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Died. Lieut. General James Guthrie Harbord, 81, World War I hero (he rose from the ranks to become Pershing's chief of staff, commanded the Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division in the desperate fighting at Belleau Woods and Chateau-Thierry), onetime president and board chairman of Radio Corp. of America; of coronary thrombosis...
Toast to Themselves. At a parliamentary lunch at Chateau Laurier, Harry Truman rose for an impromptu speech. He thanked his hosts for his red-carpet welcome and tigerish ovation. Then he raised his glass of port in a toast: "The Parliament of Canada." The M.P.s broke into 0 Canada, and followed it with five verses of Alouette, while Harry Truman beat out the rhythm on the table...
...President was to disembark, spotted places where they would station guards. Along roads and streets where the President would ride (in an armored, bulletproof car shipped from Washington), the Secret Service men made notes on sharp turns, dangerous intersections, rough spots where cautious driving would be necessary. At Chateau Laurier, where the President would be an honor guest at a state luncheon, they interviewed the waiters. At Governor General Alexander's Rideau Hall, they even insisted on inspecting the rooms where the Trumans would sleep...
...became a volunteer "automobilist" with the British Army, chauffeured Albert, King of the Belgians. The British sent him (a "neutral" American) to Berlin, where he spied out plans for the German aviation program and the bombing of London by Zeppelins. Later, Hall fought with the U.S. Army at Chateau-Thierry and the Argonne...
...Edouard de Rothschild, headed the Rothschild bank in Paris before the Nazi occupation; of pneumonia; in Lausanne, Switzerland. A lifelong racing enthusiast, he owned one of the most famous stables in prewar France, a private track, a polo field (where he played under the name M. Errer). Another property: Chateau Lafite-Roths-child, producer of one of the world's best red wines...