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...Cornerstone of the new structure is Britain's one big union, the Trades Union Congress, of which aitchless Labor Minister Ernest Bevin ("Britain's Next Prime Minister" to his friends) is the dominating figure. Chairman of T. U. C. is Ernest Bevin's good friend George Gibson, who used to be a male nurse in an insane asylum. Last week ex-Nurse Gibson inducted into T. U. C. its first and only royal honorary member, His Majesty King George...
...occasion was the presentation by the unions which make up T. U. C. of 27 Y. M. C. A. mobile canteens. When the King, accompanied by his Queen, arrived in Buckingham Quadrangle to receive the canteens he was five minutes late for the ceremony. Barrel-chested, brindle-haired George Gibson boomed: "If you were a worker, you'd already have been fined." The King giggled...
...last-minute respects. Despite more publicity, more exhibits and better backing, it failed to match the record of its rival. Over 19,000,000 paying customers clicked through the shiny turnstiles this year, one-quarter less than in 1939, less than half original astronomic hopes. Fair Chairman Harvey Dow Gibson estimated that his 1940 gross was $10,450,000, his operating profit $5,020,000. When the final figures have been added, bondholders (who put $26,862,800 in Flushing Flats) will get back in aggregate, including past interest payments, about $11.225,000, or 38% of their investment...
...Because she has established that a girl can have a career and still be a good wife-but mostly because through her more of the milk of human kindness is available in all quarters than ever before," New York World's Fair Chairman Harvey D. Gibson bestowed a citation for distinguished service on sleek and sloe-eyed World's Fair cow Elsie...
...Oldest is Paul Joseph Haaren, 48, also of California, a movie flier. Most celebrated Eagle is Colonel Sweeney's nephew, wavy-haired Robert ("Bob") Sweeney, who won the British amateur golf championship in 1937 and lately squired Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow. Active commander is Squadron Leader William Erwin Gibson Taylor, 35, formerly of the 5th Fighting Squadron, U. S. Naval Air Corps (aboard the carrier Lexington). He joined Britain's Fleet Air Arm last year, served on the carriers Argus, Furious, Glorious (sunk at Narvik). Most piquant Eagle name: Harry La Guardia of Hartford, Conn...