Word: trondheim
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hour's train ride from Trondheim, in central Norway, is Hell, a tiny hamlet (pop. 1,465) which thrives on U. S. excursionists who have fun sending home Hell-marked postcards.† Situated on hilly ground, Hell (the Norwegian word for luck or slope) maintains two churches but no fire department, has cool summers, bitterly cold winters, sometimes freezes over completely. Last week mild-mannered, blue-eyed Lorentz Stenvig, mayor of Hell, arrived in Manhattan as the guest of publicity-wise Robert ("Believe It or Not") Ripley, gave the press a chance to make free use of naughty expressions...
...year from September 1, 1935 Ole Singstad, appointed Lecturer on Sub-aqueous Tunnels. C.E., Polytechnic Institute of Trondheim, Norway. Chief Consulting Engineer on Tunnels, Port of New York Authority. Home: New York City...
...hour's train ride from Trondheim, Hell is a popular excursion spot for U. S. travelers who delight in sending home picture postcards of the railroad station (see cut). The Norwegian word for Hell is helvede. Hell means nothing...