Churchill’s Birthday

Northern Advocate, 1 December 1944, Page 5

Churchill’s Birthday

LONDON, November 30.

Congratulations and good wishes such as no Englishman hitherto has earned will pour in to Mr. Churchill today, says “The Times,” in a leader. Mr. Churchill’s services to Iris age places the senders under a lifelong personal obligation to him. The occasion will rightly be held to transcend a life of politics, a life cf discussion, criticism and contention. It is symbolical of Mr. Churchill’s achievement, which even new stands secure in history. Mr. Churchill lias proved himself in the years of national unity a true national leader, not only in his appeal to popular imagination and in his control of strategy, but also in his mastery cf the political scene. Along with his enduring youthfulness, disarming humour, and essential dislike of pretension and parade, he has disclosed in all great issues the ever-increas-ing maturity of patience and tolerance. There will be personal warmth in the greetings, spoken and unspoken, coming from millions on the day which finds him 70 years young.

The “Daily Mail” points out that, there will be a birthday present for Mr. Churchill from the Food Ministry. His birthday qualifies him for an extra allowance of one ounce of tea weekly, which is granted “over seventies.” The Ministry for Food instructions say that "over seventies,” “if fit and able to walk,” must lake their ration books to the local Food Office and make a written declaration of age.