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Johnson Line Adds
New Ship To Fleet
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The Johnson Line has added an
other crack motorship to its Pa
cific Coast fleet, aceording to a ' ‘
cabiegram received from the own
ers. According to the message.
the new ship, “Bortiand,” was
' launched July 15. -
The “Portland," sixth of a, fleet
of super cargo—carrying motor ves- -
.- sels, of the M. S. “Seattle" type,
carries the naming pattern estab
lished by the Johnson Line using
names related to the great ports
of the Pacific Coast.
VOL 8, N6. 14.
“Homeless Love” In Scandinavia
Housing Norway's Big Problem
Prevents Many Marriages
Some Couples Wait 5-677Years For Place To Live
I By the Editor Thorsten Nyma-n
OSLO, Norway—The most interesting facet of conditions
in a foreign or Scandinavian country is how the people live.
How and why? Not only this writer was asking those ques
tions in Oslo. The lives of nearly aAhalf-million Osloites re-
volves around them, because of
course they aren't resolved to gen
eral satisfaction. What has hap
pened in Norway in this respect
is paralleled elsewhere in Scandi
navia. as I later discovered. So'the
truth, as far as it can be uncov
ered and reported by an outsider
is applicable more or less to con
ditions in all Scandinavian coun
tries.
How and why? It starts of
course, with the human cycle. Peo
ple are born. they grow up and
raise children. In Norway. for in
stance. this process does not func
tion as smoothly. in general. as it
does in the States where love that
entails marriage is relatively un
hampered by society irom its in
ception to its logical fulfillment.
As anyone knovvs. an American
girls considers herself an ‘old inaid'
at the age of 23. as a college say
ing goes. Not so in Norway. From
that American viewpoint most
young Norwegian women a re
"old maids." Here love—rspeaking
throughout of the kind that re
sults in marriage “does not neces
sarily culminate in marriage in a
matter of weeks. months or even
a couple of years. Years and years
may pass. I know first hand of
engaged couples waiting 5—6 years
before marriage is even thinkable.
In a way it's tragic. On the other
hand . Scandinavians accept it.
Something in their moral make-up
sanctions it. (Thus premarital sex
ual intercourse is common). But
in the final analysis their living
standards and conditions are to
blame. Yet these young couples are
patient and not prone to b l a m (-
anyone in particular.'Love must
go on. and it does, and the only
relief from temporary discomforts
preventing matrimony c o m e 5
mainly from the state: the bogey
many in the States abhor. but
which Scandinavians. like otlnr
Europeans. must turn to for sal
vation and progress in both ma
terial and spiritual sense.
The Strongest Pulse—Boat
Love. it so happens. requiros‘
shelter. Today thousands of love
happy Scandinavian couples geti
their shelter provisionally; some‘
either live sopafiately or squeeze;
into one of the homes of theiri
parents. And some that are mar- !‘
ried even live separtely. too. Yos.|
it happens. While Americans com- i’
plan: about the high cost of liv- 1‘!
ing in the States. mosts Osloitesfi
and Stockholmers, with the same“
problem. are much more concerned I]
over the lack of housing. 1 I
The lock of ulcqunto housing. a
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The Scandinavian Music Festival Biggest Ever In USA
0n the stage an seen some of the pe-rfornwn during thv flag salute con-mum» at Soatth-R fir~l («final 0! this kind.
"The Scandinavian cont'epts of;
freedom continue to strengthen de- i
mocracy.” said Governor Arthur.
B. Langlie in his greeting to the1
20,000 persons who attended the
Scundlnavlln Music and Dance
Festival In Volunteer Park in Se
attle on Sunday. July 27. He also
acknowledged the eervxce the
Scandlnu'lan people: have ren
dered to the Pncltic Northwest
end to America and thenked them
{or keeping Alive tradltlone which
enrich the lives of people every
when. Other maker: were the.
Seattle, Washington, August 15, 1952
The Answer -- N0
King Haakon and Crown Prince
Olav recently attended the unveil
ing of a monument commemorat
ing the 19.000 Norwegian patriots
who during the German occupaé
tion of Norway were interned at
Grini concentration camp.
i 'The spirit of endurance and re
sistance of all Grini prisoners is
{symbolized in a bust of Lauritz
lSand. who survived Nazi torture
‘through nearly four years of im
fprisonment. Now 72. Mr. Sand was
'present at the ceremony.
The six-foot high granite mon
'ument stands at a crossroad lead
ing to the wartime prison camp;
:Below the bust. on the front of
lits base. there is inscribed a singie
lword-NEI-—-Norwegian for NO-~—
‘which was the key siogan of the
Norwegian resistance movement,
.mayor of Seattle. Allan Pomeroy. .
‘and Congressmen Henry M. Jack-I
son and Thor Tollet'son. le‘hal‘dl
Trudeau. originator of the festival. ,
was master of ceremonies. ‘.
So large was the throng that’
many persons could get no nearer .
the stage than the steps of thei
Art Museum. several hundred“
yards away Traffic was snarled‘
{or several blocks on all sides of?
the park. .
The program included perform-‘
‘ woes of local dance and choral
groups. weal-ll; costumes 0! thel
‘ mm .0! ”News
Final Surge Gives U.S.
Over-All Olympic Title
Helsinki — The tumult and the
fshouting ended and the 15th Olym-‘j
'pic Games of modern times wont:
1into the history books w an Un-it
iequalled carnival of record-break-i
1ing featured by America's inspircdl
1uphill climb to the team champion-3
.ship. :
f The athletes could all prondly’
Ireflect that they were part of per-i
fhaps the most fantastic sports‘
fshow of all time. the show that‘
*saw Russia emerge from behind;
‘the Iron Curtain and almost but2
:not quite. beat the U. S. for the'
team title. and the show that saw!
i The Seattle Park Department's:
.“Muaic Under the Stars" Symn
[phony Orchestra. directed by Gus- ‘
itave Stern and guest Conduclnr
iJohn Sundsten. prouded the ma—
ijor part of the musu-al program .
I Five selections were gn‘m thoxr
ifirst.Anmericnn pen'ommnce at the ‘
Henna]. two were heard for the
{first time on the Ptcihc (,‘oa‘st‘
jand one was presented here forj
ime rim ume.
Included in the "nut American 1
[pel-forum.” “It wu me "King:
Christan IX Elinor Inch." Mod
«5% I4
world and Olympic record; brok-
Ecn 176 times in track an: field
:alone.
i First Time
! The Sovict's appearance "~r the
|first time since 1912 was, of L‘JUI‘SO
ithe biggest thing at these :ames,
which were formally concluiei on
’Aug, 3 amid colorful pageantry.
l The world long had wondered
‘just how good Russian athletes
'were u whether they really were
las mighty as Russian newspapers
land broadcasts made them out to
Ibe. The world got the answer in
| (Continued on Page '3‘
:as nearly 700 performers marched
‘Lhrough the crowd unto the stage
gas the festxvnl opened.
1 Special guests on the. program
iwere Mldame Helga Gorlm, load
,mg soprano of the Swedish opera.
Jean Form and Robert Rnunse
‘iville. singing stars 0: “The Song
v! Norway." and a Danish-born
‘Hollywood starlet. Bodnl Miller.
5 he Festival wns exceptionally
gwcll handled for a first effort~<
what mil have been 3 straggling
miss 0! willing unnteurs wal
mar-hula! into a varied progrun
l at We nude-.1 mum-t.
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