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Democrat v. Democrat. Unity is no more evident on the Democratic side. U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez, who is often described as affable, is anything but that toward his running mate, Everett Grantham, nominee for governor. Their feud dates back more than a decade to the occasion on which Grantham, then a U.S. attorney, prosecuted some of Chavez' relatives in a WPA political-influence case. In last spring's primary, Chavez ran one of his own men against Grantham, without success. (Chavez managed to win his own primary over a state senator named "Diamond Tooth" Miller...
Hong Kong's wealthy British merchants have always insisted that trade transcends politics. "We are just simple traders who want to get on with our daily round," said Governor Sir Alexander Grantham after the Communists captured China. Hong Kong got on so well with its daily round that in 1950 it did a record $400 million worth of business with Red China. It transshipped to China increasing quantities of raw rubber from Malaya, as well as gasoline, steel and other strategic materials from the West...
...Spitfires screamed down in mock attack over the blue-green waters of Victoria Harbor. Their target: an aircraft carrier lying at anchor amid a great clutter of cargo junks, sampans and merchant ships from all parts of the world. "If they know we're strong," said Sir Alexander Grantham, referring to Hong Kong's 1,800,000 Chinese, "they...
...Kong's Kai Tak airfield and head for Red China. Seventy more Nationalist-owned planes remained grounded at Hong Kong. Pro-Communist personnel guarded them against seizure by Nationalist agents, who were forced to seek help in unsympathetic British colonial courts. Hong Kong's Governor Sir Alexander Grantham flatly announced that British recognition of Red China, expected soon (see INTERNATIONAL), would automatically give the Communists possession of the airlines, anyway...
...carriage was uncoupled and shunted into a tunnel. There, in complete darkness, the adamantine passenger sulked and fumed. Not until the railway officials threatened to shunt his car onto a siding permanently did he finally consent to leave the train and wait for the regular 4:25 to Grantham...