Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Norway was invaded by the Germans, Britain took charge of 3,750,000 tons of Norwegian shipping. Members of a Norwegian shipping mission in the U. S. let it be known last week that they were not happy about the British convoy system and use of Norwegian bottoms. Chief complaints...
...British convoys move slowly, only as fast as their slowest ship. Submarines go about eight to ten knots submerged, 16 to 18 on the surface. The Norwegians argue that the British should mount antisubmarine guns and anti-aircraft guns on fast Norwegian ships, let them travel independently as some fast British vessels do now. They could then outrun submerged submarines, outshoot surface ones, and take their chances against air attack. > The British make each ship wait its turn to unload in British ports, regardless of cargo value and ship's speed. The Norwegians want port priorities for fast ships...
When the total points were counted at the end of the day, Dartmouth still held the lead with 194.5 points. New Hampshire moved into second place with 191.9 and the Norwegian Royal Air Force octet a close third with 190.5. Harvard University, who placed sixth in the langlauf, was in sixth place with 181.6 points...
...annual carnival, in which Harvard skiers have only recently become recognized as definite contenders for the eastern intercollegiate crown, assumes a real international importance this weekend with teams representing Chile, McGill, and possibly a group of Norwegian Royal Air Force men on special leave from their Canadian squadrons...
...garbled accounts had begun to make sense. They traced the voracious course of an armed Nazi merchantman with its prison and supply ships, the Manyo Maru and the Tokyo Maru, which had been shooting up Pacific shipping lanes for weeks, bagging at least ten New Zealand, British, French and Norwegian vessels...