Evening star. [volume], May 04, 1937, Page A-5, Image 5

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RULERS REHEARSE
CORONATION RITES
Pay Surprise Visit to West
minster Abbey—Greeted
by Cheering Crowd.
B» the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 4— King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth paid a surprise
visit to Westminster Abbey today to
rehearse their part in the coronation
May 12.
For large crowds outside the Abbey,
the arrival of the royal party was an
unexpected preview of the rites next
Wednesday. The King and Queen ac
knowleged a great cheer, George doff
ing his bowler hat and Elizabeth bow
ing.
They were met by the Duke of Nor
folk who. as earl marshal, is in charge
of the coronation arrangements.
With the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Marquess of Zetland, Viscount
Halifax, Earl Stanhope, the Marquess
of Londonderry, the Duke of Suther
land and Viscount Swinton participat
ing. their majesties rehearsed the pro
cession from the Abbey annex to the
chancel.
Just before their arrival, a heavy
black box. inscribed "Her Majesty the
Queen." was borne into the Abbey.
In contrast to the regal robes they
w-ill wear when they repeat the proces
sional a week from tomorrow, the King
wore a black coat over ordinary civilian
garb and the Queen was dressed simply
in a two-piece suit of pale beige and a
flower-trimed hat to match.
The new sovereign received his baton
as a field marshal today in a colorful
prelude to the May 12 coronation cere
monies.
Seven field marshals in full-dress
Uniform attended the presentation, the
first official ceremonial in which the
King and Queen will figure as part of
the coronation rites.
Sir William Birdwood, substituting
for the ailing Duke of Connaught, pre
sented the inch-thick staff inscribed:
“His Majesty, King George VI. Field
Marshal, 11th December, 1936." the
date of his accession to the throne
after the abdication of Edward VIII.
The elaborately etched baton. 22
Inches long, is covered with red velvet
embroidered with eight rings of gold
lions. It is crowned with a chased
gold mount with a wreath of rose,
shamrock and thistle and figures of
St. George and the dragon.
Queen Elizabeth. Queen Mother
Mary and the Princesses Elizabeth and
Margaret Rose joined the sovereign
later when he presented colors to the
King's company of the Grenadier
Guards, a pre-coronation ceremony
performed by every British monarch
since Charles II.
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Judiciary
(Continued From First Page.)
votes are to be taken on the bill or
amendments until May 18. There
seems no prospect, Senator McGill
said, that any vote will be taken be
fore May 18. The Kansas Senator
was asked if his proposed amendment
meant that he was opposed to the
President's program for the appoint
ment of six new justices.
“I have no comment to make on
that at this time,” said Senator Mc
Gill. He pointed out, however, that
in his judgment when Congress passed
recently the bill providing for the vol
untary retirement of justices of the
Supreme Court 70 years of age and
over it had virtually agreed that the
President should have the right to
name six members of the Supreme
Court. He argued that this was so
because there are now six members
of the Supreme Court who are over
th'' retirment age.
Senator McGill and other members
of the committee, including Chairman
Ashurst, were inclined to discount the
constitutional question raised by Rep
resentative Pettengill of Indiana
against President Roosevelt’s court
program.
Pettengill. speaking in the House
yesterday, insisted that the President’s
bill delegated to individual members
of the Supreme Court the power to fix
the size of the Supreme Court. Any
Justice 70 years old could by retiring
or remaining on the bench maintain
the existing size of the court or in
crease it by one.
The Indiana Representative in
sisted that Congress had no right to
delegate such powers and that if they
were exercised, the constitutionality
of the act would eventually be chal
lenged.
Senator McGill said he believed
there was nothing unconstitutional in
the flexible plan for the court either
in the President's bill or in his own
amendment. Senator Ashurst said
he had no fears whatever of the ques
tion raised by Pettengill.
The unusual procedure suggested
by Senator Logan" of Kentucky for
action in the committee on the Presi
dent's court bill is still under consider
ation. Logan has proposed that when
the time comes to vote the commit
tee shall first vote on the bill in its
original form as sent to Congress by
the President. After that the com
mittee would then vote on amend
ments. This is putting the cart be
fore the horse. However, some of
the Senators are favorably inclined
toward the proposal. Senator Austin
of Vermont was one of those who
said today he thought the plan a good
one. He is an opponent of the Pres
ident’s bill.
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Windsor
(Continued From First Page.)
outside the gates, with waiting news
papermen, to see the duke.
Wearing sabots, the peasants climbed
from bicycles and chatted with the
gendarmes. Then they whiled away
the time munching chocolate and
bread and sipping from flagons of
white wine.
A truck loaded with live pigs paused
for a moment in the road and the
grisled driver gazed with mild curios
ity at the crowd. An Englishwoman,
on a tour from London, outdid the
newspaper photographers in taking
pictures of everything in sight.
As the duke's car passed, every
English newspaperman removed his
hat.
Edward wore a black overcoat, but
no hat. He leaned forward, smiling,
and waved to the newspapermen.
With Edward when he reached the
chateau was a mysterious steel box,
believed to contain jewelry. There
was a box of edelweiss, the white
flower that grows on the lonely Alpine
crags that the auke has climbed in
this 22 weeks of self-exile; and—like
wise for Mrs. Simpson—a colorful
dirndl, the Austrian peasant woman's
garb.
May Reveal Plans Soon.
Members of Edward's entourage, a
short time after his arrival, disclosed
the duke was in favor of an early
announcement of the marriage plans.
That announcement, it was indi
cated. might be forthcoming as soon
as Edward and his fiancee have had
time to discuss the arrangements.
Rumors flew thick and fast that tha
couple might again confound the
world by marrying tomorrow. How
ever. both the Mayor of Tours and the
Mayor of Monts said they had not
been approached to perform the cere
mony.
Even before he came Herman L.
Rogers, Mrs. Simpson's spokesman,
received newspaper men on the cha
teau lawn and issued this statement:
“The Duke of Windsor will arrive
at Cande today about lunch time.
“His royal highness will come
directly to the chateau. He will be a
guest of Mrs. Charles E. Bedaux for
at least several days.
"Some time after the arrival of the
Duke of Windsor an announcement
will be made anent plans which are
still to be discussed."
To Discuss Marriage.
The plans “still to be discussed"
were understood to be arrangements
for the marriage.
An absolute decree of divorce for
Mrs. Simpson against Ernest Aldrich
Simpson, a London ships' broker,
opened the way yesterday to her third
marital venture.
Edward was whisked away from
Verneuil by automobile at about 9:30
a.m. (3:30 a.m., Eastern standard
time), w'hen the Arlberg express car
rying him from Austria ground to a
special stop to permit a speedier trip
to Monts. He thus avoided Paris.
A police escort of six motor cycle
officers preceded his and two other
automobiles as they sped into Tou
raine Province, where stands many a
relic of Prance’s old royal glory.
The duke, on the train a little ear
lier, had perused over his breakfast
coffee an English magazine featuring
a story on his brother’s coronation.
It had been bought especially for
him when the train entered Prance
after an all-night journey across
European frontiers.
Dog Has Train Sickness.
Edward's terrier, Snooky, recovered
from train sickness that kept his mas
ter from getting very much sleep,
rode in the car with the former mon
arch. The duke had washed and
| combed the animal on the train be
fore reaching Vemeuil.
The arrival at Verneuil was wit
nessed by about two-score of the vil
lage’s 744 inhabitants, who ranged in
a semi-circle about the station plat
form in the few minutes between ar
rival and departure.
Edward greeted the chauffeur of the
car Mrs. Simpson had sent with a
hearty handshake. One closed car
and a light truck had come from the
chateau. The second limousine con
tained British Embassy officials. A
third, lighter car, was provided by po
lice for the duke's adjutant and but
ler.
Passengers on the Paris-bound train
reported they heard the duke tell an
Austrian detective who left him at the
| Swiss border, "See you again in about
j two months.’’
Travels in Ordinary Sleeper.
The erstwhile monarch spent the
night in an ordinary sleeper, sharing
his compartment with his equerry,
after changing from a special car be
fore the train left Austria last night.
The click-clack of the train’s wheels
ticked off the miles of his hurried
journey as a refrain to his happy
shouts of "We are free! We are free!”—
his outburst at St. Wolfgang yester
day when he received word of Mrs.
Simpson’s absolute decree.
A companion of the former King
when he received the news from Lon
don, told of his jubilant cries and of
the immediate question: "When’s the
next train for Paris?”
Mrs. Simpson’s telephoned plea
that he fly to her at Chateau de
Cande, it was reported, brought a
quick amendment to the duke's plan
to defer the reunion unti. after the
crown Edward might have worn is
placed on the head of his brother.
"Family reasons” were given as the
cause of the former intention.
These reports said Mrs. Simpson,
tired of six months of seclusion on
the Riviera and here, had pressed him
to come to her as soon as the King’s
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proctor no longer could raise Edward's
association with her as a bar to her
divorce.
The possibility that the duke's stay
at Chateau de Cande would be short
found favor in view of advices that
he had left most of his baggage at
Vienna.
A member of the duke's curtailed
staff disclosed the former monarch
was considering writing a book to cor
rect what he said were erroneous re
ports concerning the abdication.
Edward kept only two men—his but
ler and his detective-bodyguard—dis
missing the others with letters of
thanks, after the tumultous St. Wolf
gang farewell.
The duke wished newspaper men
"pleasant dreams" and retired at 2
a.m. after tending his pet terrier for
train sickness and reading a chapter
of a German book, "Happiness m the
Forties.”
The party awaiting the arrival in
cluded Mrs. Bedaux, the hostess, and
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Simpson’s
former hosts at Cannes.
LIBEL ACTION PUSHED.
Windsor1* Application for Injunction
Heard In London.
LONDON, May 4 (/PI.—The Duke of
Windsor's application for an injunction
in connection with his libel suit against
Geoffrey Dennis, author, and William
Heinnemann, Ltd., publisher, of
"Coronation Commentary" was heard
today in chambers.
No result was announced. Sioce the
hearing was in secret it would be a
violation of Fnglish law to publish the
decision even if it were known.
The duke has sued for libel, de
manding damages, and has sought an
injunction restraining circulation of
the book, published last month.
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Economy
(Continued From First Page.)
curred early this year. Whittington
said:
“If we don't get a change In the
situation, there will be no legislation
this Congress—and that area is where
the big loss occurred.”
Whittington said the President wrote
him "That no serious delay can come
If the present session of the Congress
appropriates funds to undertake and
continue some of the projects already
authorized by previous Congresses for
the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers."
Mr. Roosevelt asked that the amount
of money to be spent be considered
"in the light of the budgetary neces
sities of the Government."
Some members piedicted the Presi
dent might discuss in a message to
Congress a national system of flood
control, power, navigation and land
conservation, possibly based on the
Tennessee Valley Authority idea.
Reductions Seen Unnecessary.
Meanwhile Senator Vandenberg, Re
publican, of Michigan, said he believed
Government economies could be ef
fected without reducing the pay scale
of employes in “standard branches” of
the Government.
His statement was part of a letter
to H. Glenn Giddings, secretary of the
National Association of Letter Car
riers, Branch No. 1, Detroit.
A report that the Budget Bureau
hat. rejected the Army's big housing
program was followed quickly by
the announcement of Representative
Havenner, progressive, of California,
that he would ask $4,008,000 to carry
out one of the rejected items for San
Francisco.
Almost simultaneously. Secretary
Swanson asked appropriation of $18,
986,000 for construction of naval
buildings and other projects.
Ask* $300,000,000 for Works.
While Representative Woodrum,
Democrat, of Virginia, predicted re
lief funds would be cut to a flat bil
lion dollars next year—$500,000,000
less than Mr. Roosevelt suggested—
Representative Beiter, Democrat, of
New York, asked that $300,000,000 of
the allotment be devoted to public
works projects.
Beiter, spokesman for a "public
works bloc,” told reporters 227 Rep
resentatives were supporting the con
tention that municipal public works,
aided by Federal funds, still are
needed.
Congressional leaders said mean
while they would await President
Roosevelt's return before deciding how
much of the farm program will be
shelved by economy demands.
Although the Chief Executive, Sec
retary Wallace and assistants have
outlined a broad program designed to
promote greater stability and security
on the Nation’s farms, none of the
major proposals has been enacted.
Pending word from the White House,
the House Agriculture Committee has
delayed consideration of the $100,000,
000 crop insurance bill passed by the
Senate. Both Houses have yet. to
act on farm tenancy aids.
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and judges are considering the es
says of the winners in the local high
schools, it was announced today.
Local winners are Miss Gertrude
Lee Crockett of Armstrong, Ridge
way Marshall of Cardozo and Walter
T. Foreman of Dunbar. They will
each receive a medal for the best
essay in their respective schools.
Judging the essays to pick the Dis
trict winner, who will be entered in
I the national finals are Prof. Benjamin
■ Brawley, Dr. Alethea Washington and
! Prof. Jason C. Grant. The District
[ winner will be announced during this
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