League.
What was only one element con
‘tributing to his prominence in thc
- experiment.
Faith in (‘u-nperalion
It was because he was an able
advocate of the Swedish point of
view-that international m—oper
ation could and should succeed
that Sweden exercised influence
in the League far disproportionate
to its size.
i Because Sweden's three immo
idiate neighbors shared this on
!thusiasm for the League. it was
inot surprising that Norway should
;have provided it with another per
:smmlity , namely Dr. Carl J Hum
ibm who will probably be Monu
fiod with the League as long as
*thc organization lself in remem
ibt’fl‘d.
1 Dr. Bruntlng passed on several
years ago and since Dr. Hombre
lost his post an Prestdent of the
Norwegian atoning (Punishment)
THE SCANDI NAVIAN AMERICAN
last month. he no longer enjoys
the same prestige at home that
he did for a generation; but their
belief that international Co-opera‘
tion can and must succeed is
stronger today than ever, not only
in Sweden and Nor'way, but in
Denmark and Finland as well.
It is unfair and inaccurate to
state that the hope of these coun<
tries for UNO's success is based
on fear of Russia or of any other
power. though again this must
be said with reservations as to
Sweden. The important truth is
that they sincerely desire to be
good neighbors to the whole world.
A few months before the shoot
ing stopped in Europe. Dr. Arne
Ording. Norwegian scholar and
historian and adviser to the Nor
wegian Ministry of Foreign Af
fairs, made an interesting observa
tion to me regarding what he con
siders a dangerous and all too
widely accepted fallacy.
It is wrong. he declared. to think
of the tremendous advances in
communications and transporta
tion in terms of a shrinking world.
The exact opposite is true. Vast
new horizons have opened up for
both individuals and nations. As
radio and the airplane have mas
tered the problems of time and
distance. our neighborhood has ex—
panded to include the whole world
While It is not always encoun
tered in vxactly this form. Dr.
Ordlng‘s View of the vastly broad—
ened new world community is
widely accepted in. Norway, SWO
den, Denmark and Finland. Th0
people and the governments of the
four countries believe that fills
new community must be organizt‘d
to presm'w: law and order just as
lhv smaller units within it are
vrgnnizcd. The only alternative is
chaos.
Nowhere in the world will one
find a greater determination to
preserve national integrity. na
tional cultures. and institutinnk
But the chdes. Danes. NOT‘
wogians and Finns have learned
from experience of varying d‘“
greos of bitterness that there IS
no longer a possibility of a na
tion and especially a small one
isolating itself from the com—
munity of which it is a. part.
Thin in why the four countries
of northu-n Europe are so our!”
to participate-in a strong World
organization. This is why they art‘
pinning their home and mm on
UNO.
Broadened New “'orld