The Icelandic Canadian - 01.10.1942, Page 35

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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B.C. TRANSIT CONTROLLER
SIGURDUR SIGMUNDSSON
Sigurdur Sigmundsson, member of the
Icelandic Canadian Club, who was re-
cently appointed Regional Transit Con-
troller for British Columbia. Mr. Sig-
mundsson previously was Transporta-
tion Assistant with the Winnipeg
Electric Company.
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
BRAGI FREYMOBSSON
on scholarship from the Icelandic gov-
erntment, last spring was awarded the
Isbister Scholarshinp in Engineering.
He has been for the past two years a
student in Engineering at the University
of Manitoba.
BOOKS
written in English about Iceland and Icelandic Matters.
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"History of Iceland", by Knut Gjerset, Ph.D., published by The McMillan Co.
"Iceland, A Land of Contrasts", by Hjalmar Lindroth. Princeton University Press.
American Scandinavian Foundation.
"Ships In the Sky" and "A Night and a Dream", a sequal to it. By Gunnar Gunn-
arsson. — The Robbs-Merril Co., New York.
"I See A Wondrous Land" by Gudmundur Kamban. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.
"Edda and Saga". By Bertha S. Philpotts. A Home University Library Book. —
Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London.
“Iceland: First American Republic", by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Doubleday, Doran
& Co., New York.