GREAT BRITAIN: Damned Odd Thing to Do

The Honorable John Denzil Fox-Strangways, 42, former Coldstream Guards officer and second son of the Earl of Ilchester, was relaxing in his St. James's Street club, Brooks's, one night last week. Fox-Strangways' after-dinner calm was shattered by an indignant telephone call from another St. James's Street club, White's, of which he is also a member.

The Honorable Hugh Stanley, 24, brother of the Earl of Derby, informed Fox-Strangways that Minister of Labor Aneurin Bevan, rabid Socialist and ex-coal-miner, was being entertained at White's. Bevan's host was Sir John Slessor, Air Chief Marshal,...

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