Scandinavian American. [volume], September 01, 1948, Page 9, Image 9

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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
New look In Written Danish
nggmgs Capital Problem
COPENHAGEN. — The pEinted
Danish language will, officially,
take on a “new look" from Oct. 1.
On that date. the Ministry of
Education has decided, the present
Danish custom of writing each
noun with a capital initial letter
will cease in official correspond
ence and printing.
Newspapers and private pub
lishers are under no compulsion
to alter their printing on that
date. But from then on the new
style will be official.
In addition, the Danish vowel
“aa"—-pronounced like the “aw"
in “awl” and counted as a letter
in the Danish alphabet—is, from
Oct. 1, to be written as “a.” with
a tiny circle over it in all official
printing.
The reason for these changes is
that is is desired to bring written
Danish into line with the other
printed Scandinavian languages
and it is thought that the new
style will simplify the written
language.
Typewritten Danish requires an
appreciable amount of changing
into uppercase, it was pointed out.
so that the new ruling will cut
out some of the manual effort re
quired for typing.
Most vitally concerned with the
ministry's decision is the Danish
press. Generally no decision has
yet been reached among the var
ious newspapers as to which course
they will pursue. The provinicial
newspapers are due to hold a meet
ing later this month to decide what
action to take while the bigger,
Copenhagen papers will reach a
decision individually.
To Danish eyes, newspapers
printed with the (literally) “new
look" will appear strange. As one
publisher said, it will seem as if
each page has been liberally
sprinkled with black pepper and
Professor Describes
Swedish Architecture
Recently the Swedish American
motorliner "Stockholm." left New
York with 375 passengers, des
tined for Gothenburg in Sweden.
Among the passengers was E. Kid
der Smith, professor of architec
ture at Yale University. who went
to Sweden to complete a book he
15' writing on Schish architecture.
Price Line Holds
OSLO.~~Norwegian cost of liv
ing statistics as of August 15th
show the seasonal drop in prices
of domestically produced foods
reflected in the over-all cost of
living picture. Based (In 1938
costs. the August 15th figure of
158 is 1.3 below that for the
previous month. Assuming that
liquor sales during the remainder
of the month will approximate
those of Oct. 1946. the coat of
living index for the month of
August is expected to be 157.4.
Within the group including po~
tatoea. vegetables. flour and
meal. prices have dropped during
the month from 217.1 to 193.4—
I. decrease of 10.9',‘;
The August drop represents a
temporary victory in the Govern
ment's battle against high prices.
According to present agreements.
Norwegian labor will have the
right to present new wage de
mands should the cost of living
tw 160.8——a situation which has
been avoided only by heavy price
lubsidios. Price subsidy paymenis
of over 700,000,000 Kr. are an
ticipated under the present Nor—
Vrpginn state Budget.
as if the printers have repeatedly
missed out letters ‘a’."
A leading book publisher said
that authors who wanted their
books published in the new style
could have this done provided that
their manuscripts were written
with the “new look.”
The main problem to a number
of business firms is the necessity
of having a new key added to
typewriters. The sudden enormous
demand for the Scandinavian “a"
with a circle over it (A) is more
than typewriter firms will be able
to meet.
The director of one typewriter
firm here said that there were at
least 100,000 typewriters in use in
offices in Denmark and that they
all seemed to want their machines
changed.
Every Danish firm will have to
make its own decision concerning
the new ruling.
Ministry of Education officials
believe that it will be several years
before the new style is universal.
One official said that not until
the present-day school children
have grown to maturity will the
new writing become really general.
What Other
Folks Say
Rev. Peter Marshall, Chaplain
of U_ 8. Senate (In prayer, Sun
day.’ July 4th, 1948): Help us to
deal with the problem of lying
:which we call “propaganda"; the
problem of greed which we call
“profit"; the problem of license
which we call “liberty".
It 0 C
Bill Mauldln: “You oughta hear
MY boss talk about the atom
bomb. He says it makes a fella
wonder if wars ain't getting too;
hot to handle.”
t 0 0
President Truman: The throwing
of eggs and other missiles at
Henry Wallace is certainly a
highly tin-American kind of busi
ness. Wallace is entitled to say his
piece the same as any other
American.
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Gov. Mon C. Wallg'ren: With a.
Democratic Legislature we can
continue our path of progress. The
1947 Republican Legislature par
tially wrecked the Social Security
program and. in the interest of
the same false economy, they
would pinch pennies on education,
hospitals. public health, highways,
flood control, soil conservation and
every other public service that
works for the broad service of
the people.
1! t 0
General Robert E. Wood. (‘hl
cago: The city boy has a feeling
of frustration and insecurity be
cause he has no way to exercise
responsibility in worthwhile tasks.
With a minimum of chores, living
space and play space, he has lost
Vacation Ended
Professor Franklin D. Scott of
the Northwestern University in
Chicago returned with his wife and
their daughter Mary. 10, aboard
the Swedish American liner
"Gripsholm" after vacationing in
Scandinavia.
his importance in the world. To
day, only the farm boy has found
useful duties and the satisfaction
of work well done. (Gen. Wood is
sponsoring “little farms" within
the city, to help city lads to regain
their lost place in life.)
. II I
Secretary Marshall, Washing
ton: It is a principal objective
of our foreign policy to find peace
ful solutions to our differences
with the Soviet Union. We do not
wish to (Widen the gap between
us nor to intensify the tension of
the postwar world. The United
Nations is a forum in which
many of the questions involving
the U.S.S.R. can be negotiated. It
would be unfortunate to break off
relationship.
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Elinor Roosevelt: It‘ seems to
me that James V. Forrester was
indulging in a dream when he
suggested to Congress a two-year
draft to which 3 million men be
tween the ages of 19 and 25 would
be subject, and a boost in the au
thorized strength of our army to
900.000 men. That is not prepara
tion for security and peace. This
is preparation for war.
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I! II It
Congressman Robert F. Rook
well, Republican, Colo.: I was
obliged to vote against the Rock-
Well Bill, which I introduced. I
did not recognize my'child after
the House finished messing it up.
(Originally the bill was accept
'able all round but the House
amended it on numerous points
and reduced the time for paying
for public power projects from 78
to 50, highly objectionable to the
West, as this would necessitate
increase of power rates—(Edi
tor.)
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