Scandinavian American. [volume], October 01, 1948, Page 3, Image 3

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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
SAL Gift Package Service
Announced By Swedish Line
l9 lbs. Specially Wrapped Packages Delivered
Duty Prepaid To Destination For $9.95.
Announcement of a new gift
package service to Sweden by the
Swedish American Line was made
r e c e n t l y by Hilmer Lund—
beck, Jr., American managing di
rector of the Line. The specially
prepared gift packages will include
coffee, rice, mixed dried fruit and
cinnamon.
Each package weighing 19 lbs.
gross will contain 7 lbs. of coffee,
regular grind, 5 lbs. of rice, 3
packages. each of 12 ounces of
dried fruit and a one and a half
ounce can of cinnamon. The price
of $9.95 incfiides the food stuffs,
wrapping. shipping, payment of
Swedish duty and delivery to the
destination in Sweden.
The facilities of the Line here
will speed the delivery of these
packages. Mr. Lundbeck pointed
out. In addition to prompt and
rapid dispatch on either the “GripS
holm" or the “Stockholm." the
Line will arrange for payment of
Matt Lindfors Guest
0f Foreign Office
Matthew Lindlors, editor of
The Swedish Press In Vancouv
er. B. 0.. was one of the 600
passengers who sailed for Goth
enburg. Sweden. in the Swedish
Amt-rim liner "Gripsholm" re-
Dcontly. Mr. Lindtors is one of
the editors of the Swedish-Am
erican press invited by the Swe
dish Foreign Office to tour mod
ern Sweden for three months.
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duty in Sweden while the ship
ment is on its way and deliver
right to the destination at no extra
cost to the receiver.
The specially wrapped packages
will be steelbanded to assure de
livery without damage to the
goods or pilferage. Only the high
est quality merchandise will be
used.
For those who have had to stand
in line at post offices this new
service by the Line will come as
welcome relief. All the donor has
to do is send the name and address
of the person or persons in Swe
den, to whom the package or pack
ages should be addressed with a
check or money order for $9.95
and the Line will attend to the
filing of an export license. buy the
food. have it wrapped and shipped
plus, of course, payment of duty
and delivery in Sweden.
It is important, the Line points
out, that names and addresses are
printed or typewritten to eliminate
mistakes.
A sample package with the ex
act contents ban be viewed at the
Line's offices, 235 White Henry
Bldg. Seattle 1, Wash. '
Bread Rationing
Ends In Sweden
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 4. — (By
wirelessJ—The rationing of bread
in Sweden has been abolished aft
er being in force eight years. Al
though the news is welcomed all
over Sweden. the secretary of the
Swedish Bakers Association points
out that the end of rationing does
not. in effect, mean that more
bread will be available, at least
not for the present. with the p05.
sible exception of molasses loaves,
which are very popular in Sweden.
He also stresses the fact that the
bakeries furthermore are quite de
pendent upon their rations of su
gar and edible fats, none of which
will be increased.
A special brewery section has
been opened at the Technical Mu
seum in Stockholm. A model has
been made of the 14th century
monastery brewery at Vadstena.
in southern Sweden. the oldest
brewery in the world of which the
working methods are known. An
18th century mineral water fac
tory. built by the Swedish chem
ist Torben Bergman. is also
shown in miniature. The original
plant had an hourly capacity of
three quarts.
Welcome Home Fishermen
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CLEANERS FOR
PARTICULAR PEOPLE
206 E. Mignon. Phone 265
Remember You Save at Vienna
BELLINGHAM
BELLINGHAM. WASH.
September Riksdag
Elections Brought
Out Record Vote
STOCKHOLM, September 30.“;
(Air mailed)~fi'Ihe voter turnout;
in the elections on September 19|
for members of the Riksdag's Sec- E
and Chamber topped all previous
records in Sweden. More than 82 I
per ce’nt of the 4,700,000 eligible}
voters went to the polls, while 71‘
per cent has been the averagei
during the last ten years. The
highest record hitherto was set in;
1936 with 74.5 per cent. The in-‘l
crease has been very gradual up?
to this year, when a sudden up-‘
ward swing of ten per cent was
registered. I
The increase in the number of
ballots cast is a result of a rising
political interest in the middle
and working classes. Official
election statistics prove that these
two categories, and especially the
last mentioned — the industrial
workers, the small tenant farm
ers, and the agricultural laborers
—in previous years voted on the
average less than the more pros
perous people, who form a much
smaller group. Thus in the 1944
general elections, more than 85
per cent of the wealthy went to
the polls. while the corresponding
figure for the middle classes ~—
farmers, businessmen, and the ma
jority of white collar workers——
was 73.5 per cent and for the
workers 68.7 per cent. Prelimi
nary 1948 figures show- that while
the turnout of the highest social
groups was 85 per cent. the same
as at the last elections, 82 per cent
of the eligible voters of the two
1 o w e r categories participated.
thu_s proving that the difference
between the classes as to political
interest is now virtually elimi
nated.
Of the more than 600,000 new
voters this year, about 400,000 are
estimated to belong to the work
ing class. and some 200,000 to the
middle class. while hardly 10.000
were of the highest income group.
Some cemmentators make a
point of the fact that, in spite of
the" exceptionally high turnout of
the workers. the percentage of the
ballots cast for the socialist par
ties, the Labor party and the Com
munists. decreased three per cent.
amounting now to some 52 per
cent of the total. Spokesmen for
the Liberal party, which made
very substantial gains. estimate
that one third of the party's sup
port came from the workers.
The final count of the votes is
not entirely completed for the
whole country. Iii n northwestern
constituency. hOWever, the final
tabulation gave the Conservatives
one more seat. which was taken
from the Communists. As a re
sult. the margin between the So
cial-Democratic Labor party.
which is in power. and the non
sociallst opposition has become
still smaller. As the situation now
stands. the Labor party will send
112 representatives to the Riks-
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Communists Lose One
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Secretary To Embassy Returns
‘The secretary at the SWPdish Embassy in Washington. l).(‘.. Olof
Ryde-k, arrived back in the I'nitml State‘s aboard tlw "Gripsholm"
after a short. vacation in ‘his natiw Sweden. H» “as art-«unpanied by
Mrs. Rydberk and their two childrvn.
dag in January (115 before the
elections) and the non-socialist
groups 110 (100 before). The
Communists will number eight 11:3
before),
In order to increase its parlia
mentary support. the Labor Gov
ernment has invited the Farmers'
party to join them in a coalition.
The agrarians. who com m and
thirty seats in the Second Cham
ber (35 before), have not yet given
an answer to the invitation. They
have stated that they would take
part in a national coalition gov
ernment. but the Social-Demo
crats are opposed to such a
change.
King Gustaf V of Sweden. al
though he observed his 90th birth»
day last June. has not yet given‘
up hunting. Although the tennisi
racket is denied him. the rifle isl
‘not. and he has not missed his an?
nual moose hunt a single year,
since 1885. Last week he partici-J
pated in a strenuous two-day hunt}
at Hunneberg, in southwestern
Sweden. The weather was rainy’
and bitter. but the monarch with-,
stood the rigors well and even
bagged two moose himself. 1
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lZ-Year Old Boy
Gets All New Blood
' STOCKHOLM, Sept. 30.—(Air
mailed) A remarkable operation
was performed recently at 3.
Stockholm hospital, where a 12-
year-old boy. who suffered from
a serious blood disease. had his
entire quantity of blood changed.
The transfusion, performed by Dr.
Bo Vl‘ahlquist. took several hours
and required txwlve donors. .It
was the first of its kind in Scan
dinavia.
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