Word: prajadhipok
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Though Siamese scrapped the divine rights of their smart little King Prajadhipok last year he managed to keep his throne, popped out of the revolution a constitutional monarch (TIME, July 4, 1932). Last week His Majesty and curvesome Queen Rambai Barni startled Bangkok. Despite bickering in the Siamese Army which led to the sudden resignation of four high officers. Their Majesties announced serenely that next January they will leave Siam on a leisurely second visit...
Another cataract must be lifted from the royal eyes. Siamese surgeons again shirk the job. Presumably it will be done by famed Manhattan ophthalmologist Dr. John Martin Wheeler who operated successfully on King Prajadhipok...
Siamese courtiers swear that King Prajadhipok. when consulted by his puzzled treasurer, ordered promptly sent to modest Dr. Wheeler a check for $250,000-which to Siamese meant the staggering sum of 587,000 bahts...
...John Martin Wheeler, Manhattan eye specialist who operated on King Prajadhipok of Siam Sc.D...
...soon found his Princeton charge a bit of a problem. So did Princeton officials, who obviously could not crudely oust an H. R. H. Last year the Legation heard to its dismay that Boxer Prince Prasob, 18, was planning to marry a Manhattan dance hall hostess. From Siam King Prajadhipok squelched the notion (TIME, June...