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HEAD OF THE INDUSTRY

Sir Robert McLean, one-time railway chief in India and for the past eight years in charge of the aviation interests of Vic- kers, Ltd., was recently week reappointed chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, a post to which he was elected ago. Mr. F.S. Spriggs, of the Hawker-Siddeley combine, became Deputy Chairman (Aircraft) in succession to Mr. Hugh Burroughes, of the Gloster Company, who had held the post for three years. Air Vice-Marshal A.E. Borton, of D. Napier and, Son, Ltd. was appointed Deputy Chairman (Engines) for a fur- ther year of office. Mr. R.B. Dobson, of the Arro company, was elected Treasurer in the place of the lated John Lord.

thinkable during the present ex- pansion of the Air Force. The Ar Force is the one force which is

MÖRE EVIDENCE

Sir Maurice Hankey's further evidence left no room for doubt. that his support of private air- craft manufacture-extends beyond the present period of emergency expansion of the R.A.F. He stated: "The National Aircraft Factories, established by the Ministry of Munitions, were not a conspicuous success-though, the late period of

Mr. Spriggs and Mr. Dobson are, new to office with the S.B.A.C. which is the representative body of the British alteraft industry, expanding as distinct from re- comprising in its membership conditioning and gationalization practically every maker of aircraft would be open to the strongest ob- and acro engines and most of the fections." more important suppliers of parts, materials and accessory equipment. Mr. Spriggs. At the age of 41. shoulders more responsibility than any other executive in the indus- try. He is director and general manager of Hawker Aircraft, Ltd.. chairman of the Gloster company and managing director of the Arm- strong Siddeley Development Com pany, which controls among other interests three important manu- facturing Arms la the aircraft in- dustry Armstrong Siddeley Motors. Some years ago motion picture sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth censors decided to

use a stop- Aircraft, and A.V. Roe and Com- watch on screen kisses.

pany. All five firms have a long This regulation made an art out and distinguished history, and all of the business of osculation. Mo-

are busy, in coping with large or- tion picture stars have become ex-

ders placed in connexion with the pert in this art by reason of the programme of Royal Air Force ex- fact that they are required to inpansion. In addition, the Hawker, terpret every known type of kiss in Armstrong Siddeley and Avro front of the motion picture camera.works have in hand big overseas

Censors decided to regulate kiss- lag because a great number of pic tureplay goers resented an over- play of passionate embraces.

THE WIDOW FROM

MONTE CARLO"

The so-called vampires of the silent days. Theda Bara. Nita Naldi and Virginia Pearson pröb- ably hold the time records for screen kisses yet the screen stars of to-day are said to be the more perfect lovers.

"Dolores Del Rio, now playing in "The Widow from Monte Carlo." the Warner Bros. picture dow showing at the Queens. has some definite ideas about kissing.

To a recent question as to wheth er a star can remain indifferent while being kissed in front of a motion picture camera, Miss Dol Rio saya:

indifferent and I have also been kissed before the camera and got a thrill out of it."

contracts and the Armstrong Whit- worth concern is building twelve | of the largest landplane airliners in the world for Imperial Airways. Mr. R.E. Dobson is a directar and general manager of A.V; Roe and Company, with which firm he has worked for some twenty years. perience and a leading authority He is a works manager of vast ex-

on aircraft production.

THE CASE FOR PRIVATE AIRCRAFT

MANUFACTURE

the

War in which they were brought into being makes it un- fair to judge them too harshly. The best designs" of aeroplanes and aero, engines during the War were produced by the trade." He produced figures to show that of 55,903 aircraft built in Great Bri- tain during the War. all but 1,202 were produced by British private factories; and that of 57,931 engi- nes, private arms produced 41,034, the remainder coming from abroad.

lasdustry."

"As a result of experience both in the War and after the War," added. Slr Maurice Hankey. "the Air Ministry attach the utmost - portance to retention of the private aeroplane and engine All of the Services were very strong on the point that private industry was of great importance from the point of view of inventions, re- search. design and experiment. "The Air Ministry," he said, "tell me that they cannot overstress the importance of competing de sign staffs in the aircraft indus try, which would not be retained under state monopoly.":

OVERSEAS AIRCRAFT

TRADE

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Evidence given before the Royal Commission on the Private Manu- "A dias in itself is not important facture of and Trading in Arms by One cannot remain entirely indi Sir Maurice Hankey, who for ferent to all screen kisses nor can twenty years has been Secretary one be moved by them all. The to the Cabinet and for twenty-four situation of the story, the amount years Secretary to the Committee He dealt fully with the vexed of emotion in the scene and the of Imperial Defence, speak strong-problem of the export of military sincerity of one's co-player must ly in favour of the continuauce of aircraft. He stated: "In the air- all be taken into consideration.

a private aircraft constructing in- craft industry of Great Britain an "Frankly I have been kissed bedustry, supporting to the full the fore the camera and remained case presented to the Commission,

in February by the Society of Bri- since 1925 This has stimulated tish Aircraft Constructors.

the British aircraft industry and has led to increased orders and employment. arma-

Spread over the ve-year period 1930-1934 the pro- portion of aircraft, sero engines, and spare parts exported repre sents from one-quarter fifth of the total manufacture. A substantial sum of foreign money thus nnds its way into British pockets and goes some wards carrying the overhead costs of the aircraft Industry, enabling climates and bave maintained of any oraft previously airline firms not only to cheapen their! prices, but to carry out work of a fort which we do not think have

standards of regularity and com- | service.

On the general question of the

manufacture of private ments, Sir Maurice Hankey, whose evidence has just been published in detail, said: "First, prohibition of private manufacture would be disastrous to Imperial defence; second, in any case it is out of the question when we are in the throes of a great programme of re-condl- tioning our forces; and third, the case for prohibition thas not been established."

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Miss Del Rio is well qualified to discuss screen love. She has por- trayed a number of lover roles. As Charmaine in "What Price Glory." it will be remembered that she divided her love between Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen. She was the reason for the most of the In this mechan.cat age there is dissension between these two war natural interest in anything that buddies. has to do with the glamour and More recently she portrayed, the mystery of events that occur berole of Madame DuBarry in the bind the scenes in the great in-pleture that was named for one dustries. This interest attains its of the most famous lovers, in his He said that prohibition of highest pitch when it Concertos tory.

private aircraft manufacture would the lives of the dare-devil men who test cars and planes before induce Misa Del Rio to divulge ter part of the existing private in-orders would react disastrously on adence to further useful work with "We still look forward with con- No amount of persuasion would mean either taking over the grea-

the aircraft Arms, some of whom these aircraft on the main se would slacken off and thus reduce,

services whilst replacement ́air-

they leave the factories.

All of which probably accunts for the enthusiasm with which an

audience at the King's Theatre to day, greeted Metro-Goldwyn-May- er's appropriatey titled picture, "Speed"

Lucten Hubbard, the producer,

developmental and experimental yet been excelled.

nature. The loss of these foreign

the names of the leading men dustry or starting up a new $35- whose kisses were sufficiently.tem of atate factories. He сод- vibrant that they came under the tinued: "Once more I return to their capacity, while others would craft we have ordered are being classification of those about whom the same point-that it is un-robably go out of business. This established, and thereafter on our would seriously endanger the in ancillary and relief services. They she had "not remained indifferent.”

dustrial nucleus regarded as es are indeed a credit to your great sential for rapid expansion in fime firm."

"The Widow from Monte Carlo,"

is a gay romance based on the play

by Ian Hay and A. E. Mason. In "FLORIDA SPECIAL”

the cast besides Miss Del Rio are

with Edwin L Marin directing, Warren William. Louise, Fazenda. has caught the charged atmos- phere of a vast automobile con- Howland and Warren Hymer.

Colin Clive, Herbert Mundin, Olin Paramount's thriller, "Florida cern at a time when its product is

Special," now being screened at Arthur Greville Collins directed the Alhambra features Jack Oakie.

facing a revolutionary change that the picture from the sciten play (who may also be seen at the Star

may either make or break the

company. The story, written by by F. Hugh Herbert.

Lawrence Bachman and Milton Krims is unique in its combina-

tion of romance and terrific action aired with ambition and afraid only

in a phase of American life that of failure.

in "Collcen"), Bally Ellers Kent Taylor and Frances Drake in the leading roles.

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of emergency.' It would also have|7,7 a very serious repercussion on de- sign,"

REAL COMMERCIAL AVIATION

STILL IN THE PINK

COMFORT AND EFFICIENCY

The outstanding qualities of the

HP42 were secured by bold depar tures from contemporary practice. The fuselage was

underslung'

beneath the biplane wings, thus providing an uninterrupted out" look from the passenger cabins.. On paper the eight large The wings were located in such a biplanes are nearing the end of way as to act as sound screens for their working "lives," reckoning engine noise, and the engines depreciation at 20 or 25 per cent. themselves-Bristol Jupiter per annum; actually they are cylinder -air-cooled units were still in perfect condition a fact mounted in a plane between the proved by the most rigorous ex passenger cabins, which kept the Sir Eric Geddes, Chairman of amination after 5,000 hours y more trying alrscrew and engine. thrills galore aboard the train en Imperial "Airways, pays deserved jing-and, as indicated by Sir Eric noises from the ears of travellers. route to Florida comedy is thrown tribute to what is perhaps the Geddes, are fit for many

most notable: fleet of airliners yet years of active service. Their re- including ti

more The forward part of the fuselage, has not been pictured on the Wendy Barrie, playing the role in for full measure,

of an executive's daughter working Florida Special" tells the story commissioned in a letter to Mt. cord for safety, comfort, economy pilots compartment and the rear. passenger saloona, In the plant incognito, gives one of an eccentric milionaire who Handley Page about the perform in operation and trustworthiness is baggage hold, is a metal mono- The cast presents James Stewart of the incat charming characteri- transports a million dollar's worth ance of the eight HP.42 biplanes unrivalled in the world: No tra- coque structure of great solidity Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Weldon zations of her career.

of uncut diamonds to Florida. in a which have worked important sec veller on an H.P.42 has sustained and strength. The cabin walls Heyburn, Ted Healy, Ralph Mor- Weldon Heyburn, the distingaf brief-case chained to his crooked tons of the Empire air routes since injury, though more than a quar were carefully sound-proofed. gan and Patricia Wilder,

shed Broadway stage star, portrays ¦ secretary. In the company of his | 1931. ̧.· James Stewart,

ter of a million, passengers have Vibration was eliminated. For the as the ple- the brilliant engineer and rival niece, in league with the secretary His letter reads: "These eight Journeyed in them. They are easy first time conversation in ordinary turesque test driver absorbed in for the affections of the girl with to steal the gems, Clingwater, aircraft have down collectively to handle; they take off like a tones became possible in an air- his invention of a new carburetor, schooled ability. Every member of the millionaire entralns for about 52,000 hours, or five million fighter after a short forward ran liner To this day the quiet of an not only delighted the audience the cast performed with pleasing Florida. Jack Cakle, as the re- miles, and have consistently ful- and, with the help of automatic H.P.42 cabin remains the criterion, with his spectacular daring, but epulity, "Speed" is a picture that porter, and Sally Ellers, as the Alled all the traffic demands made wing alots, can be landed slowly in, and it is high praise to say that definitely won them for his qua- reflects the breathless pace of the train hostess, are splendid in their upon them. They have flown night a small held their operational any aircraft is "as quiet as an t'es as a romantle young lover. contemporary ago.

respective roles.

and day to all weathers and in all economy proved superior to that | HF,43,"*

screen until now.

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