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SAMUEL

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"ARROWSMITH" UNITED, ARTISTS with HELEN HAYES

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The Story of a Woman's Love and Redemption EVELYN BRENT & ROBERT AMES in

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BILL BOYD

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1932.

CENTENARY OF PREMIER AND

GREAT

REFORM BILL

TURNING POINT. IN PARLIAMENT'S HISTORY

(Router's Special Service).

London, June 7.

CHANCELLOR

CORDIAL RECEPTION

IN COMMONS.

London, June 7.

YANKEES STILL WINNING

TEN HOME RUNS YESTERDAY

New York, June 7. The Prime Minister and the

Brooklyn Dodgers, occupying Chancellor of the Exchequer re- turned to the House of Commons the cellar in the National League, this afternoon.

to-day outliit Chiengo, the leaders, Braves, dis- each permitting Boston On entering the House. received a cordial reception from engaged, to climb over the heads members, and the Leader of the of the Cubs, Opposition, Mr. Lansbury, at the

of questions, con Democratic societies in all conclusion parts of the country to-day cele-gratulated them on their restora- brated the centenary of the pass-tion to health-British Wireless. ing in 1832, under the Premier-

ship of the second Earl Grey, of

Hartnett hit for the circuit for the Dodgers, who won 9-2.

ihe

Kame

+

in

A keen pitching duel between the Giants and Cincinnati Reds Isaw the latter nosed out of a 4-3 kcore. The few loose balls sent and the Giants' right field, scoring the Great Reform Bill, which the roll of freeholders, answered up were mercilessly treated, Ott,

to his own namic, moved ended the day of the Rotten seconded his own nomination, put two home runs, while Lombardi Boroughs."

with the question to the vote, and was and Grantham also homered.

New York Yankees won Among the celebrators was the unanimously returned!

junexpected enne at Detroit, but Halifax, who is

THE REMEDIES. aged Earl of ninety-three years of age, and is

Grey's Bill disfranchised Afty-the recent run of success by the one Athletics received a smart check probably the only living person six rotten" boroughs, took

the reformer. who knew

Eart member from thirty others, and at Cleveland, despite the fact that two of the four members from Simmons smacked out two home Grey, personally.

The Athletics only tallied Never in. England's history has Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.runs. a measure given rise to greater Twenty-two large towns were three..

for each, und Berry controversy, the Tories being bit-given two members

member ench. Washington Senators at Chiengo. terly opposed, Nevertheless, Eari twenty more one Grey forced the passage. the The larger counties were created. The teams were tied at 6-5

was the ninth. Berry hit for the clr- second reading scraping through The franchise in boroughs

given to £10 householders, and cuit in the eleventh bringing in by a majority of one!

in counties, where the forty-two men ahead of him.

Goslin and Burns made MANCHESTER WITHOUT A SEATshilling freeholder End survived

What was this measure which since the Middle Ages, to certain runs for St. Louis against

of copyholders, lease struggling Boston side. net of Englishmen lasse

Bl tenanta nt will. terrified one

It was announeed to-day that and seemed to others the begin-holdiers.

The Measures of a similar kind were two veteran players have ning of a happier age?

sinted Himply.introduce for Scotland and lee unconditionally relensed by their be.

delubs, Walte Hoyt by Brooklyn abuses enn Manchester, with a population of land. The Hill was not

inmorerate measure in the modern and Iarry Heilman by Cincinnati.

The Whi 180,000,

unrepresented

Resulta Parliament. Birmingham. Sheffield, sense of the term.

of magnates looked upon it and Leeds had no members Their own. Old Sarum-you can means to preserve existing see its fields to-day as you drive stitutions, including the influence, New York Into Salisbury from the north of the aristocrace; there was a Philadelphia

danger that the "pocket" boroughs J'e-

by rich Detroit had two members. Cornwall

in Clevelan Brougham, turned forty-four members, the might be bought

manufacturers!

alia-Chiengo whole of Scotland forty-five. Only

the House of Commons, tinguished between the mob and St. Louis seventy-four of the 203 Parlia- were diatri- boroughs

The people, and, explaining that buted among the twenty-three | northern and midland counties. the people was the middle class, praised this class in terms which It was estimated that 276 memhave gone out of

political and The new fran bers were returned by patrons of

literary fashion. boroughs.

chise excluded the majority English meit of full age.

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NEW DECORATION CREATED

INDIA POLICE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY

London, June 7.

Lord Lansdale returned

A great deal of the shue pour- members. Seats were advertised led on the reformers by "omfort-

fear for sale; the average price wale men" was due to

Parliament. social revolution. Disraeli spoke £6,000 for a single The franchise was narrow and un-of Grey as a "coroneted Neckar,

The issue has now beek annoupe- equal: in most boroughs only thea worn-out Machiavel" It was Treemen had votes. Bribery was said that "the mob would soon be rd of the Royal Warrant creating a regular and open. In 1831 it was pulling the lawn sleeves over the new decoration, the Indian Police Medal, for acts of gallantry and discovered that there were no poll ears of the bishops." books in Denbighshire. Up to Yet the enthusiasm of the re-valuable services. This explains 1780 the member for Yorkshireformers has not all run to waste had been elected in Lord Rocking-Two years after the passing dam's dining-rom. There had the Bill the old Houses n.

burn) been no contests for twenty liament years before 1831 In three Welsh Nicholas 1. of Russia and is English counties, includ- from his pace ing Lancashire. The county of own His displeasure at the imshortly take place.--British Wire- Bute had only one resident elector. pious work of those who had dared | fras,

election within the to touch the mantle of sovereignty. At Bute

Parliament in memory of men Kving in 1831 only You, there is

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One case of typhoid and one attended with the England to-day, while in Russin voter sheriff and returning officer. This the Romanoffs are only a sorrowmeningitis were notified to the health

authorities yesterday. voter look the chair, called over and a name.

JOAN

RAWFORD

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