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...that was the very date of dates, all the astrologers agreed, and so on that day next week little Pratap Singh Rao Bhonsle will become official heir-apparent to the gadi of Kolhapur, and some day, if all goes well, he may bear the title of Lord of the Umbrella and get a 19-gun salute...
...Lost Umbrellas. Buttressing the keen military insight of France, of course, was the dogged valor of Britain. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who had just refused to lend his umbrella to a London exhibition of notable walking sticks, did public penance for the appeasements of his past. To Parliament he stated: "Everything I had worked for, hoped for and believed in during my public life has cracked into ruins. There is only one thing left for me, and that is to devote what strength and power I have to forwarding the victory...
...last it was time to evacuate. Some tanks had to be blown up by their own operators, who then hotfooted it for the shore front. Under the umbrella of the R.A.F., exhausted soldiers re-embarked. After nine hours the Canadians and their Allies backed off the flaming coast of France, turned tail and headed for England...
Rain and the Wool-Hats. Then came an unprecedented omen. Georgia politicos say that "the sun never sets on England and the rain never falls on Talmadge." But now, as the Governor turned the first page, rain fell in torrents. Talmadge threw away his melting manuscript, improvised under an umbrella in the downpour for 20 minutes, finally gave...
Eden took Molotov under a large black umbrella and led the way to nearby motor cars. The Mirror photographer got pictures of the great occasion which were "officially confiscated." Police officials regarded the lamb story with strong suspicion, grilled the photographer and conducted a discreet inquiry of the entire Mirror staff...