Word: belisha
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Lord Hore-Belisha, 63, bustling onetime (1937-40) British Secretary of State for War, who instituted a sweeping democratization of the army (e.g., more chance for promotion from the ranks, better uniforms, restaurants open to Tommies as well as officers, equal allotments for mistresses and wives), got himself sacked for his brashness by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, fell into political decline; of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered while he was delivering a speech on Franco-British unity; in Reims, France. Hore-Belisha did much to prod his nation into preparedness, probably will be recalled by most Britons for his term...
...Last week an accolade came to Epstein which should convince him that the world now acknowledges him both as an artist and as a public figure of standing and respect. In a New Year's Honors List which also included a barony for longtime Cabinet Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha and knighthoods for 84-year-old Comedian George Robey and ex-Foreign Office News Chief William Ridsdale. Queen Elizabeth II made Epstein a Knight Commander Order of the British Empire. From now on Jacob Epstein, born 73 years ago on Manhattan's lower East Side, a British subject since...