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OUR LONDON AIR-MAIL

LETTER

Sir John Simon and Russian Ways: Airships, Airways and Airmen: London's Enjoyment `

Week: Naval Matters

(Special Air-Mail Service)

SIR JOHN SIMON

London, April, 11. The National Parliament has had great nights-occasions as his- torie as any that have been wit, nessed" at Westminster this cen tury. But never in the past eigh teen months has there been felt so great a tension as during yester- day's Russian debate.

LOST IN THE AKRON

London, April 11.

"I have absolute faith in the fu. ture of the airship, both as a war craft and 2.9 a passenger and freight carrier. The United States must have a fleet of super-Zappe lins to make up for our shortage of cruisers."

Those words were uttered by

He had already been for nine

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The programme between 5.30 and 7.16 p. will, provided reception proves satisfactory, be replaced by the Daventry programme, 11-11.30 am-Stock and exchange quotations, weather report. 11.30a.m.-Chinese recorded pra

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12.30 p.m.-European programme of Columbia and Regal records.

I p.m.-Local time and weather re-

port.

1.13_p.m.÷Å relay of the · Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra by cour- tesy of the management (Dbr- ing the intervals recorded music will be broadcast from Studio).

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p.m.-Selected - London New York stock quotations, etc.

Dance Programme To-night.

The emotion, with diffcuity pent! Rear Admiral William Adger Mor up during question time, burst fett in the course of a talk in 1930, forth in a roar of relieved cheers; during the London Naval Confer- 2.15 p.m.-Close down, when Sir John Simon rose. It re-ence. minded one of the old Irish de- bates. Anything might happen atyara Chief of the U.S. Navy Bu-4-7 p.m.-Chinese recorded pro- reau of Aeronautics, and had per formed wonders in that capacity. Now he has perished in the akron, the great airship, of which he was the chief sponsor.

any moment.

The prolonged burst of applause at the end of Sir John's speech showed the temper of the House. And the occasion showed the House

Sir Jotun Simon transformed.

An Epitome of Britain. His familiar style is that of the lawyer who dissects cases without passion. The icy rhythm of his thoughts is never disturbed, even in the greatest climaxes of a speech.

But now he was the epitome of Britain of that man in the street so often referred to in Sir Eamond Ovey's despritches.

He was alive with humanity and deep perturbation at the plight of our men who are in the hands of the Soviet; resentful at the cava- lier methods of the Russian ré gime..

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The fact that he had held the ane high office for nearly twelve. yeers indicates the great osteem in which his services were held. -

Adml. Moffett was instrumental in getting Congress to pass the big three-year naval air programme, which has given the American Fleet 1,000 first-line aircraft, besides an immense reserve..

It was mainly at his instance, too, that the U.S. Government cruisers into the aircraft carriers converted two unwanted battle-

of their type afloat. Lexington and Saratoga, the largest

Popularity in London.

"I have rarely met such an out! and-out air enthusiast as this stocky, grey-haired American sai- His voice soared to an unpre-lor, who spoke so slowly and cedented peal as he demanded, weighed each word before it left "What would you have the British his lips," says a London friend. Government do when they know that fellow subjects of their own are in this peril Unquestion- ably this was one of his most powerful speeches.

GW.R. AIR SERVICE TO PLYMOUTH

London, April 11. The G.WR. announce that the regular daily air service between Cardiff, Torquay, and Teignmouth will be extended to Plymouth.

Youngest Airman.

Mr. Herbert J. Thomas, the newly elected Chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors was in 1910 "Britain's youngest air

man."

He was 18 years of age when he qualified for his "ticket." which was the 61st issued by the Royal Aero Club.

He has been in aviation ever since, and is now assistant manag ing director of the Bristol Aero- plane Company, one of the biggest firms in aeroplane and aeroplane engine manufacture in the world.

First Hundred Pilots. Flying, in its infancy, was not the safest of pursuits. It is all the more interesting, then, that of the first 100 British air pilots from 70 to 80 are still living.

A dinner was given to the first 100" and other flight pioneers in 1920, and doubtless one of these days & similar interesing reunion will be held.

ENJOYMENT WEEK ”

FOR LONDON.

While attending the London Con- ference he made many friends at the Admiralty and the Air Minis try, and was universally liked His tragic death has dealt a very severe blow to aviation and will newhere, outside of America, be regretted more sincerely than in this country.

BRITAIN'S NAVAL

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London, Apr. 11. Capt. Wassner, the new German Naval Attaché, was among guests who attended the dinner of the Institucion of Naval Archi- tects, when Lord Stonehaven made his forceful appeal for an adequate Navy. The temperate language in which Lord Stonehaven couched his speech gave force to the argument.

Even the professional pacifiats, of whom he spoke with such scorn, would be hard put to it to find any trace of jingoism.

Lord Stonehaven doubtless in- tended his words for a wider audi- their friends assembled at dinner. ence than the naval architects and

A Fluent Admiral, Sir Ernie Chatfield, the First Sea Lord, a fluent after-dinner speaker, was very outspoken in reply to critics who complain that our ships are "too expensive and crammed full of unnecessary con- traptions."

men in Ford ships to fight men in "You cannot," he said. "expect, Rolls-Royce ships."

· HUNT STEEPLECHASES

London, Apr. 11. The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt steeplechases, run, in brilliant sun- shine on Saturday at Alderton, drew an unusually large and dis A private meeting held at the tinguished crowd-"all" Beaufort- Mansion House under the chairshire," as a friend put it. manship of the Lord Mayor, Bir Pergy Greenaway, decided to or ganize a week of enjoyment for London, "Enjoyment week" will begin in May 27 and finish. on the King's birthday, June 3, when it is proposed to hold a big firework display at a central point."

The course was an easy one," and in consequence the jumps, all of which were made up, occasioned an unusually small number of falls.

The most popular win of the day was that of Destiny Bay in the Open Handicap, Destiny Bay's owner is Mr. Hugh Lloyd Thomas, assistant private secretary to the Princes of Wales,

A resolution approving the pro- ject was supported by representa

Perhaps one of the most remark:: lives of the main line railway. companies, the Underground group able things about the meeting was and the Metropolitan Railway, the the garb of a well-known figure in hotels, theatres and cinemane, the the Cotswold country. A vivid flood lighting authorities, the B.B. yellow and black check suit, yel

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GOING GYPSY

In addition to the Derby, the ceremony of Trooping the Colour, and the opera season, the pro- gramme, of entertainment will in- clude, it is hoped, a pageant, cere

London, Apr. 11 monial procession, and carnival Dr. Walter Starkie, whose book procession.S

of gypsy wanderings Raggle The Lord Mayor said that a Toggle looks like being a "best work of festival would undoubted seller, has, I hear, gene off on an ly have the effect of getting people other of his vagabond expeditions. to take a brighter view of a situa- tion which was by no means as bad sa in some quarters it was supnos ed to be Faw people in England realized as they should that as a country they were infinitely better off than any other faggat Astrong committee is in process of formation, and at the next meet ang of the movement, at which the Lord Mayor will preside, a definite programme will be drawn up.

Spain is now his choice. Ho joining a band of gypsies v Madrid, and will wander througe the La Manchs country, associated with "Don Quixote

Dr. Starkia is Profembr', of Spanish at Dublin University, and naturally Spain is well-known to him.

On this occasion he will fiddle his way, as he did in Hungary and Roumania,

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