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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." V ' ' 236:} 1:: Ice. 34.66 P.L.&R u. s. POSTAGE r p 3‘15” " L ' ,, ‘ em 0. 4’13 5W. WWW“ we. W”; m“ Svofiitfinwg . k- \ {93 0,3 fsl \ w JV L ‘ ’ to - ' Serving the Scandinavian-American Population of the Greog Northwest M odémAStéckholm Stockholm has been described as a “symphony of water, greennvss and beautiful modern buildings." {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. ‘ The total bonds sum is 8115.000 ‘and the balance of $10,000 to m the quota for the mam. hundmg should be sold befurr the 171?: of March when the buds are- In be opened. All committee mvmbers are doing their best and we ask you to help them. - NORWAY CENTER. Inc... Finunce Omittee.