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Oliver Stanley… War Secretary in British Cabinet Shuffle
Oliver Stanley, 54, named war secretary amid cabinet reshuffle as Hore-Belisha’s critics and army elites shape policy. profile recalls his prior posts, war service, and fencing style. Separate note reports King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia with 250 wives, 29 sons, 22 daughters, and a 200-room palace, expanding air force and alliances as Palestine tensions and Axis interests loom.
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Stanley Oliver
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Oliver
John Reith
Harold MacMillan
New York
Oliver Stanley
Ministry of Transport
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Stanley
Hore- Belisha
British Board of Trade
Chamberlain
Army
Mr. Hore-Belisha
War Office
Mr. More- Belisha
England
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Hore-Belisha
Mr. Stanley
Seventh Earl of Derby
Board of Education
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Palestine
Iran
West
Africa
Suez Canal
India
Loudyspeakers
Roosevelt
Abn Saud