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Last week Conservative Lord Beaver-brook's London Daily Express published the result of a straw vote conducted by its election bureau in 487 of Britain's 640 constituencies. The score, a more practical pointer than the Gallup Poll findings, gave the Conservative Party 53 seats more than all other parties combined...
...with his death [TIME, April 23], you may be interested to know that there was another [railroad] route which President Roosevelt used almost ex clusively in recent years. He traveled on the Baltimore & Ohio from Washington to Phila delphia; from there his train went over the Reading to Bound Brook, N.J., where it traveled over the Jersey Central Lines to Jersey City, and on to Highland, N.Y., over the New York Central's West Shore Railroad...
...Approval (Beatrice Lillie, Clive Brook, Googie Withers; TIME, March...
...formula of the two couples who swap mates, Brook is ably assisted by Beatrice Lillie, one of Britain's top comediennes. Heading a list of superlative supporting characters, Miss Lillie is at her best repulsing the amorous attempts of her weak-kneed suitor...
...small Scottish island, "On Approval" allows two kindly if ineffectual characters to realize that they don't want to marry the selfish Brook and Miss Lillie, while the latter pair finally end at the altar. In spite of a well worn plot, this film brings out the best of English humour. Shying away from Hollywood's gag-happy style, "On Approval" specializes in a never ending series of sly, subtle touches that provide an hour and a half of continuous laughter rather than the customary two and a half of spasmodic guffaws...