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...enthusiasm and gratitude, Britain seemed ready last week to deify Sir Winston Churchill on the spot as he made his stately progress toward his 80th birthday. Birthday gifts poured into 10 Downing Street; his birthday fund passed $300,000 and was still rising. Debrett's editor rummaged through Churchill's female ancestry and announced happily that Churchill was of blood royal, through Henry VII, and therefore a descendant of Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror. Parliament itself bustled over preparations for the unprecedented ceremony this week in the great hall which King William Rufus began...
Blunt & Plain. Addressing his own constituents at Woodford, Essex, Sir Winston was in the midst of a routine speech defending German rearmament and reminding them that he was the first to warn that the West needed Germany on its side against Russian aggression. "Even before the war had ended," he went on, "and while the Germans were surrendering by hundreds of thousands, I telegraphed to Lord Montgomery, directing him to be careful in collecting the German arms, to stack them so that they could easily be issued again to the German soldiers whom we should have to work with...
...seemed to relish the excitement. Accepting a silver salver from Bristol University, Sir Winston beamed at the students and declared: "I thank you for giving it to me on a day which, as you will see by looking at your papers, I am supposed to be in a bit of a scrape...
TOBACCO WAR between the industry and the American Cancer Society is flaring up again. E. A. Darr president of the R. J. Reynolds (Camel, Winston, Cavalier) Tobacco Co., has flatly charged the society with trying to destroy the industry by claiming a link between lung cancer and smoking...
Kazanjian received a special citation in 1952 from the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons for his "outstanding contributions" to the advancement of its practice. He has also received several other awards, including three citations signed by Winston Churchill...