1941-07-24 — Page 7

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July 24, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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LORD LONSDALE'S LOVE STORY ENDS

A great love story—a romance which lasted almost 63 years, through five reigns-ended recently when the Countess of Lonsdale, wife of the world-famed sporting peer, died at her home, The Stud House, Barley Thorpe, Oakham, Rutland.

She was eighty-seven, n great Indy of the austere old Scottish school, with a slim, erect figure, fine dark hair and eyes, mistress of five stately homes.

She entertained kings and queens in stale at Lowther Castle, drove through the countryside in mustard- yellow carriages with four horses, postillons and outriders Iler. ACY- vants, too, wore canary divery, with white beaver hats.

G.O.C. Of

Britain's Fireman

Mr William Mabane, 45-year- old Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Security, is to be Britain's G.O.C. Fire-|

Behind all the display, the house parties at Newmarket and Ascot, the huntin', the shootin', the fishin', was men. the simple story of a homely woman's From the Home Office, In While- devotion to a famous husband, con-hall, he will direct the activities of tent with a seat in the background. who are dealing with fires all over the scores of thousands of firemen mothering the tenantry on their 173.-

England, Scotland and Wales, and 000 acres,

will be able to concentrate his forces as needed,

"Tommy"

Lord Lonsdale-he 1 04-had a nick-name for her-Tommy." She used to say, "I am the wife of the last of the Corinthians,"

Often they dined alone in feudal simplicity at Lowther Castle. this Darby and Jann of the aristocracy.

After they had drunk that toast together he would bow to his coun- tess, raise his glass again. The Ladies!" said he,

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The Government has decided to reorganise the fire-fighting services on a national basis, taking all fire-. men Into the service of the State, and making them subject to direct; of their local authority employers. Government orders, instead of those

Flying Squads

RETURNS-Iraqi Regent,'Emir Abdul illah, who has returned to Baghdad, after British triumph in Iraq, to set up gov- ornment favourable to the British. Ho was ousted. in April by pro-Axis Premier, Raschid Ali el Gailani, who

started a rebellion.

Compensation For Sailors

downwards.

It was learned officially that officers and men of the Merchant Navy are to receive 33 1-3rd per At the end of their neal he would is badly fire-blitzed, it will be pos- in the war at sea. The

The result will be that if town X cent. more compensation for kit lost rine from his chair, raise his glasssible to send reinforcements of fire-takes effect from April 1.

increase and give the toast: "The King!"

men from towns Y and Z, nearby, The compensation scale previously or even from places much further off was £100 for masters, £50 for cer- There will be flying squads, arned infcated officers, and £40 for radio with all the latest fire-fighting and uncertificated offleers. For sea- appliances, who will be dashed off to men the amount was from places from which on SO'S In sent. down

£15 bow Full-time Aremen will be. Hablo to be transferred, permanently

The decision to increase these rates temporarily, from one place to an half of merchant ships' officers and

or follow strong representations on be When their golden wedding was Part-time AFS. workers moy

other. according to reculrements.

men.

Hitherto, many men have celebrated in 1028 King George he moved about in their own localities, pocket, particularly when replacing be found themselves considerably out of and Queen Mary were among the but will not be sent far from their lost instruments, guests yhe dined at their house in homes. Carlton House-terrace. Lord Lons- dale began to make a speech in praise of his wife, stopped, put his, urin around her, gave her a kisa.

Yes, it was a great love story.

Lady Lonsdale would rise, gracefully, raise her glass to him, and say: "The Gentlemen."

The Admiralty has approved

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In Parliament Mr Herbert Morri-scheme proposed by the Merchant legislation to operate big regional vision of emergency rescue kits for son, Home Secretary, said that in new Navy Comforts Service for the pro- schemes the powers of the normal torpedoed merchant seamen rescued local authorities would vanish.

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George Medal for Pilot's Blazing 'Plane Rescues

The George Medal has been' awarded to Flying- Officer Digby Vawdre Cartmel Cotes-Preedy, who, al- though injured and burned when his 'plane crashed, went back to the blazing machine to save the air gunner after saving the observer,

Other awards of the George

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try, announced in a supplemen- tary London Gazette, have been made to Flying-Ofcer Richard Garwood Robinson, RA.F.V.R., Cpl. John Taylor, and Ldg. Aircraftmian George Arthur Hutchinson,

When Flg. Of. Cotes-Preedy's

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machine burst into flames, he forced Grent bravery in several London his way out of the blazing wreckageralds stands to the credit of Thomas to find the observer nung out and Charles Graves, a 36-year-old AFS. lying in burning petrol.

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He dragged him clear, rolled him) He has been bombed out of his fire In the grass to extinguish his burn-station four times-and twice out of ing clothing and returned to the his home, aircraft to search for the gunner,

Finding the gunner's escape hatch jammed, he ripped the side of the fuselage and dragged the gunner out by his head.

Judge's Nephew

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Recently at Middlesex Sessions, he was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour for robbery.

Your good work as an auxiliary Aremon," said Mr J. H. Thorpe, K.C., the vice-chairman, "does not justify you in going out into the suburbs committing

felonies."

Flyg. Omr. Cotes-Preedy is

With Graves in the dock was John nephew of Judge Cotes-Preedy. His engagement to Miss Margaret Joan layer, who was sentenced to three George French, a 20-year-old brick- Dennis, of Cheltendam, who works years' penal servitude. He had 21 in a Government department, was announced recently. He met her at previous convictions, a dance at a hospital where he was recovering from burns.

Suburban Thieves According to Mr Laurence Vine,

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Taylor defied exploding petrol, oli suburban sneak thieves who set out Omr. Robinson and Cpl. who prosecuted, the two men werd tanks and verey lights to drag an on a joint plundering expedition. airman from a burning plane. Cpl. Unfortunately for them, P. Taylor, who ran to the rescue from Tyler happened to be in plain a football match, was clad only in clothes in Enling, and. saw Graves, football kit.

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RA.F. station, helped several peopley hatched their plots in a Hong Kong Depot,

Ldg. Aircraftman Hutchinson, dur- the same street and questioned them. ing u Bre in a top-storey room at an A woman's handbung was found in a to safety and then went back cue a dazed and badly burned or Gerrard-street club and left the Gloucester Bldg, 2nd Flr, Tel. 20038 man who, with his clothing on fire, West End by tube to "work" zubur- that time the room was a mass of was clinging to a window-ledge. By flames and the building in danger of collapsing.

Other Awards

Five other RAF men have been awarded-the-British Empire Medal for acts of gallantry. They are Fit. Sergt. A. S. J. Curtis, Cpl. Walter Hogg, R.A.F.V.R., Ldg. Aircraftman (now Cpl.) C. Gill and F. Hindley. Fil. Sergt. Curtis and Cpl. Hogg re- moved the bodles of airmen from a blazing lorry after one of a load of bombs had exploded.

Ldg. Aircraftmon Kiss and Air- craftmen Gill' and Hindley saved the pllot of a training plano who was pinned under the burning wreckage of his machine,

Australia's Export Trade Hit By War

Australia's export trade is re- ported dropping, thus creating new. economie problems. Although that country's economy so far has with- stood the impact of war with littlo obvious dislocation, Influences now at work are observed as expected to create formidable problems of ad- justment as losses of overseas mar- kets and inability to export normal surpluses through lack of shipping are more severely felt,

It is reported that there has nl- ready been an appreciable drift from i the country to the ellies by farmers and rural workers. Secondary in- dustry, stimulated by war needs, ex- panda apace and its growth into many acids,

especially since the 1031-1032 depression, strongiliena the country to withstand the challenge of war and the financial burdens of as- sisting hard-hit primary producers. It is pointed out that should British purchases be reduced generally, Aus- tralia may find that external revenue from all products except wool and

will fall

gold, Win10 Sold To Britain

Whether shipped or stored, all wool produced-has been sold to Britain for the duration of the war but few it any other products were sold on this basis; most were the subjects of yearly contracts, deliveries being contingent on the shipping position. Even Industrial raw materials have been included in the list of products whose entry into Australia is now restricted. These restrictions apply only to non-sterling countries, dus- oline is understood being further rationed: nowsprint is likely to suffer | more drastic cute.

The department of supply of Aus- tralia has compiled a list of Imports which can be justified ns essential to the war effort and which gives a total of £33'million, but actual imports in 1038-30 were valued at only £18 million.

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Al Last!

Your eyes may question, but your heart must believe! Young lovers watched over by the spirits of three lovable old men who, in life, bad brought the boy and girl to- gether!...Strange. Beauti ful... Dramatic. Entrancing!

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