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...British Communism saved us in the war in the west." Sighed Labor leader Herbert Morrison: "The election is in danger of degenerating into a comic opera." Agricultural Note. There was the traditional crop of crank candidates. Wackiest of all seemed to be Churchill's eleventh-hour opponent in Woodford, Essex, doughty Alexander Hancock, 47, a farmer...
Farmer Hancock decided to run only when Corporal Arthur Yates, who flew back from Burma, arrived too late to stand against the Prime Minister. Said Farmer Hancock, who until last week did not know a soul in Woodford: "I'm not interested in parties: I'm no sheep." Of Churchill he said: "I'm as good a man as he is"; of the Hancock platform (strip life of luxuries and work only an hour a day) : "I'm standing for the common people against organized oppression." Church ill was delighted...
...salt water up into the air. The destroyer Hasty zipped at 38 knots to the rescue of her sister ship, but by the time she got there the surface of the sea was iridescent with oil. The mystery submarine had apparently been sunk. Two days later the British tanker Woodford was sunk by two torpedoes fired at point-blank range from a submarine whose identifying number had been crudely painted...
...Woodford and Havock incidents apparently were the last straw. Backed to the hilt by France, two long and secret meetings were held in Downing Street attended by key Cabinet Ministers, whereupon came the announcement...
...FRANK B. WOODFORD...