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KING'S TRAIN TO

BE "FORT"

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POLICE precautions due to the TR.A. bombing outrages unde the King and Queen almost prisoners in the royal train each evening during their three-day "no speechmaking" tour of the north-east recently.

Once the official functions of each day were over, they re- turned to the train, which was drawn up on the now disused New. castle-Ponteland pussenger line near Ponteland station.

And through the night specially picked Scotland Yard officers and detectives from the Northumberland County, Newcastle and L.N.E.R. forces guarded them.

The scope of the precautions--unparalleled for the safety of a King of Britain visiting the provinces of his own country-ean be gathered from the fact that detectives watched the relaying of every yard of gravel and piece of asphalt at the place where the train will stay each night,

Normally, members of the Royal, Family visiting the north-east slay at one of the great castles, Lambton, Lumley or Alnwlek, but a police official said that their Majesties would be better guarded in the train.

train.

Friday,

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March 24, 1939.

BOY Of 8, Tired Of Life, Aged 15, No Religion

Fleet Air Arm AND 3-YEAR-OLD

+

Goes Ahead

With more than £8,000,000 10 spend on aircraft during its first year of Admiralty control, the Fleet Alt Arm promix to become one of the most oftractive branches of the Ser- vice,

We have the hrsurance of Lord

BLACKED HER

EYE SAYS NURSE

BOYS of all ages figured in six unusual court cases

Stanhope, First Sea Lord, that "the in various parts of the country recently. There was the British Navy is pretty well air- minded." And the latest Admiralty recruiting figures reflect a very pro- mising start

DECK LANding TESTS According to these, 141 officer pilots have cutered the Fleet Air Arm from the R.A.F. and R.A.F. Re- serve; 101 Executive mval oficers are already serving as pilots and 152 as air observers.

In addition, the Fleet Air Arm hos 133. executive olllcers and 44 naval ratings under instruction at Service flying training schools, and 34 nuval ratings serving as observers' mates.

At Donibelsite. Fife, 14 rating pilots are making their final deck landing tests aboard the carrier Courageous; 15 others

will start

training this week. These Agures do not include officers of the R.N.V.R. Air Branch or jthose recruiter from elvit 'life.

RECRUITING CAMPAIGN

Boy of 17 who never spoke and was fed by his mother like at

bird.

Boy of eight who was unhappy and tried to stab himself. Boy of 16 whose employers increased his wages, instead of dis- missing him, to encourage him to mend his ways; he did

not.

Boy of three who, said his nurse, blacked her eye and bit her neck; she smacked him, and won a claim for wrongful dismissal.

Boy of 15, who told the magistrates he had no religion. Boy of 14 whose "present from Santa Claus" to his young

brother was stolen by a tutor who found it.

AGED EIGHT, UNHAPPY

"I was unhappy and wanted to kill myself," said the eight-year-old, who at Ealing Juventie court admitted trying to stab himself in the stomach with a carving knife.

Raid On Queen's Dress Maker

Thieves raided the premises of A woman probation officer said the child threw a piece of wood at his Mr. Norman B. Hartnell, dressmaker mother und the same day tried to to the Queen, In Bruton-street, W., and carried oir furs strike her (the mother) with the recently

valued at £5,000, carving knife.

About the same Ame Of 230 Fleet Air Arm officers "He tells me he is very unhappy

another gang broke Into the London drawn from elvillan ranks, 116 are at home," added the officer, training as pilots and

On a charge of being beyond his Bullion Company's shop in Hay- observera,

parents control, he was sent to a market. S.W. and took jewellery in temand home for a fortnight.

gold and silver,, antiques and coins to the value of £2,000.

120

Es air

riggers will be

A recruiting campaigu for alt Alters and als launelied during the next few days.

Other Fleet Air Arm branches are those of air mechanic, air artilleer and or apprentice.

Air mechanics are coming forward; in satisfactory numbers and there is ho hortage of pllut applicants.

The

RUSE BEHIND RISE

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In their haste the fur thieves left 18-year-old lad whose frm many valuable skins behind, but the Increased his wages instead of dis-jewel raiders appear to have had ex- missing him, to encourage him to pert knowledge, taking the most mend his ways, appeared at Caxton valuable exhibits in the window. Juvenile Court summoned for a

BROKE MAIN DOUR It was about 4.30 breach of a probation order.

a.m: when He had been found to be untrust-policeman discovered that Mr. Hart- it WDS stated. nell's premises trad been entered, but worthy and a liar,

Kindness brought no response and by then the raiders had gone. An Admiralty ofetal said recent-later he admitted stealing 18. 14. bes The Kang had prised

open both Ty that 60 per cent. of the filters cnging to his employers.

halves of a side door, but finding and Nagers in the new branches He and a stepfather, said a pro- further progress stopped by a stout would be selected for promotion as bation officer, who was "conscious of iron bar, worked on the main door. air artificers.

public opinion against stepfathers" una left the boy in the hands of its mother.

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After breaking the thick glass and forcing the locks they went to the showroom at the back. Four men are belleved tb have taken part the raid-two to get the Furs, one to watch, and a fourth-walt- ing in the car in which the furs were taken away.

and

NURSE SMACKED CHILD

Mr. Hurinell designs dresses for Alleging that her three-year-old the Queen. He designed the bridal charge was out of control and address of the Duchess of Gloucester pulled her hair, blacked her eye and and her eight bridesmaids, among bitten her neck, Mics Enid Bretting whom were Princess Elizabeth liam, of Beaconsfield Avenue. Col-Princess Margaret. chester, successfully claimed In West London county court that she was wrongfully dismissed for smacking him.

"Judgment for £5 Bs. for wages and loss of board was given. against Captain H. S. Foxwell.

AW MASKED MAN The raid on the London Bullion Company's thop was nearly folled.

An assistant on night duty at a diemist's shop a short distance away heard n crash like falling glass, and was just in time to see a man, jemmy Miss Brettingham said she was in hand, and a handkerchief over the employed by Captain and Mrs. Fox- lower port of his face, crossing the well, then staying at a Kensington pasement. hotel, on a month's trini at a

assistant ran back Into Ibe a week,

shop, dialled "909, but by the time-sTM She was drying the child after his police patrol car arrived the thieves bath and he bit her neck. She told had got away.

the Court: "I thought it was time.

They had wrenched the folding

he had some punishment and smacked grilie away from Rs catch and broken him on the leg."

Mrs. Foxwell said she never saw 31iss Brettingham with a black eye. Miss Judge Hargreaves thought Brettingham was wrong to smack the boy when the mother was there and fable to do it. But this did not justify

immediate dismissul.

I

NO RELIGION AT IS Asked to take the oath at Cuxton Juvenile Court, a 15-year-old offender said he had no religion.

He affirmed, Obstructing the police in Piccadilly Circus was the charge,

Saying he had been mistaken for someone else, the boy intimated he would call a friend as witness, was remanded for a week.

STRAY DARTS

He

the door window.

"Big Jump" Was Medium's Control

A medium told counsel in a libel nction in the King's Bench Division: recently that his "control" Was known as "Big Jump."

The action was brought by Mr. Mandor Fodor, a psychic research worker, of Park West, Marble Arch. W. against Psychic Press, Ltd., pre- pristors of the "Psychic News," Mr. Maurice Barbanell, the editor; Mr. Paul Miller, o Journalist; and the printers und distributors of the paper.

Mr. Fodor claimed that he had been attacked by a series of articles

A darts scoreboard, darts and diary, suggesting that he was not fitted to out psychical investigation. Caristmas gifts from a boy of 14 to carry

his younger brother, were left behind The defendants denied

jin a railway waiting room.

A private tutor. Guy Haversham

that

The

words were defamatory.

PHOTOGRAPH OF ECTOPLASM

Morse-Boycott (50), of Devonshire Seeing a copy of "Psychic News" fr.ed £2belare Mr. Barbanell in the witness. Place, was at Brighton with £1 costs for stealing the pureel box. Mr. Justice Singleton walked -which bore a name and address and over, picked it up, and asked what the front page re- a picture on "From Santa Claus"-by finding.

He said. he was without his glasses presented. and took I home meaning to look for

"It is a photograph of Fru Lara" (medium). Mr. Darbanell replied. or address..

Mr. Justice Singleton' pointed to the photogrph and asked: "What this supposed to be?"

"RABBIT FEVER"

PROSCRIBED

"It is supposed to be ectoplasm." said. Mr. Barbanell.

Mr. Barbanell zuid he was 14 nedturn to a little degree," and had undergone the experience known as trance mediumship,

Leetonlu, O. "Rabbit fever", the hunting variety, to depleted the ranks of Leetonla high school's boy students, during the rabbit hunting season, that Prin His "control" was known as "Eig cipal G.. L. Powell issued a warning Jump. He had attended thousands Lo the fever's "victims." Powell's of scances and, in one per cent or warning stressed provisions of state two per cent. of cases at the highest. school-attendance laws.

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