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...road to mythology in Tynan's case was paved, perhaps improbably, with theater reviews. But he succeeded magnificently. Now 27, and with a full three years of life left, he has already written three books (on the theater and its personalities), moved from Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard (which called him "the greatest theater critic since Shaw") to the tabloid Daily Sketch (which billed him as "the liveliest writer of the day"). In August, Tynan becomes drama critic for the Sunday Observer (circ. 475,609), roughly the equivalent of the New York Times job now held by Brooks...
Last week, on the stand in the trial in a Manhattan Federal District Court, Reynolds charged that Peg's description of him was a "malicious lie" and recounted his frontline war record. A deposition was introduced from Press Lord Beaverbrook praising Reynolds' "splendid pieces of reporting," while Eisenhower's wartime naval aide, Captain Harry Butcher, pointed out that Reynolds' reputation as a correspondent won him"the confidence of Ike." Pegler's charge that Reynolds went"nuding along the public road[with] a wench . . . absolutely raw," was fantastic, said Reynolds' lawyer, "since Mr. Reynolds...
When the second Comet I airliner in three months crashed off Italy, all England felt the blow to British national pride. But it found consolation in the sleek new Comets II and III hatching in De Havilland Aircraft Co.'s factories. Trumpeted Lord Beaverbrook's Evening
Within his small maneuvering room, Butler faces opposition from the gunboat imperialists in his own ranks whose spokesman is Press Lord Beaverbrook; they are outraged by the recent pact with Japan, which allowed small quantities of Japanese textiles into Britain and lifted the ban on Japanese goods in the colonies. To those who cry that his policy is breaking up the Commonwealth, Rab retorts: "The Empire boys underestimate my intense belief in the Commonwealth. I believe it has resources which will make your eyes pop out. But this is 1954, not 1904. Australia, Canada, South Africa will not be denied...
...possible sources of the leaks, the members pushed through a resolution that all meetings are to be considered as "private and confidential, and no statement should be regarded as accurate unless issued by the party's office." The British press had an effective answer to that. Lord Beaverbrook's lusty Daily Express (circ. 4,077,833) gleefully ran leaks from Labor's party meeting to consider what to do about leaks to the press. Said the Express triumphantly: "Leakage No.1: it was Mr. Harold Wilson, M.P., Bevanite and ex-Cabinet minister, who moved the resolution. Leakage...