Show SCANDINAVIAN NEWS i f. f SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAP HAP- r. r I IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST V I ITEMS F FROM OM TH THE THEOLD OLD HOME V Resume Rue of f the M Events Event V in Sweden Norway and Denmark Denmark- I V i J Of Interest to the Scandinavians Scandinavian I In America V V V t N NORWAY Y I V IThe The Norwegian cabinet has bas decided 1 to pr propose pose the e establishment of f a volunteer volunteer vol vol- automobile corps for the army The present war has amply proved the n necessity of the automobile as a apart apart V f part of the equipment of or oran an army Inthe in inthe i the field Automobiles have been used V Vonly only occasionally at military maneuvers maneuvers maneu maneu- V j vers vera in Norway and the government has rented them at the rate of 16 a t. t day In case of of war war all automobiles J would of course be requisitioned d forthe for forthe the use of the army but automobiles 1 t will be of little use unless the officers acquire experience nce in handling them beforehand the V V The plan is to pay volunteer automobilists seven seven dollars V Va a day for the use of the machine the V i 4 u understanding being that the owner V V Vand and his- his chauffeur are to ride In it Vt The owner is s' s to furnish new tires 2 when needed but the tIm government will wm turn furnish Ish the oil S S 1 Jaderen the rugged lowlands In the southwestern part of Norway used to tobe tobe be famous for the great number of its singing birds in the warm season V During the past few years the birds V have been more and more rare and V now it is claimed that Jaderen has fewer singing birds than any other section of the country The reason is V said to be that they are hunted more relentlessly than before In southern V Europe where they stay during the cold season V I S A man at had about 17 in the bank But the war made him so nervous that he thought he would feel safer if he kept his money at some BO sO he took the coins and put them into drawer awer in his commode V V at home A few weeks ago he came cameto cameto to the sheriff and told him that the 1 money was gone The sheriff kept an eye on alt all suspicious looking people ff V VIn in sight a and d he finally thought h he he- had had V V i struck the guilty party He postponed V V the arrest however until the next day and he had reason to be glad because because because be be- V cause he had made haste so slowly tf for tor just in the nick of at time the man V who claimed that his money had bad been 1 1st st stolen len appeared before the sheriff with an expression of ot che cheapness In t his ils face and told him that he had found the money the money the package bad had bad V dropped the commode J S S S V V V That it Is dangerous to change the V V J name namn la n of a hip phlp in war time is th the V moral drawn by the Norwegian Shipping Shipping Shipping Ship- Ship V ping Gazette from th the attack upon the V V V V steamship Davanger by a German sub sub- V marine The Davanger formerly was V the he Ceylon and the latter name appeared appeared appeared ap- ap on the ships ship's papers Th The captain cap- cap tam aln tain of the submarine stopped tile the Davanger and demanded the vessels vessel's name and nationality He also asked for the ships ship's papers When he observed observed ob oh- served the conflict in names b he d declared de- de dared the Davanger not only was was sailing sailing sail- sail ing ng under a false name but a false flag ilag He gave the crew 15 minutes V to o leave and then fired upon the steamer V V V S S V Kr an employee at the the- Sarpsborg electric power station and anda V Va a merchant named after a series V of experiments covering a long period I of time have at last In conStructing constructing con- con an electric stove which experts ex penis have declared to be a great Improvement im Im- Im j provement upon former electric stoves By means of a weak current V Va a large quantity of ot heat can be pro pro- V V up to degrees centigrade The invention has been patented In Norway and the Inventors will soon V V have lave it patented in the leading Indus Indus- rial trial countries s of th the world V VV V S So Soie e statistics have just been pub with regard to the enlistment V VV of young joung recruits for the army in V 19 1933 3 The district of Fosen was at athe V i the he head of f the list of fre freh h recruits V with per cent of the young men V of f military age was DC 9 the the- V foot oot with only a little over 60 per per- cent ent The Norwegian Norwegian- mail steamer Venus V has las arrived here minus the larger part of f its cargo which was thrown over over- card board board the captain asserted under a of a German submarine commander com com- wander mander that otherwise the Venus would be sunk sunk This Is the first time V hat hat-a German submarine boat is V reported reported re- re ported to have permitted a vessel to ta 5 escape under such uch terms S S The city of has ers rs The assessed valuation of the th V property is about and th the the- total otal incomes almost S a a aV V Storm and revivalists revival revival- from Stavanger have returned V from rom a trip to Sweden The result was satisfactory One of them V said V In In Stockholm over five hundred d persons per- per V eons sons ons announced that they were saved V Several everal sick people were cured MonEen Mon- Mon V sen Een en used to be a cripple and he be claims that hat he be was cured by means of If V Vp p 0 tyer I. er V i 4 M ft 1 |