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MARGARET WANTS TO SEE NEW YORK
By TALBOT HOOD
London.
Princess Margarot, who promises to become chiof salesman of the Empire, like her uncle David a generation ago, wants to visit the United States and Canada next Spring, say Court circles.
has
Any
trip in the next few pearances
scheduled for next As far as the booke months will be out, not only Spring. because of the weather, but the are concerned, she will be free increasingly heavy schedule of to mitko her long-cherished public engagements which Journey to taste the New York Margaret in taking over from night life Sharman Douglas hos her alster Elizabeth.
told her about,
Intimates of the gay younger sister of Britain's futuro Queen said she is enger to see the United States, about which Shar- man Douglas, daughter of America's retiring Am-
Since the birth of hár first And, of course, any trip across daughter, Princess Anne, the Atlantle James STEWART. Joan FONTAINE | þassador to London,
necessarily must Elizabeth has devoted her timo include appearances in Canada,
the in "You Gotta Stay Happy" told her so much.
youngster. And
or the North American member Sharman, a member of the doctors' advice, she cancelled a of the Commonwealth will be small, select set collected around number of public engagements. affronted. the 20-year-old Princess, hot Some of these Margaret to
the taking over. invited Margaret to visit
strong will, Douglos ranch near
But Princess Margaret has no and friends say she is excellent Arizona.
dreary round of pubile
at wheedling her parents into getting her own way, With her heart set on the trip, they [belicye she will go,
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
Remembrance' Day lo dedicated to those in the Bervices who fought so gallantly and endured so much between 1914/18 and 1039/45. It is also an occasion when Britons in distant parts of the Empire and foreign lands turn their thoughts to the Mother Country and feal that they share that great tradition which she has created and so splendidly maintained throughout the centuries.
It la now more necessary than ever before to securs your generous support for Earl Haig's Fund for the Disabled of the two World Wars. Their nood is great, and the Committee of the British Legion feel that you would wish to be prominently Identified in the endeavour to alleviate the distress of so noble a band of physical sufferers
Poppies will be sold on Saturday, 11th November.
Romembrance Day will be celebrated
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MEDICINE HORN MURDERS
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FLARE UP AGAIN
By JOHN REDFERN
Maseru, Basutoland.
Margaret has a
GAY PERSONALITY
The Uming Is the principal question, and the one which leads friends to believe the trip- may come in the Spring. The Festival of Britain-the cffort of the Government to show Britain's postwar recovery-18 scheduled for next Summer. A Journey for Margaret will be highly unlikely then, since the Royal Family will be called upon to make many public appearances.
The postponed Royal tour of Australia has been set for 1052, announcement
and the official
It will be no surprise to 59-year-old Sir Walter Harragin, judge of the High Commission ter-sold it was hoped that Margaret ritories, when he arrives at Maseru soon and finds could accompany her parents.
Margaret's gay personality that his court calendar includes the Case of the and air for clothes will make Medicine Horn Murder.
In this part of Africa the hospitals, the rows of bot- tles and pill boxes generously displayed in the stores, are regarded as in- adequate by certain char- acters.
A
The medicine they favour, caten from medielne horn provided by a witch doctor, re- quires human flesh cut from a living person.
Kamberler
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
BABUTOLAND
her an ablo "anicaman" for Britain in America,
Margaret need only wear a new hai or choose a new colour Ior a gown, and it becomnes a style-setter.
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FLANDERS POPPY PAYS
THE
By J. W. TAYLOR
Warminster
WAY
BURIED ROMAN ROAD· FOUND
A hurled portion of a pobbled Roman road bull more than eight hundred |years ago, has been dis
covered near Stanmore, Middlesex, by a working party. df London and Middlesex, archaeologists,
It has been identified as part of Watling Street... It' Has ni the foot of Brockley Hill not far from the site of the Roman pottery settlement of Sul- Loniacao, which they discovered carlier this year, my paste
The plece of road, about twelve Indies deross; la made of filat pebbles rammed down Into hard packed clay, "it'rune : north and south. Members of four archaeological societies have worked together on the excavations, which will, it is hoped, continue until winter scis in.
The nearest points at which Walling Shelf had been covered. previously, are at B free and hear, Edgewaretin agu the present discovery follows more than 20 years of research, and excavation by the archaeo-. logical bodies taking part.
"We hope to find an odd coin Or piece
in of pottery the stratum which will help tu th the exact dating of the Mr Thomas Henderso
tary of the joint exenvation committee, said in an interview. Helpers have included teacher and civil servants, City men meni schoolboys.
W. Yorkshire Regimental Memorial
The recent dedication by Archbishop of York, Dr Cyril Garbett, of the West Yorkshire Regimental Memorial in York Minister o those who died in the ast war, brought a revival of some of the traditional allitary ceremonial so rare .y seen nowadaya by the
itizens of York
Like her uncle Davk-who
The British Legion is making a big push this year as Prince, of Wales toured the for a return to the £1,000,000 target on the sale of Empire and America a genera- Flanders Poppies. At their Factory of Remem-the Non axo to "BC)]"* Britain
brance, of Richmond, 369 severely disabled ex- Margaret gives every promise
servicemen of two World Wars, aged from 22 to 79 of becoming the first sales-
have been engaged in an all-the-year-round output sults he, can afford it-thewoman of Britain, to give In 1948 Sir Walter, who has witch doctor, who in turn ad-forbion houses and woollen of 40,000,000 poppies and thousands of wreaths and a flat in Cape Town and another vises the making of "strong goods. and many other products at Earl's Court, sentenced to mouli,”
crosses for disposal during the immediate period ap- " that is, strong media boost. death 45 people for medicine oine
proaching November 11. Oncially, Buckingham Palace horn murders.
The witch doctor, after neither will confirm nor deny
Last year, when receipta The number of murders in throwing bones in the air and that Margaret will go to New
Twenty-five men are awaiting the authorities 1848 alarmed
were seriously affected by with others to move from the suggests York in the Spring making incantations, and at the request of Sir Evelyn what is needed for the euent's;
the But Margaret is said by her
wettest
furniture-makine sales... day factory into Baring, the High Commissioner, medicine,
more commodious Britain the premises, and in 73 towns. 347 Mr G.I. Jones,. lecturer in an- The new case is against 45 friends to be convinced she can "hroughout thropology at Cambridge, came year-old Molapo Mamma, America in the Spring w Legion received £850,000 the harassed motorist.
cause Appeal has ever known the full-time and 100 part-time
Travelling specially, žrom the Legion car park
Vienna headquarters of the ist, attendants help for herself a good time in the from the proceeds, yet they
Battalion wore, the Regiments, HEADMEN INVOLVED Magma His alleged victim was bargain-if Father will only say
own band and drums, Colour Sir Evelyn learned that chicts a shepherd.
anent £175,000 more than F'no tweeds are being turned party and Guard of Honour and beadmen were involved in
that amount on their exten- the Cambrian factory,
out by 30 disabled men from inspected by the Princess Royal almost every case. He told the j
alve. welfare work by draw the Legion Village near Maid- ment
aid af Colonel-in-Chier of the Regi- Government стела chiefs, that the
later performed take stem measures
ing on the £2,500,000 war- would
stone. 69 settlers are helped to the impressive old ceremony of whole tribes against
It
time reserved.
maintain their familles.
Beating. the Retreating y murders did not stop.
Market Pince in the presence or Then last year, two powerfu
How was each pound spent? chlefs and d chieftainess hanged. Mr Jones attended the trial and returned to England where now he is finishing his
out to make a report.
report.
the
were
Much help in tracking down the killers has been given by African detectives who, follow- ing a tip-off, "disappear" into the village dressed native fas- hion and pick up bits of gossip which ore pieced together.
Usually the victim is some- to whom none of the parties owes
enough to fulfil the requirements.
one
Maconier Just someone
witch!
But often to delay inquiries à visitor to district is chosen. The witch doctor charges about
£50-paid in cattle.
One Government official who has been the draft of Mr Jones's report. commented drily: "It doesn't tell us much we didn't know already."
NEW CASE
It will not be complete, be- cause after months with no trouble, there is this new case for the medicina horn file.
These murders are commonly called ritual murders, but of- elally the term is disapproved. It is felt that ritual murder sug- gests the killers dro acting UB-
the compulsion of religion.
der
مام.
This town of Maseru is a trim place, looking very new and. clean with bungalows of fresh- looking biscull-coloured stones with "in" or thatched roots.
The whole point, or a médiciar
hort, murder is that some per
son wants to
power fo
a certain purpose. He may wants injure na enemy ; at second-hand. Ho may want th get back position and authority enjoyed. So ho, ¡con-
'ho once
FERDINAND
ther of a
called Seeiso
London Express. Service)
boost the British
/es-United Press.
Seeks More
Titles
VOICING the familiar complaint of not, having a thing to wear, Maryse Delort wonders what to take along his; she prepares to leave Paris to enter "the “Miss Europe" contest at Rimini, Italy, Hut Parisian designers came to her aid and filled that suitcase with several new evening gowns. (Acme);
Sat!/Belt-Une: Bunker:
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GIVE GENEROUSLY thousands of interested
spectators. A typical year was 1949. The cost per pound of the November
The now National Health Popoy Day Appeal was 25. scheme has relieved the Legion rogative given to the Begiment. The troops exercised the pre- 214d with. Od., for administre of many of it, old camo on to with the Freedom of the C
for pompies ties. but it is still called on to onour of marching through the Relief of distress by way of provide a variety of help costing main streets with band playing, grants in cash or, kind to indi- thousands of pounds annually..hayanets: fixed and flags flying. viduals and families accounted
and
for 14s. 3d., grant to St Dun- In the runtter of homes The King's Colour and the Ro stan's 7d., and grants to other thousands more have been zimental Colour, wels carried' - funds and associations 2d. In loaned to ex-servicemen for the when they marched past the every pound.
purchase of houses, removals, Lord Mayor for the, Salute at boarding-out children, lodge
he Mansion House. allowances, billeting and so on, whilst thousands of both sexes have been helped in pension Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief
Lady Slim, wife of negotiations and with
of the Imperial General Stall,
the journeyed, to York for It is, therefore, necessary that ceremonies, and. Intor
visited establishments all concerned give generously military
ot for their Poppy.
Northern Command.
The cost of service to indi- viduals in connection with pen slons, employment, legal advice,
•housing and other problems
was 2s. 6d, and administrative expenses a mero 2d in the pound.
HOW MONEY GOES-
disbursements.
special
T
More ex-SIDE GLANCES
And here la how a good deal of the money goes. service men and women than ever are turning to the Leglor for help, having as always found themselves somewhat at a dis- advantage in the days immedi- ntely following completed or regular service, years the Reinstatement Acts" have done much to alleviate "distress, the Leaton has been called upon; to give of Halpinig händ,
alham in recent
**
They made loans totalling 280.091 for small, businesses, and spent 29,859 in assisting 25 candidates for ordination into the Church
helping more in training. Some 100 taxi drivers passed out from the Legion's school, with 114, more in training.
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