Pedro Cardinal Segura y Suenz, former Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, named by Pope Plus Archbishop of Seville. Ho fed Spain when former King Alfonso was exiled but recently
· returned from Rome to Insurgent Spanish territory. He
succeeds
the late Cardint lundain y Estaban of Seville, who died in August.
R. A.F. Planes
Crash When Wing Tips Touch!
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Baronet's Wife
Leads Church
Of Eight
Altar In Dorset
Woods
BARONETS wife is the spiritual In Dorset leader of a church which has no walls, no. organ, pews, choir or collection, and only eight worshippers.
This church stands on a slope rear #stream at Ashley Chase, Dorset, country seat of Sir David and Lady Milne-Watson.
Its altar consists of a wooden cross and built-up stones resembling an early altar of the Church England, says the Sunday Express,
gk
Dedicated to
to St. Late, the church,j
which dates back to the twelfth cen- tury, was reduced to ruins in a gale nearly 200 years ago,
NO OTHER PLACE Lady Milne-Watson conducts the services every Sunday when in real- dence at Ashley Chase, There is no clergyman.
你 walk
She does so because lalubitants the neighbourhood tave to
five milen to Abbotsbury Church, the only other church In the district.
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No one sits down at the service, [ although three small benches with accommodation for eight people
have been provided.
Lady Milne-Watson Icads the singing of the hymns, and the volces Seven aquadrons of R.AF. 'planes of the worshippers re-echo from the were flying back to North Weald fy-woods. ing-Beld recently..
.
After service, Lady Milne-Watson ebals with the people, among whom At a height of 2,000 feet the wine is very puputur. In recent
tips of two innehires touched.
Use 'plane nose-dived and burst in)
to Damen The other sagged drunk-
years the late Bhop of Salisbury
a confirmation service there. held
enly through the air for a 1tle way. TALKED WITH
then crashed, too.
Two men Jumped with parachutes. One reached the ground safely. The parachute of the other became enlan- gled with the plane. He crashed with the machine and was killed.
Two others died in the burning
THE SPIRIT
OF LENIN
wreckage of their plane, and this 10 Years' Gaol For
year's RAF, death roll was brought
to 112 Last year ninety-dx were killed.
PARACHUTE ESCAPES
Russian Medium
(Com-
mem-
Vice Admirul Esteva, Inspec- tor General of the French naval command forces, appointed to
all French zurface vessels and airplanes taking, part in the "anti-piracy" patrol Mediterranean.
In
the
U. S. Crime Is Organised Industry
38
"Crime in the United States is now a highly organised industry conducted on the same lines that of a legitimale company, telared Thomas E. Dewey, New York's "rackels prosecutor," in n radio address, Mr.
pictured a "big shot Dewey
the tangster" as the president of modern criminal organisation. 073- throned in a fashlocable apartment underlings. and conferring with his
committing the directors. But not crimes himself.
"Ble usually lives in the best children hotel, is married, has who play with your children in the parks, and later sends his sons and daughters to leading univer- sities," said Mr. Dewey.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937.
EFFECT OF NEW SOFT WOOLLEN JUMPERS
DIVORCE ACT
“INUNDATION ” OF POOR
PERSONS COMMITTEE
"Like the prisoner of Chlllon, we
CUT
For the first time in the history of the Law Society's provincial) have grown accustomed to our chains. conferences of which the 53rd, was and life without income-tax held at Exeter-a general discussion hardly be imagined," he added. "AI
that cur gnoler on the work of the counet and the we ask or hope for
chains Law Society was permitted after the will sometimes ease our presidential address by Mr, Francis little bit, or, at any rate, wil E. J. Sinith.
twist them any tighter."
not
Mr. Holme pleaded strongly that After a vigorous discussion, lasting an hour and 40 minutes, two recom-the draft bill produced by Lord mendations to the cound) were car | Macmillan's income-tax consolidation ried, but the Press were asked not to fund codification committer, which was set up in 1927 and worked until report the proceedings.
limbo of forgotten measures.".
The general feeling, it was under-1930, "should not be relegated to the stood, was that solicitors would not have spoken as freely as they did they had known that their views were to be made public.
a
"Every taxpayer," he said, "would welcome such a simplification of law which he is supposed to know, Now that we have a Chancellor of Tests For Saflejtors
the Exchequer who con appraise its Referring to the education of future true value as an excellent piece of he drafting, is it too much to hope that solicitors, Mr. Smith and that wholly agreed with the conclusion the Government will take in the bill that the legal profession would thin the coming session?" time follow the medical and accept the Intermediate iests of the universities ns sufficient evidence of proflelency in the elements of law.
Hardship On Married
Mr. Holme, amid Inughter, pointed jout that treatment of married couples
under the income-tax laws unstatesmanlike."
"seems
arc
the
It would, he suggested, be inereas ingly common for the prospective
ctc- "A married couple get u smaller articled clerk to master these
couple who ments in a whole-time course at the allowance than a law school before entering Into living without going through articles. At the moment, however, formality of adopting the marriage The council of the Law Society tie. This seems to me bad stateman- direct Incentive to and a thought it would be wise to press ship for the institution of un aendemic immorality," year before entry.
The president paid great tribute to the "excellent public work" done by the profession without reward of any kind for poor persons,
MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT Guidance For The Poor
Persons le predicted that Poor Committees throughout the country would be inundated with applications with to proceed for certificates divorce petitions under the new Matrimonial Cluses Act. Certainly the work of solicitors and judges would be increased.
"The publle may rely an the profession acting with the same care and discretion, however much their work may be increased," he observed. "It is more desirable than ever that ՄԸ the District Registrars should given Jurisdiction to deal with paid 4divorce cases us they now deal with
poor persons cases.
The trial has been concluded at
25 Kumsomet The dead were: Sergeant Arthur Muscow of Cifton Restinald Wood, First-class munist Youth organisation) Aircraftman Robert Pull, Second-hers charged with having arranged spiritualistic class Aircraftman Brimley Thomas and participated in
they held scanges during which South..
Intercourse with the Trotskyist spirit Wood was piloting n Hawker-De-
including such liquidated world, mon fighter, South was with him, traitors as Kamenett and Zinovielf. says the Dolly Express.
During the proceedings it was The other plane was piloted by further stated that the accused per- Pilot-Omeer Leun Maxwell Mullersons had also spoken with the spirit ile encaped by parachute. Pull was of Lenin. with him. It was Puli who became Deemed to have been the principal ⚫ entangled in the wreckage.
corporation "The typical erime handles a multitude of rackets and is divided into departments, including squad, blackmailers, KUTAN smugglers, and legal staff.
"EMPLOYS THOUSANDS" "Crime has been developed my
and national industry for 30 years, rich, powerful syndeates with brains
"Experience proves that a great even. nore than brawn employ number of would-be petitioners for thousands, ranging from the 'private' divorce have but a vague idea of what who does the strong urm work to the is required to enable proceedings to millionaire generat directing opera be launched or handled with success, tions, usually from New York or and that a guiding hand is necessary to direct the average pour person to Chicago."
Supporting these revelations comes his or her appropriate remedy." the unmouncement that one of Mr.j
arresteu Dewey's Investigators has culprit in this criminal affair, the
Max Silverman the chier of the South was making his first flight. Junfortunate medium was sentenced to
racketeers who have bren wanteo He and a friend were both keen to act 19 years' imprisonment, and the re-
ense as observer. They tossed for the pri-mainder of those charged to eight since the Druckman murder vilege, Bouth won.
years'.
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"Tauting And Undercutting"
The problem of the "intrusion vi banks and other corporations on the legitimate sphere of solleftors in the administration of trust catates and executorships" was also mentioned
by the President.
Jowever much we may individu-| ally diskite such interference," не kaid, "It has come to stay." All that! the Law Society could do was to see that the intruders not make un-! fair use of their opportunities. There' was applause at the President's re- marks.
Mr. Smith salt that another pro blem was that of "touting дли
Discussing the position of book- makers and betting in income-tax: Mr. Holme mentioned two re- law, cent cases and said that the assembled solicitors were justified in advising their cllents that they could dis- regord in their income-tax returns any sums they had received on suc- cessful bets unless they were book- makers, in which case the position was precisely the reverse.
LEGAL TRAINING
Three Requisites
"Some aspects of the legal educa tion" of "country" "tollettor" were discussed in a paper read by Mr. H. Galliening Leminch, of Kings Lynn.
After 30 years of professional ex- perience, he said, he had come to the conclusion that the first and fore- most qualification for sound Iegal sound knowledge education was a not only of low bat of legal principle, it was also equally important to be able to apply this theoretical know- ledge practically.
The third requisite, the most valu- able of all," was a thorough know- of human nature und the ledge ability to size up a client's mentality and character as well as his pocket.
Other points from Mr. Lemmon's speech were;
Our profession actually has fewer black sheep than any other;
The education of articled clerks should remain practical and not be allowed to become academic;
Young solicitors should make taemselves acquainted with tho general methods of local industries
i the technical terms used tract such industries.
Academic Mists.
Mr. CL. Nordon, of London, said that the newly-admitted solicitor was often of little use. The articled
Fort.
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undercutting" and the sharing 91 clerk should be taught logic, literary economics, commercial profit charges with any person not practice and practical matters of that
expression, sollator or other qualified ngent, There had been indications, he said, that this was a "widespread mischler" which the council hoped to mitigate if not extinguish,
INCOME-TAX ANOMALIES
"Oriental Dupatiem"
An amusing paper on income-tax was read by Mr. Randle F. W. Holme, of London.
Some of his statements were:
That
The highly academically qualifed man was often not practically useful at all. Mr. Nordon suggested such men should even-learn short- hand and typewriting."
A young man came to him at 21 with a "double-first" al Cuinbridge. "Although he had inken a brilliant Academic course with highly-success- ful results, he reminded me of the gentleman who was too ignorant to be
Income-tax is the negation of a clerk, and there was no vacancy slatesmanship. It is tax On thrift.
It punishes the industrious ap-| prentice and lets his idle brother go free.
It is based on the principle dear to Oriental despois--and a man of properly and relleve him of It,
among the heads of departments. (Laughter.)
After the meeting, the delegates the attended a garden party in grounds of the Bishop's Palace, In the evening the offlelal banquet was held.
Woman Gives Waitress
£400 For A Holiday
Shy Carolyn Brendin, a waitress in a cafe on New York's Broadway, works quietly, doesn't make a clatter with her trays, as some girls do. That was why Mrs. Robert Grayson always insisted on a table where Carolyn was serving when she came in for morning coffee,
rope,
Mrs. Grayson usually had some=| Carolyn said to a Dally Express To-"| thing to clatter about, but Carolyn presentative at the Cumberland Hotel: nover talked back, until one day Mrs. "I can't remember, Mrs. Grayson very Grayson gold she was going to Eu-well, She was just a custòmer. But
I do remember. the lady who was go- Carolyn blurted out, "Oh, I'd give ing to Europe, because we aren't sup- anything to go to Europe." Mr.posed to talk to customers, except Grayson, as alio got up to go. sald,oranwering questions and saying "Good Then you shall one day." That was morning, and I was afraid I would eight years ago.
lose my job.
Carolyn never saw Mrs. Grayson agalu. Then, early this year, a law- yer came to the cafe, sald Carolyn's old customer had died
Her will teft. 2400 to Carolyn "for trip lo Europea definite route which Birs, Grayson had planned.
"I'm going back to the esfe when the trip'a over. It's all so strange, London, Paris, Venice, Rome.
"Until I salted I had never been, further from New York than Coney Island, where we go for piezales en 'days-off."
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