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...Army and Navy? Canada went into the war with such a department, nominally still has one. But the job was too big; the organization was overwhelmed. So Canada backtracked, provided Ministers for Air -able Charles Gavan ("Chubby") Powers -Navy (gentle, genial Angus Macdonald) and Army (Defense Minister James Layton Ralston, No. 1 dynamo of Canada's wartime machine). All have Cabinet rank; each has his own organization. Only when matters affecting two or more services come up does Mr. Ralston on occasion function as top Minister. Then the three Ministers and the chiefs of the three service staffs generally...
...Received the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian; Sir Walter Layton, editor, London Economist; Nevile Butler, Embassy counselor-who came to say "Britain needs more of everything, and quickly...
William M. Layton, Jr. '43, who lives in Hollis, was quoted as saying, "There may be something in this ghost business." But the consensus is that Hollis is in for a snowball "Blitzkrieg" tonight...
Sworn in as Finance Minister, to take the lead out of Canada's pants and put some silver in, was one of Canada's cleverest financial men, Colonel James Layton Ralston. A corporation lawyer who spends his spare time loafing with dory fishermen on the Nova Scotia coast, fishing and eating lobsters, he has long refused to nibble Cabinet bait. But once in, he was expected because of his bulldog tenacity and narrow partisanship to become the Government's strongest...
...nominate for Man of the Year the twins, Judas Iscariot and Neville Chamberlain. L. LEE LAYTON JR. Dover, Dela...