Sidan 6
THE SWEDISH PRESS
Torsdagen den 18 mars 1948

Glimpses from Sweden
By the Swedish News Exchange
Infectious Diseases Effectiveiy new. Finally, they loved the Air Combated in Sweden. | Corps uniform.
Upholstered Furniture
For sale in all leading furniture stores in B. C. and Alberta.
Vad Gagn Av Försäkring Mot Arbetslöshet?
887,500,000 utbetalades från Unemploy-ment Insurance Fund till arbetslösa cana-densare från den 1 september 1945 till den 31 oktober 1917.
$31.000,000 av denna summa kom från det canadensiska guvernementet.
$500,000 individuella arbetslösa, och på dem beroende anhöriga, drogo fördel av dessa utbetalningar.
The number of cases of epi-demic diseases in Sweden has been quite low now for severai years. In 1947 there was a fur-ther decline. Registered cases of diphteria and infantile par-alysis — the two most danger-ous of the infectious diseases — were 14,442 in 1947 against 14,659 the year before, which is about one half of the aver-age annual number for the ten-year period 1936—1945. There were 11,205 cases of scariet fever reported, which is about one half of the average figurs for the above period. In 1947 there were 68 deaths from In-fantile paralysis, 18 from diphteria, and 7 from scariet fever. Sweden’s population is about 6,800,000.
Om icke arbetslöshetsunderstöd erhållits, skulle många ha lidit nöd.
Vad gagnar väl arbetslöshetsförsäkring? Kan det finnas något tvivel!
Arbetslöshetsförsäkringen hjälper arbetsgivaren att sörja för att den arbetslöse har en viss köpkraft, och hjälper arbetaren att kunna uppehålla sig under tider av arbetslöshet. Arbetsgivare och anställda och guvernementet ha alla sitt intresse häri — Arbetslöshetsförsäkringen är en viktig faktor att räkna med i en sund nationalekonomi.
Gör fullt bruk av edert lokala kontor
för National Employment Service.
Department of Labour
HUMPHREY MITCHELL, .Minister of Labour
A. Mac NAMARA, Deputy Minister
Gasoline is Rationed in Sweden.
Gasoline rationing will be in-itroduced in Sweden within six weeks, or as soon as the author-ities have made the necessary arrangements. This was an-nounced on the radio by Gunnar Sträng. Minister of Supply. In order to prevent profiteering and hoarding, a government embargo was immediately plac-ed on gasoline. Retailers must limit sales to the capacity of the vehicle’s tank. When rationing begins, the consumer will receive a certain basic quota; those who can legitim-ately claim the need for more will get an extra ration. The current restrictions on the con-sumption of gasoline are now voided.
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Of the young Swedes,
born in 1928. who recently were called up for military service, almost 80 per cent wanted to join the Air Corps. The following reasons were given: they wanted a chance I to fly; they were impressed with the youth of the com-manding officers and the pleas-ant atmosphere of the bat-racks, many of them brand-
There are 29' crematories
in Sweden, and 20 more are either planned or under con-struction. Free cremation for jndigent families is provided ar 23 crematories.
The “Sun Match”,
a specially labeled match box which is sold for the benefit. of needy children and old people, brought in more than a million kronor last year, the highest on record. In 12 years that the “Sun Match” has been sold, more than 6.7 million kronor have been raised.
The First Regular
helicopter mail service in Scandinavia will be operated by the österman Aero, of Stockholm. at the request of the Swedish Post Office Department. This will mean an end to the winter isolation of 6 large islands in the Stockholms ar-chepilago, made inaccessible be-cause of the ice situation. Two weekly trips will be made with a Bell 47 B-3 plane until the beginning of April, unless the ice has broken up before. The Post Office Department has earlier relieved similar situations by dropping mail säcks from ordinary planes. but this is the first time a helicopter will be used.
A New Type of Electric
generator, with a capacity oi two million volts, has been con-structed by the Swedish De-fense Research Institute and is now being tested. It Is con-tained in an airtight cylinder, and is expected to cost more than some 16.000 kronor. This is less than the cost of other high tension generators, includ-ing cyclotrones. It is also reported that Chalmer Institure of Technology in Gothenburg has received a grant for the construction of a high tension generator which will have an estimated capacity of four co five million volts.
The Swedish Social-
Democratic Labor Party has
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PLUMBING & HEATING
Stokers and Oil Burners Specializing in Automatic copper concealed Hot Water Radiation.
Call us at any time and we will gladly without charge explain and show you how you are able to save dollars on your fuel bill this year.
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decided to send two representa- j tives to the British Labor ] Party’s congress in Englana. An invitation to attend was received sometime ago. European reconstruction within the frame of the Marshall Plan will ne the maijj item on the agenda of the congress, which will open March 21.
Since the Swedish
Emigration Office in Turin began to function last spring. 800 Italian workers have been sent to Sweden, according to Dagens Nyheter. Of this number, ten per cent have returned because they did not like it in Sweden and longed for hom«. On the whole, however, the experiment has turned out very well. The great majori ty of the Italians are completely satis-fied with the conditions under which they are living. Negoti-ations are now being carried on to get an additional 300 Italians to come to Sweden.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
has proclaimed March 9 as “John Ericsson Day” in the State of New York, in honor of the Swedish-born designer of the “Monitor”, which play-ed a deeisive role in the Civil War by defeating the Conied-erate iron-clad vessel “Merri-mac”.
SVERIGE
Drätselkammaren
i Stockholm har givit ett kommunalt • bolag. “Svenska Bostäder”, tillstånd att sätta i gång en egen bostadsproduktion som motsvarar ungefär 10 proc, av byggena i Stockholm. Folkpartiets och högerns repre-
sentanter ställde sig avvisande till nämndens beslut att så stor del av bostadsbyggena skall ske i kommunal regi.
Fem dödsolyckor
på en vecka har drabbat Hälsinge flygflottilj i Söderhamn. Den senaste olyckan inträffade den 26 febr., då två flygplan av. typ J-21 kolliderade på 6,000 meters höjd. Den ene flygaren lyckades rädda sig med fallskärm, medan den andre omkom.
Vid inbrott
i Västra församlingssalen i Nyköping sistlidne december stals en stor uppsättning bords-silver. Häromdagen fann man att tjuven kastat hela silverskatter i Nyköpingsån vid Fors fabriker. Man blir nu tvungen att sänka ån genom avtappning för att få tag på det dyrbara silvret.
Den jätteräv,
som på två år tagit ett 50-tal får i Torpa och Asby socknar i Småland, har nu skjutits av Oskar Johanson från Basarpö. Huggtänderna på djuret var en och en halv tum långa och färgen på buken nästan grönaktig.
Det medeltida templet
i Skurup, Skåne, kommer att genomgå en betydande restaurering. Bl. a. skall man ta fram kalkmålningar i kyrkans inre, som utförts av den s. k. “Snå-destadsmästaren” under 1300-talet.
Fred R. Larson,
hemma på besök efter många år i Amerika, fick tillbringa första natten i Sverige i arresten i Kalmar ty det var omöjligt för honom att få tag på nå-'got hotellrum, varför polisen förbarmade sig över honom.
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