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Show 'Europe Says America's Nutty' f i y PAUL RAAE But that continent'! crazy, too. Danish Reporter Here to Get 'Real Facts' on Utah and U. S. By CLARENCE WILLIAMS To European, the United States is a crazy place . . . Iff a place where gangsters and movie celebritiea are the most talked about persona, said Paul Rase, photographer-reporter of the Berltngste Tidende, oldest newspaper in Denmark, who arrived here Thursday. The M-year-old newspaper man is touring th United State for material ma-terial and picture for a series of Illustrated Il-lustrated artloles in hla paper and one In Austria. Ha la writing about Salt Lake City, tha L. D. & church and other Interesting points, such aa the open cut copper min at Bingham. Bing-ham. "Journal!! who have coma to America In th past have dispatched article only about film people In Hollywood and gangstere," ha ald. "Most of th picture aent to Europe Eu-rope are of these people, and It give us a funny Impression of th United State." I Mr. Raaa la seeking an economic. rellglou and cultural picture ef America. "If there I a law passed In America Amer-ica forbidding any certain thing," he asserted, "I am aura you would soon find out how to break It. But I lika America very much. Condi-tione Condi-tione here are good. Denmark I economically sound and social condition condi-tion are excellent. Compared to European newipa-pr, newipa-pr, most of which ara censored, American newspaper ara sensational sensa-tional said tha visitor. He aaid the European pre doaan't print anything any-thing about a parson' private lit. "If you tell oeool In Euron you ara going to America they say it's a nutty place," ha asserted. "Then when I tell Americana I am from Europe they say, It's a helluva place you're going to have war; you've got nasism, fascism and communism.' commu-nism.' I think it la trus." Mr. Raaa aaid European newspaper newspa-per ara now using mora candid cameraa and ara rapidly getting away from tha use of flashlight He la stopping at tha Templa Square hotel He will remain in America four months. A |