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...really shakes me. A most unfortunate innovation-something -which may result in peers becoming confused wuh American band leaders like Duke Ellington an Count Basic." Nevertheless, there have been previous one-name earldoms: Earl Jowitt, Earl Haig. Attlee's son and heir will be Viscount Prestwood of Walthamstow (Attlee's constituency since...
...Transport House, Labor Party headquarters in London's Smith Square, only one top leader put in an appearance to take in firsthand a night long story of setbacks. Worn and haggard from a campaign that brought him back with 2,000 fewer votes in his own constituency of Walthamstow West, Labor's Clement Attlee at 72 was a sad figure, his face bereft of its usual suggestion of tart strength, his hands poked disconsolately into the pockets of his raincoat. His own career as party leader was now in jeopardy. This was the first time since 1931 that...
...Whose approximately 57,000 voters are the only ones in Great Britain who will find Eden's name on the ballot. The voters of Walthamstow West are the only ones who vote directly for or against Labor's Clement Attlee. Each constituency votes for its own M.P.: the party that elects the most organizes the government and installs its leaders...
Have your child baptized early, the vicar of St. Saviour's in Walthamstow, England urged his parishioners. The Rev. Cyril W. Nye, 61, was not voicing concern about the little ones tossing in limbo; it was their tossing in his arms that bothered him. Said he: "Please, please try to bring your children along before they are two months old. Babies of six months and over are uncommonly awkward to handle. When the baptismal water is poured over their heads, they react strongly and try to get away . . . That can be quite tricky with a healthy, struggling infant...
Attlee knew he was elected by 2 a.m. Tensely, he made a little speech of thanks at Walthamstow's town hall. When Attlee came out of the hall and into the cold, wet morning, a woman admirer cried: "Good old Clem-Walthamstow's still loyal." Attlee laughed. At 4 a.m. his wife drove him to Labor headquarters at Transport House. Party Secretary Morgan Phillips was in charge of the tabulation. His staff, nibbling cheese sandwiches, greeted the first night's returns with restrained jubilation...