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"Jeeves," with a £250 mink coat, arrested in pawnshop
FOR twelve years James Grant was butler to a com- pany director. He was a good butler, until-he made a slip. That slip earned him sentence of a month's imprisonment at Maryle- bone.
Grant, who is fifty-nine, was employed by Mr. Reginal Her-. bert King, of Hamilton-terrace, St. John's Wood, N.W.
When war come Mr. and Mrs. Kink lett London. They pul Grant in charge of the house. They trusted him. He had been known to the, family practically all his life.
Then Grant ran short of money. He had to borrow from his bunk. manager to pay up an insurance policy.
He had other needs. He began to
pawn valuable things in the house.
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It was when he was about to pown
£250 mink cont that he was ar
'rested.
The charge was that he stole a Persian lamb coat, an enmine jucket,
a mink coal and other property worlh
£350. He pleaded guilty..
Mrs. King was there to say that Grant had always been trustworthy and honest. Even now, they were prepared to give him back his job.
The magistrate said he would have to consider how to deal with him. Later in the day Grant was in court again to bear the result.
Meanwhile Detective Hope had been making inquiries. He had dis- covered that Grant was sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Alder- shot In 1918-iwenty-two years ago. The magistrate said that in view
of this he could not deal with Grant the way he had intended,
The butler had loss his chance,
Sanctity of Harley-St.
VENEZUELAN ROMANCE
Colonel Gonzalo Gomoz,-wealthy son of lato President
of Venezuela, gota kiss in New York from actress, 'Joyco · Matthows, who said yes after hurricane courtship.
́OBJECTORS' TRIBUNAL COMMENT
M.P. To Ask For A Judge's Removal
A SUGGESTION that a London magistrate and the judge of a Conscientious Objectors' Tribunal should be re- moved from their positions is to come before the House of Commons shortly.
castle.
July 22, 1940,
By Ernie Bushmiller
"OH, MR. SPUTTER!+zá YOU FORGOT YOUR. UNDERWEAR!
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America More
Than Europe
Became Frantic
When Gestapo Came To Holland
(Continued from Pape. 4.).
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Naturally bitterness and hatred fill | Banking Business transacted. the hearts of the Dutch, who are not situng still under all the affronts and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Ons Your insults of the arrogant Prussions. At rencies at rates which will be quoted on
or shorter periods in Lodal or Other Cur night it not infrequently happens that appucation.
a German after leaving some merry SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in party, where he has possibly over- Local Currency, and Sterling with Interest indulged, receives a push at a criticnlawed at rates obtainable on application, The Hank's. Hand Once in London moment as a result ct which he dis- undertakes Executor de Trustec diuinme appears into a watery grave.
And claims, zecovery -af British InvANNO Tax overpaid, on terms which may
man- Branches.
a few Thanks to the strong national
however, can be squared in this unts, scertained at any of its Agrucice and feelings and conception of unity of
ner:
NEW YORK, June (UP).-Summarizing the trends of public opinion in the United States at the end of weeks of intensified warfare, following Germany's drive into Holland, Belgium and Peace the "Foreign Affairs Bulle-a yearning for freedom and Indepen- tin," official organ of the "Foreign Policy Association," found:
1. "Nation-wide hysteria such as Europeans, even at the zero hour have succeeded in escaping:
to approve transfer of immigration and naturalisation services from the Department of Labour to the Depart- ment of Justice.
2. "Trofound defeatism concerning the ultimate outcome of the war Several patriotic members of Con- 3, "Criliciam of the Allies on the gress went even a great deal further ground that everything they have done in proposing most drastic measure for has been "ioo little and too late;"; controlling foreigners and curbing 4. "A panicky urge to arm the potential centres of subversive activi- United States in such a way thai lies. A Senate subcommittee adopted will be able not only to resist forelana resolution not only to register the attack, but also to aid the Allies, re-3,500,000 foreigners living in the cognised over-night to be our first United States, but also to have their
fingerprints taken. Iine of defense;
An attempt to rationalise the The Dies House Committee for in- situation by arguing that a German vestigation of "un-American activi- victory way, after all, prove less ties" announced plans to establish ten disastrous, for
than had
through agencies of its own hitherto been
the United States, and the These five points seem a fair out- American Legion informed the publle line of the state of mind of the that it had detailed one member of American nation at the time when each of its 650 units for the same Germon mechanised troops were purpose. pounding the gates of French cities along the Channel,
For
the first eight months of war, few Americans had thought of the possibility of a German victory. They believed-and this conviction was confirmed by the majority of the press-that the war would be
wnl
of exhaustlun to end with a catas- trophe for Hiller.
Even the occupation of Denmark and the invasion of Norway was, at first, considered a stroke of despera- tion in conformity with the statement Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the British Admiralty, made at that time.
un
British failures in Norway came as astonishing surprise to Americans, and the "blitzkrieg" in the Low Countries, the break through of the Maginot line and the Germant Hghtning move to the Channel with prospects of an carly overwhelming victory caused a real panic. -with--Wlled P Western Hemisphere and with vital American interests engaged in the Dutch East Indies, the citizen of the brought to his own doorstep. United States found the war suddenly
Fearing open outbreaks of xeno-
Roosevelt phobia, President
and
Clergy Too Busy To Parashoot
The Bishop of Liverpool, Dr. Davy, advised clergy in hls diocese not to become parashots. Other bishops have not yet made up their minds.
"I have asked them not to join because their ministry will need to maintain morale, giving encourage- ment and comfort," said Dr. Davy,
"There may be one or two possessions-in-the-country-districts--where- clergy feel they must enrol. because there is no one else to assume responsibility. If these think they can best serve their country under military law I shall make no objection."
The stock exchange experienced several "Black days which caused Investors to lose about $10,000,000,000 (B), it was estimated.
The two men, mentioned in a tabled resolution are:- Mr. Herbert Metcalfe, of Old-street, "And further resolves that steps be
police court; and
taken by the Home Secretary to re- President Roosevelt's huge defense
officials warned the publie THIS war should be the end Judge T. Richardson, chairman of move these men from the judicial program met almost unanimous res other
the North Eastern Tribunal, New-positions which they have proved without precedent in peacetime his-suspicion to all foreigners and ex- ponse. Military appropriation bills against indiscriminately extending of the "spurious sanctity of
themselves unfitted to occupy."
tory were hurried through Congress pressed disapproval of private in- Harley-street" and all the The suggestion is to be made by
Judge Richardson's remarks to a if there was criticism, it was mostly vestigation ugencies. evils of the profession of Mr. Alfred. Edwards, Labour MP member of Jehovah's Witnesses were that the measures were not taken While was certain that the great medicine, says Professor John for East Middlesbrough.
He has given notice that he will icised in an editorial in the "Dally carly enough or that they were in-majority of the American nation was
sufficient.
still against active participation in reports and the war at the end of May, although
"Out of the catastrophe of war our chance has come," he says in an article in the Lancet. Medical training should be re- organised.
Herald."
A. Ryle, of Cambridge Uni-move a resolution asking the House
Horge" versity, Physician Extraordin- to record lid grave misgiving about:
"Trojan "You might pray and you might ary to the King.
Me increasing abuse of their preach, but what good do you do?" rumours aroused the entire continent. this course was openly advocated in privilege by persons occupying the judge asked.
In almost every country of North few papers, it could not be doubted Judicial
and South America, "authorities found that a movement for helping the positions, and the repret-
"I have the greatest contempt for themselves compelled to assure the Allied Demcracles "by all means table increase in unwarranted
public that they were on, the look short of war" was rapidly gaining attacks on persons not in a post- your sort. tion to reply to them.
"A man is not copying our Lord out against spies and "Afth columns." ground, and that, therefore a revisten In the United States, President of the "cash and carry" bill as well The
Common is also ask he does nothing but preach and House of
Roosevelt as a measure of belter as of other neutrality laws seemed ed to say that it:
pray." "Speclically condemns Mr. Herbert
The "Dally Herald" said it was supervision of aliens asked Congressless unlikely. The teacher-consultant often de Metcalfe, the Old-street magistrate, nonstrous that Judge Richardson teriorates and his reason becomes for such abuses, and also Judge should be allowed to indulge in these sterilized because of the fatigues nasi Richardson for his violent attack on irrelevancies, and the responsibla distractions of professional life. His certain, members of Jehovah's Wit- Government department should deal teaching, becomes stereotyped; be nesses;
with him at once. cmits even information that is In- valuable.
£600 A Year
Professor Ryle advocates that overy teacher on a hospital training staff should be paid £500 a year by the State and £100 a year from medical school fundr
Holiday Girls Called
เ
Red-clawed, Trousered, Foolish Creatures
SOLDIER AND BRIDE GOT TO ENGLAND
AFTER several anxious days of separation, during
which each thought the other had been lost or killed, a
British soldier and his French bride have reached Eng- land for their honeymoon.
The teacher. In return, should devote half of his time in hospi- tal to the care of the alch, research
. Corporal Thomas Hutchison, to London without being able to and tepching. For the rest, private MR. ST. JOHN ERVINE, "They come down here and com-
speak English and without any practice should be combined with
lain bitterly of insufficient enter-twenty-seven-year-old bank duties inconsulting rooms to be the dramatist, who lives attainment such as cinemas. They clerk, of Mentone-terrace, Edin-
knowledge of the country. They gave. him compassionate our knowledge of weather, burgh, was sent to France at the leave, but when he reached the Lon-
hospitals this to end "the spurl-
1
gard as à sort of local service. It visited: |doesn't occur to them that our bont-
provided at nominai rentals in the Seaton, has some caustices and mists. Tot where they get outbreak of war and fell in levedon hotel at which they had arranged ous concity of the Harity-street things to say about city girls cut off by the sea they look to us to with Danielle Fournier, Whose to meet, no one had seen or heard consulting room.""
in slacks who go holiday-set them out of their dilemma. Whole-ikne directors of medical making in South Devon.
These frequent rescues they re mother and stepfather he of his wife.
Frantic telephone calls produced no and surgical services, in hospitals "should" "be-appointed salaries of "These young women in
£2,000 a year, £500, paid by the trousers with their crimson the dave to go out at all hours of State, the remainder by the univer-claws think they are the cat's weather, to bring liese foolish crea-
day and night, eity or medical school,
whiskers, and that we are justThey treat us with contempt, and
to safety. Professor Ryle's aim is fewer stu-a lot of country mutts, because ridicule the simplicity of the coun- dents and better doctors,
we live in rural area," he said.
trymen. From his home which overlooks In my opinion the working people band's leave boat. alf leave was way to England took pity on the
In the last twenty years, he says, there has been "a conspicuous in the sea, Mr. Ervine waved his hand of the country are far more; Intelli- crease in the commercial outlook of towards the grey-white cliffs on gent, responsible, cleaner and re- "doctors" and "n vanlig of ethical which so many of these holiday girls fined than the working, people of the
standards."
get into dimeulties:
towns."
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clue, but after twenty-four hours a French law prevented them from telegram came from Mrs Hutchison marrying for six months, but they saying that she was in England etid. walled and married, and it was on her way to London. arranged that they should' spend She had stayed the first might of French their honeymoon in Scotland; her journey in a hotel at
port which was heavily bombed, and. Mrs. Hutchison left France for was Impossible for her to get London two days before, her; hus-nway,
A French farally also on their
young bridle and motored her to another port, from which they
made a dash for England,
At the last moment cancelled Army authorities were sympathetic, however, when Hot chison told them his wife had gona:
the real Dutch, passive resistance and
dence will remain an insuppressable Power against their enemies.
An unprovoked invasion, they had been treacherously attacked without warning and had been beaten into submission by vastly superior forces, but their spirit remains unbrokent
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