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SISTERS DIVORCED:

1936.

FATHER AND SON CITED

TWO sisters were the respondents in successive divorce cases at Birmingham Assizes recently-and the co- respondents were son and father.

In the first case James Thornton Norman Wilson, a grain and flour importers' manager, of Allerton-road. Wallasey

(Cheshire), obtained a decree nisi on the ground of the mis- conduct of his wife, formerly Edith Eleanor Rossell Smith, with John Graham Bond, at Wannerton Park, Blakedown (Wore.)..

Remarque

Writes

Romance

RICH Marin Remarque, author of that grim war the novel, "All Quiet on Western Front,," which sold 4,000,000 copies, has just writ ten a love story..

In the second case Harold Good- win, a company director, who gave his address as the Impney Hotel, Droitwich, obtained a decree from his wife, formerly

The author of the famous book Frances Mary. Rossell Smith, that roused anti-war feeling the on the ground of her mis-world over has been living a

the last Tour! conduct with Frank Nelson hermit's life for Bond, father of John Graham years in his villa near Locarno,

Switzerland. Bond, at Wannerton, and at

flat Birmingham.

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He had great dimculty in switch-. in Calthorpe-roading his imagination from the stark realism of war to the incidents of a romantic love story.

UNDERSEA FILM OF LUSITANIA SALVAGE

PICTURES 312 FEET

UNDER' WATER

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Plans have been completed for an underwater film to be made of the salvaging of valuables from the sunken Lusitania when the salvage steamer Orphir resumes operations off the Old Hend of Kinsale, County Cork, in May.

BOOK REWRITTEN

When his publishers were clamour- ing for the completed manuscript two years ago, he declared himself dissatisfied with his work, and re- wrote it entirely.

But now the task is done, and the book will appear shortly in 13 languages simultaneously.

Remarque's rocket to fame was romance in itself.

Quiet

Before publishing "AB

**** he was

a reporter on a Berlin fashion paper, and had written nothing more serious than a book of cocktail recipes. When the Nazl Government came into power they banned Remarque's and ita sequel, "The "All Quiet Rond Back": and publicly burned all copies that they could find.

They objected to the pacifist In-

POURED GIN IN

Capt. John D. Craig, of Hollywood,fluence of these books. whose remaritable under-water film. "Wrestling Sword@sh," won him the award of the Academy of Motion Ploture Arts and Sciences in 1932, has entered into a contract with the Tritonia Co. Ltd., of Glasgow, the company responsible for the salvage of the Lusitania, to carry out the Aiming.

He will be assisted by a party of. technicians, three of whom will, be British with Hollywood experience.

FILM STORY OF SINKING

GRAPE FRUIT

ALLEGED TRICK BY UNDERGRADUATES

Oxford, Apr. 15. An allegation that under- a dance on St. The scenes "shot" on the wreck graduates at will be incorporated in a film, the Patrick's Night mixed gin with story of which deals with the sinking grape fruit was made at Oxford of the Lusitania by the German to-day, when Bernard Butter- submarine U20 In May, 1915.

In making the pleture, sound will, field, 24, an Oxford college ser- for the first time, be recorded in the vant, was charged with being occan depths. This will be achieved under the influence of drink to By having the sound-recording ap- such an extent as to be incapable OBJEC|paratus in the diving-suit. The

be recorded of having proper control of a car. diver's observations

It was stated that Butterfield while he is at work.

Capt. Craig's belief that he could was found asleep at the wheel of Aim the work on the Lusitania be- car at 2.20 am. came conviction when he read of

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Butterfield said that he went

the remarkable performances of the with two college servants to Tritonia Diving Dress. In this, Diver

to

J. Jaratt, of the Orphir, descended dance, and during the night had the hulk ofthe Cunarder, and four or five glasses of beer. About a London newspaper representative 1.30, when he was having a grape. telephoned a story from the bed of fruit, some undergraduates came in. Before finishing his grape the Atlantic.

returned Wearing an all-rubber diving-suit, fruit he went out. He Capt. Craig had already worked at in a few minutes, but did not depths up to 120ft. He was satisfied

that with the Tritonia suit he could notien bathing peculiar about work on the Lusitania's hull, which his drink.

lies at a depth of 312rt-52 fathoms

On the way home he became queer

His underwater flm cameras, de-and decided to stop and rest.. The signed by himself to withstand great few beers he had had at the dance water pressure, will enable him to were not sufficient in produce that photograph the work of penetrating effect. He was accustomed to beer ut the college, where it was much the bull.

stronger,

The next day he was told by friends PICTURES AT 600FT RANGE

that what had happened was due to To negotiate with the Tritonia Co., undergraduates putting gin into bis Capt. Craig made a special journey grape fruit. He had never in his lifo

had any spirits. from Hollywood,

Recently he cabled to his London GAN TELL UNDERGRADUATES

fellow Roy Ladbrook, partner, Mr. Thos. Whiteley, that he had tested his lighting equipment at sald that an undergraduate who was secured one of a party at the dance poured 000ft. under the sea, and

of a bottle of gin into Butter excellent photographic

results. grapo fruit.

Scientific bodies in America, ho add-

ed, were taking a great interest in the projected Lusitania Alm.

Forvant,

"I did not say anything," he re marked, "because I thought Butter- The Paramount Co. was very en-field had noticed it."

Asked by the Chief Constable how thusiastic about the story, and would

all under- "I have probably undertake the American he knew the man was release of the firm. The company is graduate, Ladbrook replied:

assisting

fn technical pre-had a lot to do with undergraduates. I could tell by their actions, their liminaries.

Capt. Craig, who is 31, has made manner, and their talk they were not

ordinary people like us."

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£1 Butterfield, was £2 2x costs. His leance was Bus-

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LIMIT TO SPEED IN rended for a month.

THE AIR

EXPERT SETS 575 M.P.H be Aeroplane speed. will limited to about 675 miles per hour unless some unforeseen aerodynamical or mechanical discovery is made..

WHY CHILDREN WERE NOT PHOTOGRAPHED

DUKE EXPLAINS

Southampton, Apr. 20, The Duke of Marlborough, who ar That is the opinion of Dr. Georgo rived home from a holiday cruise this, W: Lewis, Director of Research, afternoon in the North German Lloyd National Advisory Commitice for liner Europa with his children, Lady Aeronautics, U.S.A.

He shows by mation pictures that Caroline Rosemary and Lady Sarah Spencer Churchill and the Marquess at that speed the sustaining flow of of Blandford, explained why he re- nir over the top of the wing suddenly used to allow American camera men breaks away in a "shock wave," and to photograph his children when they the aeroplane loses its lift.

landed at Now York.

The present world record 'speed is "My children were all suffering the 440.68 m.p.h. made by Francesco from colls," the Duke explained to- Agello for Italy in October, 1934. day, "amd as the temperature was bo- The 400 m.p.h, mark had previously low freezing, I did not intend to to stand about, to ba been passed by Flight Lt. G. Stain- allow them forth for Great Britain...

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