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...Tenth Reunion's literal clambaking at the Wentworth in Portsmouth yesterday preceded today's luncheon in the Kirkland House Quadrangle...
While posing as the Sultan of Zanzibar, he reviewed a unit of the British fleet at Portsmouth, England. With his "suite,"* Cole rode down on a special train for the review, and he noticed that the dining-car attendants were without white gloves. He had the train stopped and white gloves were procured from the next town, as "His Royal Highness" was unused to being served by ungloved attendants. The actual review of the fleet was carried out successfully...
HELEN TRAVIS Portsmouth...
Died. Major General George Glas Sandeman Carey, 81, whose nondescript force of some 3,000 clerks, signalmen, and U.S. railway engineers prevented a breakthrough to Amiens in the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918; in Portsmouth, England. Moving quickly as the Germans threatened, Carey and his motley crew held out for six days until relieved. It earned him a personal commendation before Parliament from Prime Minister Lloyd George...
Last week, 25 years later, the 1,000th paper (the Portsmouth, N.H. Herald) was taking James Robert Williams'* Out Our Way. His homely handiwork was the biggest drawing card on N.E.A.'s list. His panels (single pictures) tell an anecdote but no continued stories. Like the soft light of a kerosene lamp, they light up, with humor and understanding, the quiet corners of everyday life that are passed over by the searchlights of the news. The runny-nosed children and distracted parents of "Born Thirty Years Too Soon," "The Worry Wart" and "Why Mothers Get Gray" are gently...