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COLONEL Hubert Julian-"Call me Black Eagle”— 6 ft. 2 in. förmen chief of Abyssinia's air force and now engaged in the purchase and sale of surplus war supplies, has protested in London against the decision of the French authorities in refusing him entry to France. An American citizen now, he estimates he has been at least 150 times to France since the 1920's. (Express)
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL
1955:
HOMESIDE PICTORIAL
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THE strangest boxing tip in the history of the fight game has been shown 10 the Royal Academy by Mr Harry Braithwaite, 57-year-old labourer-artist of Burton- on-Trent. He has paint- ed a picture of world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano trying to rise after being knocked down by Bri tain's Don Cockell The ught takes place at San Francisco in May. Mr Braithwaite, an ex-boxér, honestly believes Cockelt will win. (Express)
VETERÁN cars about to set off to "liberate" Hastings again with Guardamen as passengers once more. A re-enactment of the very first motor convoy in England, organised by the Automobile Association in 1909. At the head of this column is a 1904 James and Browne car, with Mr H. P. Lucas, of Englefeld Green, Surrey, at the wheel.
MRS Peter Blaker has left London for New York Lo visit her parents, Sir Pierson Dixon, Britain's chief United Nations delegate, and Lady Dixon, before setting off for Pnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, where her husband will have his first diplomatic posting In June. Mr Peter Blaker is the son of the Hon. Cedric Blaker of Hongkong. (Express).
LEFT: Sir Richard Acland, Labour MP for Gravesend, at home with his wife. Following his decision to vote against the hydrogen bomb in -opposition to the official Labour line, he has decided to resign his seat and seek re-election as an Independent. (Ex- prese)
MONTHS behind in sowing because of snow, farmers all over England are work- ing by headlamps and floodlights far into the night. This picture was taken at Northease Farm, near Lewes, Suseer and shows some of the workers pansing for
a drink between sowing. (Express)
MISS Mary Turner, headmistress of Eight Ash Green Primary School, Essex, seen here with some of her pupils, has had two "learning games accepted by Buckingham Palace for Prince Charles and Princess Anne: These games, involving the use of cards with spots, numbers and pictures, help children to learn sums and words. (Express)
AT the Central Ordnance Depot at Donnington, large stocks of technical stores such as guns and wireless and engineering equipment are being carefully pre- served against the Army's future requirements. Picture shows trailer-mounted generators cocooned in a protective plastic coating. (Army. News)
GERMA ̈N. actress
Cornell Borgers with the plaque awarded to her in
London as the best
foreign actress of 1954, She received her award
for her work in the film, "The Divided Heart."
(Express)
NANCY
CLAIMING to have cycled 295,000 miles since 1932, James Frederick "Paddy" Irwin paddled into London, last week at the end of his latest jaunt, during which he crossed the Sahara Desert and most of the African contingent down through Kenya to Northern Rhodesia, Dublin-born Paddy, aged 42, stopped to do odd jobs here and there. (Express)
MEMORIES of the most dramatic marathon of all time, the 1954 Empire Games race, were, revived with the presentation to Jim Peters of a special trophy commemorating his gallant failure. The award, a Badge of Courage, sponsored by the Dally Express, was presented to Peters by Mr Arthur Christiansen, editor of the paper,(Express)
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