Upon new King George called last week "The Next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom," as many call hawk-nosed, hawk-minded Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain. Meanwhile a bona fide offer of $1,000,000 to go to Hollywood had been cabled to the Duke of Windsor & Mrs. Simpson (see p. 31) and, however remote acceptance was from their minds, it behooved the United Kingdom not to be niggardly with the Duke. At 5%, the interest on $1,000,000 is $50,000 per year and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was presently reported to have...
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