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Died. Olga Nethersole, 80, British stage star of the turn of the century; in Bournemouth, England. Noted for her siren roles ("the Nethersole kiss"), she was hauled off to a Manhattan court in 1900 (but cleared) for her then shocking Sapho...
Inside Sources. In Bournemouth, England, Bernard Silver, who ran the Silver Burglary Prevention and Security Service of London, was sentenced to 15 months for receiving stolen goods...
...Paris police over I'affaire Mufti, and Britain's Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin was sufficiently disturbed by it to order an investigation of his intelligence service. Mr. Bevin was already disturbed by a howl of anger from the U.S. which followed a remark of his at Bournemouth: that the U.S. wanted the 100,000 Jews in Palestine "because they did not want too many of them in New York...
...plain as Violet Attlee's red straw hat against the brown-&-black background of the Bournemouth Pavilion stage. The 1,179 Labor Party delegates to the 45th annual party conference had gathered last week to ratify policy, not to make...
Died. Sir Ronald Lindsay, 68, moose-tall (6 ft. 3 in.) aloof British Ambassador to the U.S. (1930-1939); of coronary thrombosis; in Bournemouth, England. Forced to call his first press conference when a frustrated U.S. press demanded more news about the impending 1939 visit of the King & Queen, Sir Ronald patiently bore flashbulbs and impertinent questions, disarmed newsmen by saying, "I don't pretend to enjoy this, but shan't we have another...