Word: johansson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...founded that they exist primarily for the benefit of the members and make no real attempt to profit from sales to non-members. Any direction the battle runs the co-operative managers are a jump ahead of the cartels and thir gain is the consumer's gain. Albin Johansson, president and manager of the Co-operative Union, or "K. F." receives a salary roughly equivalent to 5000 dollars in United States currency. It is self-sacrifice like his, as well as the sound financial and business policies of its leaders, that has made the Swedish co-operative movement a reality...
...After winning the middleweight catch-as-catch-can wrestling championship. Ivar Johansson, Swedish policeman, took a Turkish bath instead of attending his victory ceremonies. Then, 11 lb. lighter, he won the welterweight Graeco-Roman wrestling championship. Other Graeco-Roman champions were Finnish Vaino Kokkinen, who defended his 1928 middle-weight championship; Carl Westergren, Swedish bus-driver, who won the middleweight championship in 1920, the lightweight championship in 1924, the heavyweight championship last week. ¶ Gymnasts competed in the Los Angeles Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Scores after five days' competition: Italy, 541.85; U. S., 522.275; Finland...