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FANS MOB SPENCER TRACY IN LONDON:
TOSCANINI KNOCKED DOWN
There were amazing scenes at Waterloo station when Spencer Tracy arrived with his wife on his first visit to England.
A crowd of about 1,000, including a young woman brandishing a bou- quet, had gathered to greet him, and the' arrival of the boat train was the signal for a scream of "Here he is!" and a rush which can only be described as frenzied.
Signor Toscanini, the great con- ductor, was knocked down. A por- ter was trampled underfoot and was rescued, with difficulty, by his colleagues and the police.
In the path of the crowd was a pile of luggage, neat and imposing. After the rush some of the suit- cases had vanished, kicked no one knew where. The others were as flat as a pancake.
BOUQUET PRESENTED After being swept half the length of the platform Mr. and Mrs, Tracy
DEEP SHELTERS
DEMANDED
"Public Must Be
Protected"
HUGE DEFICIT
IN ROME BUDGET
Rome, May 16.
the The Italian Budget for 1939 to 1940 fiscal year will show deficit of 5,000,000,000 lira, the Government's Finance Committee stated in a report to-day. It re- commended an increase in taxes and reduction to a minimum of all administrative expenditure measures to offset this huge defi- cit. Havas.
as
were driven back aboard the train. - But the crowd followed their pro- gress from window to window, and at last the girl with the flowers caught Mrs. Tracy's eye and realis- ed her ambition. The bouquet was presented.
Escape looked hopeless, despite the police. At this stage someone had a bright idea. The train was sent back to Vauxhall, and there Mr. made and Mrs. Tracy escaped and their way to their hotel-only to find that a number of fans on bicycles, directed by an instinct as mysterious as a homing pigeon's, had actually arrived before them.
Ald. H. Riley, Chairman of Fins- bury Borough Council's A.R.P. Com- mittee, speaking at a meeting of
Sitting there, marvelling at an ex- - the Council said that it was intend-perience which he said was unique- ed to make Finsbury's scheme for in his career, Mr. Tracy told a re- deep bombproof shelters "the hot-porter that he meant to stay in Eng- test political matter of the day."
Finsbury's plan to construct deep air-raid shelters for its entire day population at a cost of £1,387,000 was recently rejected by Sir John Anderson, Civil Defence Minister.
land about a week.
He has just finished a film about Stanley and Livingstone, complete with the line, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume,” which he said had caused him night-mares.
In Parliament on April 20 Sir In June he must return to Holly John indicated that the Govern- wood to make "North West Pas- ment policy was for deep shelters sage," in which he plays Major Ro- only at certain keypoints.
bert Rogers, the amazing adventur- When the Council met to discusser who performed prodigies against the Government's attitude to its the Indians, and was rewarded when scheme, the Finance Committee sub- he came to London with a term in mitted its approval of the A.R.P. the Fleet Prison for debt. Committee's recommendation to carry on with a scheme for an un- derground air raid shelter at the cost of £86,399. This was "subject to- all necessary consents and Govern- ment grants being obtained."
"DOG-KENNEL"
SHELTERS
Dr. Katial, Mayor of Finsbury, said he had received letters from all parts of the country supporting the Council's scheme.
STARK REALITIES: IN PALESTINE
London, To-day.
Ald. Riley declared: "It is time
The Under-Secretary for For- we impressed on. Sir John Anderson eign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, and the Prime Minister that Fing-replying to the Palestine debate
in the House of Commons yes-- bury and the rest of the country
Government terday, said the is demanding protection in case of
maintained that by bringing war"
Palestine both sides in
up The Government was mistaken
against stark realities, and about the desire of the general
showing them that certain of public for adequate protection. It their claims could not be realis- was no use talking about "dog-
ed, we should bring nearer the kennel shelters, trenches and base-date of co-operation and under- · ments in Finsbury.
standing.
The Council decided that the The facts were that imagina- - architects should prepare an amend-tion could not continue indefinite- ed scheme to provide underground ly at the present rate without air raid shelters embodying where, worse trouble, and Palestine necessary the Home Office sugges- could not be exclusively either a tions on means of accessibility and Jewish or an Arab State. access, with a view to its resub- Mr. Butler paid a tribute mission to the Home Office.
the statesmanlike attitude It was also decided ́to` take the Arab States representatives plebiscite of residents in Finsbury, at the London conference, and to ascertain the views of local busi- he was sure these statesmanlike ness interests, and to institute a qualities would assist us in the petition to the Government:
difficulties ahead. Reuter.
to of