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Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 5

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Evening Standardi
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London, Greater London, England
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5
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EVENING PAGE 8 r-BUT WHERE 4 WERE THE GIRLS? NEEDS PARKS mRWOOCARS Year of grace for drivers is ending Evening Stanford ifetcrlsg Repsrtcr Scotland Yard's traffic expert Sir Alker Tripp Assistant Commissioner will act shortly on his January must warning with special "emphasis on unauthorised parking At the beginning of the year he SATURDAY MA 23 16 hurn CHIEF TO BE BOSS AT HEATHROW i TCBing Standard Air Reporter Mr Roger Ci Pugh 43 manager of Hurn Air oort since it became a civil airfield at the end of 944 Is to be chief of the Loftdon air port Heathrow He is to take over as the "Ministry of Civil Aviation's manager at the world's largest (though not nearly finished airport on Monday in preparation for its daily use by the American air lines' transatlantic services from next Friday Too young for the 1914-18 war Mr Pugh joined the RAF in 1920 and six years later became a Civil Servant at the Air Ministry jAirpbrt built up lie went to the flying-boat base at Poole Harbour Later under his direction Hum airport was built up from a Army Air Force rough base into an international airport handling air liners from all over the world everyday I understand that Mr Pugh will be succeeded at which will continue to be used for a long by Group Captain Cox AFC Other transfers Mr Rilawtln British Overseas Airways' chief at Hum and at Poole has been named as their manager at Heathrow and will take up his duties there at the end ef the month -I understand that BOAC are planning to operate some of their services in ana out of Heathrow by Friday Two other station managers operating companies are also to move front Hum to Heathrow Stockings 4 PAIRS 3d YIThen Joseph Cohen aged 37 of Tiemadoc-road Clap-ham SW was fined 40s at Stratford to-day for causing obstruction at Clements-road -Ilford on Friday by causing-a crowd to assemble it was stated that he was selling silk stockings at four pairs for 3d and was surrounded by women who blocked the pavement The stockings were of good quality The Board of Trade had been approached and had stated that provided coupons were accepted no offence had been committed When searched at Ilford police station Cohen had 314 coupons and 270 pairs of stockings I 100 divorce cases at Assizes More than 100 divorce cases are to be heard at Suffolk Assizes at Bury Si Edmunds They will be heard by a coni missioner because Mr Justice MacNaghten is fully occupied with a big criminal calendar stated that the police anxious to avoid prosecuting appealed to drivers who could not find garages or authorised parking places to choose a spot where they were not seriously in But developments have been reported to the Commissioner and the post-war year of grace is soon to end Metropolitan police with whom the City police- will co-operate -Rothman My sister No words can express Mr James Wilfred Fowler Pembridge-gardens who left £1154 (net personalty £1038) left his property on trust for his sister Charlotte Pitcher from whom he had received so much kindness that no words of mine can adequately express my heartfelt gratitude for her loV and He died aged 87 OUNCE TBE POWERS IN PENAL doctors Eveiing Staidird Reporter Amahifesto sent to more than 40000 doctors to-day urges reforms in the constitution of the General Medical Council 1 The manifesta is in support of seven candidates for election to the GMC nominated by the Medical Practitioners' Union It says "the absolute powers of the GMC are out of keeping with modern It contains five points present procedure in penal cases depending on evidence- is unjust and neec radical alteration The Councils constitution must be altered to include a higher proportion of directly-elected representativies At present only seven out of the 42 on the council are elected There Is a risk thaV the GMC may become- amere department of the Ministry oi Health It must remain independent Right of appeal man should be deprived of his means of livelihood without the fullest right of appeal to the courts The council should be reformed from within It should itself "decide on 'alterations- and make the necessary recommendations to the Government The manifesto is signed by Dr A Clarke vice-chairman of the London Panel Committee Dr William Fraser of Carlisle Dr Hefferman president of the Medical Union of Swansea Dr Outhwaite of Yorkshire- who is also a barrister and Dr Gordon Ward of Seven-oaks Kent The GM election is on Tues day Seven candidates have also been nomin ited by the British Medical Association and there Is one independent Of the seven elected -five will be from England and Wales one from Scotland and one from Ireland ORANGES (Umih) BURIED Kept back 14 days Sunderland fruiterers are pro- testing about the qualityof oranges supplied to them this week and to-day 264 cases were buried in old allotments They held about 130001b of oranges 1 It is stated that the fruit arrived at Newcastle 14 days ago but not issued to Jhe fruiterers until Wednesday 1 -i Mr Ernest Rhys dies Mr Ernest Rhys author and poet and editor of- Everyman's Library died in a nursing home in London to-day after a -long illness He was 87 2 German killed in crash prisoners-of-war were killed and five injured to-day Si vehicle in which ing was in a colli- sion between Burton-on-Trent and Lichfield daughter dies 90 A link with a dukedom extinct since 1889 was broken to-day by the death at Brighton of Lady Caroline Jemima Elizabeth- Texn- Ele Nugent Brydgea Chandos Irenville of Grenville Shckle ford near Godalming ed 90 and unmarried she was the last surviving daughter of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Po8tHate firry years- ago connoisseurs of good smoking were already begin- niiig to send us orders from country houses and fashionable watering places This was tlie origin ofour Mail Order service which is now used by smokers living in all parts of the kingdom Our original Pall Mall shop has also sent out flourish- ing branches in various directions So that in town or remote country- side' Rothman customers are equally well looked after regularly supplied with cigarettes and tobaccos worthy of the Pal) Mall traditions Soon we hope we shall be able to invite new customers to enjoy the advantages of the Service the best known am for tht lives and propirty of breaks out In my home or without obligation a copy tells all about Extinguishers with a re pastor out of fire that ara operate Please cut out and plan that their mobile police shall quickly remove one or the chief causes of rising traffic congestion-obstruction by vehicles standing on through routes Yard officials have found that garages all over London have plenty of room Motorists however cannot be lorccd to park their cars in garages No severe action can be taken until other parking facilities are available In sufficient quantity A recent check by the police showed that (500 cars needed parking space within the area bounded by Oxford-street Pall Mall- Park-lane and Charing Cross-road During my Investigation this week of tne growing frequency of traffic jams it was obvious that thousands of vehicles parked in streets all over London are causing much of the congestion I understand Sir Alker is waiting for the Ministry of Transport to act on the plans now submitted from all the London borough councils for hundreds of car-rks some permanent and some -a win streets not routes (where ipO! Tpe permanent sited in squares vital to through unilateral parking will probably be ordered) and in cui-de-sacs Tem-jorary parks will be scheduled on ilitzed sites Copy Jermyn-street suggests MP Sir Gifford Fox Henley) is to ask Mr Alfred Barnes the Minister of Transport if he will publish a list of the authorised car-parking places in the -West End and the centre of London and also if he will extend the system operating in Jermyn-street of parking on one side only alternating each day stp ttv 50 co post to address below TRANSPORT) LTD ELLXND YORKl Seed for Jllestreted List CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS WC2 Mixed bathing began to-day In the or should have begun Fewer than a dozen men no were open the season there to Woodward (sea lion expert) makes his last wish Tn his will published to-day Mr Joseph George Woodward of St Ramsgate Kent directed that these words be engraved on a memorial tablet at Golders Green Crematorium Joseph Woodward FZS naturalist disco vf rer of the latent equilibrist potters given to the sea lion species The tablet was to be immediately below one- commemorating Wil-helmina Stitch the poet Mr' Woodward who left £17112 (net personalty £7854) bequeathed: One tyiouiand pounds each to the Charing Crbss Hospital St rhomas's Hospital and Westminster Hospital to endow 'beds for use of and variety artists and actors and actresses: Forget-you-not I' One thousand pounds to the Salvation' Army on trust to provide testaments for circus and variety artists actors and actresses those professionals whose strenuous transient lives seriously interfere with Sunday He also left in forget-you-not-ihoughts" large numbers of lega cies to relatives and friends He died in December aged 71 Mr Woodward asked that Ms body be cremated and the smaller part of his ashes scattered over family graves in Ramsgate cemetery and the larger part scattered into the sea from the end of East Pier Ramsgate by daylight at a high tide GIVEN ''HONOUR i OF THE TOWN? Essex Regt feted All Southend turhedi out to-day to greet the county regiment the Essex Units from six battalions each with 'a colour party and detachments from Home Guard took part in a march past on the cliffs Before the march past which was preceded by a drumhead service in Chalkwell Park the Mayor Alderman Johnson had conferred oq behalf of the Corporation the of the upon the regiment This gives the Essex the privilege of marching through the town with drums beating colours flying and oayonefo fixed CROSSWORD ACBOSSw-8 -The right chap to have around if you lose your way? 7 In a way part bt Birmingham 9 Not valley horses? 10 Sue and Sid came out for a change 11 Two articles but not fat 13 Man a vessel for brotherhood 1 Number and tune suitable for animals 2 Grows on rock 3 Respect it and you'll make a mistake (two words) 4 Loan you can hardly go back on? 5 You need no (ears for this crime 7 You welcome him if he comes to stay 8 Put in the lot to finish with 9 Soft sweet and juicy 11 Half 1 Down and naif 2 12 Often followed by FRIDAY'S SOLUTION 4 Gas Pul-lover 7 Eva 8 Preserve 9 Nut -11 tydtdS OF PILL MAIL i '-A tobacconist in the world THE FOURTEEN Four-light Saloon ex-works £698 -MV1S COVENTRY PUTChCSt tOX £194129 itotwfwrtMffrtwST'L responsible mysalf and others when fire premises Please send me of Confidence or Panic -which NU-aWlFT fire fighting units action that takes the fear: non-damaging simple and safe to Th pe bn- type 1 1-X 1 offers r- li mited pro I pacts of -new ca 'UN 1 1 19 -C ''T Bti A NS read this? -v Itlsasampleofstanotyping on the falantype machine the new simple easy to learn method of recording speech at verbatim speed phonetic- on paperWell remuner- -ted carters open for teach-' operators demonstra-tort reporters Which shall he yours Come for demonstration Write to the TRE LONDON SCHOOL v- OF STENOTTPINfll ttf-Ul HIGH HOLIORN WCI i IP 'a- 1 i 1 ill acid-fra FIRS PROTECTION ff EVEAT SHF Of THE SQYAL NAVY NU-SVWFT UNIVERSAL (RAO) FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE MANUFACTURED s-TO SPEtlFICATtON APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE (NOW MINISTRY F- Li ijh OF WAR YHENUSWIfT ENGINEERING CO 5 HI I I BINOCULARS Send for pam phleC You haven't experienced the luxury of the perfect shave unless you've used a Laurel made from finest steel by Sheffielders in the home of the cutting edge Ei JAEJ IS Ei Wait to ML 4 IHUI cvs Post-war models of ROSS KERSHAW BARR STROUD Reconditioned ZEISS IrA SEC Ate 14 Need-less 18 Ore 17 Mash-room 18 Toy 1 Turret 2 Ales' 3 Avert 4 Green 5 Smart' 10 Unstop 11 Ado-PT 12 Enemy 13 B-ecit 15 L-orD Ceed-tempered Sheffield Blade.

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