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John Barrymore Kisses Wife, Puts War Off Front Page
NEW YORK,
JOHN BARRYMORE, of the American theatre's royal family, edged the war off New York's front pages to-day after the most amazing night the great profile ever staged.
REASON NO. 1.was that Barry- more, the great tragedinn, made his first Broadway appearance for many years-und his performance was more like a three-ring circus.
Ho hardly ever kept to his script, and he sent audience and actors into convulsions by reciting without warn- ing the whole eighteen stanzas of "The Owl and the Pussycal."
he
When he was playing a dramalic scene, with his hands ohinking, suddenly turned to the audience and sald in a hoarse whisper. "Sorry! I thought I was Lionel."
REASON No. 2 was that a member of the audience, dressed as Hamlet, Jumped on the stage during the cur tain speech and declaimed 'a soliloquy, beside the embarrassed Barrymore.
In jail Later this devotee of Shakes- Bert Freeman-xx- peare-name, plained that he was an unemployed actor who had always wanted to play Hamlet, He thought his action would get him the job.
REASON No. 3 was a scene be-
eighteen-year-old tween
Diana
Blythe Barrymore, John's daughter by his marriago with the 'riovelist Michael Strango, and Elaine Barrie, John's estranged wife,
Barrymore and his daughter' went to one of. New York's night clubr to celebrate. Mes.' Barrymore 'was'' at the next table.
Sho walled for two hours, then sent a note to the band asking them to play "I love you to-night," and joined her husband; ****
an
ELAINE AND JOHN
She asked the band to play, I Love You To-night"
AFTER striking a drifting mine off the south-east coast of 1 England, the Dutch coasting vessel Nora was caught by a drift of the tide and smashed her way clean through a nearby pior, leaving a gap of nearly a hundred yards between the shore and The boat came to rest the now isolated sea end of the pier.
The
on her side on the beach (above), whore she now lies. boat had previously been saved from sinking by a salvage tüg, -and-hor-crow, -it.is. believed, rescued by another vessel which was in the vicinity at the time of the explosion.
BREACH OF NEUTRALITY Technically Admitted By Allios
South Africa Responds
Already 60,000 Have Joined Colours
CAPE TOWN, Apr. B (Reuter).
N.Y.K.
IMMINENT SAILINGS PASSENGER AND FREIGHT.
LIVERPOOL,
via SINGAPORE, BOMBAY, MARSEILLÉS, (CASA- BLANCA), etc.
Japan, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS AN- CELES, VALPARALSO via Way Ports
LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter).- From all reports the German f the course of a speech on war ques- propaganda officials far outdo tions, General J. C. Smuts, the Prime the Scandinavians in their in- Minister, recalled that already 60,000 dignation over the latest Allied South Africans and small population SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, of the Europeans here have volun- Here in London semi-official circles teered for military service. comment that it suits Germany to maintain that article of International Law regarding territorial waters.
The rest of the Law uls-a-vis navalį warfare, for instance, does not suit!
move.
Norway.
There had been no extraordinary viɔ MANILA, &G Way Ports effort to recruit the men, he sild, but! VANCOUVER and SEATTLE If the war became more serious the response would be greater still.
Tanganyika Northern Rhodesia,
of South Africa and
her civilisation.
FREIGHT ONLY
them. They have ignored it in the and Kenya, he said, were the outposts NEW YORK via JAPAN, hope of damaging British trade with "If there is any donger we shall LOS ANGELES & PANAMA
The Allies have every sympathy be there," he continued. "Perhaps BOMBAY
we shall have to defend South Afrien with the difficult position of Sweden there. For all this we are prepar=| CALCUTTA and Norway.
| General Smuts said that there was ed against the neutrals, every care
He had being taken to ensure that Norwegian no isolation in the world. ships are not prevented from reach- not a drop of English blood in his ing their own ports or any of the small veins, but he did believe that Britain our greatest friend and that Ger- villages along the const.
The action is solely and entirely many would be a dangerous bed- directed against Germany.
The new mine-fields are not direct-ing
Branch Of Neutrality
fellow."
Since September, 4 last year, he said, there had been a surge of feel-
It is admitted that the mine-ing in favour of South Afrien's deci- fields represent, a technical breachision to enter the war.
of neutrally but the rules of neutrality always rest on common acceptance.
have
If one side persistently disregards them, it cannot claim that they should be fully complied with, by the other side. That is what Germany has been doing for some time.
The Allied
governments watched Germany's brutal attacks on neutrala, attacks which liave lit Nonway harder than anyone else.
They have hoped that Norway cial communique issued to-day states herself would stop the Nazi outrages
Quiet Western Front
PARIS, Ápr. 8 (Reuter)-An om-
For hour Miss Barrymore that no important incident occurred against her but it has been made
ipainfully clear that Norway cannot do glowered at her step-mother, but on the front to-day, she saw it was useless. She went
There
activity of both air so was Home,
forces during the morning..
REASON No. 1-Towards dawn' Atty-coven-year-old Barrymore kiss- ed his wife, aged twenty-two, in front, y of a battery of cameras..
Barrymore led a separation sult against Elaine Barrie, his fourlli wife, but dropped it inst November, Elaina sued for divorce in 1937:
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"COMFORTABLE = FIREPROOF
The Allies feel that they have been patient long enough.
German propagandists would have it. Uint the Allies are threatening Scandinavia.
Nazi Plane Over Shetlands
LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter).—It is} now learned that only one German mainland, apparently engaged on re Plane was seen over the Shetlands connaissance.
Anti-aircraft guns were in action, but no bombs were dropped.
northern "Countries.
At the same time it should bo clearly understood that the Allies will act swiftly and decisively it Germany should take any müllary directcilarnimi · Bean- dinavia Similarly the Allies have informed
Soviet advance!
action
• Will Act Swiftly: Norwdy and Sweden that they woul
Ailled, direles make it, not be indifferent to. stour, that, there is no threat and across Scandinavia and would regard that neither Britain nor France are unfavourably any German promite trying to extend the war to the to help. Scandinavia againat Rusia..
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