Word: johans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Walter Johan Huchthausen...
...first of Europe's kings to be pushed out of his country by the Nazis was the first to come back. In London Norway's Haakon VII waited for a symbolic date before following Premier Johan Nygaardsvold and the members of the Norwegian Government in Exile who returned to Oslo last week. The homing officials were somewhat uncertain about the changes in Norway's political climate during their absence. But seldom has a returning Government in Exile been so warmly welcomed. Hundreds of fjordside villagers went out in small boats to meet the liner which brought Nygaardsvold...
Prince Carl Johan of Sweden took a firm step forward in the footprints of his cousin, the Duke of Windsor: the 28-year-old Prince was well aware that he could never ascend the Swedish throne if he carried out his vow to wed Kerstin Wijkmark, 35, a once-divorced commoner and editor of The Weekly Review, a publication specializing in cheesecake and syrup...
...Norway, liberation was liberation, and the reaction was prompt. King Haakon and Prime Minister Johan Ny-gaardsvold in London broadcast an order to their people to cooperate with their Soviet allies, recalled that Norway and Russia had signed an occupation agreement five months ago (Norwegians will take over in their territory "as soon as the military situation permits"). To Moscow they radioed "warmest greetings...
...shocking amputation. Few European countries are likely to follow her example. The hardheaded Dutch next door will have none of it. Said one top Dutch moneyman: "The plan is psychologically dangerous; because you can't force people into virtue. It's technically too difficult to administer." Dr. Johan Beyen, Dutch delegate to Bretton Woods, said Holland plans an orthodox savings drive to sop up inflationary cash, stringent wage & price controls and a retroactive 100% excess-profits tax to grab wartime profits. But most of all Holland stresses what other Governments have ignored-heavy taxes, to bring its budget...