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...Briton frequently seen by Queen Victoria, King Edward and King George is the new Governor General put forward by Mr. Lyons last week, soldierly Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, brother of the ninth Baron Ruthven whose Scottish title dates from 1487. Sir Alexander was born in George Windsor's name town, Windsor, schooled at Eton across the Thames, decorated by Queen Victoria for bravery as a camel corps commander in the Sudan, and sent to Australia by King Edward as Military Secretary to its Governor General in 1908. Desperately wounded at Gallipoli, he received the D. S. O. from King...
...irritated spectator of TIME'S subtle antiSemitism, the latest manifestation of which in the issue of Feb. 18, re Leslie Hore-Belisha, is too rank to pass unnoticed...
...Leslie Hore-Belisha...
...microphone with Clown Eddie Cantor stepped publicity-courting Minister of Transport Major Leslie Hore-Belisha last week. "Despite the greatest government and police activity." he reported, "there were 187 deaths on British roads during Christmas week, compared to 160 in the previous week." Shrilled Clown Cantor, after Major Hore-Belisha had appealed for more careful driving, "If I were a girl I would never let a boy drive with one arm around...
...glove or a side curtain, expect that it will return to its owner through the smooth clearing channels of organized motoring. Before buying a used car the British motorist has it "expertized" by his club, knows what he is buying. Last week nobody knew better than Major Hore-Belisha that his antics as Minister of Transport are merely a smart flash in the political pan. They may help to blow him far, even perhaps-eventually-to the Prime Ministry...