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Chicago's extraordinary Duke of Groceries annexed another province to his growing duchy. Canadian-born Nathan Cummings, who became a wholesale grocer only five years ago, when he took charge of Baltimore's ailing 72-year-old Kenny Co., is now one of the biggest wholesale grocers...
...converting a famously cold and fiercely arrogant intellectual-in the withering jargon of show business, a "character"-into a cinema hero. The makers of Wilson have gentled, sweetened, warmed, simplified and softlighted Woodrow Wilson's complex personality in every way the facts allowed. Their title-role choice of Canadian-born Alexander Knox, largely for his excellent voice, was well-nigh perfect for the purpose...
...Lear, a crack training man who was on the point of retirement for age, took over McNair's command in the interim, later took a desk job. Canadian-born Ben Lear came up from the ranks (enlisting in 1898 for the Spanish-American war). As Army-wise as a rolling caisson, Ben Lear would give uncompromising stability to the ground forces command on the home front...
...letter began "My dear Clarence . . .", ended "Yours ever, Max." Between these affectionate lines Canadian-born Max Aitken, Britain's Lord Beaverbrook, broke the bad news to Canadian Munitions Minister Clarence Decatur Howe: Britain had ditched Canada's plan for postwar control of the air. Reason: the U.S. objected...
Abraham Lincoln stood gravely in Manhattan's U.S. District Court, Naturalization Division, as Raymond Massey raised his right hand. The Canadian-born actor later explained: "My home is here. My future is here. This country has been good to me, and I am proud and happy to assume the obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship...