Scandinavian American. [volume], September 01, 1948, Page 10, Image 10

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Sunken Wrecks
Supply Lumber
OSLO. AWith the output of Nor
way’s forests strictly allocated to
the exchange-producing wood
processing industries or to recon
struction of war-levelled areas. the
average Norwegian who needs
lumber to repair his homr or to
build a needed addition often faces
a long wait. First things must
come first.
But a group of enterprising: Os
loites have found a new source of
timberw-free for the asking. Dur
ing the course of the summer this
group, during off hours. has sal
vaged many thousands of feet of
lumber for its own building pur
poses. At the bottom of many
fjords and harbors are wrecked
ships within easy grappling dis
tance. In many cases the timber
is still sound. and though water
logged can be re-cut and used for
a variety of building purposes.
Thus far, several houses in the
0310 area have been built—largely
from this material which is free.
and requires no allocation number.
Flower Prices To
Be Brought Down
Al Cantalini, the florist, who has E
just opened his new Posy Shop atl
3409 4th Ave. South, Seattle. is 81
man with a mission that will bel
applauded by every woman in 89-1
attle. Mr. Cantalini. for years a!
partner in one of Seattle's largest!
uptown florists. hopes to bring al
new outlook to the flower busi-l
ness. 9
"For years," says A]. “I have?
seen the florists catering only to;
the people with money. It isn’t.
possible to go into one of these?
florists without having to spend
a great deal of money for any
bouquet or corsage. My ambition
is to put flowers in every home
in Seattle. A real home needs
flowers. not large. expensive cre
ations. just beautiful cut flowers.
at prices all can afford.
“In my new shop. I cater to peo
ple like myself who love flowers,
not just on special occasions. but
at all times, and .I invite all lovers
of flowers to visit my Posy Shop.
I hope to bring flowers prices
down to earth at Al Cantalini’s
Posy Shop. 3409 4th Avenue
South."
The largest ship ever built in-
Scandinavia. the floating “whale
factory" Thorshovdi of 23.500 tonsi
deadweight. has been launched}
from the Burmeister 82 Wain yard}
in Copenhagen for a Norwegian;
company. When the 'I'horshovdi;
joins the Antarctic fleet for the‘
next whaling season it will be the
most modern floating whale-fac
tory in the world. It will have over
a million cubic feet of whale oil
I‘argu i-apaoity and help increase
the supplies of this important raw
ma'vrialv
The Danish National Tourist
ASMH‘IHUDH has established a Per-
Mira] Information Department for
the Convenience of foreign visitors.
Thr office is at 8 Bernstroffsgade
ll] (‘npenhagen. near the Central
Raiimad station.
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The Lundbeck’s Jr., Back From Europe
Among the passengers on the Swedish American liner “Grips
holm." which arrived in New York September 7, were G. Hilmer
Lundbeek. Jr.. Managing Director of the line, in America, and his
family. They have made a combined business and pleasure trip in
Europe.
German Refugees Are
Leaving Denmark
The English and American Zones
having agreed to accept 25,000
German refugees in Denmark now
in process of evacuation, leaving
20.000, Danish Foreign Minister
“Gustav Rasmussen recently ex
;pressed the confident hope of the
{evacuation of the remainder.
5 The French Embassy at Copen-
Ehagen has now notified the Dan
lish Foreign Minister, that the
[French Government is prepared to
iaccept 15.000 in the French Zone
iof occupation. This will leave only
‘about 5.000 German refugees in
}Denmark.
i\Dt'. Sven Henningsen
5T0 U. of Minnesota
Professor of modem history and
social science at the University of
Copenhagen, Dr. Sven Henning
sen. on a year‘s furlough will give
courses at the University of Min
nesota.
i During the first semester Dr.
‘Henningsen will lecture on Scan
}dinavian social condition with spe
[cial reference to political and con
‘stitutional problems.
The 1.000th launching recently
took place at the one hundred and
three year old Lindholmen ship
'yard in Gothenburg. It was a 3.-
000 ton freighter that slid down
the ways.
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Danish Expedition
Finds Lead Deposit
In llranium Trek
COPENHAGEN. -— The Prime
Minister's office announced a Dan
ish scientific expedition has re
turned after investigating signs of
uranium and uncovering rich de
posits of lead in Greenland.
The investigations will continue,
the announcement said. Thus far
the expedition has not found
uranium in quantities to make ex
traction possible.
The expedition was headed by
Dr. Laifge Koch. It worked in the
area of the Firth of Franz Jessen,
‘on the east coast of Greenland.
Near the Firth of King Oscar.
a little to the south of the Franz
Jessen Firth, the group found lead
deposits which may yield 10.000.-
000 tons, Dr. Koch said. More big
lead deposits. probably will be un
covered, he told a reporter.
The number of motor vehicles in
Sweden is still below the 1939 all
time high. In 1947. the last year
for which final statistics are avail
able, there were 238,000 registered
automobiles in the country. This
is some 10,000 less than in the last
pre-war year.
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News in Brief
" After having been in continuous
[operation almost since the thir
!teenth century, with but one in—
terruption, the ancient Dalkarls
berg Mine. in the province of
‘Narke, will close down in the au
‘tumn. The chief reason for the
stoppage is the difficulty of get
ting miners who will work at a
depth of over 1,500 feet.
Sweden‘s oldest trade union. the
Marine Engineer Officers' Union,
anniversary with a celebration in
Stockholm, attended by more than
four hundred members, including
thirty foreigners. Despite its age,
the union always has been noted
for its pioneering spirit; thus it
began to establish study~ circles
more than ninety years ago.
An Italian film was voted the
best foreign motion picture shown
in Sweden in 1947 in a poll taken
among the capital's cinema review
ers. Entitled, “To Live in Peace."
it has also been shown in New
York. First among Swedish screen
plans was “Woman Without a
Face.“ written and directed by Ing
mar Bergman, who also wrote and
directed “Hets,” widely shown in
the United States under the title
“Torment." Both pictures featured
the same male star, Alf Kjellin,
who is now in Hollywood.
The first woman ever ordained
in Sweden is Miss Gunnei Johans
son, twenty-seven-year-old native
of Norrkoping. who received holy
orders at a recent conference in
Gavie of the Methodist Church in
SWeden. She has been elected to
serve as a deacon, with some pas-i
toral duties. but will be eligible!
later for appointment as a full
fiedged pastor. A graduate of the
Methodist Seminary at’Vaxjo. Miss
Johansson may soon be appointed
to missionary work in Africa. The
Swedish Lutheran State Church
does not ordain women ministers.
i A heat-resisting alloy of a new
type has been put on the market
{in Sweden. Known as “Kanthal
Special." it has attracted great in-
Iterest, but owing to the lack of
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certain raw materials the demand
canot yet be fully met. The manu.
facturers have been able to elim.
inate the brittleness which hitherto
has been a result of' prolonged
heating at high temperatures.
Swedish paper parachutes made
at Nissafors in Smaland and for
some time used in Sweden have
now begun to win a market
abroad. While several countries
have begun to test them in ad
vance of placing orders. the
French army in In‘do-China has
actually bought a shipment of 3,-
000 to be used in dropping
goods from airplanes. Being made
of paper, they are less expensive
than those of silk.
The chess tournament at Salt
sjobaden. near Stockholm, was
by the 24-year-old Russian Bron
stein. 13.5 points, .followed by
Szabo. Hungary. 12.5. and Boles
lavskij, Russia, 12 points. Nine
players qualified for next year's
champion tournament. 9. m o n g
them the Swede stdhlberg, The
Chess World Congress has decid
ed to revive the so-called Chess
Olympics.
Professor Carleton Smith, head
of the American National Arts
Foundation, has reached Sweden
on a tour of Europe during which
he has contacted young artists and
writers. He plans to invite twelve
European artists to spend a year in
the United States: in exchange,
American artists will spend a year
in Europe. In Sweden he is par
ticularly interested in finding some
talented young men and women
who specialize in glass. furniture.
and metals.
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