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Virginia GIRL'S MOVE
MOVE WINS
Shouts
At Laurel
New York. Laurel, gtun
perplexed-looking half of the Laurel and Hardy im comedy team, kised his new wife, Russian singer Illiana, good morning.) rushed to his car, and drove to Holly- wood studios.
His honeymoon, disturbed by the pursult of the former Mrs. (Virginia) Laurel during the week-end, was over, but the trouble continued.
Virginia burst into town yelling at Laurel and at Illaan, and called for lawyers on all sides.
Lautel flight.
continued his policy of
To avoid a stormy scene he con- cealed his new wife in a baggage enra when he drove to his home late last night.
All today Illana remained doors. Laurel refused to
in- Vir-
ginia or her representatives on the set, said, "My marriage is OK.; we will have a new honeymoon later."
Billion
CHESS GAME AFTER
TWENTY-TWO YEARS
A girl travelled from Hull to London recently to com- plete a game of chess which began by post 22 years ago.
She made one move, won in a winning position, his the game, then left on her letters suddenly ceased.
Licut.-Commander return journey to Hull.
Rogers wondered why --- until
ho The girl was Miss Eileen learned that his opponent had McNamee, a post-office tele- died in action, phonist.
The lieutenant-commander The original rivals were left the chess board her father, Lieut. McNamee, touched, with the pieces R.N., and Lieut.-Commander pegged.
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James G. Rogers, of Chiswick. At that time Lieutenant
They
were. in different McNamee's only child was a ships during the war, but the baby in arms. game went on,
It was that baby, now 23 Letters containing moves years old, who recently travel- were posted regularly.
led 400-odd miles to win the Then, with Lieut. McNamee game-in one' move.
Candle-Power Officer And
Beam From Arc
Stanford University, Cal. Jan. 30.
A mercury are light, no larger than:
a kitchen match, but which, with a
36-Inch reflector, can produce a beam
Wife Fight
Hotel Thief
AIDED BY HIS WIFE, A BRITISH EX-NAVAL
of more than one billion candlepower, OFFICER ROUTED A NEW YORK BURGLAR RE- has been perfected here.
The light thrown from the match- like tube is greater than that given off by any searchlight developed to date.
So great are the possibilities of this new invention that it has already of attracted the attention not only military authorities at Washington but also those of foreign countries as well
Medical men also are investigating Its possibilities for medical use, pecially in the treatment of skin diacaso.
The lamp had its scientific premiere when it was demonstrated before some 100 physicists attending the of the American meeting here Physics Society.
The lamp consists of a small quartz tube, not big enough even to serve as cigarette holder, inside of which there is a drop of mercury and two wire terminals, all scaled.
CENTLY.
OFFICERS MAY
LOSE BATMEN
PLAN FOR PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES
Officers in some British regiments may lose their batmen.
The shortage of men in the Army has caused the War Ofce to review
Pretender To
French Throne Gives Interview
By STEPHEN HOUSE
Brussels.
The Comte de Paris, Pretender to the French throne, told me as we sat in his Brussels home recently that the first thing he would do if he became King would be to put France on a co-operative basis and encourage social reforms.
"My father (the Duce de Guise) and I are not opposed to Socialism," he said. "We have looked with great favour on several of the reforms which the Popular Front Government has carried out.
EMPIRE NEWS
"That most of them have turned out to be of little use la not the fault of the Government, but of present- day conditions in France,
"Our country has no leader, no
focal point. It needs a King fust
like you English have. A King would give France the rallying, point it needs,
"If I were King of France I would try to be 4 second Louis IX (tho
THE CASE AGAINST Good King). But I would use more
ALBERTA
Ottawa. The hearing before the Canadian Supreme Court on the power of the Dominion Government to disallow Alberta legislation began to-dny.
The Credit of Alberta Regulation Act was disallowed by the Dominion There- Government on Aug. 17 last. upon Alberta's Social Credit Premier, Mr. Aberhart, introduced three bills one dealing with taxation of banks, another with credit regulation, and a third with control of the Press
To these the Lt.-Governor of Al- berta, Capt. J. C. Bowen, withheld his consent. His power to do this
A bedroom in the fashion-1s also before the court. able Wyndham Hotel was the scene of the struggle.
Captain Kingsley G. Howe, who is 54 years old, woke about two am. to see a man creeping towards the dressing-table, where Mrs. Howe's jewels, worth several hundred pounds, were lying.
Jumping out of bed, the captain tackled the burglar, who fought back. Mrs. Howe then joined in the struggle.
Between them they were able to the portion, and in some cases, it is beat off the intruder. stated, it might be essential, in the The police Inter arrested a man. interests of the training and military whose name is given emelency of units, to withdraw bal-Williams, aged 23. men from 'officers.
To-day Mr. Alme Geoffrion, coun- sel for the Dominion, argued that the constitutional growth of Canada Into an autonomous State, with limited powers of self-government, had not changed the statutory relationships between the Dominion and the pro- vinces.
Senato Vacaneles-Vacancies in the Canadian Senate now number six, following the death of Senator Alme Bernard. The Conservative lead in the Senate is still substantial. AUSTRALIA
AIR FORCE CRASHES
Sydney,
Mr. Tharby, Minister for Defence ns David in the Federal Cabinet, states that the technical committee which has been inquiring into the Air Force crashes of Hawker Demon machines
with
$57 ince he last saw Franco as
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student of 18-he is now, 20-the Comte has studied social conditions in the land of his fathers,
Always he has been preparing for the day when his people will recall him.
He hates the thought of a coup. Those around him constantly emphasise that neither he nor they have had anything to do with the Cagoulard, plot.
"The main problem before France to-day is the improvement of the conditions in which the poor. live," the Comte added.
"I would make myself a poor man's King. My, ambition is to give back France to the real Frenchmen, and France is rich enough to support forty million happy Frenchmen,
"The privileges of France should go to the real sons of France the peasants,, sons of the soll."
WAR CROSS
As he spoke my eye travelled toward the centre of the table around which we sat.
On it were two ornaments, one a French War Cross--the Duke's proudest decoration-the other large glass bowl.
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In it was the soil of France.
Here in a chateau of a Brussels suburb is a court, complete in every detail.
The Comte is addressed by his liveried servant as "Monseigneur, and his wife, a Princess of Orleans- Braganza, as if she were queen of France.
The fleur-de-lis, emblem of the
The hotel was in an uproar during A current of 1% amperes, passed through at 1,000 volts, is all that is
As an experimental meustre, It has the fight Mrs Frances Redfield obtained from Britain has reported French Kings, is carved on walls. necessary to produce a beam of one been decided that where, owing to the Captain Howe's daughter hearing that there is no fault to be found doors and furniture, and decorates
the mechanical and general carpet and curtain, billion candlepower.
When the lamp is used for extreme shortage of personnel, the strength of the noise, rushed to the assistance of
It is now known that there were brilliancies, it develops an interior Privates, troopers, &c., in a unit is 25 her parents. She entered their room efficiency of the planes,
per cent. or more below establish- just as the burglar fed from it.
nine accidents in Hawker Demon pressure of 15,000 pounds per square meat, the General Ofteer Command-
two seater fighters supplied from inch. It is then necessary to encase ing-in-Chief may authorise servant it in
water-cooled chamber in allowance, although the establish-ployment of a minimum number of England. One pllot was killed and which a counteracing pressure of ment includes batmen.
personnel is essential for mainten slx other members 10,000 pounds per square inch can be developed in order to keep the tiny lamp from bursting.
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS
There are many cases where It is
ance.
Once that minimum was reached, Besides the military and medicate not practicable for officers to have it is stated, batmen could be found uses which are already envisioned for the services of soldiers as botmen, only by laying up horses or vehicles, the lump, it is believed that it will because of the necessity of the with consequent detriment to train and a dednite place at Hollywood available men being engaged all their ing and the organisation of the unit.
time on military training.
and also. In television. In the Hot
wood studios it can be used to
up the faces of players without This may arise particularly in units
Officers are reminded that the allot ment of a soldier to an officer as bat- man did not imply that the soldier
injured.
crews were
The accidents appeared to be due almost entirely to inexperienced or to poor mechanical piloting, supervision on the ground, resulting
in failure of wheel brakes,
Flying-Boat Services Five thou- sand persons including Cabinet
causing. them the intense discomfort which are completely mechanised, was to be exempted from all otherrways flying-boat Centaurus, which
of the hot Kleig Rights-United Press, and In horsed units where the em- duties.
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Ministers, welcomed the Imperial arrived to-day at Rose Bay, Sydney,
a fight of 10 hours from Auck- With the greatest secrecy. land, New Zealand. Mr. Thorby presentatives of a foreign Power are states that all Australian flying-boat negotiating for the purchase of the bases will be ready in June. Tem- world's biggest floating dock the porary bases will be ready in April. 00,000-ton structure owned by the Southern Railway at Southampton, INDIA
says the Sunday Express.
RAILWAYS RETURN TO PROSPERITY
Calcutta.
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While admitting that these repre sentatives have visited Southampton, the Southern. Hailway statc: “It inexpedient to mention at the moment the name of the Power that wants to The annual report of the Railway buy the dock. To do so might pre- board. Issued to-dny, confirms the judlee the chances of a dent." It is fact that the Indian railways have denied, however, that Japon in definitely emerged from years of interested. depression.
At the Southern Railway head- The
gross traffic receipts of State quarters at Waterloo the Sunday Ex- owned railways are, £72,000,000-an press was told: "No bids have yet. increase of nearly £4,000,000 as (been made for the dock. We under- compared with the figures for the stand that its purchase hon been previous years, After meeting all considered in Australia and Southi charges, the net profit is £900,000 Africa."
The most serious problems which The representatives who have in- the administration is facing are road specied the dock, which has an over- competition and illlelt travel.
all length of 160 feet and covers an Vloeroy In Madras—The Viceroy. area of 31⁄4% acres, have been supplied the Marquess of Linlithgow, and the with complete details and plan. Marchioness of Linlithgow who left
Calcutta on Thursday, arrived in
Madras to-day. They are on a six Colonies, has arrived here by air und weeks' tour-Reuter.
KENYA
ELEPHANT HUNTER
FINED
Mombasa.
left immediately for Zanzibar.
SOUTH AFRICA:
BANNED BOOK PLANS
Cape Town. Commenting on the report from A European was fined and a pair London that the publishers of Mr. of elephant tusks, which set up N Stuart Clocte's novel, "Turning Kenya record for weight, were con- Wheels" of which the Import into fisented by an order in court here the Union has been forbidden--* to-day.
Intended printing the book in South It appears that a hunter shot and Africa, Mr. Stuitaford, Minister of wounded Gunbearers who afterwards discover-ban such printing opponent. Mr. a tusker which escaped. the Interior, seld that he could not
ed the carcase of an elephant brought Mr. * HAVENKA'S --
in the tusks, which weighed 1891b. Justice Deyors, formerly judge in the and 178lb...
Appellate Division cof-the Supreme
It was then discovered that these Court and Minister of Mines in Gens were not the fuka of the animal Hertzon's firav Cabinet of=1024,-an- that, and investigations were made, nounces hii intention to corifest by the polles way by Lord & Dalferings.
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