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...Washington's grey, massive St. Patrick's Church last week, three prelates laid their hands on the brown-thatched head of kneeling Johannes Gunnarsson, consecrated him Vicar Apostolic of Iceland, now burgeoning with U. S. troops. By their act they gave Ultima Thule its first native Roman Catholic Bishop in 393 years. Last one was Jon Arason. He and his two sons lost their heads in 1550 opposing Denmark's King Christian III and his edict that the island adopt the motherland's Lutheran faith...
...Bishop's family has roots deep in Iceland's volcanic soil and history. His grandfather was a leader in the Althing, Iceland's parliament, which dates back to 930. His father, who will be 90 in September, embraced Catholicism while attending school in Denmark. For 20 years he was Iceland's only native Catholic...
...result of all this redesigning is a turbine which not only uses less fuel but is more rugged and simpler to operate than the old type, breaks down less often, has stood up superbly under the severest combat conditions from Iceland to the tropics. First installed experimentally in the Mahan class of destroyers, started in 1933, the new turbine is now standard equipment in most of the modern U.S. fleet...
...flesh (imported from Hungary) and "Norrlands biff" (socalled "beef of the north," which is about 75% wood pulp). Cigarets are vague combinations of Turkish tobacco and Swedish hay. The traditional smörgasbord has virtually disappeared because bread is the most severely rationed of all foods except meat. Prized Iceland and Norwegian fat herring are no longer available, good cheese is scarce. The greatest loss is that of coffee. Swedes like it hot, strong and often, were the world's greatest per-capita consumers before the war. They now have 300 ersatz types...
...Near Iceland, the big B-24 Liberator bomber bored through dark and dirty weather. A British base had radioed a warning: weather bad. From the bomber came the laconic reply: "Continuing...