Word: oslo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...full-dress diplomatic whale dispute between London and Oslo has grown out of what is, in the opinion of Norwegians, a desire on the part of British firms to kill such an excessive number of whales each year that they will end by killing off entirely these great mammals and crippling one of Norway's chief industries. Norwegians feel sure that they know more about whales than any other people. They are left cold by the desk-decisions of British soap magnates such as Unilever Ltd. which own British whale-killing and blubber-boiling "factory ships" on which...
...Kingdom of Norway's latest note to the British Empire, Oslo again demanded limitation of the annual whale-oil haul to 2,265,000 barrels, whereas British soap makers insist on 2,529,000. Even more vital, Norway claimed, is the need of fixing quotas for each expedition and preventing these quotas from being transferred or juggled from one expedition to another. Said the Norwegian note: "This is the only means of preventing the extermination of the whale...
Norwegian police, who keep close and constant watch upon Leon Trotsky in his retreat near Oslo where he has been permitted to remain only on condition that he engage in no political activity whatever, inclined this week to the view that if Moscow really had anything on Trotsky as a conspirator against the life of Stalin which would stand up outside Russia, this evidence would long ago have been laid before the Norwegian Government by the Soviet Government with high-power diplomatic demands. The Norwegian Ministry of Justice recently investigated Exile Trotsky's affairs, ruled that no evidence...
Leon Trotsky lives exiled near Oslo, Norway. Lenin and Trotsky were the chief builders of the Soviet State, control of which after Lenin's death was seized from Trotsky by Stalin. Their epic quarrel: Trotsky insisted Russia must foment Communist revolutions abroad in order to survive as a Soviet country; Stalin favored husbanding Russian energies at home until the U. S. S. R. had enough surplus strength to promote "The World Revolution of the World Proletariat...
...hands with anyone, never entered a private home, made sure that linen and table utensils were sterilized after he used them. Last week Kagawa was in good health after a grueling itinerary during which he spoke before an estimated 750,000 people in 150 cities. About to sail for Oslo, Norway and the annual convention of the World Sunday School Association, he was to speak this week on a nationwide NBC hookup. His message: "I have learned to love the American people. . . . You have a wonderful future. . . . I ask your prayers for the maintenance of peace between this country...