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Fellowship. In Torquay, England, fined ?2 ($5.60) for being drunk and disorderly and entering the bedroom of Mrs. Hannah Callard, Patrick Campbell, 22, explained to the court: "I thought it was the Y.M.C.A...
...winter resort town of Torquay, on the south coast of England, the U.S. and 33 other nations wound up seven months of give & take discussion on cutting tariffs. When the U.S. totted up the results of the conference last week, it found that it had given more than it had taken. The U.S. granted tariff cuts up to 50% on $419 million of imports (as of 1949). The cuts apply to such strategic metals as lead, chrome and vanadium, and such luxuries as orchids and champagne. In return, the U.S. got tariff reductions from other nations...
...months, 1,000 experts from 34 countries met in Torquay, British seaside resort, in an attempt to increase world trade by lowering national tariff barriers. Last week, as they prepared to quit, 150 bilateral pacts to reduce tariffs were ready for signing...
Died. Cyril Maude, 88, longtime (1884-1927) leading British light-comedy actor (1,300 appearances in Grumpy), father of Conservative M.P. John Maude; of influenza; in Torquay, England...
...Everybody knows," said a grizzled party worker at Labor headquarters, "that Ebbw Vale will vote Labor and that Torquay will vote Tory. It's the doubtfuls like Hammersmith that'll decide the general election." The Tories felt much the same. "Labor got nearly 12 million votes in 1945," said one of them. "We got nearly 10 million. A million of the 'floating' vote in the next election could turn the tide in our favor . . . That's why Hammersmith is important...