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MORETO-DAY • TO-MORROW. THE AMAZING PERSONAL HISTORY OF A QUEEN WHO LOVED!
She threw away a throne to follow the call of her heart!
Her Throne and o. Thousand
Lives the Price of a Great Humang tovel
The story of a woman'k war that made the lond yn red..
From the Fanout play by
MAXWELL ANDERSON
Katharine HEPBURN Fredric MARCH
MARY OF SCOTLAND
1937.
Apostle Of Mormons
Where Snow Is Worth Millions
Washington, Jan. 1.
A SNOW blanket may be worth
millions of dollars to wheat rowers, but a swirling white storm means à cost of millions lo cities.
A city snowstorm costs money in more ways than one. Not only ate there the little inconveniencès, af stulled motor cars, delayed suburban trains, frozen plumbing and frost- Hippert noses and fingers, there is the costly item of snow removal, too.
and Dixon line.
Just to find out what this item of FBOW removal costs the taxpayers, this correspondent wrote to several of the larger elles in what might be called the snow belt north of the traditional Mason The answers indicated that millions- possibly even hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually Just to get rid of snow in the country's more jupulous areas,
COSTLY TO NEW YORK
New York City with Its five becoughs spends tremendous suma yearly to rid itself of snow. William
Carey, commissioner of sanitation, lists the money spent for snow re- moval during the past five years as follower.
Year
1931-32
1932-33
1933-34
1034-36
1035-36
Money 13,002.02
3,098,569.84
7,227,002.07
4,850,943.02
6,114,202,78
The tremendous difference between
1-32 und 1934-34 is easily ex-1 plained by a survey of seasonal snow- fall statistics of the New York City meterological bureau,
During the 1831-32 season when The city puld only $13392.02 for snow removal, the amount of snowfall was rudy 5.1 inches, or the lowest recorded since 1918-1919, Little wonder that the city did not have to go in the red on this item in its municipal budget. Two years later, however, the city had to
-"NO" TO COCKTAILS
DR. RICHARD LYMAN, newly appointed European mission president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, stood in a Mayfair drawing-room one night recently surrounded by English actors, actresses, a Mayfair hostess, members and missionaries of the Mor- mon Church.
Motorists Sentenced
To Be Pall-Bearers
Pittsburg (Pa.), Jars. 5.
T driving while under the in- TWENTY motorists convicted of
fluence of drink faced Judce M. Musmanno to-day. They awall- ed sentence.
The judge 'looked certain grim
at
them with satisfaction.
He told them that a victim of a road crash was to be buried later in the day. He told them It was his intention to preach a sermon at the funeral. 'Ilè 'told them that they should explate their offences by acting as pall-' bearers,
They did so. In his serman, the judge turned and addressed the coffin: "You," he said. "have laid down your life on the altar af renewed determination of the American people that wanton sacrifice of life on our highways must cease.”
THEIR
TO
For ordinary people and not - so - strict Mormons sherry and cocktails were served "from six to oight."
But Dr. Lyman, guest of transur, neither smoked nor drank,
this In civilian life
tall, burly. grey-haired man is an engineer. În the Morron Church he is one of its twelve apostles.
Two Ambitions
Dr. Lyman said there were two things he would like to London.
П
do for
"Nothing'd please me 'better than to build marble Aurmion chapel, just like the one “we've not in Washington, D.C.
"Gee, but it takes me so long to find my way around that Pri thinking you vught to have my sys- tem of street and house number. ing, such as Los Angeles is adopt- ing now."
Dr. Lyman will be here, for three years moking London the head- quarters of his work in Europe.
There are betrogen 6,000 and 7,000 members of the Mormon church ti England, 116 Mormon missionaries,
MAJESTIES
TOUR INDIA
appropriate a much larger TWO MONTHS' VISIT PLANNED
um because the snowfall was $52.5. the second highest since the turn of the century. The only season since 1900 when. more snow fell was in 1994-05, when the total amounted to 57.0 inches.
CHICAGO MORE FORTUNATE
Chicago, the nation's second largest rity, is more fortunate than New York in its snow removal. During none of the past five years did the loop city
spent more than a quarter of a million clollars, either.
FOR END OF NEXT YEAR.
NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST
POSTPONED
An official announcement of the intention of King equal the low of $13.892.02; it never George and Queen Elizabeth to attend a Coronation Durbar in Delhi, probably on January 1, 1939, is expected tendent of streets, lists the ext of that in the near future (states a Political Correspondent). city's snow removal during the past five years as follows:
Joseph J. Butler, Chicago's superin-
Year
1031
Directed by
1932
FLORENCE ELDRIDGE DOUGLAS WALTON
1033
RD
1934
1935
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WED..
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THE WORLD'S WEIRDEST MYSTERY
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ANGKOR"
1009 WILD ANIMALS THRILLS
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Money $211,695.00 73,721.24
15,921.04. 111,427.95 106,557.79
Detroit's commissioner of public works, L. G. Lenhardt, lists his city's Snow removal
expenditures Follows:
Year
Mone
1931-32
$ 64,810.70
1932-33
50,141.27
1933-34
96.739.46
1934-35
137,103.90
1935-36
228,285.25
1936-37
50,000,00
It is probable that their Majesties will spend two months -in-India-and-make-an-extensive tour-of-the-Provinces,
The Duke of Kent will, it is beheved, be appointed to the Privy Council in the near future. The youngest of the Royal brothers, he is the only Prince who is not a Privy Councillor.
Coronation were being completed at Durbar On New
the time of his audiention.
Year's Day, 1938 LOYALTY OF INDIA SHOWN BY CRISIS
By A Political Correspondent Arrangements for the shart visit to
Now that ́It is known "chot the
Coronation date is not to be altered.
the Government are being advised of a strong desire among all clusses in
India that the Coronation Durbar should be held ns' previously sur- rested.
It had been arranged, on behalf of Edward. that his absence from
Et Britain should not have. ex- Indicates uppropriated funds India which King Edward the Eighth ceeded a month, and that he should
had planned to make after his not have
ve spent more than ten days in
rather than costs.
For
Daughter Marathon Duellist
Budapest, Jan. 10.
THREE duels with cavalry sabres, which Dr. Sarga was to have fought to-day, have been cancelled because Mme. Sarga has just given birth to a daughter. She is stated to be overjoyed that the child is not a boy, as he would perhaps have been a pro- spective ducilist.
King Zog To Wed Young Countess
Budapest, Jan. 10,
KING ACHMED 200 1 of Albans
has become engaged to the Hun
Countess Hanna Mikes, garlan cording to rumours circulating here: The Countess, who has been living
in Rome for some time, arrived here
India. This would have allowed him about one week in Delhi in which to attend the Durbar and certain atten- dunt social functions.
Neither King George nor Queen Elizabeth has yet visited India. It is, therefore, expected that they will follow the precedent act by King George V. and Queen Mary by in- cluding a provincial tour. Cordial Indian Views
-Should they do
so, they would
leave England towards the end of part of the months of December and
next November and spend the greater January In India. The Durbar would probably be held on New Year's Day, 1030.
เ
The attitude of the Indian Press during the recent crisis is held in London to have afforded a remark- able demonstration of loyalty to the Throne and person of the King-Em- poror.
Dr. Sargu, who is an insurance clerk, issued nine challenges ļagainst men whom he accused of Although King Edward the Eighth, spreading malicious tales regards Prince of Wales, was subject to a boycott 'campaign during his visit to ing himself and his wife. Ho Indin, it is pointed out that even the has already fought two of them. extremist Congress newspapers' ex-
Both ducks were with pistols, and pressed of found disappointment at in the first Dr. Sarga slightly the news of his intention to abdicate. wounded his opponent.
DUEL STOPPED
A third duel, tought with cavalry
by plane on Monday, but refused to sabres, was stop,ed by the polles deny or confirm the reports of her after Dr. Sarga had wounded his engagement to Xing Zog and merely opponent. The remaining, encounters have been postponed several lines declared:
before. "I cannul say anything on the
Before her marriage Mme. Sarku subject,
The matter
not ทษ renched the official stage anyhow. was Mile. Magda Darko, daughter of
VICAR FALLS
INTO GRAVE
Then Carries On
The 'Rev. Reginald Money, vicar of to the marriage. During the past
was heading a cortege in the ceme- regarding the affair." Counters Hanna Miken, who is the weeks, the dates and places of the 18-year-old daughter of the late intended ducts have been withheld tery at likeston, failed in notice an grave in the snow-covered oper Count Arlin Mikes, is regarded, as
from her.-Renter,
ground, and fell in. one of the outstanding beauties of
He landed on his feet seven feet
Mourners shouted for help,
You won't hear anything from me rich banker. Her family objected Holy Trinity, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,
the Hungarian aristocracy and is nise Transylvania, which was ceded to below.
known for her elegance and charm. Ruman after the Great War..
for father, who tied a few years KingZog 1. celebrated his 41st Indder was lowered, and the vicar #ko was one of Hungary's richest birthday on October 8, and is thus climbed out covered with mud. He Jundowners. Dort of his estates were located in teps, Aneta-Trans-Ocean,
although the greater muro than twice as old as the Coun- conducted the service wearing his
glasses, which were unbroken."
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