Word: haakon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Norwegians, who ski-jump in droves of thousands on winter Sundays, the Holmenkollen is the World Series, and stars such as Hoel and Bjornstad are Norway's DiMaggios and Musials. Even the arrival of King Haakon last week produced no such resounding heias as did a formful jump. Norwegians get no more chance to practice on the famous slope than anybody else. Tradition and Norwegian sportsmanship keep the hill closed except at championship time, so that local boys will get no undue advantage. This year's event carried more weight than usual. It was the last chance jumpers...
...Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Order of St. Olaf has been conferred on Frederick B. Deknatel, professor of Fine Arts, by King Haakon of Norway...
...Highest paid: Britain's George VI, with $1,148,000. Denmark's Frederik IX gets $296,671; The Netherlands' Juliana, $263,158; Greece's Paul I, $230,000; Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, $146,000; Norway's Haakon...
...While Norway's King Haakon and 30,000 of his subjects watched in silence, Eleanor Roosevelt unveiled a heroic granite statue of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt on a site overlooking Oslo Harbor. Then Mrs. Roosevelt thanked her hosts, Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha, and was off to Stockholm for a little visit with Sweden's King Gustaf...