Mary Gets Her Cut of Cake
Mary Pickford, Amen's Sweetheart, helps her husband, Buddy Rogera (left), to a piece of their wedding cake after the ceremony at Hollywood, Cal. Center left and right are Louis Highton, at whose estate the mar riage was performed and Dr. James H. Lash who tied the knot.
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BRITAIN PREPARE
Sir Thomas Inskip Outlines Defence Measures
London, To-day
Careful preparation of the necessary plans for any emergency or a situation which might arise in time of danger, was described to the House of Com- mens last night by the Minister for the Co-ordina tion of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip.
Britain, declared Sir Thomas, was now prepar ed to face all possibilities that might arise and ready for war.
The best brains in Britain had should not be underestim been called upon to collaborate in which would continue to pla drawing up plans of defence, and part in time of peace. the plan of operations had been approved and sometimes revised by Chiefs of Staff, and in every case except one they had been approved by the Government itself.
The remaining case was now un- der consideration of the Govern- ment
TOTALITARIAN WAR
In time of war it would important functions to discharge in collaboration with the Cabinet
As the last war had shown, the Cabinet alone was not capable of dealing with all the tasks that fell to it, as Cabinet Ministers did not possess the necessary experience.
AERIAL WARFARE
Sir Thomas cited the views of Sir Thomas, dealt at great length the German War-time leader, Gen- with the question of aerial war- eral Ludendorff, that the next warfare, and emphasised that not only would be a totalitarian conflict, in London but every part of the coun- volving the entire population, and try would an future be vulnerable. added that taking even this into t Nevertheless, everything account Britain had made all possible had been done to minimise sible preparations for coping with the danger from the air every conceivable contingency that Among those who criticised Sir could arise from such a situation. Thomas during yesterday's debate Plans had been made for close was Mr. Winston Churchill, who the co-operation by the Navy, Army declared himself against and Air Force, so that com- optimism with which British de- pliance with the demand made fences had been described. by a certain opposition critic for Mr. Churchill stated that it creation of a uniform General Imight be true, as Sir Thomas has Staff was thus rendered super- said, that Britain was becoming finous.
stronger every day, but others The function of a uniform Gen were also becoming stronger- and eral Staff would be exercised by that fact had to be taken into con the Imperial Defence Committee, sideration Trans-Ocean and Bri- whose significance in a world war tish-Wireless
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