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BRITISH EXHIBIT AT BIG CHANGES AT U.S. FAIR PRAISED SCOTLAND YARD
High praise is bestowed on the British Pavilion at the World's Fair by Walter Lippmann, the American publicist, in an article describing his visit to the Fair.
Col. Drummond To Retire
Important changes are expected' to take place at Scotland Yard ear ly next year in the ranks of senior afficers.
"I came away feeling that there is a lot of life in the old girl yet, Col. the Hon. Maurice Drummond, he writes. "In fact, it seemed to me that the inherent strength of who held many staff appointments in Britain was most surely revealed in the Army and R. A. F. the good manners of the British before being brought to' 'Scot-· exhibit, and in the total absence land Yard by Viscount Tren- of vainglory and the désire mani-chard as his personal assistant, is fested elsewhere to knock your eye understood to be retiring in the out,
spring. He is at present Deputy Commissioner of 'Metropolitan "Only the strong can be so mo-Police, and played a big part in the dest, and only an honest heart can reorganisation of the force under be so quiet."
the Trenchard regime.
His successor will be Sir Norman Kendal, now one of the four Assis- Commissioners and head of the C. I. D. and the Special Branch.
AIR LINE EXTENDS tant
Buenos Aires, July 1.
A regular passenger air service is now functioning between San- tiago de Chile and Natal, Brazil, via Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro, the Air France
LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY Company announced here to-day.
THE MONSTER MAKER PASSED FROM FATHER TO SON ! Driven by the same crazy ambition that made his father create the
terrifying monster that stalks in the night.
NEW weird characters! NEW thrills!
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DONNIE DUNAGAN
Emma Dunn - Edgar Norton
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TO-MORROW ·
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TUESDAY
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funnier performance than "Topper.".
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The Company hopes to be able to announce soon the establishment of regular passenger traffic between Santiago de Chile and Paris, 23 work is being speedily pursued for the equipment of that part of the line crossing the Atlantic from Natal to Dakar.--Havas.
NEW HEAD OF C.İ.D.
Sir Norman practised as a barris-: ter on the Northern Circuit before- the war. He joined the Metro- politan Police in. 1919. His legal knowledge has been invaluable to the Commissioner, Sir Phillip Game, in many problems of administra- tion and crime investigation.
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Sir Norman's place is expected to be taken by Mr. R. M. Howe, office who was brought from the of the Director of Public Prosecu- tions seven years ago and since then has had varied experience of police work in the East End, the
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RECONSTRUCTION West End and at Scotland Yard.
WORK IN SPAIN
Large Scale Plans
Announced
HARBOURS & ROADS. TO BE IMPROVED
Large-scale plans of public works and reconstruction for Spain are announced. ----Signed by Gen. Franco, the new decrees are aimed at pre- venting unemployment, as well as im- proving the communications and har bours of the country.
A significant point is the stressing that Spanish materials only, are .to :be . Used whenever possible. Only when Spanish products are unobtain able will "a few items of raw ma terials" be purchased abroad,
As Deputy Assistant Commission-- er of the C. I, D., for some months. he has been working closely with Sir Norman Kendal to obtain a Ho "grooming" for his new post, has investigated personally more than one murder in the Metropoli- tan area as well as 1. R. A. out- rages.
THINNER SLICES
Rome, July 2. Only thin slices of bread, not ex- ceeding 50 grams in weight, are to be served from now on in Italian restaurants and boarding schools.
This measure was proposed to- It is explained that home products day by the Italian Federation of are to be used so as to stop much Restaurant Owners in order to needed currency leaving the country.
Havas,
For the ambitious road program-prevent the waste of wheat, the me, which is envisaged as part of supply of which is rather limited. the scheme, Spanish asphalt only is to be used. The plan embraces 37 Spanish provinces, and 8,000 miles of new roads are to be constructed: im- mediately. In addition some 18,000 miles of existing roads are: to be resurfaced and widened.
„REBUILDING BRIDGES
Freddie Record Opens A Fete
Freddie Bartholomew, the boy All villages of more than 300 in- habitants are to be connected to the film star, opened a Minster road system, and all destroyed bridges Church fete at War-minster, are to be rebuilt without delay, Wilts, by means of a gramophone:
Trees are to be planted along the
sides of the road, and a complete record made in Hollywood. overhaul of road signs and provisional Among the audience were new road signs carried out.
Level crossings are to be eliminated many who re-called his perform- ance at a local charity concert wherever possible.
Other points in the programme in before his rise to fame clude the provision.
Freddie talked of his pleasant waterworks in various parts the memories
important
country, the reconstruction and
tension of the port of Los Fasales near San Sebastian, Including provision of new lighting/Sten]
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