... King and President Make History The Meeting of the King and Queen and Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt at the Union Station, Washington Well, at last I greet you. How are you? I am glad to see you. With these few simple, homely words President Franklin Roosevelt, leader of the great American democracy, welcomed King George VI and his Queen to the Federal capital of Washington, ana then ensued what ...

... THE MADRILENOS RETURN Above A soldier who had fought for Franco arrives in Madrid after being demobilised and prepares to pick up the threads of life anew. Right Household furniture, which had been taken from the capital during the civilian evacuation instituted by the Miaja regime, being brought back in a farm cart. Every day scenes such as this are being witnessed in Madrid and slowly but ...

... Quebec's Acclaim VIVE LE ROM: French Canadians acclaiming the King and Queen as they drove through the picturesque streets of Quebec-- sometimes known as the capital of New France-- where they received an ovation that far exceeded all expectations. For more than a century and a half the province was under French dominion THE OFFICIAL WELCOME TO CANADIAN SOIL: The King and Queen standing ...

... Ottawa The Capital City: Where the King Celebrated His Birthday and Unveiled the National War Memorial Wiile the reception accorded the King and Queen in their Canadian capital of Ottawa was marked by tumultuous enthusiasm and sincerity, perhaps the chief impression left by their visit was one of wonder that Ottawa could reproduce with such exactitude in her own streets the pageantry that is ...

... FROM THE GREAT LAKES. ACROSS THE Pa MRIES, TO THE WESTERN GATE OF EMPIRE Varied Aspects of the First- Half of the Royal Journey CONTRAST IN THE GREAT LAKE REGION The King and Queen In conversation with Red Indians, who for the occasion donned their traditional finery, at a halting place en route between Sudbury, Ontario, and the twin cities of Port Arthur and Fort William on Lake Superior. ...

... The King and Queen Sit Enthronei in Canada's Parliament |N the annals of the British Commonwealth of Nations no reigning sovereign had ever attended a Dominion Parliament before King George VI, accompanied by his Queen, visited the Senate of the Canadian Federal Parliament at Ottawa where, on May 19, he delivered a speech from the throne and gave the Royal Assent to a number of Bills. It was a ...

... uc>ndon Newsletter 32-34 St. Bride Street, B.C. 4 Wednesday, June 7, 1939. HOMEWARD BOUND.-- Their Majesties are homeward bound. In a fortnight we shall welcome them back to London. The heaviest part of their programme-- long days and nights in the Royal train-- is behind them. The dust of the prairie, the first tremendous impressions of the Rockies, the enchanting descent into the greenery of ...

... NINETY-NINE MEN PERISH IN THE SUBMARINE THETIS After Vain Attempts to Refloat the Vessel in Liverpool Bay The Worst Disaster of Its Kind on Record Four Use the Davis Escape LATE LAST SATURDAY EVENING this Admiralty deep-sea dive wer: I down to the sunken submarine Thetis, but, so swift was the c urrent j he was often unable to keep his feet and it then became a oarer: I that there was little ...

... THE KING AND QUEEN AT CALGARY: Their Majesties in conversation with Blackfoot Indians during their visit to this great city of the prairies on their west-bound trip across Canada. Up to now the tour has been a veritable triumph and The Sphere is planning to record it in detail in a special issue which will be published on June 24, immediately after Their Majesties' return A SIGNIFICANT ...

... LATVIA ACCLAIMS ULMANIS And France Once Again Commemorates Her National Heroine LETIS GO GAY: To mark the firth anniversary of Latvia s authoritarian regime under Karlis Ulmanis there were big celebrations throughout the Republic and in Riga many citizens donned national costume. A party of them is seen (above) walking past the Liberty Statue. Right A section of the cheering throng of ...

... Strong Meat From Wales Rhondda Roundabout, a Brilliant Cross-section of Life in a Mining Valley Welsh Amateurs Lend Local Colour to a Brilliant First Play By Philip Page IF Welsh mining villages are as interesting as the plays written about them I must spend my next holiday making a tour of such places. Since the doubt is considerable, it would probably, on second thoughts, be wiser to make ...

... I BEST SELLERS Just Printed but they are the big Successes of the Mid-Season Collections T7EW things are more shattering than mistakes in prints. This summer choose well-defined patterns, clear and bright, or small and neatly formalised. Among the best of the bunch are lilac prints for garden party and evening dresses, lace patterned prints for day frocks, hot-looking flower prints closely ...