Word: norfolk
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was nothing lighthearted about the efforts to save thousands of acres of the rich Fenlands of Norfolk and East Anglia, Britain's main vegetable bin and a major breadbasket. There 3,000 soldiers, hundreds of German prisoners and scores of farmers worked desperately all week to bolster a seven-foot dike and to plug a break in the Ouse River's banks...
This week, at 60, in the Norfolk Naval Hospital, Pete Mitscher died of coronary thrombosis. History made room for him among the U.S. Navy's heroes...
Railroads were hit from two sides. Coal-burning roads were pinched by lack of fuel to run trains. And coal-hauling roads were hit even harder. Example: the Norfolk & Western normally gets 95% of its revenue from carrying coal...
...GOODYKOONTZ Lieutenant, U.S.N. Norfolk...
...Britain he has enlisted such figures as the Duke of Norfolk, Britain's ranking Roman Catholic layman, the young, lovely, devoutly Catholic Marchioness of Lothian; Novelist Evelyn Waugh; Lord Lovat of Commando fame; and many others. From the U.S., Cardinal Spellman sent Elwes an enthusiastic letter and his personal check for $500. In London last fortnight, Elwes saw former Belgian Ambassador Hugh Gibson, who may head the U.S. drive for funds...