Evening star., 1942-01-11
Churchill Swamped
With Presents From
Friends in America
Wids Variety Of Gifts,
Sent to White House,
Forwarded to Embassy
Dy BLAIR BoLLEs.

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A steady rain Of gifts for winston
Churchill has been falling on the
white House ever since the Prime
Minister'S arrival here. The pres
ents include = box Of onions, q bottle
Of Napoleon brandy, 1911; catnip for
the Churchill cat, q carton Of skin
lotion and Q field hat worn by Prince
Bismarck, the German chancellor
OF more than . half century ago.
Yesterday the British Embassy.
where the gifts are forwarded from
the White House. allowed an In.
spection Of the halls In which the
donations are slowed and sorted. In
one corner were piled boxes con.
taining 5000 cigars. In another
corner stood . tower Of letters.
feet tan, to Churchill from strangers
On one table was = strange gift
from . Pennsylvanian. the whole
contents Of his desk draWer-bills,
old letters, receipts, blotters, out
dated invitations and an auto
graphed picture Of Jack Dempsey.
The donors live In every State
in the Union and all the provinces
Of Canada.
Cards Preceded Gifts.
The first fntimation the White
House had of this upsurge Of New
World generosity toward the visiting
Engltshman came In the arrival OF
several hundred Christmas cards for
him. The bulky presents followed
the cards and they are still coming
In. sir Anthony Rumboh. second
secretary Of the British Embassy. Il
charged with the task Of sorting
them and supervising the dispatch
Of thank-you letters.
The gifts come IN 20 fast-by re-
gistered mail special delivery-that
they outpace Sir Anthonyis answers.
Some persons have sent poems
glorifying Churchill and testifyins
to the determination Of this country
to beat the Nazis and enjoy British
friendship forever. Some have sent
word that new babies are being
named for Churchill. One Of these
babies Is winston Churchill Haya-
shi. Of Victoria. B. c.. infant son Of
parents japanese by race but Cana
dian by conviction.
A pair Of spectacles. . box Of
chocolates. q bag OF lima beans with
instructions how to cook them. the
sacred Book Of Mormon, two sos I
dishes. . British lion rampant
carved In the Virgin Islands from
tortoise shell, one textbook ON navi.
CATION and another on law. crates
Of eggs, dozens Of oranges, q bos
Of pecans. q copy Of George Wash
ington's will. . painting Of the grea,
seal Of the State Of Ohio-these
are some Of the gifts.
Other Presents Received.
Mrs. Lionel Atwill. wife Of tht
English motion picture actor, sent
the Prime Minister six corncob pipes
A World War veteran In Winnipeg
sent him Q Canadian dime with
the Blood. Sweat and Tears" speech
engraved In tiny letters on its
diverse Alfred Anson Of New York
q classmate Of Churchill's at Harrow
sent him a bottle Of Napoleon
brandy 1873. supplementing the
1911 bottle from q Mr.. Lord Of the
Lord Electric Co.. Inc. New York
Another generous American gave
him two bottles Of l64S cognac.
Mr.. Churchill's American List In.
cludes gloves. socks. cravats, sill
scarves, q Union Jack done IN towel
Ing, countless religious tracts and Z
framed list Of the American Presi-
dents. One woman sent him Z
beautiful wool afghan and asked
him to give 1t, when he returned
to London. to an English baby
Mrs. Fern Madren Of Vallejo. Calf
gave him a sweater, the 65th she
has knit for Englishmen since the
war began in 1889.
The British Embassy has cata-
logued in the Churchilliana . set
of stone arrow heads, q tin OF
minced pies. turkey wishbone
representing "V," a foot high rubber
thumb representing thumbs up q
genealogical history OF the Drake
family, q book on women Pioneers
Of America" Shriner's fez that
belonged to q distant relative OF
Churchill's mother and . portrait
Of Franklin Roosevelt done on the
typewriter.