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Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Ingrid, escorted across the North Sea by three British destroyers, arrived in England for the first state visit by a Danish sovereign since 1914. After a Buckingham Palace banquet and a Guildhall luncheon, King Frederik was host at a Danish embassy party where he calmly broke tradition by smoking during dinner, was calmly imitated by his guest of honor, King George VI. Frederik, proud of his un-kingly tattooed dragons and birds, picked up during his navy days, also had time to phone his "compliments" to an old friend, British Physical Training Instructor...
...season's record, defeated Big Ten champ Bill Buckingham of Michigan State and Frank Altman of Iowa Teachers in the preliminaries. He beat Al Lopez of Illinois in the quarter-finals and Al Vega of Purdue in the semi-finals
...King's tradesmen are represented by the Royal Warrant Holders' Association, which has offices in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, is headed by Sir Frederick Wells, purveyor of disinfectant to the Master of the Household. The association keeps close tabs on all Warrants, takes action against any firm that displays the royal seal without authority. The only U.S. firm with a Royal Warrant is Manhattan Fine Art Dealer Frank Partridge. (Other U.S. names on the Warrant list are British subsidiaries of U.S. companies...
Last week Muir's father, a retired lieutenant colonel and onetime commander of the Argylls (1923-27), went to Buckingham Palace to receive from the King's hand the Victoria Cross for his son's bravery...
...current series started just over three weeks ago and was brought to the attention of state officials after Monday night's Buckingham Street fire. In that short period the Cambridge Fire Department has fought five similar blazes...