Scandinavian American. [volume], December 01, 1947, Image 1

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HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO ALL!
Nobel Prize
Awarded
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10 ~—‘K“ng!
Gustaf V. presctnteu‘ Nobel prizes
worth $162,348 today to five U. S. }
British and Argentine scientists
and to a French author.
Dr. Carl F. Cori and wife, Dr.
Gerty Cori, of Washington Uni
versity. St. Louis. received $20,-!
293.50 as their half share of thei
prize in physiology and medicine:
It came in recognition of their dis
covery of a chemical compound in I
human bodies which manufactur-i
ers the blood sugar known as gly- I
cogen. Dr. Bernardo A. Houssay,‘
of Buenos Aires, received the oth
er half.
Sir E. V. Appleton received the
physics award and Sir Robert Rob
inson, the chemistry prize.
Andre Gide, the prolific French
writer who embraced communism
and later wrote of his disillusion- l
ment at the way it was practiced
in Russia. received the literature
award. French Ambassador Ga
briel Puaux accepted the prize for
the aged Gide, who was too ill to
attend. -
The royal family. seven former
Nobel prize winners and the elite
of Swedish science and culture '
were among the 2,000 invited i
guests at Concert Hall for bestow- ‘
a] the world's highest distinctions
for excellence in their fields. ‘
The old King presented each E
winner a medal, diploma and a;
sealed envelope containing a 3
pledge that the prize money would
be paid at the office of the Nobel i
Foundation, established by the in- I
ventor of dynamite. Each prize;
amounted to $40,587. .
Set Svanholm—
Flying Troubadour
The Swedish open singer Set
Svanholm gets around. On Nov.
Isth he sang “Tristan” In Chica—
go. four «by» Inter he appeared at
the Royal Opera In Stuckholm.
Ind on the 24th he sang at un
weddlng concert In Albert "all In
London. England. He retum to
tho Mdmollhn The.” In Now
York ll «filmy.
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Vol. 3, No, H.
Reading Room For Swedish Seamen Opened
Amongst the speakers at the opening.r of the reading room for Swedish seamen were.
left to right: Police Commissioner Arthur W. “'nllander. Andrew (i. Hanson. president
Board of Education. New York: Carl Sandburg. G. H. Lundheck. Jr.. manager of the
Swedish American Line, and Consul General of Sweden Lenuurt Nylander.
‘ NEW YORK, November 18.A-A’
special reading room for Swedish
lmerchant sailors was opened here‘
‘today at the Seaman's Church In
lstitute at 25 South Street. Placed I
rent free at the disposal of the
{Seamen's Council of the Church of
Sweden. the room offers for the
first time Swedish seamen on short
or long leave in New York a con
zelnial place to rest and meet their
ends.
TheVAmerican Swedish Historical Foundation
I In the spring of 1638. a small]
‘company of sturdy pioneers sailed ;
Iup the Delaware River to land at ;
la natural wharf of rocks. There:
‘they built their new homes~ their i
lnew Sweden—on land whieh to-i
[day bustles with shipyard activity |
land is a part of the city of Wilm- ,
ington. Delaware.
I These colonists were Vikings in 1
spirit only. They came to live and
thuild, not to conquor. Quickly, the
:native Indians sensed this and
gleamed to like and trust them.i
ISoon log houses. then a church
=and next a school were built. The ‘
Enelds were planted. Later 'came
in lumber yard. a flour mill. roads. 1
icven the first executive mansions
'in the territories which are now;
imam" mi Rnnsylvania. These ,
when were- so well established 1
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER, 1947
At the opening ceremony, Tor
sten Ralf_ Swedish Metropolitan
Opera tenor, sang a selection of
Swedish songs. Among the speak
ers were Police Commissioner Ar
thur W. VVallander, and Andrew
G. Clauson. President. of the Board
‘of Education, both of Swedish ex
jtraction. Carl Sandburg, poet and
iLincoln biographer. told stories
‘and sang. accompanying himself
ion his guitar. while Maxim Schur.
)8 Latvian pianist, who has lived
[and experienced in peaceful deal-g
iings with the Indians that when
:William Penn came up the river
’ln 1682 he sought their advice and
purchased part of his land from
them. ;
When preoccupation with strict- 1
41y European problems weakenl‘di
Sweden’s support of the expand-i
ing colony, it was taken over by!
the Dutch in 1655. The SWedes.
3however, prospered under the;
'Dutch and. later. the English rule. 1
IThoy preserved their ldentity to!
tan unusual degree. Ministers mn- f
{tinued to come out from Sweden:
‘to care for the spiritual life of the E
lrlock until the death of Nils Collin 1
ins late as 1831. In 1721 it was an- ‘
tother Swede (Gusts! Hesseliusi
iwho was awarded the first com-l
gnu-ion to paint A picture for s|
in Stockholm. offered a program
iof Scandinavian compositions. ‘
~ A major factor in the establish- '
gment of this room is the newly?
Eorganized Swedish Seamen's We]- 3
!fare Fund. Inc., which in a short
'time has collected $15,000. A part I
'of the money was used to buy;
vSwedish furniture for the new
iquarters. A similar reading room
ifor Swedish seamen is now being
iplanned in Baltimore. ‘
{public building in America. =
i In the stirring drama of revolu- .
l tionnry days, men of Swedish birth
:or descent played prominent roles. ;
“One of the final three votes to free
'this nation was cast by John Mor
lton, a descendant of a New Swe
'den settler. as a member of the.
lPennsylvani. ‘delegation to the
'Contlnental Congresa which was
'deadlocked on the issue of break- ‘
sing away from England. Only a
.few days later he became a signer :
in: the Declnration of Independence. ;
‘Soon more than sixty Swedish or- 3
floors were serving in our Revolu- ‘
tionary War. a ntory told in Pro
i tensor Adolph B. Benson's "Sweden 5
in the American Revolution:" In
1781. John Hans-on of Muyland‘
become President of the United‘
(Continued on Page a) l
10c a Copy
Giant Whaling
Faciory Is
Howling Cify
! STOCKHOLM —— November 1.
‘1947. was a historical day in the
iannals of the Swedish shipbuilding
lindustry. On that day the big.
igest ship so far built in Scandina
via, the 25,000 ton whaling fac
£tory "Kosmos III". was delivered
iby the Gotaverken shipyard to the
Norwegian whaling company. A S
Kosmos. Anders Jahrn.
Everything; in this ship is of
rathtr unusual dimensions. It has
a length of 638ft._ :i l‘il‘flfll of about
79 ft, and a total ho‘ight of 100
ft.. correspondingr to a T’story
building. and its {lensing decks
have an area of about 25.000 sq.
ft. On the 'twventieck is a factory
employing over 1:30 men and cap
ahle of pz'odurzng‘ 450 tons of whale
oil a day: and its storage tanks
provide space for no less than 1.-
125.000 cu. ft. of such oil.
‘; Including the crews of the whale
boats and the factory workers the
staff on board totals 400 persons.
for all of whom there is spacious
;and modem accommodations and
ample provisions. which make it
possible for this “floating city" to
fbe away from ciVilization for six
Ito seven months. In spite of its
igrcat si2e the ship makes a speed
iof 14 knots, being powered by a.
8.300 HP Gotaverken Diesel en
.gine.
(Continued on Page 10)
Child Specialist
Returning Home
Dr. Bengt O. Nun-n ol l'ppanh.
Swmkn. n-lumud recently to Swe
den on the “Dnuttnlng‘holm” um
apt-mung one year at thwenenl
1l'llvenlty In Me.