Word: quebecs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hinsley was England's only Cardinal. There are two others in the British Empire: MacRory of Ireland; Villeneuve of Quebec. Hinsley's death reduced the College of Cardinals (maximum 70) to an almost unprecedented low (49). Reason: the war has prevented many possible recipients of the red hat from traveling to the Vatican. Sometimes the Pope creates a Cardinal in petto (in the breast, i.e., he keeps it a secret until he wishes to announce it). Many American Catholics hope that Pius XII may have created New York's Archbishop Francis J. Spellman a Cardinal in petto...
George Kenney was raised (to a height of 5 ft. 6 in.) in Brookline, Mass. He studied civil engineering at M.I.T., but left after three years to become an instrument man for Quebec & Saguenay Railroad. Then he became a civil engineer and a contractor. In 1917 he enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps as a private. He learned to fly under Bert Acosta, who was later to achieve fame as a transatlantic pilot. His first three landings were all dead stick, but he was notably successful once he got to France. Twice he was shot down. He was credited with...
Root of the Family Tree. In Coati-cook, Quebec, death came to 103-year-old Hubert Leclerc, who left 375 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
...subcontinent-sized statesmanship. He was warmhearted, mild-voiced Rai Bahadur Khanna, member of the Working Committee of the Hindu Mahasabha (India's third largest political party), who was in America with Britain's blessing as delegate to the International Pacific Relations Conference recently held in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. His program: > All controversial issues in India to be left in "cold storage" until war's end; > A British guarantee-now-for Indian independence as soon as the war is over; >A national government to be set up-now-to administer all but war matters; >Britain to determine India...
Villain. Less foggy were the words of Dictator-Gauleiter Laval. To his spitting hatred of the British, Laval added the U.S. and President Roosevelt. He dug back to the conquests of French Quebec and the West Indies for charges of Anglo-Saxon imperial cupidity. These he twisted into a cry that success of the Anglo-American alliance would mean domination by "Jews and Communists." Where he had once "hoped" for a German victory, Laval now said he was certain of it. Hedging, he added: "An entente with Germany is the only guarantee for peace in Europe...