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Vol. 3, No.7.
Hungarian Gift To King Gustaf
The Hungarian Minister in Stoekholm. Vilnius Boiun. above,
recently presented to klng Gustaf of Sweden 3 large silver cup on
behalf of those Hungarlans who through Swedish action were saved
from the Nazis during the war. The cup. showing scenes in relief
from Budapest and king Gustaf surrounded by children. was made
by the famous sllversmith Bela Seregi of Budapest.
To Chart Norway
Gold Deposits
OSLO—Charting of gold re
sources in Norway's northernmost
province of Finnmark will be be
gun this summer. accordmg to the
Norwegian Geological Survey.
Though small amounts of the
precious metal have been found
in scatterml deposits, and a small
gold mine was in operation near
Eidsvold over 100 years ago, in
terest has centered mainly on the
gold bearing streams in Finn
mark province.
Up to now, however, gold wash
lng in that section has produced
meager results and it is not ex
pected that the 4-man Geological
Survey group will uncover any
Klondike. There. are many Nor
wegians. however, who feel that
the 6-week survey in the Karasjok
area will be of value in determin
lng the source of the gold found
In the streams there.
Gold found in Finnmark thus]
far is thought to have no connec-=
tion with the Boliden fields inl
Sweden but may come from the,
same source as gold mined inI
streams near Enare, Finland. The
survey's main concern will be to
determine how much gold remains
in the original mountain forma-|
tions in Finnmark Province.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, JULY, 1947
fDr. Alexanderson
0f General Electric
TReceives Medal
NEW YORK. July 2,——-The Da
nish Academy of Technical Sci—
ence. in Copenhagen, has award
ed its 1946 Valdemar Poulscn
Gold Medal to Dr. E. F. \V. Alex—
anderson. consulting engineer of
the General Electric Company in
Schenectady, which he joined in
1902.
Born in Sweden in 1878. and
graduated from the Royal Insti
tute of Technology. in Stockholm,
Dr. Alexanderson has obtained
more than 300 United States pat
ents in the field of electricity.
The medal was bestowed on him
primarily because of his design
and construction of a high fre
quency generator on the same ba
sic principle as the ordinary al
ternating current generator.
Honored simultaneoufly was Sir
Robert Watson-Watt, British in
ventor of radar. The Valdemar
Poulsen Gold Medal was insti
tuted November 23. 1939. on the
70th birthday of Dr. Valdemar
Poulsen. Danish pioneer in the
field of wireless telegraphy. On
that occasion it was awarded Dr.
Poulsen himself. Owing to the
war. no further award was made
until 1946. Dr. Alexanderson has
now received his medal from the
Danish Ambassador in Washing
ton.
Norway School
Boys Trained
In The Kitchen
OSLO—Recognizing that cir
cumstances often modify the old
adage about “A woman's place be
ing in the home." education au
thorities in the Norwegian town of
Levanger have reasoned that the
man. too, must be prepared to
step into the kitchen when neces
sary. They have therefore decided
that all 7th grade boys in Lev
anger schools must take three
hours training in domestic science
each week—_the first ruling of its
kind in Norway.
School authorities at Sandar in
Vestfold Province had earlier ex
perimented in this field. They
found that with only 3 girls in
their whole 7th grade class. it
might be worth while to let the
boys in the class spend some time
in the school‘s new domestic sci
ence department. The experiment
proved most successful.
School authorities in Oslo have
been watching these experiments
with interest, and it is indicated
that a course in domestic science
will soon be obligatory for Oslo
grade school boys—No thrill for
Viking ice-box raiders nowadays.
500 Measuring Experts Convene
And Exhibit In Stockholm
STOCKHOLM. — 500 experts
on weight and measuring prob-i
lems met in Stockholm in a four-‘
day congress in the beginning of
June. Fourteen countries were
represented at this meeting.'
which was arranged by the Swe-‘
dish Academy for Engineering Re
search and the SWedish Associa
tion of Technical Physicists. and
the program included some 50
lectures and discussions.
In connection with the con
gress a big exhibition was ar
ranged in the Royal Tennis H1111.
where 63 exhibitors representing
Finns Offer Timber
For Olympic Arenas
Finland. the country which
would have housed the Olym
pic Games in 1940 but for the
war in Europe. and will be
the host in 1952. is making
a valuable contribution to the
1948 festival in London. Learn
ing of the shortage of lumber
required for the erection ot
huts and sports arenas. the
OIy'mpic Committee in Helsing
tors cabled that it will give 20
standards of lumber for this
purpose. This represents ap
proximately 50 tons of timber.
Prime mover behind the gift
is Mr. Laurie Miettinen. mem
ber of the Finnish Olympic
Committee and delegate to the
International Amateur Athletic
Federation Council. The Fin—
nish contingent to the Olym
pic Gamea is expected to be
the fifth largest behind Great
Britain. United States. France.
and Sweden.
Oslo Planning For
Winter 0|ympics
OSLO. ——- With the Interna
tional Olympic Committee's 1‘ e
cent decision to stage the 1952
Winter Olympics in Oslo, city fa
thers in Norway‘s capital are
facing some frankly stiff prob
lems. Chared with arrangm
ments and financing, the City
Council lost little time in naming
the experienced sports organizer
Rolf Hofmo to size up the task
ahead.
First concern, according to
Hofmo. will be housing which
will mean building four new ho
tels in the capital as well as a
long-proposed ”Student City" on
the outskirts for housing contest
ants. While both the ski jump
at Holmenkollen and the speed
skating rink at Bislet Stadium
will require little more than
grandstand expansion, complete
ly new installations must be built
for bob-sledding. ice-hockey. and
figure skating.
As there is not a single boh
sled run in Norway today, the
problem is not so much where or
how to build it, but what to do
with it once the games are over.
Though bob-sledding has been of
no interest to Norwegians hereto.
planner Hot‘mo ventured to sug
gest that a new run standing
ready and waiting may Well add
another winter sport attraction to
the Norwegian list.
1221 manufacturers from 11 coun
itries demonstrated their latest
{novelties in the field of measur
.ing instruments. An infra-red
Espectro-photometer of English de
isign. which is to aid the chemical
gindustry in determining the in-V
‘gredicnts of sample products. at
tracted special interest. By the
means of this apparatus organic
lsubstances of all kinds can be ir
radiated and their radiation ab
sorption measured. As every mo
lecule generally has a special ah—
‘sorption spectrum, it is possible
to determine which molecules are
"contained in the various samples.
jFim‘ Swedish Electron
‘ Microscope
I Among the Swedish exhibits
Tm'ay be mentioned the Nobel Prize
Ewinner, Prof. Marine Sieg‘bahn's
selectron microscope, which makes
lit possible. among other things.
l,to photograph fibre structures
,with a cross-section of only five
ior ten millionths of a millimeter.
>The magnification necessary for
this result is obtained by letting
an electron ray instead or ordin
ary light penetrate the prepara
tion on the object-holder. the ray
being deflected by ingeniously
constructed electromagnetic lens
es in the same way as light in an
ordinary microscope.
' An instrument for measuring
‘the fineness and quality of sur
faces by means of a high-fre
quency current was another Swe—
dish novelty on show. The Well
known Swedish pioneers in the
field of precision measuring in
struments. C. E. Johansson. were
represented by a number of new
types of micrometers, page
'blocka, etc.
New US Envoy
To Sweden
WASHINGTON, July 17.—
H. Freeman Matthews of Mary
land was nominated today by
President Truman to be min
ister to Sweden.
Matthews. a Foreign Service
officer, now is a director of Eu
ropean affairs for the State De
partment with the rank of
career minister. He accompan
ied President Truman to Pots
dam for the “Big Three" meet
ing there and has long been a
consultant on European mat
ters.
Matthews will succeed Min—
ister Louis G. Dreyfus in the
Stockholm post. Dreyfus is re
turning for reassignment.
Matthews will be replaced in
the State Department by John
Dewey Hickerson, a Foreign
Service veteran.
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1,000 Tractors To
Norway This Year
OSLO—Reports from the Nor
wegian Gasoline Allotment Office
indicate a 40 per cent increase in
the 1947 gas ration for agriculture
over last year's figure. There were
approximately 4.000 tractors in
Norway before the war. with 1939
imports in excess of 1.500 units.
Most of these were badly worn
during the war years. and though
1946 tractor imports totalled ap
proximately 700 units the continu
ing shortage has slowed complete
farm recovery.
The 1947 quota has been set in
excess of 1,000 units. Though suf
ficient foreign ex(hange has been
made available for purchan‘s de
liveries have been slow. As most
of the new tractors are gasoline
powered and the number «wt-trucks
now in use on Nureg‘ian farms
has generally increased. a parallel
increase in the gas ration for ag
riculture is termed an absolute
necessity.
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in Norway.
July 7 Mr. Lie juinc-d hin “H.-
In Oslo. having made- 1hr trip in
another SAS plane’.
Telephone connecuon between
Swedon And Email has been in
wanted.