is no Guardhn, Charlottetown. Mon. May as, 1954 : Beaverbrook lo Mark IT’ UMMER {21% . 85th Birthday Today 0 I By JOHN GALE icirculations for an island so LONDON (APl—Lord Beaver- ' tiny—the Daily Express 4.291. g‘ brook, dynamic Canadian-born 000. the Sunday Express 4,300.— 0 dean 0! Fleet Street's powerfult 000, the Evening Standard 75?, press barons, will be 85 today— 000 and the Glasgow Evening ' * V0 still the rebel in chains. Citinen $0.000. Whimsical and w ward! Beaverbmok', nu”, . n f \‘ / 6088M and demanding- the oldv have always been a vehlglepeior $ ‘ an man with a face like wrinkledl parchment and tr al rogulsh elf is already a living legend. The legend will be celebrated tonight with special radio and television salutes and a big din-l ner party given by Lord Thom-l son of Fleet, the former Roy Thomson of Toronto, who like Beaverbrook came from Can-i l l ada and became a major force in the British press. ‘ Beaverbrook has played a‘ unique role in British public af- fairs during more than half a century. as the friend of kings and eminent politicians from; Lloyd George to Winston Chur- chill. And he has held high (if-é fice while stamping his own mark indelibly along London's! newspaper row. ; any dreams he has' dreamed, some realized, some! not. For 80 years his express‘ newspaper chain has fervently preached the doctrine of a strong British empire. The em- pire has slipped away and Beaver-brook kn own he is beaten ' FRUSTRATION SYMBOL But the chain Crusader on the . front page of his morning giant. the Daily Express, remains tllE‘ symbol of l’Us frustration. Nev-I ertheless, his is one of the out-t _standing success stories of the‘ 20th century. 1 Born William Maxwell Aitken at Maple. Ont.. as the son of a} Presbyterian min 1 star, who; later moved his family to News: castle. N.B.. he made a fortune ‘ in finance before he was 30 an I came to England in 19ml Promptly running for parlia-l went, he won a seat in the, House of Commons within two years. When the First World War ended, he was a cabinet minister. In the Second World War as minister for aircraft production. Beaverbrook built the Spitfires [It was his second marriage. his political ideas. With average three readers for every copy at the Daily Ex- press sold. hit. views reach a quarter of the nation's 53.000.- 000 population. PERSONAL VENDETTA His personal vendetta against the Common Market is among the most iurlous ever waged in British journalism. When Brit- ain’s effort to join the Euro- pean Economic Bloc collapsed, he claimed he was responsible —-«not President 'de Gaulle. These days, the Beaver—as he is called~has been slowed down by sciatica and gout. The telephone that once tangled in the Express office at midnight, bringing a torrent of ideas both brilliant and and a c t on s, ll mOstly silent. Occasionally he writes h the Express under his own name. but mostly Beaverbrook has been busying producing bulky books which draw on hla vast personal knowledge of Britain’s leading men of affairs in the 20th century. 3 e a v e r brook was secretly married last year to Lady (Marciat Dunn, widow of Sir James Dunn. the steel magnate. His first wife, Gladys. died in I. When word of the wedding got out, Beavcrbrook announced: "I am very glad to get her. It isn't often you get to 84 and find yourself still interesting to a woman." 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