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Informer's Tip. All England was alerted in the search for the recovery of the stolen arms. A few hours after the raid, three I.R.A. men were picked up but the truck they were driving contained only a portion of the 80,000 rounds of stolen ammunition. Scotland Yard got its second, break when an informer phoned from a tenement district in north London called the "Irish Channel'' because of the number of Irish immigrants resident there...
...coming-of-age" birthday, the 25th, Britain's Princess Margaret helped out at a church bazaar in Scotland, slipped in the grass and twisted her ankle. But when her birthday dawned, Margaret rose early at Balmoral Castle, got piping greetings from nephew Charles and niece Anne, then with other members of the royal family drove to Sunday services at nearby Crathie Church. The crowd outside toppled part of the churchyard wall in its crush to see her. The princess looked radiant, especially when the Rev. John Lamb, from the pulpit, wished her "the fulfillment of her desires...
Buckingham Palace would say only that the Princess would celebrate her birthday at a quiet royal family picnic beside Scotland's many-turreted Balmoral Castle. "Ruby" (Robina MacDonald, her personal maid) would tiptoe upstairs and waken the Princess with a cup of tea and the first Happy Birthday. Then there would be prayers, a breakfast of grilled herrings, the usual reading of the Sunday papers with her mother, after which the whole family would gather in the green drawing room for the opening of birthday presents, which were arriving by the dozens in sealed red mailbags...
...This is a matter of terrific national importance," said Scotland Yard gravely. "These men are desperate and will fight for their lives in trying to reach Ireland...
...lies in a vivid setting and amusing characters. Her setting in this case-an independent kingdom on an island in the Mediterranean-is as believable and as funny as something invented by the early Evelyn Waugh. Her mixed bag of English people on a conducted tour includes an aging Scotland Yard inspector, a frightened spinster, a fluttery male dressmaker, a seductive female novelist. They can all be remembered for several days after the book is finished-a neat trick for a whodunit...