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...dignity to being a king in an egalitarian democracy. Considered aloof while Crown Prince, he eventually acquired the common touch, became one of the most popular sovereigns in history. But through his genial manner glinted a regal metal that reminded his subjects who was king. Lifelong outdoor man, ardent hunter, he popularized tennis in Sweden as a young man, played it until he was 88. Last January he was unable for the first time in 42 years to deliver his annual address at the opening of Parliament; it was read for him by his son Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf...
Russell is also an ardent social philosopher. He has never advocated radical reform, however, because he was afraid such reform might be accompanied by totalitarianism. The philosopher was deprived of his fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, during the first world war, and put in jail because of his pacifist views and statements...
...were in & out of each other's offices all day long. Almond geared his working time to the late hours and seven-day routine of the Supreme Commander. He represented MacArthur at most official social functions. The Chief of Staff became one of the most ardent MacArthur disciples. He looks on his superior as the 20th Century's outstanding military genius; he will not rank MacArthur for all time, "because it's hard to compare the present day with the time of Napoleon, Caesar or Hannibal...
Full Appreciation. The Citizen's story, based on an interview with the dowager Duchess of Hamilton,* was taken from the London weekly Psychic News, a leading publication of Britain's spiritualist cult. A longtime acquaintance of the bachelor Prime Minister and an ardent spiritualist herself, the duchess declared that King "fully appreciated the spiritual direction of the universe and was always seeking guidance for himself in his work...
...chairman of the Democratic National Committee; at his home near Centerville, Md. A cigarmaker's son who started out as a stenographer, Raskob arranged the deals that brought E. I. du Pont money into General Motors, became chairman of G.M.'s finance committee and a multimillionaire. An ardent Wet, he plunged into politics in '28 on behalf of his good friend and fellow Catholic Al Smith (until then he was a nominal Republican), wangled fat contributions to the Democratic cause, organized the National Committee publicity bureau that helped Franklin Roosevelt win in '32; two years later...