Royal Tour In Canada Absence Of Six Weeks
IT was officially announced from Buckingham Palace recently that the King and Queen will spend four days-June 8 to 11-in the United States of America this summer.
The visit is at the invitation of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and will make a break in their Majesties' tour of Canada.
On their way home
from Canada they will call at New- foundland on June 17-the first visit by a reigning sovereign to
the oldest Brilish colony,
In all, the King and Queen will be absent from Britain for six weeks and three days. They will leave Portsmouth in HIM.S. Repulse on May 8 and arrive back at Portsmouth on June 22,
The ocial statement from the Palace reads:-
The King and Queen will leave! Portsmouth in I.M.S. Repulse an May 6, urriving at Quebec on May 15.
their Newfoundland, Jahn' Majestics will mil for England that evening, reaching Portsmouth on June 22.
In pursuance of the invitation which the King and Queen have been happy to accept from the President and Mrs. Roosevell, their Majesties will spend June 8, 9, 10, and 11 in the United States of America.
Though the King's visit to New-i
the oldest reigning Sovereign to
"Their Majesties will spend one foundland will be the first paid by a
and
st naval officer.
night at Quebec; after a day in British Colony, it will not be his Montreat they will stay for three Majesty's Orst visit, because he went Government Flo/there during his period of service us nights at Ottawa. The King and
Canada to the Paci- The King will celebrate his eff- will then crescut successively elas birthday at Ottawa on Saturday, Kingston, Toronto, Port Arthur, May 20, and, as already announced, Fert William, Winnipeg, Reging, he will broadcast to the Empire on
Empire Colgury, Hanff, Vancouver,
Day, May 24. Though de- Victoria.
finite dates are not given in the announcement, Indications On their castward journey, their officint Majesties will visit Jasper Park, are that the Royal party will be at
Wint Edmonton, Saskatoon, Sudbury,
will broadcast from there. the Muskoka Laites District, Lon King in this day, and that the In al the King and Queen will dou, Hamilton, and Niagara Falls.
At Banf, Victoria, and Jasper spend 28 days in the Dominion
have, Canuda, and dates for their United Park their Majesties
States visit were chosen at the Le- periods of complete rest.
After four days In the United ginning of June in order to enable States of America their Majesties them to return to Canada to com- will resume their tour of Canada, plete their tour and thus leave for visiting Sherbroke, Moneton, Fre-home from Canadian soil.
announced dericton, Saint John, and Halifax, It has already been whener they will leave in HMS that the ofetal celebrations in Bri- Repulse for Newfoundland on June Lain of the King's birthday will be 15. Having spent June 17 of St. held early' tri June,
will
Family Hear Of Reprieve
Over Radio
The Home Secretary has recommended a reprieve for Syd- wey Georne Paul, 40-year-old tegman, sentenced to death at the Old Bailey on December 1 for the murder of his wife at their villa in Rosebury Vale, Rulath), Middlesex.“
Thursday,
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Major-Gen. Alan Dawnay's £15,000 To Wife
MAJOR-Gen. Alan Dawnny, of La Chance, both of Merrion-squarė, Pubile Relations at the War Oitive, Antustrong, of Angles-street, Dub-
Fermeeroft, Beaulieu, Director of Dublin, and
to Charles
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January, 26, 1939.
No Coffee In Berlin Shops
Berlin.
Germany's method of trading with foreign countries, attneked re- cently in the House of Commons, by the Secretary for Overseas. Trade, are beginning to be reflected in the refusal of ecrtain states to supply goods on Nazi terms.
They are refusing, even if they have no other market for them.
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A recent example was Holland which last season rent Hitle or supplies of her excellent couldlowers and tomatoes to Germany.
Now the trade quarrel with Brazil has resulted in such a serious short- age of coffee that in Berlin plone numbers of shops selEng coffee, tea jand coros are closing down their | branches.
It is fletally announced to-night that the amount of coffee to be roast- ed in Germany for the first quarter fof thla ycor will be restricted to 75
I per cent of the average over the 18
months up to June, 1938.
Coffee being to the German what tea is to the Welshman, or whisky to
| The Scotsman, the unpopularity of the
measure can be guessed.
Its immediate result has been Jarding by a large section.
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Two of Berlin's oldest newspapers, the "Berliner Tageblatt" and "boulevard" edition, the "Berliner Volkszeitung," are to cease separate publication at the end of this month, They are to be amolgamated with the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung."
Boy's Life Saved By Rocking
Crimsby. Rockings on a special stretcher, (sometimes at the rate of 12 a minute. saved the life of a local nine-year- jold boy suffering from infantile
paralysis.
This method of arresting the dreat disease. which was suc- cessfully carried out at Grimsby Corporation Hospital, has enused cousfilerable discussion in the medical world,
The
boy concerned, Gordon Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. and formerly Controller of Pro-lin, merchant. She stated:
Bennet, of Wellington-street. Grinse Krammes at the B.B.C. who wns
by, was stricken with the disease aud found gassed at hip home, lett lenge und express my heartfelt apprecia
"In the first place I wish to acknowlay encased in plaster of paris. L15,891 (n.p. £10,027). Having ton of the loving regard and help and the partlyels threatened the The disease approached crisis, made certain provision for his sons to readily Eiven to the by my plehrand in his lifetime, he left all of his pro- do not make any provision for themlungs. It was necessary to keep the because they are already. Hirough their perty to his wife, "in consequence of own exertions, independent."
lungs functioning, and there was no iron lung available at the vital time. the extreme depression of the pre- sent times.'
Mr. Arthur Henry Tickle, of Carey Bank, Ballingham, Holme Lacy, who dird
BRUGGS. Walter, of Linden Hall, Forwick, formerly a well-known spinner in Bradford €23.1). £27,057)
hoty. £42524
PAUL'S relatives, listening in recently, heard this... 136, 824 of 75, left £444,423 BURD, George Meredith, of Grey-
announcement by the B.B.C.
(n.p. £135,082). He bequeathed his; Herefordshire estate, £1,000, 30 an- of the East Bengal Railway nuit.es of Co., 200 "A" Annuities of the East India Railway Co., and 30 "A" an
Railway to his wife, and £72,000 to her during widowhood. There were a number of further legacies and of the residue 1-10th was left to his wife.
"We were very hopeful that the petition which was prepared would result in a reprieve, but we did not ex-nuities of the Great India Peninsula pect to hear the news in such a dramatic manner," .friend of the family said.
a
"Even now the four children have not been told of the happenings of the past two months. They know, however, that their mother is dead.
Sixpence Does Duty As Stamp
Sydney.
"The family decided to awail the result of the petition to the Home Sceretary before deciding how the children should be told.'
Pand was found guilty after a trial lasting four days. Asked if he had anything to say, Paul held out in his hand
rosury and replied. "I am not
guilty." ALETTER which arrived here by
the Dutch airliner bearing of the Cross.
When sentenced he made the sign Australian sixpenny bit firmly (lued
Mr. Paul, who was 38, was found to the right-hand top corner, instead with severe heal injuries on the
of the usual stamp, was duly de-verandah of the villa where she lived livered.
with her husband and two of their The letter was addressed: "Miss B. four children, Jones, Lunsrock Avenue 28, Bondi Paul declared that he and his wife Sydney."
were attacked by a stranger and that £150 was missing from the house,
It was posted in Batavia, prestaro- ably by rome person who was unable to catch the regular mail and who, the rest of the mail, but carefully
in desperation, glued sixpence on to guarded by the airliner's crew, and, the envelope in Heu of stamps, hoping on arrival here, handed over to IS. it would be delivered,
IN. 1. L. M. officials, who forwarded The letter was not included with it to the post office.
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Dr. Vaughan Bateson, of Sonadu, Manchester-road, Bradford, an
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TRIBUTE TO STEPSONS Personal estate valued at £63,220
Į
31,321
33,911
friars, West-parade, Worthing CHESSURE, Ms Elizabeth Taylor (n.n. £24.771) ....................... of Queen'a-roni, Tunbridge Well (n.p. 35.770)...... EATON, Frederick Cheriez, of London-road. Forest H, S.E. a member of the L.C.G. for Dulwich and a former Mayor of Coinberwell, proprietor of Flook and 'Co., wholesale grocers, of Peckham fn.p. 4028) ........... 21,330 FRANK, Miss Edith Mary of Cheynewolk, Chelsea (n.p. £49,- 732)
LUCAS, William, of Valu House,
Dronfield.
$1,243
48,609
55,705
22,054
formerly head of Edward and William Lucas. forge and shovel works, Dron- feld (n.p. 47,020) PRICHARD. Even Theodore, of Donnington Manor Moreton-in- Barth th.p. 24,102) ROBERTSON, George Stafford, ut Tit View, tickfeld (np. £21,- 893) SCOTT-MILLER, Col. Walter, of dean-crescent. Rechampion. 4.W. p. 20,923) SELLAR. Josiah, of London-road. Southend-on-Sea,, timber mer- chant (.p. 4,103) SUMNER. Thomas, of our tini), Aughton, r. Ormskirk, retired farmer (np. £1.4303......... WETHERELL, John, of The Croft, Lect-road. Selby, grocer, and of the Selby Model Dakery and Cafe Co. Ltd. (np. £27,077)
Abbreviations: n.p., net personalty!
pc., personal colate.
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40,034
20.493
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The medical staff at the hospital provided n substitute. The boy was placed on a stretcher with means for tilting it backwards and forwards.
OPERATED BY LEVERS
Operated by levers, the head of the stretcher was alternately raised and lowered. In effect, the boy was sloed on his head and heels as he lay on the stretcher.
The boy made rapid progress, and was able to receive other treatment. He fo now in a stage of convales- cence and his complete recovery expected,
"Our heart were very full," said Mr. Bennett: "It was really a great Experiment, and we were torn with anxiety.
"Everyone at the hospital was very good. After the Orsi three days we were not so much engaged in working the apparatus as others, and it was a fremendous relief when the doctors told us that we were winning.
"It was really an agonising experi- ence. We were relieved at night by ambulance men, porters at the hospi- tal, and others, who kept the boy rocking continuously."
There is a consensus of opinion among doctors and the hospital staff that in this particular case the Elting stretcher was more effective than an Iron lung might have proved,
Megan Taylor Wears Engagement Ring
not a word to British ice ace 18-years-old Cecilia Col- ledge about the ring she recently slipped on her engage- ment finger.
PRITISH ice ace 18-years-old Megan Taylor has said
Recently, while they practised at Wembley ice rink, they cut figures on the ice-and cut each other.
It was when practising was finished that Megan slipped on was lett by Lady Chance, of ulher engagement finger a ring set with a white pearl, à black lamore, Milltown, Dublin, widow of Sir Arthur Chance. Probate has been pearl, and diamonds. 'granted to her stepsong, Albert
Chance
Norman
and Dr. Arthur
4-Year Secret
"I won't confirm or deny whether
I'm engaged" she sald when ch-EXTENDED LEAVE!
lenged.
"I won't explain the mystery. I've promised to keep it a secret. But he's not an Englishman, and he's nothing to do with skating.
MRS. ALEXANDER MCKINLEY "An American? won't tell you.
SMYTHI, young
widow
Glasgow University student who was pened long. On
of the I've promiced. No-it hasn't hap- found accidentally shet in his uncle's fact."
my holidays in office at Glasgow, told recently of her wedding at Gretna Green which was kept secret for nearly four years.
ALWAYS AMATEUR
She cald that she does not intend ever to become a professional.
Mrs. McKinley Smyth has known; " propose to go on skating until I two tragedies in four days. After make a shot at winning my greatest the death of her husband her mother-ambition-the Olymple skating title," In-law, grieving for her son, died she said. "Then I shall give up from heart failure. She cald:
skating and go in for something else "My husband and I first met nt-motor racing, perhaps." the Aye raccourse in 1933. We were attracted by c
each other, and two years later January 3, 1935--we were married at Gretna Green,
"Only my mother and his mother knew. They witnessed the registre- Lion at Dumfries after the Gretna
ceremony.
"I was the wish of my mother-in-
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at first my husband was studying summer and the New York World's for a medical digree.
Fair will help revive the slumping!
On September 17, 1938 we had a transatlantic parsenger business, ship- benediction of the civil marringe in ing men here bellove. They fore St. Bridge's Church, Glasgow. After cast that both events will give Impetus that we revenind our secret.”
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