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...Emperor in Germany, Wilhelm and Hermine have pinned their hopes to the monarchist faction of the German Army. No longer do they hope to get the throne for themselves, but want it for Wilhelm's favorite grandson, Louis Ferdinand, the onetime Detroit Ford worker who married Grand Duchess Kyra of Russia...
...Duchess of Windsor and the Duchess of Kent tied for first place in a Paris dressmakers' poll naming the world's ten "best-dressed" women. Deposed was Mme Anterior Patfno, now No. 3. Newcomers: Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell, No. 4 (see below), Queen Elizabeth, No. 10. Mrs. Harrison Williams, many times tops, dropped to No. 8. Others: Begum Ago Khan, No. 5; Mrs. Gilbert Miller, No. 6; Baroness Eugene de Rothschild, No. 7; Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow...
Slight, brisk, spruce in the uniform of a major general of the British Expeditionary Force, the Duke of Windsor appeared at a London hotel, quickly turned in, leaving a "do not disturb" request at the desk. He was in England "on business." The Duchess of Windsor remained in France...
Died. Prince Christopher of Greece, 51, youngest brother of the late King Constantine, uncle of George II of the Hellenes, uncle of the Duchess of Kent, known to the U. S. for his marriage to wealthy Mrs. William B. Leeds; from a lung abscess; in Athens...
...eastern hookup, audiences heard a newsy newcomer in radio programs-a weekly behind-scenes news and feature "column" entitled Confidentially Yours. In its first network broadcast, Confidentially Yours had a lot to say that was not particularly confidential about the Hore-Belisha bust-up in Britain, about the Duchess of Windsor's untenanted officers' hospital in France. But it did tell audiences, in the area in which most U. S. Jews are concentrated, a likely item of Jewish news: "One of the largest armies in the modern history of the Jewish race is being recruited and trained...