Word: leamington
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...EDEN, RT. HON. (ROBERT) ANTHONY, P.O. 1934; M.C., J.P., D.C.L. Oxford, 1936 and Durham, 1937; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since 1935; M.P. (C.) Warwick and Leamington since 1923; Trustee of National Gallery since 1935; 2nd surv. s. of late Sir William Eden, 7th and 5th Bart.; b. 12 June 1897; m. 1923, Beatrice Helen, d. of Hon. Sir Gervase Beckett, 1st Bart.; two s. Educ.: Eton, Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. First Class Honours (Oriental languages), 1922. Formerly Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps; served World War, 1915-19, with his regiment, and as G.S.O.3, and as Brigade...
Auto Races (Tues. 4:45 p. m. MBS). Leamington, Ont. world's championship dirt track contest...
...Shocked," "troubled," "stunned," "puzzled" were the adjectives used by the press in describing British reactions to the crisis. Popular, young (40) Anthony promptly went forth to address his constituents at Leamington. Some 1,300 pack-jammed the hall cheering, while an overflow meeting of 400 was arranged...
...Anthony Eden heard that the Ethiopian Emperor had fled, that Addis Ababa was a shambles of wild disorder, that only the speedy arrival of Italian troops would save the lives of British subjects, he realized that he had steered British Foreign Policy onto the rocks. To his constituents in Leamington, he gloomily admitted defeat...
Jokes touching any member of the Royal Family were abruptly and permanently barred by the British Broadcasting Corporation last week as postmen arrived with truckloads of protests against a quip broadcast from Leamington by Comedian Ernie Moss. Referring to the world's largest underwater tunnel, lately opened by His Majesty (TIME, July 30), shrill Mr. Moss chirped: "I was to have opened the Mersey Tunnel but the King charged a pound less, so I didn...