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...WHISPERING GALLERY - "An Ex-Diplomat" - Boni & Liveright ($3.00). John Lane, The Bodley Head, Ltd., the London publishers, have withdrawn the book and caused the arrest on a charge of fraud of one Hesketh Pearson who sold them the manuscript and assured them that it is by Sir Rennel Rodd, onetime (1908-1919) British Ambassador to Italy, who has denied writing it. Last week the Manhattan publishers refused to withdraw the U. S. edition which is proving a "best seller...
...noted that the very long list contains such men as Hillaire Belloc, probably the greatest authority on military history in England; Professor Charles Seymour of Yale University, one of the foremost historians of the U. S., H. Pirie Gordon, Foreign Editor of The Times, London; Sir James Ren-nell Rodd, British diplomat of great experience; Andre Tardieu, French statesman of acknowledged gifts...
Commander Read will be accompanied by his famous crew, each of whom is an acknowledged expert in his own particular line of work. Of these, Lieutenants (j.g.) W. K. Hinton and H. C. Rodd and Chief Machinist E. S. Rhodes were members of the original transatlantic crew. Hinton, who pilots the NC-4 has been connected with naval aviation from the beginning. Rodd, the Radio Operator, has served in that branch ever since our entrance into the war. Rhodes gained his position as mechanic on the NC-4 on account of his knowledge of Liberty Motors. The other...
...three other members of the original trans-atlantic crew to be present are: Lieutenants (j.g.) W. K. Hinton and H. C. Rodd, and Chief Machinist E. S. Rhodes. The other guests who are members of the Present crew are: Lieutenants(j. g.) F. D. Halbert and J. B. Anderson, Ensign P. Talbot, Warrant Machinist L. Moore, and Chief Machinist C. I. Kessler. The officers who have been invited from the U. S. S. Isobel are: Commander B. B. Taylor, Lieutenant-Commander G. W. Weichelt and Lieutenant E. H. Geiselman...