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Died. Technical Sergeant Torger Tokle, 25, towheaded, Norwegian-born ski-jump champion of the Western Hemisphere (289 feet), ex-Brooklyn carpenter; from German shell-fragment wounds; near Monte Torraccio, Italy, as his loth Mountain Infantry Division made a four-mile advance...
...tanker Gulftrade, out of Port Arthur, Tex. with a cargo of oil, ploughed through the heavy seas off Barnegat Light, some 60 miles from her destination, New York City. When the lookout reported several vessels in the vicinity, chubby, moon-faced Captain Torger Olsen imprudently ordered his darkened ship's lights turned on. Said he ruefully: "I saw we were up to Barnegat and I thought they shouldn't be able to get us any more. I made a mistake...
...torpedo caught the Gulftrade squarely amidships, neatly halved her. Blessing the heavy sea that extinguished the fire before it could spread to the oil-slicked water, Torger Olsen and six of his crew took to a boat, were rescued 30 minutes later. Nine elected to stay with the half-ship; they were taken off by rescue vessels. Eighteen of the crew were unaccounted for. The attacking submarine cruised insolently for several minutes between the floating halves of the ship...
...Lincoln's Birthday, Dorothy entered New York's Palisades Tournament. Bucking a biting northwester and 17 male experts, including the Eastern and New York State Champions, she finished in a tie for first place in the Class B event. Her jumps measured 122 ft., 118 ft. Highflying Torger Tokle, who has won 36 of the 41 tournaments he entered in the past three years, took first in Class A with jumps of 158 ft., 155 ft. Twice in exhibitions Dorothy has jumped...
...Norwegian refugee now training in Canada with the Royal Norwegian Air Force and keeping his surname secret lest his family be punished: the U.S. ski-jumping championship; with a score of 230.2 points; dethroning Defending Champion Torger Tokle, another Norseman; before a crowd of 12,000; at Duluth, Minn. Tokle, who outjumped Ola but could not match his flawless form, has, since coming to the U.S. three years ago, captured 35 out of 39 tournaments, set 19 hill records, jumped 288 ft., a U.S. record...