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“For Service
To Mankind"
Americans may be proud that
six of the Nobel Prize winners for
1946 are citizens of this country.
If they are surprised by the divi
sion of the peace award between
Dr. John R. Mott and Prof. Emily
Green Balch this will not be be
cause they doubt the sincerity with
which these two have striven for
peace, Dr. Mott largely as an in
ternational religious leader, Pro
fessor Balch as a social worker
and teacher whose pacifism is of
the kind and simple sort taught by
the Society of Friends. But the
expectation was among some who
gave thought to the matter. that
nominees would be found among
the'statesmen who have done the
hard and tedious work of trying to
put the United Nations on its feet.
When current controversies have
died down and the world is a little
nearer a true peace. perhaps a
shining name or two will .be found
worthy in this field. - .
The literary award. which went
to Hermann Hesse, a German nat
uralized in Switzerland in 1912,
creates an international fam'e
where none existed before. If. as
Secretary Anders Osterling of the
Swedish Academy suggests, th's
honor recognizes an early revolt
against German anti-humanism,
we can understand it, The four
scientists, Profs. Wendell M. Stan
ley, James B. Sumner and J. H.
Northrop. in chemistry. and Prof.
Percy Williams Bridgman, in phy
sics, have all done work which is
recognizably for “the benefit of
mankind." It is no criticism of
the awards that the public does
not know them as it knew Einstein.
Marie Curie. Niels Bohr, R. A. Mil
likan arid a few other earlier prize
winners. Scientific research is a
stern and lonely discipline. of
which public acclaim is usually a
purely accidental by-product.
Science. literature and the dis
interested search for peace are all
parts of one mighty movement. as
the Nobel Prize system recognizes.
Those picked out of theranks for
honor are deeply significant only
as they represent the millions of
the still unknown. These names.
though it would be easy.to suggest
others. are in this fashion repre
sentative.
(Editorial, New York Times)
During" the occupation several
hundred Danish civilians lent aid
to allied fliers by hiding them
from the Germans and later aid
ing them in escaping to Sweden.
A few days ago they all received
a certificate of thanks signed by
the General-in-Chief of the Allied
forces. Gen. Dwight W, Eisen
hower.
Scandinavian Railway Connections
Wiih Continent Improve Rapidly
STOCKHOLM. —— The railway
connections betWeen Scandinavia
and the European continent are
gradually improving. Regular train
facilities for passengers and freight
exist at present from Sweden. via.
Denmark. to Holland. Belgium,
France, Switzerland and Italy.
Moreover. via the train-ferry route
between Treileborg and Gdynia.
opened by the Swedish State Rail
40 Million Cigarets
To Denmark
The American Red Cross has
presented 40 million cigarets to
the Danish Red Cross; the smokes
are in W!- F‘rnden Germany. and all
the Danish Red Cross has to do is
to come and get them in five large
trucks.
When the much desired cigar
ets bearing the trade marks such
as Lucky Strike, Chesterfields,
Philip MorrTs and Camel arrive in
Denmark, they will be sold through
all cigar stores and the profit goes
to the Danish Red Cross.
The trucks from Wiesbaden will
each be accompanied by eight sol
diers and a machine gun. The
retail price will be 5 crowns for
etch package of 20 or approxi
mately 81,25.
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Vol. 2, No. 9.
A Joyous Christmas And
Happy New Year To All!
The Christmas hymn, “Var hiilsad, skiina. morgonstund.” is being sung in this little
Swedish country church. where Christmas has been celebrated since early medieval times.
ways in April. Sweden operates
direct services to Poland.
Through sleeping cars Stock
holm. “'arsaw. Zerbrzydowice. on
the C 29 c h border. are running
twice a week, and on November 17
similar connections 0 p e n e d be
tween Stockholm, Gdynia. Prague.
with further facilities to Vienna.
On the same day. another new
connection. the Scandinavia Ex
press. opened with trains three
times a week between Copenhagen.
Amsterdam. Hook of Holland. Har
wick, London and back. In both
directions there will be connec
tions with Stockholm. Gothenburg
and Oslo. The Scandinavian Ex
press will run daily as from May
4, and as from July 1 it will be
possible to travel by thrjough
sleeper from Book of Holland via
Copenhagen to Stockholm.
’ The Swedish Railway authorities
also report that better timing is}
Ito be introduced shortly for thei
Nord Express from Paris. A whole ’
‘day’s journey will be gained. as}
the arrival at Stockholm will be!
8:45 a. m. instead of 7.08 p. m. as!
lat present. Another daily connec-
Ition will be established by attach-j
ling first, second and third classI
day-coaches from Copenhagen to
Paris on the Scandinavia Express. I
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON/ DECEMBER, 1946
Swedish Apparatus
localizes Thunder
At- long Distance
STOCKHOLMch Swedish ox
pei't on thunderstorms. professor
Harald Norindei'. of the High Ten
sion Institute at Upsala. is re
ported to have constructed and
tested an apparatus for locating
thunder, which is expected to be
of importance to international air
traffic.
The apparatus can make meas
urements down to one-millionth of
a second, and can record 100 light.
ing flashes a second, Norinder‘s
apparatus makes it possible to de
tect and follow thunderstorms at
a very great distance and thus ob
tain valuable information about
the weather far ahead of what
would otherwise be possible.
Growth Of Swedish
Merchant Marine
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 15.~—tBy
airmail)«~Between July 31. 1939.
and the same date of this year,
the Swedish merchant fleet in
creased fmm 1.618.000 gross tons
to 1,688,000 gross tons. Steam
ship tonnage decreased {mm 889,-
000 to 561.000 gross Lona, while
motor-ships increased from 693.-
000 to 1,069,000 gro- atom.
TRYGVE LIE:
Rugged, Self-Made, That Is
World's Top Civil Servant
What sort of :1 man does it take to fill the post of Secre
tary-General of the United Nations—top job in the world's
new international civil service?
Trygve Lie of Norway. the first man to hold the job.
furnishes some of the answers. Just 50 and a graduate of
the Oslo University Law School.
he has had a varied career as a
legal adviser in labor matters, a
mediator, a Labor Party official,
and a. Government executive. Son
of a carpenter. and a boy who
worked his own way through
school. he has been four times
Minister in his Government. hav
ing the Departments of Justice.
Commerce, Shipping and Supply.
and. most recently Foreign Af
fairs. During the war, he was in
strumental in founding the Nor
wegian Trade and Shipping Mis
sion which, with some 1,000 ships.
was the largest shipping concern
in the world and played an impor
tant role in the victory over the
Axis.
Besides Norwegian. Mr Lie,
speaks fluent English. and has a?
working knowledge of French and
German. He also speaks some
Russian. ,
He I; married. and has three"
_dau‘hters. An enthusiastic sports-l
Sigrid Gurie
Back In U. S.
NEW YORK, N. ifs—Following;
an extended visit in her homeland.
actress Sign‘d Gurie returned to
the United States aboard the Nor
wegian liner S .8 “Stavangerfjord”
on Friday, November 29th. Dur
ing her stay in Norway. Miss
Gurie was cast in a documentarv
film depicting the sabotage actirm
of Norwegian underground form-4
in Nam-occupied Norway.
Sharing the leading role was hvr
twin brother Lt. Knut Haukelill
who during the occupation was one
of Norway‘s foremost sabotage
ases and the recipient of some (,5
highest Norwegian. American, and
British military awards. Lt. Haukw
lid was .one of the leaders of the
Norwegian underground group
which succeeded in destroying the
Rjukan “heavy water" inltallu.
tions so vital to Nazi atomic re
search.
Miss Gurie's father was arrested
by the Gestapo in late 1943 and
later died as a result of his im
prisonment. '
It Happened In
Copenhagen
A Copenhagen lady recently at
tended a funeral; she was attired
in the latest Parisian style with a
g‘oxgeous hat. and as she was about
to enter the Church it occurred to
her that she looked too gay, where
!fore she dropped her hat in a side
:room before taking a seat.
; A little later she saw to her con-
Esternation that the undertakers
carried floral pieces from the room
and placed them on the coffin:
among the decorations she noticed
her fancy headpiece! She did no:
have the Courage to create a scene
and the hat went into the grave:
TRYGVE LII
man when time permits. ho is para
ticularly fond of tennis. hunting
and skiing. He is also fond of
good music md reading and inter
eltod In art.
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