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...Major Sir Henry O'Neal Dehane Segrave. Last year in his monster car, the Golden Arrow, at Daytona Beach, Fla. he set a new world automobile record of 231.36 m. p. h. In March he was fined ?5 for driving his private car 45 m. p. h. in Hampstead. People smiled at that story. Segrave, who had said he was through with auto racing, seemed to be keeping his word. But Segrave was continuing his service of Speed in boats...
...Leaders. While other British weekenders discussed the situation, made bets, offered advice, the three principals spent their weekend conferring with party colleagues. Stanley Baldwin retired to the prime ministerial estate, "Chequers," in Buckinghamshire. Ramsay MacDonald went to Hampstead. David Lloyd George went to his country place in Surrey, chuckling to newsgatherers...
...Hampstead, Ramsay MacDonald considered himself already in power, spent the weekend picking a tentative Cabinet. Puffing happily on a cigar, his first smoke since he began campaigning early last month, he said: "The results are magnificent, but not surprising. The government has lost the confidence of the country and Labor...
...enjoys crossing the Atlantic in the engine room of a liner. Observed Lord Pentland, democratically: "I found the crew ... a fine lot of men." After lavishing $3.95 upon Manhattan gayeties ($3.85 for a theatre ticket, 10? for subway fare), he returned on the Mauretania to Frognal End, Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, N.W.3., London, England...
Died. Valli Valli (real name Kunst), 45, musical comedy comedienne, wife of Producer Louis Dreyfus; in Hampstead, England, after a long illness. Her last appearance in the U. S. was in "Miss Millions...