Word: ailments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's Prime Minister Clement Attlee was ordered by doctors to cut his engagements to the minimum. His ailment: "an early duodenal ulcer...
Died. Harry Dexter White, 55, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury (1945-46), recently accused before the Thomas committee of supplying information to a Communist spy net; of a heart ailment; in Fitzwilliam, N.H. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Died. Mariette Rheiner ("Ettie") Garner, 79, capable wife of the 32nd Vice President, his "righthand man" for half a century; of a neurological ailment; in Uvalde, Tex. Ettie married Judge John Nance Garner in 1895, served as his private secretary when he was elected to the House in 1902, as second lady of the land (1933-1940) shunned Washington's social life...
...Secretary John Snyder and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Thomas McCabe were plainly reluctant to discuss price controls. Said Secretary Snyder: "I have stated many times that I am not in favor of price controls. Nor am I in favor of castor oil. But if I've got an ailment and it's going to save my life, then I'll take...
Died. Joseph Bert Tinker, 68, last survivor of baseball's immortal double-play combination, "Tinker to Evers to Chance"; of a heart ailment; in Orlando, Fla. Fiery little Shortstop Tinker helped spark the Chicago Cubs to four National League pennants, two World Series victories (1907-08), left in 1913 to manage the Cincinnati Reds, later won and lost a fortune in Florida real estate...