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First on board to greet Mackenzie King were Britain's black-hatted, dapper Deputy Under Secretary for the Dominions Sir John Stephenson, and tall Frederic Hudd, Canada's Acting High Commissioner in Britain. Behind them came Southampton civic dignitaries, led by the wife of the city's ailing Lord Mayor, Job Charles Dyas. Primly the Lady Mayoress recited a prepared speech of thanks for clothing that Canada had sent to the city during the blitz...
...lead, but in that frame things blew apart. Bob Batten started things off with a long single to right field, moving to third on Bill Postman's best to left. Then came the big blow. With Don Swegan pulled out of position at short to cover second, Charlie Stephenson pushed a neat hit through the place vacated by the shortstop; Batten and Pohlman raced around to score before left fielder Allen could come up with the ball. Stephenson tried to stretch his him, and Wallace, who had finally got the ball from Allen, tried to catch him going into second...
...bureau consists of two reporters: Ray Henle and Malvina Stephenson. Henle handles the "heavy" news, energetic Miss Stephenson does the chitchat items and the legwork. On Sunday nights they feed West Virginia a program of intimate, homey details about what West Virginians are up to. The state's Washington delegation, most frequently mentioned, listens expectantly and attentively. Outraged complaints to the network from Capitol Hill are frequent-but they keep up a lively interest...
...Henle & Stephenson constantly buttonhole West Virginians in hotel lobbies, in Congress, at teas, in their offices, in Union Station. Then the pair goes on the air and tells all. They quote Congressmen's offhand comments on one another. They report who went to what luncheon, whose wife was not invited, who has been appointed to what. When a poem by a West Virginian gets into the Congressional Record, they rush the news to the home folks. When Kentucky-born Fred Vinson was appointed Federal Loan Administrator, they reminded their listeners that he had relatives "all over the western part...
...Northern Tribune. Inside, four of its eight pages were dated (and printed) Jan. 5; one ad offered belated New Year's greetings from the citizens of Kapuskasing (pop. 3,431). Operating on the old country weekly principle that news is news until it is read, Editor Ed Stephenson had finally got out another issue of the Tribune, the first since Nov. 10, 1944. Having solved his manpower troubles by being his own adman, reporter, make-up man, typesetter and printer's devil, Editor Stephenson explained why it had been so long between issues: "The physical and mental load...