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...Lady Elizabeth Clyde, 29-year-old daughter of the seventh Duke of Wellington, was fined ?235 ($940) for evading currency restrictions during a holiday in France. She had cashed ?235 more in checks than British law allows...
...Delhi, India, a 21-year-old U.S. merchant seaman named Pat Wellington walked right up to Mohandas K. Gandhi and asked: "Mr. Gandhi, what's all this trouble about over here?" Replied Gandhi: "It's the same disease that is affecting the whole world. I call it poison." Pat: "It seems to be worse in India." Gandhi: "Is it? I don't think [so]. . . . Perhaps life is now more secure in India than in the rest of the world." The Mississippi sailor came away impressed. Said he: "Bilbo always sent word that he was too busy...
...Sight . . . In Wellington, Kans., after a long hot drive, Wallace Peterson realized that he had forgotten something, turned around and drove back 50 miles to pick up Mrs. Peterson. In Pittsburgh, an ardent ball fan demanded a pass-out check, explained to the gatekeeper: "It's my wife-I forgot and left her in a restaurant up the street...
...Gardens, Long Island, Wellington Koo Jr., 26, who had already been charged with speeding four times (two fines, two dismissals), was charged again, won a dismissal on the ground of diplomatic immunity. But the judge decided to write a little letter to Koo's father, the Chinese Ambassador...
...founded in 1440 by Henry VI, but Old Etonians were too busy in wartime 1940 to celebrate. *Who probably never said in so many words that "the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton." There were no organized cricket or football playing fields in Wellington's day. He did say: "I really believe I owe my state of enterprise to the tricks I used to play in the garden [of Eton...