Scandinavian American. [volume], July 17, 1952, Image 1

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Norway Wins In
Fishing Dispute
OLSO—Norway has been advisel
that it won the fishing rights
dispute with Britain which was
submitted to the International
Court at The Hague. Britain
wanted low water mark on the
Norwegian coast to be the “base
line" from which Norway's terri
torial waters were measured.
The court rejected this idea,
ruling that the base may be lines
connecting extreme points and
headlands, up to 40 miles apart.
Vol. 8, No. 13.
Scandinavian Groups Set for Festival Inly 27
SCANDINAVIAN DANCE—Dressed In old muztry cmlunws. Nnrdlska Folk Danm'rs perform gay
dance ln n-heursal for Seattle's first Centennial Suuulinmlan Music and Dance Fostlml at Volunteer
Park July 27. ‘
Program To Be Broadcast By
All Scandinavian Networks
A long distance telephone call
Ind letter from the Voice of Am
merlca in New York confirmed
nmngements made earlier to have
the Scandinavian Festival pro
(run at. Volunteer Park on Sun-i
, day. July 27, broadcast in each of
the Scandinavian countries. :
The news received by Chairman:
' Richard Trudeau came from Matty‘
Schneebaum. Special Events Di-
Norwegian Journalists
To Visit N. W. Cities f
Word is received that Seattle.‘
mania. Everett. Bremerton and
,other Northwest communities will
be vidted by ten Norwegian journ
mm the 11th through the 16th of
Amt inclusive. The newspapers
men are traveling under the aus
pices of the U.S. Security Dept.’
and will be the guests of the local:
Chamber of Commerce. ;
Loni committee from Leif Erik.’
Ion Lodge. Sons of Norway, will‘
upomor the visitors at a. “get-tog
gather" It Norway Center, Satur-j
day night. August, 16th. A suitablei
program will be arranged for the‘
occasion. This will be the onlyi
chance for our Norwegian colony;
to via". with the journalists from{
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who stated that wires had been
received from the directors of the
five Scandinavian gov e r n m e nt
radio networks indicating their en
;thusiustic I'BCt‘ptifin of the pro
grams and announcing that they
{would broadcast the entire 21,;
lhour proceedings to their listeners.
The afternoon program. including
orchestra, choruses. folk dances.
and drill hams. will be tape re
corded, and with translations in
Swedish, Danish. Norwegian, and
iF‘innish ot‘ the introductions and
imain speeches will be flown to the
Scandinavian countries for re~
,broadcast. The program will be
'aired about tWO weeks later in
.each of the countries.
i A11 seven Scandinavian choral
jgroups will also perform in the
{Festival program. it was an
lnounced. as well as joining in a
ispectacular finale directed by John
ISundsten. Choral groups partici-I
lpating are the Sven. Male Chorus.
:directed by C. H. Sutherland: the
lSwedish Women’s Chorus undorl
'the direction at Carl Zeed: the
‘Runeberg Chorus conducted by
‘ George Haivor; the Finnish Chorus
‘directed by Erick Solo; the Nor
‘Wegian Male Chorus directed by
lAugust Werner; the Norwegian
indies Chorus directed by Mrs.
iGertmdo Werner; and the Iceland
;ic Chorus directed by Toni Bjom
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Seattle, Washington, July 17, 1952
IN FINLAND
AT LAST
Finland has been trying since
1936 to play host to the world's
Olympic sportsmen.
The first try was made in 1936
at the Berlin Olympic Congress
when Helsinki put in its bid for
the 1940 games. Japan won a ma
jority of votes, and itself built
elaborate hotels, special highways.
and a swimming pool in anticipa
tion of the games. Involvement in
China. however. forced Japan to
relinquish its Olympic urganiza.
tion and in 1938 it was decided
to hold the 1940 games in Fin
land.
The outbreak of World War II
destroyed all hopes for the games.
Finland once again missed its
chance to entertain the Olympics
in HMS—the first postwar games.
The games. beginning July 19.
will be held this year in the stud
ium Finland built in hopes it would
be the site of the games in 1940.‘
save—{Making *
Anniversgry _> _
_ Friends (if Mr. and Mrs. Sigurd
iHolm are invited to a party It
iNorway Center. Friday, July 25th.
ito help celebrate the couple's
Silver Wedding Anniversary. Both
Mr. end Mrs. Holm hnve been
very ective in the Norweghn col
lony in Seattle for many yeu'l. eo
pecielly in The Son- of Norwey.
The Committee of Arrangement.
em everybody to the perv tint
fight. \ . V
Thousands Will Attend Sweden
Day Fete In Vasa Park July 20
Thousands of scandinavians are
expected to attend the annual
Sweden Day festival in Vasa Park,
Lake Sammamish, Sunday, July 20.
This event is sponsored by the
Swedish Club of Seattle, and fos
tival chairman Mr. Al Berg re
ports plans are completed for an
interesting program and amuse
ments of different kinds for the
whole day. There will be races and
contests for the children, dancing
in the pavilion to Bob Olson's
popular six piece orchestra and
swimming and boating.
The program. starting at 2:30
P.M., features Congressman Henry
M. Jackson as main speaker. Svea
Male Choir, under the direction of
Scandinavian Traveiog
Personal and Otherwise
is: NORWAY
OSLO—(Spmmm sup-j
ped slowly behind a cloud banki
hovering over Oslo and twilightod!
a vast expanse of idyllic country!
side as we entered the city limits'
from the Gurdexnoeu Airfield by.
bus. after completing" our transatn
lantic journey via Pan American;
World Airways. Was this 051”?
Village-like clusters of houses and‘
barns? Yes. the Norwegian inc-Q
tropolis has fanned out 26 times'
its regular size since 1948. so,
there's plenty of room for its 435,- I
000 inhabitants. But it's not quite
so roomy for tourists. ;
Tourists were pouring in fasterf
than the hotels could readily take“
care of them so when I ordered
my first taxicab from Carlton Hn- |
tel for a downtown ride the porter :
said a mouthful: “Sorry. you’ll just :
have to wait. You see. there‘s just 1
too much foreign currency afloat." «i
“him I tipped the hotel boy with
two crowns fur some svrviros.
quite innocently. he looked tivklml
pink and true to custom he bmwd
and exclaimed takk. takk. mkkt
The tip to the cab driver produced
the same curious effect on him.
King Haaknn may be the ruling
figurehead in this country but the
Almighty Dollar signifies a lot of
authority. tuo. Believe me. Europe
is sold on America. dollar—wise. to
say the least.
Well, there I was, jnining the
milling crowds on 0510‘s main
drag, Karl Johans Gade. set along
impressive rows of leafy linden
trees.
Now. where should I go'.‘ hook
at the crowds. moving in two di
rections. back and forth. You'd
think this was a rousing good
tum-out for a parade. or some
thing. Aha. April tool. This is
summer. This is Scandinavia. This
sort of thing is just up their alley.
You see. they were going no place
in particular. And X got nil fouled
up. Of course. they wen just uk
ing their customary evening stroll.
their ymromund Enter Pmde.
Now tell me_what would the y
be doing if they Md can like Am
erican? mu n We ques
tion.
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C. H. Sutherland. will render a.
number of songs. and the folk
dance team from the University of
Washington will appear under the
direction of Gordon Ekvall Tracie.
Other participants are Miles
Brandon. tenor, accompanied by
John Sundsten, Count Michael
Scheremetiew's Sweden House
Booster Trio and the accordion
playing of youngsters Boyd. Jo
hanson and Knudsen. The crown
ing of the SWeden Day Queen will
be a colorful part of the day‘s
program. Cl1fford Benson will be
the master of ceremonies.
There will be. dancing from 5 to
10 RM. The admission to the park
is set at 50 cents.
man, can you tell me where I‘m
going? The Norwegian policen‘mt.
militarily erect, has such a stately
gait that ydiid «(fleet 'to find a
,medal or two pinned 0n tn his
Ichest. Look at the way he nods
)and make explanatory gestures
with an air of prui‘essional pride.
(Yes. after he‘s given me (lii'evtiuns.
he clicks his heels Ulgt‘thcl‘ just
a wee bit and salutes. He imparts
to this humble person :1 certain
lsense of importance. ton, And
itliere We have it. All that was
{Europe and still lingers on. lest
the centuries were in vain. You see,
tit fits into a certain sense of pro.
priety, a way of lending a‘ touch
lof tradition to a gesture (if the
lhand. a posture. Nope. we‘re not
'that typed in America: we don't
‘express that much of what has
lgone before us.
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