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Denmark's only colony, Greenland, is three times as big as Denmark. Just back from an inspection trip of Greenland is nature-loving Danish Prime Minister Theodor A. M. Stauning. In Copenhagen last week he waxed enthusiastic: "Great changes are taking place in Greenland, not only economically but also in the mode of life of the inhabitants...
There are only 274 Danes in the entire country and more than half of these work in the cryolite*; mines. Trade in everything except cryolite is a monopoly of the Danish Crown, but even so the monetary returns from Greenland are so meagre that Denmark is out of pocket some $150,000 yearly as a result of keeping her huge colony. Greenland is bigger than Iceland which is not a "Danish colony" but a "sovereign State" whose king, Christian X, happens to be also King of Denmark...
...wait and see how the country develops. The seal industry which was once very prosperous is declining, but expansion of the fishing industry is taking up this slack. The people are awakening to a new and more hygienic standard of living but there is still great need of more Danish schools...
...predecessor of G.L. Kittredge '82 as Gurney Professor of English Literature. Two chapters are devoted to the contemporaneous story of Scandinavian balladry, particularly in its relation to the labors of Child. Appendixes present a large store of illuminating documents, hitherto unpublished, from the correspondence of Child and the Danish editor Grunting...
...vessel is Captain Johannes Smith of Freeport, L. I. Off Georgia the Frango will be joined by four small "killer" boats, will then proceed to the Antarctic. Unfamiliar in this region is the U. S. flag, for the large-scale Antarctic whaling industry is conducted by English, Norwegian and Danish vessels, many of which are controlled by Anglo-Norwegian Holdings, Ltd., whose shares are traded in on the New York Curb. If the Frango does well, American Whaling Co. will add other vessels, attempt to regain U. S. whaling prestige...