Word: valdemar
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Died. Christian Frederik Carl George Valdemar Axel, King Haakon VII, 85, Norway's only ruler since the country became independent in 1905, and the world's oldest reigning monarch; of a respiratory ailment; in Oslo (see FOREIGN NEWS...
Rowing at a steady 32, the Engineers under-stroked both Princeton and the Crimson at the half-way point. The varsity began its usual victory spring just past the mile marker at Smith House, where Tech stroke Valdemar Skov raised the M.I.T. stroke slightly. The Crimson pulled to within three-quarters of a length at the beginning of the final sprint as stroke Eric Oddliefson pushed the count to 37, then 39, and finally up to 41 at the finish...
...home in Paris, the Duke of Windsor dressed up in a velvet jacket and kilt and entertained his friends by singing Getting to Know You from The King and I. Among the enthusiastic guests: onetime Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, and Count Valdemar of Rosenberg, the King of Denmark's cousin (who encored the Duke's song with an exotic solo dance...
...Countess Ruth of Rosenberg (nee Nielsen), 25, Copenhagen businessman's daughter for whom he last year renounced the title of Prince and the right of succession to the throne: their first children, twin sons, the first twins in the history of the Danish royal family; in Copenhagen. Names: Valdemar and Birger...