People: Feb. 17, 1930

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

Harold Sidney Harmsworth, Viscount Rothermere of Hemsted, "The Hearst of England," was last week flayed by former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, flayed him savagely in return.

Baldwin: "I have no intention of resigning as leader of the Conservative Party at the behest of Rothermere (who wants the post himself). . . . Lord Rothermere proved a failure in the two Ministerial posts he held during the War (Director General of Army Clothing Department and...

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