Scandinavian American. [volume], February 20, 1952, Image 1

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“Open” Smokmg
Boosted Output
The large Swedish electrical
works of ASEA, at Vasteras.
having waived the prohibition
against the employees smoking
while at work, have noted good
results both in the general con
tentment of the workers and
in stepped-up productivity.
The city of Nan'ik in North
Norway, where the sun is absent
for 2 of the winter months, has
built a 'solarlum for school child
ren. featuring u 'ra-violet radiant
walls and cellii s.
Vol. 8, No. 4.
Special [ow-Cost Tour To
Scandinavia via SAS In June
Thorsten Nyman Will Be Tour Conductor
Where-To-Go Travel Service, in cooperation with Scandin
avian Airlines System, is sponsoring a special tour to Scan
dinavia, The Viking Tour, to be conducted by Thorsten
Nyman, your Scandinavian news editor in the N. W. Depar
ture is scheduled for June 20 from Seattle and June 22 from
New York. Special low tourist class fares will be in effect
for the tour party. Members may disperse at any of the
landing points in the four Nordic countries in Europe and
may return to United States whenever they wish.
Nymen will write articles on;
Scandinavian life in general and
his extended trip to other points
in Europe for the Scandinavian
American. The Swedish Post and,
a number of American newspa
pers He is also expected to At
tend and report on the Olympic
Games in Helsingfors in July be
fore returning to this country.
As planned. the tour offers pas
sengers the opportunity of arriv
ing in time for Midsummer fes
tivities in communities they plan
to visit. Also, it provides a. good
“breather" for those who plan to
attend the Olympic games. start
ing about three weeks later.
Scheduled via a Scandinavian
Alrllnes tourist class plan. the
tour offers the lowest pugslhle
{area In air travel. Full particu
lars can he obtained and reser
vations can be made at Where
Norwegian Actress Came, Saw,
Discovered The Real America
When Eiliabeth Bang arrived in
Americ'a. recently, the Norwegian
stage and screen actress thought!
she would merely be interested in
seeing and studying the American!
theatre and life in general. But,
now. recounting her experiences in}
Seattle hm week. she feels that?
isn’t quite enough. Show more in-:
terested In the people. ’
“I want to study the lx-oplv.”
she ~ays.
She‘s not interested in how
things appear on the surface. In
deed, she saw Hollywood. the :m
per-collossal dream factory. and
left it unimpressed. almost disap
pointed. Sitting cozily on the duv
enport in the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Andrew Wenm-r. 3018 W. 73rd
St., her face glowed “‘lth warm
hearted enthusiasm as she told
about something that meant more
to her. She told of the day .~he
looked out of the window of the
Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Cen
ter in New York and saw and
sensed the surging vitality of
swarming humanity. the huge de
sign of American hie. its throb
bing pulse beat. .
“I halt llko crying." she HI)".
(‘riu cron- her heart. she got a
cunt: on Amerlca right then and
there.
Rounding out the comparison b9-
tween that New York scene and
Hollywood she feels thé former
represents a true facet 0‘ Ameri
ca, while the latter. Hollywood, re
flects the artlflciality which. un
bebomlngly. ha been associated
with America in the eyes of well.
nhe’ll vouch for a good percentage
0! «inc-ted Europeans. Hollywood
nve her thin lmpreulon of Amer
ica: Amerlcuu hove u: my llv
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“Group travel is not only popu
lar but also practical for passen
gers. says Harry Jarvinsen. gen
eral manager of Where-To-Go.
“This trip, in particular. should
bring together like-minded people,
and in their good company it
ought to be a pleasing tour. Ar
rangements have already been
made to give passengers better
service than what may be custo
mary via tourist class. made pos
sible only by a group arrange-
ment such as this. All documents
and travel ' p r o b l e m s will be
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To~Go. Since this tour will be
widely publicized it should also be
specially memorable for the group.
ELIZABETH BANG
She aw will: Hollywood
didn't med
Seattle, Washington, February 20. 1952
Scandinavians In Concert Drive
Coming Concert Series Artists: Nan Merrman, James Melton and Carolyn Long
‘ LILY HEDBERG BACKMAN
Winter Olympic
News Coverage
Sports roporters from 30 nations
are in Oslo to cover 1310 VI Olym
pic Winter Games. held Feb. 14-25.
reports the Norwegian Organizxng
Committee. The roster of news-
men includes 101 {mm Norwav
and 70 from Sweden. The United
States is third, wnh 25 journal
ists. Some of the newsman com-“W
from countries as far n‘f as Jap'm
and Chile. In Oslo. they find ev
ery conceivable technical facility
u, wuuumm “u“..m. mum,
of modern communicatmns. all
mstod to work without a hitch‘
About 50 mrexgn radio repay-€-
crs are at hand. too. The 6-man
American group includns 2 from
the American Broadvasting (‘m'-
poration: 2 from the Voice of Am
erica. and '2 from the L'. S, Forces
Network. American nuvscasts
from the \Vimor Olympics will be
relayed by the Norwegian Broad
casting Corporation's shortwave
transmitter at Frefinkstad.
Sweden llas More ‘
Millionaires low
I l
.‘lllllonalnm In Suvdon number-
I‘d 914 In 195]. i. e. 1'29 man- than
In Ihe prn‘Ious you. 0! these.
284 \wrr buslnmm‘n. 338 an
ploym. Including executives. and
317 not {unfully employwd. The
mljorlty. 88.1 llve In Iowns. In?
cideutauy. the numb" o! hull
rupIcII-n doom In Sweden dur-
In‘ 195]. tot-Ill" 1.107. M twin!
1.188 the rovin- yMr. '
Bjoerling World’s Greatest Tenor,
Says Schultz, Sings Here March 16
3 Seattle has the largest subscrib
‘ ed concert seriea of any (ity in the
él'nited States, thanks to the So—
;uttle (‘ummunity (‘om-ert Asw-
Eeiation. \Vith 6,000 members ah
“the goal, a drive for next season‘s
lconcert series. featuring work] fa
tmous artists “ill be under nay
‘from February '25 to March 1. .\Il
tickets must he s‘vvllrml uithin that
time. Artually. they amount to
only 89 cent" per mnu-rt.
: Sparking the drive is President
and Master lmpre-sario ('eeilia
35mm”. but a
numbe-r uI‘Sc-dn- ;
E dinuvians a r v ‘-
_ aiding. im‘lwl- ‘
: ing l)l\'ision>
{ Chairman Lily i
; Hvdlwrg Back- 1
9 man. prominrm -‘
Benton busi-l
m-ssxuunnn. (M‘
imnn (li a t v
Svandln a \ i a n ,
MN. Schultz imrrmt t h i s
season is the (mum-rt appo-aranc-v ?
uf Junsi Bjorling in ('i\ir Auditor-
New Swedish Jet Plane In Some Ways
Superior To ll. 8. Sabre, Russian MIG
, STOCKHOLM.— ~The first series
; built units of the all-Swedish
smgle-seater jet aircraft J-29. con
sidered to be fully comparable
with the American F~86 Sabre and
the Russian MIG-15. have now
been in service in the Swedish Air
‘ Force for some time past.
‘ Designed and built by the SAAB
‘ Aircraft Company. the J-29 has
a top speed \\‘hl(h is rated by
Air Force experts at about 1.060
km. p.h. (660 mph.» The flying
altitude is said to be more than
12.000 nielers 139.000 ft. and the
engine effect approximately 10.-
000 hp. The armament consists
:0! {our automatic 'guns and a
ETo All Young Scandinavians: -
': A dance and progrm for the
' purpose of bringing all young
| Scandinavians of Seattle and sur
‘lrounding areas together is sched
- uled for Sunday evening. March 9.
yin Norway Center's quuet hell
-1» This event. phnned for some
t’tlme by I group interested in pro~
mam; I common meeting place
W 14
‘ium. Sunday. Mal-eh 18. In an in
terview with your reporter. Mrs.
Schultz, president of the Associa
tion. told of a recent meeting with
Bjnrling. whom she regards as
having the greatest tenor valve in
the world today. Seattle Swedes
may have a banquet fur him after
liifi l‘nnt‘f‘fl.
Mrs. Schultz' Scandinavian ‘zi‘
terests were perked up recently
With her visit to Stockholm, when)
she was guest of Mr, and Mrs.
Knut Littorin, who triated her
royally as hOJor guest at exc-lus.
we social affairs attended by :10-
tables of the Stockholm theatru-il
world. Mrs. Littorin is the formvr
finger Birgit Ackerlund. who v15-
ited Seattle in 1948. Ouuily she
and her husband had lived on tha
same Stockholm street all their
lives but met for the first time in.
America.
Mrs. Si-hul'z saw Kiss Me Ka'e"
ill Stockholm and thought the big
ger-scaled Swedish production "axis
l-etti 1* than Aiiiei'icsi'< :While sew
u‘ontinued on Page 8.»
, “certain number" of rm'kcts of
\ varying dimensmns.
. The effeeth‘e flying time is re—
, ported to be longer than that o!
the MIG-15 Ind the properties of
l ascent snperiur to those of the
' Saber.
- The J-29 has swept havk wings
and full body hence the pet-name
1 "Flying Barrel" and is equipped
: \\‘llh pressurized cabin and ejert
' able seat.
D About a month ago the SAAB
; Company reported nn experiments
I With a delta-“‘12:; aiicralt mtond~
. ed for flying tests at a relatively
- 10w speed. It is equipped with a
r brake parachute to reduce speed
i on landiing.
for all young Scwdinaviun new—
:comers and their friends. will also
;be {or Scmdlnavian American
;and others interested in the
,Sc.ndmav|an languuu and herb
page. Be sure to Attend It And
look for more deans ln our next
“nine!
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