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This week, the man who, in his years in the East Block, had made Canada a nation, was driven to Rideau Hall, residence of Governor-General Viscount Alexander of Tunis. There he handed in his resignation. Liberal Leader Louis St. Laurent was named to take his place. Then Mackenzie King rode home with his memories to the peace & sepulchral quiet of cavernous Laurier House...
...post of "chairman" was to go to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery; under him France's General Alphonse-Pierre Juin (now governor of North Africa) was to command all land forces; Britain was to get command both at sea and in the air. The ultimate aim was to weld five armies, standing at the West's frontier, into one army...
...centuries, the French city of Limoges was split wide open. The Château was ruled by the viscount, the Cité dominated by the bishop, and both camps were rent by war, pestilence, and famine. Yet even in the time of its greatest troubles, Limoges kept producing enamelwork that was the envy of Christendom...
...Mistake. Radio's biggest impact has been in politics, says Viscount Samuel, elder statesman and philosopher. "A single speech may found a national reputation," but "one mistake may be magnified into a catastrophe. A succession of eloquent and moving broadcasts during the war helped Mr. Churchill to win fame and influence . . . The war over, a single broadcast, out of tune with the spirit and mood of the people, brought disaster...
Died. Hamar Greenwood, first Viscount Greenwood of Holbourne, 78, Canadian-born British industrialist, last Chief Secretary for Ireland (1920-22): in London. A tough fighter against Irish independence, Lord Greenwood employed the Black & Tans in an attempt to crush the rebellious Sinn Feiners, for years after his retirement lived in fear of assassination...