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...suit of one Gladys Sundseth of Minneapolis for a divorce from her husband Arnold has assumed large significance in the annals of the Lutheran Church. Called as a witness at the hearings last fortnight was Lutheran Pastor Emil Swenson, Augustana Synod, who was questioned as follows...
...Pastor Swenson: "That conversation was held in confidence and I cannot reveal it. The rules of the church forbid me to reveal information imparted to me confidentially, and in good conscience I have to refuse to answer the question...
Whereupon Judge Paul W. Guilford held Pastor Swenson in contempt of court, sentenced him to 30 days in jail or to pay $100 fine...
...President Hoover appointed Laurits Selmer Swenson, 65, to be U. S. Minister to the Netherlands. Short, light-haired, blue-eyed Mr. Swenson (born at New Sweden, Minn.) has served as Minister to Denmark and to Norway, is beloved by Scandinavians at home & abroad...
Back of Freeport Texas move can be seen the force of the new management which last year wrested control from Eric Pierson Swenson, onetime National City chairman. Leader of the new group is Freeport's chairman, Odie R. Seagraves, self-made Texan, organizer of United Gas Corp.'s super gas system. Ably carrying out his policies is Eugene Levering Norton. 50, Freeport president. Mr. Norton was born in Baltimore, went to Cornell, then started his own investment firm. His best boast: he has never had a boss except for a board of directors. He helped Frank Andrew Munsey form Baltimore...