Word: ralstons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week Ralston Crawford's painted reports were reproduced in the December FORTUNE and went on view in a Manhattan gallery. The closest thing to nature in his blast pictures was an occasional circle (representing portholes) which he included for the sake of contrast "as you would show the whiteness of a wall by putting a thumbprint on it." His Test Able was a pat, flat imitation of chaos...
Divorced. Richard Arlen (real name: Richard Mattimore), 45, longtime Hollywood romantic lead, still a two-fisted hero in B pictures (Minesweeper); by Jobyna Ralston, 40, onetime Harold Lloyd leading lady and innocent-eyed silent cinemactress; after 18 years of marriage; one son; in Los Angeles. The grounds: desertion (for seven years...
Vocal portions of Canada's population were unimpressed. Veterans' organizations, in particular, denounced Ottawa by letter and telegram. But the sharpest retort to the Prime Minister came from ex-Minister Ralston...
Urgent Need. On Sunday, Mr. Ralston ended a twelve-day silence, issued a 2,000-word statement which accused Mr. King of taking chances, of poor reporting. "The Prime Minister's summary is not sufficiently complete," he said. As Defense Minister, he had gone overseas to determine whether reinforcements were really inadequate. He found they were, he said. The need, he said, was "urgent." Recruiting would do no good, for a man recruited now would not be fully trained "before next June." "I came to the conclusion that the only [solution] . . . was to recommend that we draw...
Meanwhile there was another casualty in the Dominion's military hierarchy. Lieut. General Kenneth Stuart, chief of staff overseas, had backed Mr. Ralston's arguments for compulsory overseas service. Last week General Stuart was "on leave," soon would follow Mr. Ralston into retirement...