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Frau Hermann Goering, wife of Germany's Field Marshal and No. 2, Nazi, who gave birth to a daughter her first child, recently, The former Emmy Sonnemann, neiress, and Floid Marshal Goer- lag were marifed in Berlin. April 10, 1935.

Plea For 100,000 'Forgotten Men'

TUBE SMASH JURY FIND NEGLIGENCE

Chief Linesman and

Foreman At Fault

Negligence of two employees-amounting in neither case to criminal negligence-caused the Underground smash, in which-six people lost their lives, at Charing Cross on May 17.

This was the jury's finding when the resumed inquest on the victims ended in the Westminster coroner's court recently.

The jury found there had been serious negligence by Arthur who failed to test George Beer, of Fulhain, chief linesman, wiring work and said he did not know a specific alteration had been made.

ROMADESH Contributory negligence was found At this point Foskew collapsed in against Arthur Waiter Foskew, the witness-box and was carried out. Temple Station forernan, who said he Charles Hopkins, of Brockley Rise. deputed to a porter the task of re-Forest II, porter at Temple, sald porting that

starter signal was that he received # message from falling in the "off" position. This Charing Cross telling him Lo ask witness collapsed while giving evid- Foskow to ask the driver of the Mansion House train, then due, why he pulled up outside Charing Cross.

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The Jury's third Coding was that an error of judgment was made by! Charles William Eeles, of Hounslow, who at the last hearling said he did not know the effect of changes he made in the wiring In the signal

An appeal to the Govern-cabin ment, on behalf of 100,000

"I called out to Foskew, hy was busy on the other platform, and gave him the measuge, suld Hopkins, "After Fonkow had spoken i Lang- ley and the train had passed through, Faskew called peross to mar uncil asked me to tell Charing Cross that

the custbound sterter had fuited in the on position."

Mr. Humphreys: Do you knew the

DRIVER'S COURAGE "We wish lnghly to commend the who have grown premature- concage and presence of und of ly old as a result of their Ceel Holborn of Hounslow (driver war hardships, will be sent of the Barking train," added the difference between a signal being on from the arnual conference After his traka bad been run into of the British Legion ating Newcastle.

Major Sir Frane Wetherston- Godley, the chairann, will post ostet that there are 100,00 WIT - WORD men who, bremze they fave sastain- ed my specifle wound disability. are not allowed to draw war pensions

Their war experiences undermined the constitutions that

have

Jury

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Inner Circle tram, Holbourn along the track and stopped - olher train with a red light).

and of?-i don't, sir.

BLOCKED STAIRCASES

tinted his evidence sented. le sald Foskew then returned and vonTM

he called over to Porter Hopkins to When the resumed inquiry opened; tell Charing Cross that he starter Arthur George Bree, of Aguarrenden ! was falling at the off position. Street. Fulham, chiot nesman, was recalled at the request of Me. Hum-

Uistori phreys, for the National Railwaynwth

The Coroner: You resulted the of message correctly?--Yes, sir, 1 an ¦ almost certain 1 said "off" position.

I If said it would be a great mistake on my part,

Beer said that his lostractions to now, at the age of 45 or so, They have } poles (who did the wiring before the the hearts, lungs and nerves of men accident) were general, to carry on

of 65.

PENSIONS APPEAL

He will propose, and the Legion will back him up by passing resolution, that a special form

Кікоть

pension should be men, so that they do not suffer the humiliation

them.

The Coroner: You realised the im- portance of the message you Hot from Longley?-i did, sir.

with the job, squaring up and tidying.

He was not aware Eeles had de- And you deputed the telephoning tacted any cables from the termi-to iluplans, the platform porter, who anids in the box, or he would have does not necessarily know much about of tested

about signalling, akgraaflung? - Nol these

does ubout The Coroner: You have not for-perhaps, but he

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The the box?I deny queueing him at work at

that actually saw him at work at I the

The box.

up outside the Poor Law offers.

These men Dnd it almost impos- sible substantiate their claims to "War pensions under the existing the Pensions warrant, because of strict proof that is required tracing the man's disability directly to war servicc.

Although they have grievances, the ex-Service men will show that they will be ready again to serve their country if war should como in the future.

They will recommend all their able-bodied inembers le carol either in the Territorials or, if they are too old for that. in one or other of the ARP. organisations.

Ceylonese Lives On Grass

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Carolia, a Ceylonese, bu growing strong and healthy on a diet of gross, A few years ago, he declared, he wa "always sick" and medeine failed to care him. So he gave up ordinary food and went on a diet of grass.

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gotten that Beles saki that yoh saw phoning....runer: Would not have

been better had you gone yourself! Foskew replied it was impossible for one man to look after an eight- car train. Then they had a large number of passengers going up the from staircases, blocking his route to the

Francis Frederick Baker, chief in- spector of the signalling department at Earl's Court, explained that the current was being converted

D.C. to

to A.C.- more modern stund= | telephone, ord and safer.

Ecles must have removed the right- hand screw by mistake, That would have been an easy mistake to make. A test should have been made by Beer,

GREEN FOR RED

"IRRESISTIBLE"

Mr. Ingleby Oddie, summing up, said that the jury might Icel the nerident ought not to have happened and that these valuable ilves would not have been lost had the servants

them, per John Willum Longley, of Legrace of the railway, each of

with exactnesɔ Avenue, Hounslow, motorman, said formed their duty

and in a satisfactory way. 21 train that he was driving

from Charing Cross at 9.34 a.m., and alter going about a train's length, saw an- other train ahead of him.

The conclusion was irresistible that

the alteration of the cable we made by Ecles was the one that caused the After stopping about half a minute accident.

Mr. Uddle then passed Iu Beer, he proceeded to Temple Station and said to the foreman, "Get on ta saying: Charing Cross at once as the starting "His case is a very difficult and He said to-day that be signal has failed in the off position.

The Coroner: In plain language didn't know that Eeles had interfered which with the wires and that when Eeles that means that the signal should have been red was green?-told him 'OK' he assumed it was Yes.

serious one,

Arthur Walker Foskew, of Sedles- but O.K. combe Road, Fulham, station foreman at Temple, who was warned by the coroner before he gave evidence, sald le received a message from Porter Hopkins to ask the driver of the next train why he pulled up.

Driver Longley, when he came in, said: "Get on to Charing Cross and tell them their starting signal hus failed at the off position."

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and went away, leaving it anything;

In regard to Foskew, Mr. Uddle said had this man telephoned hàn- Charing self to the controller at

have occurred Cross, dielny might which would have meant an accident, and he thought it best to short the simple message, which Hopkins did not get correctly.

Foskew thought he was doing whot was best.,

Secret New U. S. Gun

Could Smash Plane Flying 8 Miles Up

New York, June 15.

A Sub-Stratosphere gun capable of reaching the greatest altitudes that can be attained by any modern fighting air- plane has been perfected secretly by engineers of the United States Army.

The new weapon is described as twelve a minute well over the height the deadliest and most advanced yet of Mount Everest (20,000 feet), the devised against bombing planes. world's highest mountain.

It is of Nve-inch calibre, and will;

The

gun, used

in batteries of fire accurately eight milles into the four, could shatter any plane wihin air (42,240 feel) at the rate of thirtyn wide area of the burst of its shells: shots a minute,

without actually hitting it.

The guns will be used in batteries of four. This will apply the prin- ciple of pheasant-shooting to enemy

aircraft.

The five-inch shells are exploded by tunes when they reach, the necas- sary altitude, so that cach can cover a wide urea. With four guns firing. any airplane caught within an area of a hundred square yards could be smushed to places.

Red Light Stops Runaway

Milwaukee.

During 16 years of drawing a milk wngen over Milwaukee streets, Frank,

Lovely Princess Fawzia, 17- year-old sister of King Farouk of Egypt, whose engagement to Shehpur Mohammed Riza Pahlovi, 19, Crown Prince of Iran, was recently announced. An offletal Iranian delegatiun arrlying in Alexandria to con- Arm the betrothal was to be dineri at banquets for which Egypt appropriated £4,000,

"Why We

Prima Donnas

Are Fat"

- By PATRICK MURPHY

Lina Pagliught, probably the greatest living

coloratura soprano, whose performances in "Rigoletto" with Gigil at Covent Garden have filled the famous Opera House, confided recently the troubles of a prima donna given to stautness.

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"Listen," she said, "you cannot have a great coloratura volee, with- out being large, like me." Pagliught is very short and remarkably rotund.

"We high sopranos and the tenors have to put up with the discomfort of being large. There is no way out. If you want to sce slim, pretty girls playing operatic roles, then you must co to the aims.

"If you want to hear really great voices, then you must expect to see --she. laughed "well-developed figures..

"SINGING DOES IT"

"Listen to the dilemma of a singer. The public will not accept her be cause she appears on a concert plat- form. She rust have proved her- self in opera.

"Now singing, particularly operatic singing, develops the figure of people with high voices like mine. Those Agures do not lend themselves to- shall we say the rather artificial acting demanded by opera.

"So fat primadonnos are figures of fun. Whereas, in fact, fat prima donnas would much sooner sing in concerts than in any opera.

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"I hate as a 'stout lady' being asked to run here and there and appear in most Improbable situations with a stout tenor. Singing is my life, not taking part in love-scenes like a sylph of a girl,"

I mentioned one or two coloraturn singers who had been slim. Linn Pagliughi smiled compassionately..

"Good voices for the gramophone.... but useless in a great hall,

"I AM STOUT?—GOOD1"

"I assure you It is impossible for tonor or coloratura soprano to be successful without great breathing capacity. That comes with singing. With it comes this Ane development which has made prima donnas the subject of so many jokes.

a 21-year-old horse driven by Hedry. "I am stout, you will ugree? Good.

F Votopelt has leurned the spectrum I have not eaten for 24 hours because

of traffic signals so well that it even I do not like to eat before or after

Britain's new 3.7 inch calibre anti- halted in the midst of a runaway slaging. It is singing and not caling aircraft gun in stated to be able to whon n. red light flashed at an inter- which has given me my figure," fire explosive shells at the rate of section:

So now the matter is disposed of.

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