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Archbishop Eidem Preaches
At 250th Anniversary
Of Wilmington Church
NEW’ YORK. May 28 ~— Holy
Trinity. or Old Swedes Church. in
Wilmington. Del.. oldest Protes
tant church in the United States
in continuous use. observed on
May 25 its 250th anniversary with
a memorial service at which Arch
bishop Erling Eidem. of Upsala,
primate of the Swedish Lutheran
Church, delivered a sermon. He
was introduced by the Right Rev.
'Arthur R. McKinstry. Episcopal
Bishop of Delaware, who also as
sisted in the service. as did the
Rev. H. Edgar Hammond. vicar of
Old Swedes, and the Rev. Donald
“K Mayberry. rector of Trinity
Church, who read the following
message from President Truman:
“The Old Swedes Church in Wil
mington has long been familiar to
American boys and girls. thanks to
the pictures of it in our school his
tory books. We have too f ew
shrines of comparable age and all
lovers of antiquity will rejoice that
the venerable fabric of this church
has been preserved with such care
through two and one half centur
ies. I trust through long genera
tions to wme that Old Swedes
\‘v'l‘ll be a center of strong spiritual
life. a vital witness to the eternal
truths of the Christian religion."
Messages were also received
from Governor Walter Bacon of
Delaware and the Right Rev.
Henry Knox Sherrill. presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal Church
in the I'nited States. Archbishop
Eidem was accompanied by the
Right Rev. Arvid Runestam. Bish~
op of Karlstad. Sweden. Represen—
ting the Swedish Embassy in
“’ashington were Alexis Aminoff.
Charge d'Affaires. and 0101‘ Ryd
zbock. first secretary.
In his sermon. the Archbishop
harkenod back to the early days
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of the church. “I can see them
now." he said. "those Swedish min
isters of far off days. as they
spoke to their parishioners. One
of their most important duties was
the education of the young and
the old alike in all that pertained
to Christendom." He then explain
ed the three main articles of the
Apostles‘ Creed in detail. and re
quested the congregation to re
peat parts with him. At the end
of the sermon he pronounced the
benediction in Swedish.
Vicar of Old Swedes Christen:
aweolsn my
A two-month old child, son of
a. Swedish naval lieutenant. now
on duty in this country. was
christened at the church just pre
vious to the memorial service. He
was mrs Goran Lindblom, son of
First Lieut. S. Arne Lindblom and
Mrs. Lindblom, and was brought to
Old Swedes for christening from
Trenton. N. J. The Rev. Mr. Ham
mond, vicar of the church. christ
ened the child. whose parents are
in the United States while Lieut.
Lindblom is completing eighteen
months of overseas naval training.
.\ rchhhhnp Eidom Visits
l‘hiladt-lphia
In the afternoon of the same
day. Archbishop Eidem visited the
American Swedish Historical Mu
seum in Philadelphia. and in the
evening was the guest of honor at
a dinner arranged by the United
Lutheran Church, at. which one
thousand persons wore present. On
May 26 he preached in the Gloria
Dei Church in Philadelphia.
Forms For More
Norway Aid
NEW YORK. N. Y. (RNISD —
Reviewing prospects of continued
Norwegian aid to needy European
lands the Social Committee of the
Norwegian Parliament has out -
lined ways in which Norway can
best help. The organization of va
cations in Norway for needy Euro
pean children was described as one
of the best forms for Norwegian
aid. Continued support to the anti-
T.B. vaccination teams and the
possibility of offering free carg(.~
space aboard Nomegian vessels
for the shipment of relief goods
were also proposed. The Commit
tee regretted that the nationvwide
desire to help is complicated by
Norway's limited food production
and by the extreme shortage of
dollar credits needed to buy relief
food abroad.
Average Swedish Wage
Level Increased 6 Pct.
STOCVKI—IOLM. — (air mail) _—
According to an announcement by
the Swedish Federation of Trade
Unions. this year's wage agree
ment negotiations have resulted
in an averaged increase in pay of
more than 6 per cent with the gap
between men’s and women’s pay
still further lessened.
The one-year contracts in indus
try involve a rise of slightly more
than 3 per cent for men and 5 per
cent for women. For wage earn
ers in commerce subject to 2-year
agreements the rise is calculated
at 17 per cent for men and 21 per
cent for women. For agricultural
workers'an average increase of 17
per cent for men has been ob
tained.
The heads of the Swedish uni
versities and colleges have agreed
not to send representatives to the
Sixth Centennial Jubilee of the
University of Prague. in Czecho
slovakia. The universities of Oslo
and Copenhagen have also declin
ed to accept invitations to attend
the celebration. -
Sugar will remain rationed in
Sweden. according to a statement
by Supply Minister Gunnar Strung.
He said, however. that if it is pos
sible to import sugar from Den
mark and if the Swedish sugar
beet crop is normal. rationing may
be abolished in 1949.
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gCampaign Intensified
lln Sweden
STOCKHOLM. June 1 —— (By
airmail) ~— Sweden is considered
a pioneer country in the battle
against noise in the cities. It is
the only country that has a spe
cial “anti-noise statute" incorpor
ated in the building code. The
statute was made a law two years
ago, and American authorities re
cently have asked for a copy of
the ordinance so that it can be
used as a pattern for a similar
regulation in the United States.
The Swedish law, however. is now
regarded as ripe for a revision.
For that reason, five hundred
dwellings in Stockholm and other
cities will be subjected to a careful
examination. The buildings. of ev
ery conceivable type and house
plan, will be visited by medical ox
perts and specialists in accoustics
who will interrogate the inhabi-
:tants about the cxact kind of dis
turbances they are suffering from.
:if any. and will take careful meas
urements of the so-called “objcct
} ive disturbance level" in the homes.
Daytime Sleep of Night Workers
Studied
The tests will be led by Ove
Brandt, a civil engineer. who is
the head of the laboratory for
building accoustics at the Institute
of Technology in Stockholm. The
medical experts are Professors
Sven Forssman and Gunnar Fisch
er of the Government institute for
Public Health. They will try to
discover how regularly and irreg
ularly recurring noise affects the
human system, and will also con
duct tests with a so-called “elec
troencephnlograph" on night work
ers who sleep during the day. The
problem of noise in the cities will
be discussed this summer at a
world congress in London, to
which Mr. Brandt has béen invit
ed.
Canadian Air Chief
To Oslo
NEW YORK. N. Y.—Canadianv
Air Force chief, Air Marshal w.!
A. Curtiss. recently paid a short
visit to Norway where he was reg
ceived by King Haakon. C r o w n
Prince Olav. and high Norwegian:
military officials. During his stay.
Air Marshal Curtiss visited Col.-
Ole Reistad. who during the war
headed “Little Norway" the Nor
wegian Air Force training station;
at Toronto. Canada. '
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quarter of 1948. according to a de-l
cision by the Coal Board of the?
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STOCKHOLM—(alr mailL , By
the end of May a total of 2.100
tons of Swedish seed potatoes wilt
have been exported to South
America by a Swedish provinvinl
growers' Aassoclatlon. Swedish
seed potatoes have lately begun to
attract attention in nrious coun«
tries. especially owing to their low
tendency towards developing varl<
ous kinds of diseases.
Bettter Food For‘
Norway Seamen
NEW YORK, N. Y.—F‘ollowimr
Norwegian Surgeon-General Karl
Evang's recent call for a revision
of menus aboard Norwegian mer
chant vessels, employer and em
ployee organizations have agreed
to establish a new committee for
the revision of dietary standards
Earlier, the Surgeon General had
pointed out that while Norxvegian
seamen are among the best-fed in
the world, still greater improve
ment of ship-board menus is re
quired in light of increasing dig-es
tive disorders among seamen. it
is intended that the new commit
tee will cooperate closely with :i
similar group named earlier to re
vise the training program for
cooks and stewards.
April Ore Shipments
From Norvik
Total 733,000 Tons
Stockholm.~(air mail) «A total
of 733,000 tons of Swedish iron
ore was shipped from Narvik dur
ing April, which is the largest
quantity exported in any month
since the war.
A series of radio broadcasts in
Swedish. sponsored by the Swe
dish Historical Society of Rock
ford, m., is being sent out every
Sunday in Apr-ii and May, 6:80 to
7 p. m., over Station WROK. The
programs include singing. trovel
talks. sermons, and new: about
the Swedidl Pioneer Centennial.
Four Swedish day homes. each
accomodat'mg 30 children. are
ready to be set up in the worst
war ravaged districts of Norman
dy. The entire equipment for the
homes is about to be loaded on a
Swedish ship bound for Caen.
where two of the homes will be
located. The other two will be
placed at Colombclle and Cande
sur-Noireau. The cost is being de
frayed by the Swedish Save-the‘
Children organization and the Swe
dish Aid-to—Europe Fund.
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