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Gustavus Lascelles Hamilton-Russell, son of Viscount Boyne and nephew of the Earl of Harewood (brother-in-law of George VI). His ancestor Sir Frederick Hamilton had distinguished himself fighting Germans under Sweden's great King Gustavus Adolphus. Guardsman Hamilton-Russell's son Gustavus Michael George, aged 8 and the final survivor of his family, is now heir to Lord Boyne...
...Army proclaimed himself President of Bolivia. His most noteworthy act was to decree that all Bolivia's tin had to be marketed through the State bank. Few months later curly-haired President Busch, 35, acted even more dramatically. He gave a birthday party for his beloved Japanese brother-in-law and at the height of festivities was found dead, "officially" by his own hand. Last month Bolivians went to the polls for the first time since 1931 to elect a President and chose the Army's choice-General Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo, not too smart politically...
...will have to stay in my country as long as there remains a single inch of Norwegian soil." From his late brother-in-law's son, King George VI of Great Britain, harassed Haakon received a telegram: ". . . Profound admiration ... for the dignity, courage and tenacity shown by Your Majesty and your people . . . [The Allied Governments] are bringing all help in their power ... so that the Allied forces, fighting side by side with the Norwegians, may prove this latest outrage by Germany to have been as rash as it was wicked." But by this time, General von Falkenhorst had some...
...made effective." Even ever burbling and often indiscreet Premier Mitchell ("Mitch") Hepburn of Ontario was vexed at this latest burble of old Mr. Conant, explained that he believed his Attorney General had become "deeply disturbed" while witnessing the departure of Canadian officers (one of whom was his brother-in-law and another his private secretary) for service in World War II. In Washington Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who recently spanked U. S. Minister Cromwell, took Mr. Conant to the woodshed, declared that no nondescript utterances of minor officials abroad could influence U. S. foreign policy...
Died. Harry Clay Adler, 74, longtime general manager of the Chattanooga Times, brother-in-law of the late, great Publisher Adolpa S. Ochs and father of Colonel Julius Ochs Adler, vice president and general manager of the New York Times; after a long illness; in Chattanooga...