THE Det finhs 20.000 svenskar som är födda i Sverige här i British Coluntbia! NYA SVENSKA PRESSEN No. 37 Subscriptiön $3.00 per year. Vancouver, B. Torsdagen den 16 sept. 1954 PRESS Vill Ni hjälpa oss att få hälften av dem att prenumerera på Svenska Pressen? Single copy 7 cents. Vol. XVII AMERIKANSKA STUDENTER TILL SVERIGE En stor grupp amerikanska Scandinavian Foundation och de studenter reset nyligen till Sve- „ 0 rige med SAL:s Stockholm. Re- amenkanska ungdomarna skall san hade anordnats av American l studera i Stockholm i ett år. 400 Canadian American Swedes hear Otto Nordling speak These are some of the high-lights of a talk by Otto Nordling, Saturday night, Sep. 4, at the banquet at the Georgia Hotel when the members of the Vasa Order ef America were celebrating their 24th International Con-vention of the order since it was founded 58 years ago. Nordling is a Swedish born Canadian Sourdough who lived for many years inthe Yukon — and has been a member of the armed services since 1940, en-Hsting in the Yukon — the day recruiting opened. Was one of 16 NCO:s selected from the Pacific volunteers in Aug. ’45 for duty in the Pacific. — with the Canadian Repatriation Liaison Group when Canadian war pris-oners were released from the Japanese prison camps. His part of the group flew from Montreal via Prestwick -London -Cairo -Karachi-Calcutta to Manila, P. I. - and came back by troopship via San Francisco - completing the globe circle. ident of the United States. When John Hanson’s statue was edicated in the United Stab es Capitol in 1903 by Mary land it was stated that for his share “John Hanson’s name will be associated forever with laying the cornerstone of our great nation. Jacob A. Nelson wrote____ Jpuch an individu