Word: englander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Presidential election to replace Dr. Eduard Benes, now in England, is expected this week. Almost certain to be elected, observers agree, is the present Foreign Minister, Dr. Frantisek Chvalkovsky. The Slovaks have demanded that the new President must be one who always actively opposed the pro-French, pro-British foreign policies of the now discredited Dr. Benes. Minister Chvalkovsky, who served as Minister to Germany and Italy during the past eleven years, has earned the confidence of the Nazi and Fascist Governments, qualifies on this score...
...days last September, German bombers were expected over London's fabled Fleet Street at almost any moment. Gas masks took their place among the teacups and typewriters in the "big rooms" (city rooms in the U. S.) of England's enormous daily newspapers, and air-raid drills were held between deadlines...
...went to England to sell Canadian bonds. Three years later, his rich Conservative customers asked him to stand for Parliament...
...control room of the Express shifts mostly between Stornaway House and Cherkley Court in Surrey, a 750-acre estate 20 miles out of London which Beaverbrook bought soon after he went to England. Both houses have phones in most of their 20-odd rooms, in their gardens...
...explanation for this whimsey was a solid fact. The King of England had put through a call to Lord Beaverbrook in Manhattan asking him to return and continue to advise His Majesty. Hurrying through the back door of Buckingham Palace, Beaverbrook was closeted with Edward for hours over endless Scotch-and-sodas. But it was then too late. The abdication had been agreed upon...