Word: glasgow
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Last fortnight big Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labor and strong man of the British trades-union movement, rushed to Scotland for a string of speeches against Communism. The working-class districts of Glasgow and Edinburgh are the noisiest in Britain, and there Orator Bevin was fiercely heckled by workers, who jumped up at his meetings and gave the Communist clenched-fist salute. In his roaring rebuttals Big Ernie went further than any other present British Cabinet member to speak his mind about Communism...
...letter to the editor of the Lancet last fortnight, a Glasgow doctor named Stanley Alstead offered an ingenious suggestion for deodorizing underground raid shelters. "I understand," wrote he, "that the stench in a London tube after it has been used for a night is beyond belief. . . . Old-fashioned charcoal [ might ] help in this connexion. Its power in abolishing smells is very considerable and has largely been lost sight of. . . . [ I heard of ]; a pharmacologist who actually put a dead cat into a charcoal box and kept it in his drawing room . . . without its having caused any smell. . . . Perhaps his guests...
...known the mysteries of the notch lapel, the peak lapel and the semi-drape lapel. . . because he has heard tales to the effect that side-vents were originally made for grouse shooting, and has dreamed of fine virgin wool that has been stored on the wharves of Glasgow for over seventy-five years. But, most important of all, it is because he originally had the funds to invest in these dreams...
...line with press comments was Priestley's explanation of his silence. Said he in Glasgow a few days after quitting: "I've simply stopped my talks for a time because I think it's a good thing. The people get tired of hearing one voice, but if they're not tired and would like to get me back-well, I'm waiting in the wings...
Last week there were raids on ports (Dover, Portland, Southampton, Glasgow, Billingham, Newcastle), on Lancashire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Berkshire, Sussex, Surrey and the industrial Midlands-places which have been bombed since early August. Last week's raids on these spots were apparently not the worst of the war but no U. S. observers were present to tell how little or how much damage had been done. The British would not admit it, but there were probably serious hitches in armament production. One aircraft factory was hit badly enough to lose perhaps a sixth of its production. This week Minister...