Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Norwegian Airlines Kvitbjoern (White Bear), a Sandringham flying boat, was one of the fanciest airliners aloft. An elevator carried its steward between the kitchen on the upper deck and the dining room and snack bar on the lower...
Last week from one peak, hidden in rain and fog, fishermen heard an explosion that echoed from cliff to cliff. The Kvitbjoern, bound from Tromso to Oslo, burned for several hours. None of its 27 passengers and eight crewmen survived. It was the worst disaster ever for the Norwegian Airlines (headed by Admiral Byrd's old pilot, Bernt Balchen...
King Haakcon VII came in for a little court jesting on the eve of his 75th birthday. Norway's Danish-born monarch granted audience to Danish-born Axel Lund, who runs a number of Norwegian hotels. The King said that he was happy to meet a Dane who had done so well in Norway. Replied Lund: "So am I, Your Majesty...
...college vacation). The rule had since been repealed, but Kelly Sr., now a Philadelphia contractor, vowed that a son of his would one day win the prized Diamond Sculls. Last week he was one of the thousands on shore who saw his son finish eight lengths ahead of Norwegian Carl Fronsdal, said: "I've waited for this day for years...
...Oslo, Aage Hjersing was indicted as a war collaborator. Among other charges: he gave the Wehrmacht aid & comfort by selling them 64 fine Norwegian mousers...