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Married. Lady Iris Mountbatten, cousin of George VI and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria; and Captain Hamilton O'Malley, of the Irish Guards; at Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. Her cousin Lady Louis Mountbatten was a great friend of their cousin, Edward Windsor...
...religious racism. They had celebrated the centenary of the Great Trek hysterically for a whole year, touring the backveld from town to town in ox wagons. Anyone who didn't grow a voortreker (pioneer) beard was an "outlander" or a traitor. A synagogue was dynamited, and George VI's message to the final jamboree was read in Afrikaans. A hangover from this emotional bender was the growth of the Ossewa Brandwag (Ox-Wagon Fireguard), an Afrikaans cultural organization specializing in swastika armbands, military training, bombings of buildings and rail ways, beating up British soldiers. Leading "Peace Parades" last...
...that the Government asks is that the student be getting passing marks in three-quarters of his courses, which at a four-course school like Harvard would mean Group VI, three C's and a D. Financial eligibility is determined by requirements similar to those for scholarships...
...Talked with John Winant, generally considered his selection as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. (From London came advance reports that King George VI and the British Government had approved Mr. Winant; from Washington came flat declarations that Tobaccoman S. Clay Williams would accompany him as the U. S. Minister to Britain...
When, on Sept. 8, 1914, King George V called on the people of India to fight "to overthrow an unparalleled assault upon the continuity of civilization and tKe peace of mankind," India's response was spontaneous and overwhelming. When, on Sept. 11, 1939, King George VI asked India to fight "for a principle which is vital to the future of mankind," the response was reluctant and sullen...