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...appearance a snow-white cousin of the popular Scottie-is a comparative stranger to most U.S. dog fans, though familiar to viewers of Black & White whiskey ads. There are only 120 registered with the American Kennel Club. Wolvey, a four-year-old bitch owned by Mrs. John G. Winant, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, has dominated her breed in 60 shows since coming to the U.S. three years...
There was no formal meeting of the War Cabinet. But all night long Prime Minister Churchill, Ambassador Winant and members of the Cabinet kept informal vigil at No. 10, weighing and discussing each fragment of news as it came in. Again Winston Churchill used the telephone, this time to call Franklin Roosevelt in Washington. They discussed a synchronized declaration of war on Japan...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill heard the news while he was having a quiet supper with U.S. Ambassador John Gilbert Winant at Chequers, the Prime Minister's country house some 25 miles from Downing Street. Winston Churchill picked up the telephone and called an extraordinary session of Parliament for the next afternoon. Then he and Mr. Winant set out for London...
...Working with the British in the U.S. are Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Under Secretary Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary Dean Acheson, and the division that handled the reciprocal trade agreements. Working with the British in London is U.S. Ambassador John Gilbert Winant...
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden revealed last week that British-U.S. relations are frequently buoyed up by Scotch whiskey. Having told a luncheon party that he saw U.S. Ambassador John Gilbert Winant "almost every evening," he added...