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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN Ballard Firm Offers Fishing Facilities The Ballard Boathouse. at 607 Seaview Avenue. is equipped to serve Seattle sport fishermen with the newest type boats and necessi ties such as bait, cleaning sinks, motors, etc. The firm recently purchased 50 Morris “Storm King" kicker boats, 14 feet long with a beam of 5 feet. The boats are all equipped with rollers. doing away with the inconvenience of dollies. Other services include a parking lot with space for a hundred cars. There are accommodations for dry storage for boat owners. Ballard Boathouse is a member of the Pu get Sound Resort Owners Associa tion and is eligible for all derbies. The owners heartily welcome sal mon fishermen of this area to pay them a visit. Brown Light Prevents Nightfilindaefi - , ‘ s‘fi'OCKHOLM, May 10. (By airmal)-—An interesting and ef fective means of preventing night blindness has been tried out in Sweden and will be used on the units of the Swedish Navy now under construction—the cruisers “The Kronor" and “Gtita Lejon" and the destroyers "bland" and “Uppland.” These vessels are be ing equipped with dual lighting systems, one with ordinary white light and one “emergency sys tem" with tempered brown light. For the illumination of chart cases and navigation instruments brown lamps will be used. each with a rheostat, by wh’ch the in tensity of the light can be ad justed. An additional advantage of brown light is that all colors remain almost unchanged. A person who has been in a 'lighted rocm is practically night blind when he comes out in the dark. and it takes nearly one half hour before he regains a satis— factory night vision. This has been revealed by Carl Ekstrand. ‘head of the electrical department of the Swedish Naval Adminis tration. It is naturally of the. greatest importance that lookouts, navigation officers, and other members of the deck staff should have their eyes well adjusted to darknesa when they go on duty. Experiments have been made ear lier with blue light. This. how— ever. did not pmVe satisfactory. and neither did red‘ Lght. since it involves the risk of color Con fusion. A neutral tint. similar to brown bottle glass has been found to be the answer R. D. BODLE C0. 3 Packer‘s Quick-Frozen Fruits & Vegetables EL. 7890 Inc. 30:0 7| Spring Svutllv Phoenix Shingle Co.. Inc. 0 «I455 Shilsholt- Aw DE. (H99 Seattle DEPENDABLE SERVICE Ql'.\l.lT\' GROCERIES (3A. 00” 3‘35 \\'. Huh-r St. NELSEN'S FROZEN FOODS — (‘OLD MEAT —— l('l'] (Rl‘l.\)l lh-lh'o-ry I’rhlIo-gvs Svulilt- Olympic Foundry Company IRON AND MALLEABLE CASTINGS Manlllal'tllrvrq uf (‘ualhnlo- (‘mwrm Hraflnlrs. )Ivlc-r (‘nu-rs. “a— N‘I’lllpo- F‘ltflngfi. lem-t & Smu-r (‘nsflnxm firm-ml .lnhhlnx Foundry Work 5200 Airport Way R.\inier 7123} Seattle First Jewish Refugees Arrive In Norway - Their New Home OSLO.—m0n Sunday, May 11th. 399 Jewish refugees from Dis placed Persons Camps in Germany set foot on the soil of Norway, their new home. The simple, grip ping ceremony which took place 'on the after-deck of the Norwe gian troop transport “Svalbard“ was witnessed by a host of well wishers who had gathered at the port of Halden. and marked an- Iother milestone in the long h’s tory of Norwegian aid to all Eu-l rope‘s suffering. "Norway is a State governed by law." greeted Refugee Director Sverre Petter sen, “and our laws guarantee per sonal freedom to every individual regardless of race or faith." A .similar declaration was voiced by the leader of the Jewish society I in Norway. New arrivals and wel coming Norwegians joined with ihearts if not in words as the strains of Norway’s national an them "J-a vi elsker" and the Jew ish “Hitakwa” rang out over the! crowded dock. There was scarce ly a dry eye to be seen. ‘ “Until today," declared new arrival Adam Limon, "I had the limpresslon that Norway was a poor country with a warm-heart ed people. Now I know that while! I was right about the people there appears to be a higher living standard here than I have seen anywhere else." His brother Sig— mund. a lawyer from eastern Po land. noted that they are sooni expecting a visit from their sis ter now living in America. ’ "Fam a tallor," declared Saul lBeinstock triumphantly, “and I ‘have my tools with me. Now I will soon take up my trade again This is the greatest day in my lifewjust th‘nk, to begin again!" , Father. mother and children wept. ! laughed, and ‘ped their eyes un ashamed. Nearly half of the refugees come from Hungary. There was the Landesmann fa m i l y »- two 1 proud grandparents, a young married couple and a year-old boy. They recited the same tale :of forced labor, concentration, {camp deprivation. torture. Butt inow it was ended. In reply to. icautionfng words that Norway, ‘was still recovering from 5 years [of occupation. that there was ab ; housing shortage, and that the go }ing might be difficult. young? : Landesmann replied. "For 7 years“ {we have lived in barracks and‘ concentration camps. What dif 1fr-rence does it make if we haw. ‘ to live in close quarters when we} can again live as free human be-l ,ings in a free land, free of race lhatred." There were heart-hreak-‘ :ing stories from one death vamp after the other: Auschwitz, Maug ‘ thausen. Gunzkirchen all left he 1hind. They had at last found 21‘ place where they were welcmne,‘ 3 They had found a home. Said one, “When the Norwegian sailors took us ()Ver in Bremerhm‘en, we ’HU‘IODKFI‘ felt like displaced per-‘ sons, We felt like guests in a great family. And when We saw people standing on the dock and} waving to us then we knew that: We were welcome. Everything‘ about Norway is so different than I we had imagined. tho weather. the landscape. the people. Everv thing is well, warm and good," Said the tWo Norwegian I'N‘ RRA officers in charge of the transport, "Here are people who will be a. pleasure to Norway. Here are people who have fought the Nazis as partisans in the Po lish forests. They have labored in Siberia. They know their trade. They are strong and have sur vived a hell which we can not imagine even in our wildest dreams." Harold Kapian of New York. representative of the American Joint Distribution Committee who accompanied the group, noted that at first the refugees were skepti cal over the Norwegian offer-~— afraid of just another disappoint ment. “But when we actually prepared to leave, there were hundreds who wanted to come along. But we could take only 400; a mere drop in the ocean. Thank you for the reception you have given these refugees. I have seen a complete change in them in the course of a few short days. in the camp. They were despon dent. today they are filled with hope and faith." News In Brief l A group of British surgeons, members of the Provincial Surgi cal Club of Great Britain. will make a visit to Sweden in May. Travel between Sweden and the iContinent will be faster and more convenient this summer than in lthe past. Thus. according to the new time table. the journey to Paris is reduced by six hours. al lowing passengers to arrive in Stockholm in the morning instead of in the evening. The direct sleeper service Stockholm-Basel will be on a daily basis rather than three times a week. and the Scandinavian Express to Hook ’van Holland from Copenhagen will run once a day. in addition to which there will be a connec tion with Paris via Osnabrueck. This means that Sweden will have two daily connections with Paris. New carriages have also been iadded to the Swedish roads. . Dr. Marshall Swan. curator of {the American Swedish Historical ‘MUSeum in Philadelphiahas ar irived on his first visit to Sweden where he will spend several weeks 1conferring with museum officials ilnterviewed by Svenska Dag‘bla ‘det. Dr. Swan said his Museum aims at being a cultural clearing home between the two countries 1 Ten-day horseback excursions 3 through Sweden is a tourist novel ity for British visitors arranged by Nordic Travel Bureau. the Eng lish Travel Bureau. and the Swed 1ish Riding Association. The first party will arrive by air in June. ‘The route partly follows the main .roads. partly along winding paths .through forests and over fields. passing many famous historical spots in the provinces of Smaland :iind Ostergotiand. Swedish horses will be used exclusively. Many oi England‘s most noted riders will [be in the first group. 1 Puck Stocklassa. a young SWed 1 ish sculptor. recentlv showed more .ihan 30 of his Works at an exhr bition in New York. which at tracted conszdcrable attention. Mr. Stockliissa has left for the West (‘oast and will later go to Mexico where he has been invited to teach at an art sihool Last year was a healthy one for Sweden. The number of cases of epidemic diseases recorded was 14,559. as compared to an annual average of 27.l85 during the 1931- 1945 decade THE ALICE SHOP LADIES‘ APPAREL Novelties 90‘! E. 85th hl‘f. 963'! Srallln- {Manuscript Fragments ‘Give Clues to Sweden’s TMedieval History J l STOCKHOLM, April 1. .-. (By lairmaill -~ A gigantic jig-saw lpuzzle is being put together by a: Swedish woman researcher, Drfl Tony Schmid. an expert on med-' inval history, who for many years has been engaged in tracing frag ments of medieval manuscripts in rrchives. libraries, and private col lections both in Sweden and in its, neighboring countries. In more ir-. reverent times. these old manufi scripts were used as cover mater-i ial for documents of various kinds. _ They are now being brought to, light again and help to give a new . find more complete picture of med ieval Sweden. Nearly 60,000 such. fragments have been discovered,‘: more than half of which have so} far been checked and recorded. I It was during the 16th and 17th: centuries that a large part of Swe- l den's medieval literature wa si stripped and converted into coversL for official documents. said Dr.i Schmid in a recent newspaper in-! tcrview. Tracing these fragments‘l r-nd putting them together has, been a. veritable piece of detective work. Pages of one and the same I book have often been found in} many different places. and it hasi been a very difficult task to iden-? tify, for instance. the first and: the last pages of the same work.? which have been hidden for cen-i turies in archives located far from . each other. 1 The majority of the 60,000 frag-1 ments consist of theological works lend about one-sixth of law collec-l ‘tlflnS, commentaries to such col-l lections, and legal handbooks.i Among other things. an extreme ly rare anonymous book. "Casus et Notabilia." about the decretals‘ of Pope Gregorious IX (1227- 1241), has been discovered. Only‘ one copy of this book has so far tlueen known. Remarkable evidence unknown to international research in this field. of the very early con tact between Sweden and Home has also been brought to light in the form of letters about Sweden and to Swedish addresses from In nocent III, who was elected Pope :in 1198. 1 King Gustaf has arrived in Nice, lwhere he will rest until his return [to Sweden in June. His physician l'as permitted him to play tennis 1fifteen minutes every day. The linonareh will soon be 89 years old. 3 Crown Princess Louise of Swed ien has gone to England for a fiuu week visit with her mother. the '«'owag\-r Marquess of Milford .anen. The Crown Princess' hro— lher. Lord Mountbatten. was re cently installed as Viceroy of In ‘ "113. ° \ A new permanent display room for Orrefnrs glass, designed by Virginia Hammlll, interior decor ator. has opened at Fisher. Bruce & Company, Eastm‘n IYnitNt States representatives (if Orni furs. in their New York quarter" at 1107 Broadway. The glzisa in cludes large engravm vasos. urns. and plates as well as plainor tum blers. carafos. and wine glassos, “There will be 50 percent more Swedish glass available to Ameri can shoppers this year than in 1946," E. Monroe Fisher. pres:- dem of the firm. said at the open ing of the new Show rooms. Phone MAin I766 l'asteurized Milk and (‘reum Prompt and (‘ourteous Seniee 8‘30 Yale Avenue North Seattle LISTEN TO Ml'SH‘ PROM S(‘.\.\‘DIN‘\\ I \ l'n-u‘nh-(I Hy MEN‘S “EAR CENTER SI-i \'I"I‘I.I‘I T \1 I“! \ "h & I‘ilu- th ‘\ I'm-Hu .\I(D\l).\\ — \\ I'IDNII'ZSD\\' -—» l‘lilli\\‘ 5:30 I'. \I. Radio Station KEV“ -— 1090 am your Dial 7 Trial of Gestapo [Chief in Norway OSLO Since the day in May. 1945 when victorious Norwegian resistance forces drove the. Nazi Gestapo from their headquarters and slammed prison doors behind them, one question has been on the lips of most Norwegians: “When will they try Fehmer?" The an« saver came when State Prosecutor Sund presented Norway’s charges against Siegfried Wolfgang" Feh mer, war-time Gestapo chief in the Oslo district. and often termed the most dangerous German in Nor way. The indictment is the longest yet to be leveled against any war criminal by the Norwegian Gov crnment. Now only 36 years of age. Feh mei' is described as the Norwegian resistance movement‘s enemy No. 1. not only because of his central position in the vital Oslo district. but because of his unusual capa city The evil genius of the man soon rated him the most feared of the Nazi secret police, and the strategist of the Gestapo in Nor way. It is noted, however. that the indictment is mainly concerned with the details and not the broad sweep of his activities. He more than any other single individual is held responsible for Nazi torture in Norway. It was he who intro duced the length of rubber-covered cable. the leg-clamps, and the in famous “ice bath" as means of persuasion. He not only ordered the. introduction of these death Sessions but also participated in many of them personally, From among tne many cases of death by torture with Whiih he might be charged. the indictment lists but three clear-cut instances. He is further charged with the (‘eath of 10 Norwegian prisoners who were but a few of the many who died in German N N, camps vs a result of his orders, Contrary to reports of his dash irg chivalry and “man of the world" bearing. the indictment in cludes four instances where wo :ncn prisoners were tortuned. In three (‘ass he ordered the “ice bath" and in the fourth he himself heat the woman-prisoner so se wrely with a length'of steel cable that she had to be huspitalizui. In contrast to' most Gestapo tried hereto, F‘rhmm- generally admits lht' charges but declares himself not guilty. He was “only fullliwing orders." 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