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Mr. Arthur Sainsbury's: William of Valence

... Mr. Arthur Sainsbury's William of Valence BRED in France by Captain J. D. Cohn, William of Valence is a half-brother to the 2000-Guineas winner, Le Ksar, and to the Cesarewitch winner, Cantatrice II. The winner of four races in France, he was raced in this country for two seasons and won the Chesterfield Cup (£1385), the Rosebery Stakes (£1240), the City and Suburban Handicap (^1788), and ...

Rapier on Racing

... Miss Paget's chance in the Red Cross 'Chase- Irish hopes of Royal Danieli Cheltenham to stage Season's Chief Hurdling Event Australian Champion dead News of Windsor Lad RACING owners who have been counting their blessings one by one are now working them out in decimal points. The loss of a number of days of racing in an ordinary National Hunt Season amounts to very little; but a loss in these ...

Round the Ring: The Astonishing Tarleton--Roderick Getting Fit--Wembley permitted 9,000

... Round the Ring The Astonishing Tarleton Roderick Getting Fit Wembley permitted 9,000 By B. Bennison ERNIE RODERICK, our welter-weight champion, is back in the gymnasium, the better for a rest, much needed, after his defeat by Arthur Danahar. He is helping Nel Tarleton prepare for a fight with Johnny Cusick, of Manchester, holder of the feather weight title, at Liverpool on February I. As an ...

Round the New Shows: The Bare Idea (Comedy, 6.45 and 9.15)

... The Bare Idea (Comedy, 6.45 and 9.15) AS my taxi sped through the inky blackness of a bitterly cold night last week to the Comedy Theatre to see a play about nudism I prayed, for the sake of the cast, that the theatre would be adequately heated. I need not have worried. The heating of the place was quite satisfactory--and that was almost the only thing about the evening which was ...

Gertrude Lawrence Stays in America: Her fourth year away from home finds her the star hit of an ordinary comedy

... Gertrude Lawrence Stays in America Her fourth year away from home finds her the star hit of an ordinary comedy Gertrude Lawrence hasn't been on the London stage since she went across the Atlantic with Coward's symposium of playlets, To-night at 8.30, in October 1936. Mo^t of the intervening time she has been act ing in America in October '37 she started her great run in Susan and God in New ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 165 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The British Ambassador to the United States: The Marquess of Lothian at Home in Washington

... The British Ambassador to the United States The Marquess of Lothian at Home in Washington Philip Henry Kerr, eleventh Marquess of Lothian, became Ambassador in Washington just before war broke out, succeeding Sir Ronald Lindsay, who had held the post for nine years. He received a warm welcome from Americans as a known and understanding friend of their country. In their opinion, according to ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 489 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Photographs 

Animal A.R.P

... Pet Registration by Animal Guards is a Side Line of the National Air Raid Precautions for Animals Committee Registration of domestic animals, illustrated here, is one side of the work of the N.A.R.P.A.C. More important is the organisation of the country into regions and districts under veterinary surgeons who would deal with wounded or terrified animals in the event of air raids. Animal Guards ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 728 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The Light That Failed

... V-^ The Third Film of Kipling's Novel Comes to the Plaza Rudvard Kipling's novel, , has been filmed twice before, but in such early days (1916, 1923) that the new version of it by Paramount is the first one to claim serious attention. Further, Paramount have decided on the unhappy ending which Kipling first wrote but was persuaded by his editor to change, a change upheld by both earlier film ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 388 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The Passing Hour: Wartime Comments and Asides

... The Passing Hour Wartime Comments and Asides A. G. Macdonell THE chief impressions left by the eagerly awaited debate last week on the Hore-Belisha resignation seem to have been admiration for the ex-War Minister's restrained and digni fied statement, a different kind of ad miration for the Prime Minister's deter mined stone-walling, surprise at the Commons' calm acceptance that no explanation ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1802 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Photographs 

Sanity Fare: The Author of Insanity Fair Covers the War Fronts

... Sanity Fare Douglas Reed The Author of Insanity Fair Covers the War Fronts Within Hitler's Walls I HAVE obtained and absorbedly read two German documents. They show how clearly Hitler's enemies in Germany long ago saw what was coming; in contrast to people here, who are even now in the puzzled, curiouser-and-curiouser state of mind about this war. The first document is an order issued in May ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1178 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Photographs 

Personality News Reel

... St. George and the Dragon were the chief guests at the Rainbow League party at the Waldorf Hotel last week. Every year Miss Italia Conti gives this party to the youthful cast, recruited in her school, of Where the Rain bow Ends, now in its 29th winter season at the Holborn Empire. Mr. Roger Quilter, who wrote the music for the piece, received the guests; St. George was sixteen-year-old Jack ...