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A8 *» K BOOK SALEINU.S. WORRIES WINDSOR Inquires About Reception of “Coronation Commen- tary” in This Country. B» the Associatea Press. ST. WOLFGANG, April 29.—The Duke of Windsor showed displeasure last night when told that sales of “Coronation Commentary,” the book dealing with his brief reign and abdi- cation as Edward VIII, were mounting in the United States. The former King of England has expressed keen interest in the Ameri- can circulation of the book, on ac- count of which his London solicitors yesterday filed an action for alleged libel damages and an injunction against the author, Geoffrey Dennis, and the publisher, William Heine- mann. Requests Inquiries. Twice the duke has told a member of his staff to make inquiries of Americans here about the book, espe- cially as to whether it had been with- drawn from circulation in the United States as it has been in Great Britain. He also has telephoned frequently about the matter to his London so- licitors. Close associates, however, said they did not know whether he plans any further action. That, they indicated, would be largely up to his legal rep- resentatives, When the former King was told THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, Striking new portraits of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. on for the marriage of Mrs. Simpson and the Duke of Windsor. ing with the crowning of his successor, George VI. A‘PRIL 29, 19317, A Southampton newspaper reported that May 12, the date of the British coronation, had been decided Friends of the former King Edward, however, denied the wedding would occur on a date conflict- can dispose of it as he sees fit— “hock” it in a pawnshop if he wants to. Ordinarily, of course, it will be kept as a precious memento of the occasion. Notable among coronation regalia are the armillae, or bracelets. They weigh 7 ounces and are decorated with three rubies and seven pearls. ‘Their antiquity is in question. Those now in use first appear at the coro- nation of Willlam and Mary. In accounts of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth it is stated that “two gar- ters” were placed upon her arms. They probably were bracelets. The great golden spurs, symbolic of chivalry, are known to have been used at the coronation of Richard the Lion Hearted. They have no rowels but end in ornamental points. Those now in use were made for Charles the Second. The originals were melted up for old metal at the time of the Commonwealth. RECORD IS PRAISED TO CANADIAN PRESS News Gatherers Have Performed Great Public Service, Preston Says. PEIPING POLICE HUNT 312 NARCOTIC ADDICTS Drug Users Escape When Fire De- stroys Temple Where They Were Being Treated. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, April 29.—Police combed the city today for 312 nar- cotic addicts who escaped when fire destroyed & temple where they had been under enforced treatment. Twenty others were wounded by polic> guns and 396 were otherwise captured. The burned structure, known as “the Temple of Ten Thousand Lone gevities” and “the Temple of Myriad Ages,” was built in 1577. It was lo- cated on a bheuk of Kublai Khan's ancient canal and was familiar to thousands of American tourists. OLD GOLD AND SILVER will bring you TORONTO, Ontario, April 29 (Cana- | dian Press) —President W. B. Preston of the Canadian Press told the annual | meeting of the organization yesterday | that news gatherers in the past year had “performed a great public service.” Preston, publisher of the Brantford Expositor, said: “European complications pre-empted the front pages of the newspapers and there were many times since we last | YEABH AT, YOUVE HAD THAT ITCHING from him when he was captured by | brought theym in the ryghte waye his successor on the throne, Henry | agayne. And he was gladde to here the Fourth. theym talke of the welfare and Used First for Henry. holynesse of theyre kynge Saint Ed- Actually the sacmed relic was first | ward. And whaun he sholde depart | used at the coronation of this same | fro theym, thenne he tolde theym Henry. The legitimacy of his claim | what he was and sayd: “I am Johan to the throne of England was very | the Evangelyst; and saye ye unto shaky. He sought all means, natural | Edward your Kyng that I grete him hym agayne’ And whan he had delyvered to theym the rynge he departed fro theym soddenly.” Ring Delivered to King. The ring was delivered to the King and for a long time was kept in his| “Demand from the newspapers for | shrine in Westminster Abbey. It | tne Jatest information has seldom been | was supposed to have the power of | more intense and the responsibilities “Coronation Commentaries” had been withdrawn in England, he exclaimed: “Good! It's about time.” His attitude was said to be that he does not object to the references to himself—the book accused him of *muddling, fuddling and meddling"— #0 much as to those to Mrs. Wallis met when another world conflagration | seemed practically unavoidable. The threat of war almost continuously upon us brought the nations to the very brink of another struggle. LONG ENOUGH You've itched and scratched and suffered, but you haven't used Poslam. Use it tonight and get your first real relief from the itching and burning of Coronation Regalia Gem-Studded Trappings Are Steeped ivn Rich English Tradition. | curing certain diseases. Warfleld Simpson, his flancee. A person close to the Duke denied reports he is writing his memoirs to Banswer such attacks. Divorce Decree Monday. Mrs. Simpson’s divorce decree mnisi from Ernest Alfrich Simpson will be | be made absolute Monday, a day earlier than had been expected Then she will be free to wed Wind- sor, perhaps as a June bride. It was learned today the applica- tion for the final decree will be heard Monday before Mr. Justice Bucknill. ROBERT N. SWOPE HEADS ROTARIANS Succeeds Rev. Charles T. Warner. Albert F. E. Horn Is Chosen Vice President. ‘The Weashington Rotary Club today had a new leader, Robert N. Swope, president o fthe Southern Oxygen Co., who had served as vice president dur- ing the last year. He was elected president last night at the annual meeting of the club. . Swope succeeds Rev. Charles T. Warner, rector of St. Alban’s Church. The new president has been a member of the club since 1927 and has served as a direc- tor and as chair- man of the Club Service, Program and Aims and Objects Commit- tees Albert F. E, Horn, manager of the Washington office of the General Electric Co., was named vice president. Clayton Ammann, Leo C. May and Al- bert Ney were elected directors. ; Horn also has been & member since 1927 and had served two years as sec- ftetary, three years as director and as ¢hairman of several committees. Robert N. Swope. — * POLICE HEAD TO QUIT MEXICO CITY, April 29 (#).—Gen. Vicente Gonzales, inspector general of the federal district police, offered his resignation to President Lazaro Cardenas last night, asking a successor be named pending investigation of at- tacks on his department by the news- paper Excelsior. The general said the newspaper's charges of graft, including -sale of Ppolice posts, were “surely inspired by interested elements.” The newspaper sald it would disavow any intention to attack the police head personally. Anti-Jew Riots in Warsaw. WARSAW, Poland, April 29 (P)— A wave of anti-Semitic feeling flared yesterday into riots between students and the Academnies of Commerce and Agriculture were closed indefi- (This is the fifth of a series of articles on symbolism and sidelights of the coronation ceremony.) I crowns, epitomizes the his- | tory and legendry of Great Britain. Quite aside from their symbolic significance, some of them may actu- ally date from the reign of Edward the Confessor, and all are of con- | siderable antiquity. Notable among them is the royal scepter, or scepter with the cross, with its shaft deco- | rated with rubies, emeralds and dia- | monds. Ay the top is a magnificent | amethyst surrounded with diamonds. | The amethyst is reputed to have been | one of the gems of the canonized | King. It is a symbol of the KAng's powers. | Its companion piece is the scepter | with the dove, symbolic of his good | will and mercy. The hilt is garnished | with a circle of diamonds. At the top is & mound surmounted by a cross, | upon which is a white dove with out- spread wings. The mound is sur-| rounded with a circle of diamonds. | The Queen's 1wory rod is a staff BY THOMAS R. HENRY. HE regalia used in coronation | ceremonies, in addition to the | |of white ivory three feet long with a staff and a dove at the top. It was made for Mary of Modena, the wife of James the Second. The Queen's| scepter with the oross is of gold | adorned with precious stones. | Before the monarch at his corona- tion is carried St. Edward’s staff, | made of beaten gold, about 4 feet in length, and with a mound and cross at the top. i { Ampulla Most Celebrated. Perhaps the most celebrated of the | royal regalia of Great Britain is the ampulla, or golden eagle, in which | is kept the oil used for anointing the new King. It stands about 9 inches high, weighs approximately.10 gunces, | and the cavity in the body of the bird can contain about 6 ounces of oil. According to the legend, it was given to St. Thomas a Becket by an angel while he was in banishment in France. The saint was praying one night in a church at Lyons when the Virgin Mary appeared to him bearing the eagle and a small vial of stone. She instructed him that when peace was restored in England the oil would confer the greatest blessings upon those monarchs anoint- ed with it. At the same time she she told him to hide it for safety in a large stone in the church. There it remained until the reign of Ed- ward the Third, when its hiding place was revealed in a vision to an- other holy man, who took it to Eng- land and delivered it to the black prince. He in turn had it placed in a strong chest in the Tower of London, intending it should be used for his own coronation. There, still according to the legend, it was found by the unfortunate Richard the Second. He wished to be anointed with it, but the Arch- bishop of Canterbury refused. Rich- nitely. 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HOTEL MONTCLAIR The Queen’s sceptre with dove (lejt) is of gold, richly jeweled and at the head may be seen the white dove perched on a cross. It was made for the Queen at the coronation of William and Mary. The King’s sceptre with dove (right), also known as the Rod of Equity, is of gold, 3 feet 7 inches in length. —A. P. Photos. ard already had been crowned, he said, and it would be a sacrilege to repeat the sacrament. Then, the story goes on, Richard stole the ampulla with the holy oil and kept it in his pocket for good luck. Such was one of the charges brought against him when he was deposed. It was taken and supernatural, to support it. Lyons had been told by Thomas & | | Becket himself. All the rest the| | King may have made up out of whole | cloth to strengthen his claims. The spoon with which the anoint- | | ment is performed appears to be very !snclenz and may in fact actually date from the days of Edward the Confessor. It has four pearls in| the broadest part of the handle, and | there is an arabesque pattern en- graved upon the bowl. In some way it apparently escaped being melted | down for old silver at the time of | the Commonwealth. It was valued | at 16 shillings in the inventory of the crown jewels made at that time. | | Another miraculous story is al-‘ | tached to the coronation ring with | | which the new King is “wedded to {h)s people.” As recounted in the Golden Legend: “A certaine fayre |old man having asked alms of St. Edward the Confessor he had noth- | ing to bestow upon him but the | ring. Shortly afterwards two Eng- lish pilgrims lost their way in the | Holy Land, when there came to them | a fayre ancient man wyth whyte heer for age. Thenne the olde man axed | them what they were and of what regyon. And they anserde that they | | were pylgrims of England and hadde loste their fellyship and way also. “Thenne thys olde man comforted | | theym goodly and brought theym | into a fayre citie: and whaune they | yhad refreshed theym, and rested there alle nyte, on the morne this | fayre olde man went with them and The | well by the token that he gaff me story of the vision in the church lt‘lhys rynge wyth his owne handes, o whych rynge ye shalle delyver The head of sceptre containing the Great Star of Africa, cut from the Cullinan diamond (right) and St. Edward’s staff, left. BIG SAVINGS MAY 7 and 8 ° ONLY $9 .70 ROUND TRIP S, Lowest cost, convenient schedules to the Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester @ Save 2/3 the cost of driving your own car, and avoid traffic and parking worries. Leave almost any time you wish—go and return the same day, saving hotel bills. GREYHOUND TERMINAL 1403 New York Ave. N.W. 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