Scandinavian American. [volume], March 14, 1950, Image 1

About Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958

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‘ INSIDE: l
Spotlight On The
Smorgésbord '
—- Page 3
Facts About Nordic
Antarctic Expedition
— Page 8
Year Of Festivities I
In Olso, Norway
-— Page 5
Swedish Center
—An Editorial
— Page 2
Vol. 6, No. 5.
WaShingQgEunflogist’s Fin dings Hailed
Film Authority
(in Scandinavia
Visit}~ Seattle
“Gee. and I thought cattle
walked on the streéts of
Stockholm!", was the com
ment one American made a
number of years ago after
seeing Russell Wright’s mov
ie “Swedish Interlude" in the
States.
The picture. one of the first to
introduce modern Scandinavia on
a more elaborate scale to Ameri
can audiences—hundreds of thous«
ands saw it—proved what Wright
said during his stay in Seattle
last week: “Most Americans can't
imagine what a Wonderful and
progressive place Scandinavia
really is."
This is how “i? nee photogra
pher, and nationa lyknown lectur
er and reporter. sums it up after
having made seven visits there
during the past 18 years: "Sean
dinavia is the best place in Europe
today . . . the Scandinavians have
the highest standard of living in
Europe, they work the. hardest,
are more honest and have better,
more efficient and reliable gov
ernments and help themselves
more than any peoples I know
of in the old world and I have
seen and made movies in a great
many of them."
Scandinavia Has Great Story
Wright, who 'returned to the
US. from Scandinavia t h r e e
months ago after a two-year stay
in Scandinavia, where he complet
ed production of his latest movie,
“Eyes On Scandinavia." shown
recently at the Washington Ath
letic Club. Seattle. says he enjoys
Scandinavia more every time he
goes there.
"The people there aren't spoiled
. . . they don‘t try to cheat Am
ericans the nay they do on the
European mainland . . and the
Scandinavians are true lovers of
freedom and di-moerm-y."
And the impulsive “'right adds
with a sweeping gesture. "if any
of your remit-rs doubt my state
ments tell them I'm not a Scanda
hoovian, that I‘m :1 IOU—percent
(Continued on Page ll)
Everett Plans
Nordic Festival
“Everett plans to join in Seat
tle's observance or the lutter's
100th anniversary." writes the Se
attle Times.
”Everett Is preparing to stage
an annual Scandinavian festival,
and intends to launch its first of
these yearly events at about the
time Seattle opens its year-long
centennial program. It is a neigh
borly thought. and Seattle resi
dents undoubtedly will return the
compliment by attending, and en
joying, Everett! Scandlnavlan
(etc: for many years to come."
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{Report for Scandinavian American:
Finland 15 Mouse; Russia 15 Cat,
But Latter Runs Poor Peep Show
By Cliff Danielson
Seattle Student and Observer in Scandinavia
‘ HELSINKI, Finland. — In Icy
Finland, there's somathlng chillier;
than the weather. and that is the!
Finnish attitude toward the Ru»!
'slans. Cold as it is, the weather!
takes a turn for the better (iiLrlng'
the few brief summer months. but
the {rigid reeling toward the Bus-f
plans never risvs above 32 dogma}
At a rocvnt showing in Helsinki‘
of lht‘ Russian propaganda. pioturv
“Stalingrad." the Finnish illldlt‘lfl‘l‘
laughc-d at tho t-hurat-tt‘riwtion of
Hitler raging through our of hi~
tantrums: ho ropn-uvntc-d a night
mare that “as past. But win-u
thu sympathetic portrayal of u
futhvrly Stalin llushml on lhv
son-v", no om- laughing; lw i~ ~tii|
I rvai. and his role is no so patern—
' nlln‘tit‘. ‘
: From the Finns‘ pnint .if \"..u.\‘.‘
Ytheir rvintmnslnp With tht‘il' vusiU
Evin neighbor is one of now-sit)"
{and not of cimicc. Thn Finns are
In. vnstomod to doing things nut of
inorwsity: fighting: against RllSSlJ.
with Russia: “’ith Gvrnzany.
Inguinst (Evrmdny. 'i‘hcy‘rc used it)
ilnsmg on the side bets while con
ivvntmting on the “main chant.”
; the independent existence of Fm- ,
i kind. l
I Finland is Mouse —- Russia (‘st !
In Time magazine's “Half-Cen-I
tury" edition. \‘lmro is a map de-I
.picting the '(ummunist dominat-l
ed" countries of Europe; included:
With the satellite countries is Fln- ’
land. Putting the Finns in the'
sum class with the satellite na-E
tions ts a little misleading: Russia l
is the cat and Finland the mouse.)
truly enough. But in this tween
the mouse hasn't been eaten yet."
Seattle, Washington, March 14, 1950
That makes a. lot of difference—to
the mouse, especially.
In every European country that
has slipped under direct commun
ist domination the switch has‘
(Cnntinumi on Fake 12i I
Bids For Norway Center Contract Opened This Week
Norway Center Finance ("um-i
mittee reports that the most inn-3
portant news of the week is the;
cooperation of so many organiza-g
tions in the building venturt‘. The»
last ones to join the rank of in-I:
vestom are Nordlandslaget and the
Fisherman‘s Union. The total is?
of today nrereizht organizations
are as follows:
Olaf Strandwold Gives Absorbing
Account of Early Viking Visits
What exactly do we know about the Viking landings and
settlements on the American continent centuries before other
Europeans ever dreamed of sailing so far west?
As yet the full story can "—" ' " ' ' "“'—‘ ‘—
inot be told comprehensively.
l‘But Olaf Strandwold, Pros
‘ ser. Wash. rancher and retir
icd school superintendent can
:tell us a great deal. His ex
;tensive. painstaking studiesi
. of rune stones f o u n d in
1‘America and other findings
‘ pertaining to the Viking land
;ing‘s brings to light an inter
esting and absorbing assort
ment of details concerning
3 the matter.
i Dr. Henry Goddard Leach. head
of the American-Scandinavian
foundation. believes Strundu‘old
‘wlll be regarded as a pioneering
(scholar in his field. No doubt
I Strandwold's findings and theories
liwill be diswussed for years. l'n-I
{ doubtedly he occupies a unique po
isition among American runolo
. gists.
i On December 1 last year death‘
jcame to this \Vashington man af-.
‘lter he completed writing the book
j“Norse Inscriptions on American ‘
l‘Stones.“ The thin volume. only 69 ‘
ipages in length. represented 15 ‘
years‘ serious study of rune stones
both in the United States and in
Scandinavian countries All those
intereated in reading the book may
‘purchase it from his son Sylvan
‘Strmidnould, principal of Central
School in Iliquiam. Wash In a
Bn'ldahllk [Paughlvn of Nur
way. l-‘ishrmmn's l'nlnn. Kmm-
Rm‘km- Sons of Sunni}; IA‘"
I‘Zrirkson Sons 0! Sunni). Nonl-
Iandxlnxu-t vahnrinxvn. \nnu-gi
an Ladies (“hm-us. Nunwgian
Male (horns and \ulkyrh-n
Daughters M Norwny. ;
Other organizations aw consulw
ering investing. I
1 0c 0 Copy
14
letter to the Scandinavian Ameri—
can Mr, Strandwold gives a brief
\lescription of his father‘s life,
featured in this article.
Lucille McDonald. Northwvst au
thni'ess. says that in spite of the
latest research by others. Strand
'wold's conclusions still may prov-3
a notable advance towaid solving
puzzles, of the l‘al'llE‘St visits of
white men L) the United States.
She writes as follows:
«Continued on Page 12.
What About Runes?—
I Tim runs is a h-ttvr u: thc
alphalv‘t 1‘" uiiur to t“. 71']—
ricnt nurtlwrn nation» at Eti
rupr. Thcrc \u-rc tlum- lmdmg’
chums ut‘ runrn: tht- Scandina—
\‘ian. the (ivrman and tin- An
glo-Saum. all agnwing in wmc
respects. Of those the first i»
supposcd to be vide-st. It cun
sistcd 0f sixtccn lcttcra, “hilc
the Angln-Saxnn consisted of
forty. Thc characters an- form
ml almost entire-Iy of straight
lint“, cithvr single or in com
position. Runm wcrc inscribed
on monuments. rocks. modah.
rings, hiltw and Math-s of
swords and the "kc. Runic
monunwnh nccur in Dcnmark.
Norway. Sncdcn, Britain. Ger
many, and in sumc park of
Franco and Spain. Sonic at the
latcht di~cn\‘cric~' n f runic
utumw \n-rv madv in Amcrim.
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