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a ii gin tn "-1 rtiUiAr -i 41 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER ot i i PAGE EVENING STANDARD I CRIPPS the I THE LONDONER i ii v-f i' jORD MILFORD HAVEN tells me he is going 'to Lord Ha re wedding to Miss Marion Stein to-morrow at- St Mark's North Audley Street So far his fiancee Mrs Romaine Simpson has not been invited was no reason why she should have been invited says Lord Milford Haven Now the engagement has been announced it is possible Mrs Simpson may receive an invitation The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will not be at wedding 1 understand they -have not been asked -They are cruising in the Mediterranean SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS has at last Riven his reasons (or opposing the free pound He stated yesterday that if the pound were Yet free the rate of exchange would be subject to fluctuation based on speculation And speculation he indicated was the worst evil that could be imagined in a planned economy But the Chancellor is himself the very Longlegs of speculation When he devalued the pound he created the biggest speculative market since before the war The day after his broadcast Throgmorton Street was thronged with dealers specu- la ting in gold shares Prices of gold shares leaped by £150 million in one day parotitis is comparatively rare- She contracted the complaint soon after flying to estate in Kenya in December 1947 She spent weeks in a nursing home Lady Delamere is 42- Her husband is in Kenya Willink (chairman of the inquiry) Sir Eric Mieville and Colonel Evan Hunter Does their Dublin experience mean they will recommend betting shops for England? That would be a premature conclusion Portal joins Fords 13LUM directorship falls to Lord Portal of Hungerford war-time Chief of the Air Staff At 56 he has joined the board of the Ford Motor Company The latest report records that seven directors of shared £64000 in fees and emoluments Lord Portal is already a director of Barclay's Bank and of the Commercial Union Assurance Pension and director's fees must put him well into the five-figure income class a rep reel alw acti 1 rep und cou mig too eve pay a i -i 1 I i i rr i y( if -d IV Mi it i tf i II si ts -r she is an onlooker There is i ruling that married couple may not sit together on the same bench Twice a month he comes to London for meetings of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of which he is chaiiv man Incidental intelligence EVALUATION was such i shock co the British wt hear that thousands of thox1 free wigs turned white over-' Jveto York Sun 100 years ago From the Evening Standari' September 28 1849 A SINGULAR acciden: occurred at Chichester Tuesday to Sir James op i young officer of the Coldstream Guards stationed at the barrack" in that town He was riding i spirited horse when the animal ran away Keeping nearly straight as on he dashed up two steps into the side entrance of Mr Jams Farr's house the door of which was open as was also a middle door at the foot of the staircase1 leading to Miss rooms The horse fell wedged in the passage while the rider was thrown half-way up the stairs much to the consternation1 of those busily employed plying the needle EATRE AND ESTAURANT FNONC MROII If -the pound had been free there would not have been such scenes of violent speculation because the gold dealers could not have relied on the act of devaluation to give them the prospects of profits amounting to as much as 30 per cent The Chancellor's words can scarcely be taken seriously His deeds are more important Devaluation should be only the first step in a series of decisions which should be taken by the Government if full advantage is to be reaped of the increased competitive power of British products in foreign markets From now on Government policy should be inspired by the twin aims of helping industry to keep trices down and encouraging higher and more efficient production It appears that neither of these aims will be achieved Far from increasing incentives the added impost on distributed taxes combined with the limitation of dividends goes far to prevent the development of industry which Sir Stafford desires Lower taxi vital And what is he doing to reduce Government expenditure? The Prime Minister has already initiated a review of administrative expenditure but that will yield only a limited saving perhaps £50 million at the outside Since no one is prepared to cut down on money allocated to defence and Mr Bevan refuses to allow any pruning of the Health Service this sum apparently represents the maximum saving which the Government' hope to accrue It is nothing like enough for the rising cost of the social services if they are continued on the present scale will absorb it completely and nothing will be left for the reduction of taxation Yet lower taxes are vitally necessary both to prevent freh wage demands and to increase the rewards for business en tor prise The task of the Chancellor is traditionally to keep expenditure down He should be the woodman of the Government pruning chopping axing waste and extravagance wherever he finds it But Sir Stafford is the biggest spender of money this country has ever known in peace-time Government expenditure has tripled since before the war and is now running at over £300M million What difference will a paltry saving of £50 million make to that? Sir Stafford should revert to the traditional pattern of a Chancellor If he succeeds in cutting down expenditure- the act of devaluation may still set Britain on the path to recovery But if he continues to spend money on the present lavish scale his policy can orly lead to ruin Caruso sang bass fjARUSO once sang both tenor and bass in the same performance of La Boheme The bass lost his voice during the last act the great tenor went on for him and sang The Coat Song Afterwards for fun Caruso made a private recording of the song Six copies were made The only one left has just been bought by Mr Wally Butterworth a New York collector 54 years a jP CJIR GODFREY BARING at 78 king of set up a record by being elected chairman of Isle of Wight County Council 51 times Another distinction he is Southampton County Bench's most senior magistrate he took his oaths 54 years ago Lady Baring is a magistrate too She always accompanies Sir Godfrey to the courts at Ryde and Newport But usually The King told I asked Lord Milford Haven whether he had obtained the permission for his marriage He said Naturally 1 wrote to the King before announcing our engagement to-day It was a matter of courtesy The Marriage Act was designed really for direct descendants and I am so remote it doesn't really apply He is greatgreat-grandson of Queen Victoria will be no such announcement of the King's approval as has preceded the Harewood wedding" says Lord Milford Haven Lord Milford Haven will be married in Washington in November His future mother-in-law lives near the British Embassy Lord Milford mother will attend the wedding but his cousin Prince Philfp will not be able to go as he willbe in Malta do not think that any members of the Royal Family will come over for the says Lord Milford Haven own relations will find it very difficult because of the dollar problem" Publicity agent Lord Milford Haven is tackling his engagement like a business man The official announcement was made in a typed hand-out from a West End publicity agent And to-day Lord Milford Haven called a Press conference for 45 minutes he answered questions and posed for photographs with Mrs Simpson Lord Milford Haven is 30 Mrs Simpson is 26 slender with fine eyes To-day she wore a new black suit from Paris with a back-of-the-head black broadtail bonnet The publicity agent Frank Shaw has been telling me how he took on the job He exnlains that Mrs Simpson had been getting a lot of attention from the Press of Britain and America He was brought in to act as buffer Rich Chicago family Shaw says he receives no fee He took on the work as a friend of Milford Haven He expects to continue as their Press agent until they leave for America on October 14 Mrs Simpson like the Duchess of Windsor was bom at Baltimore She went first to a day school in Boston then to a college in New York In 1946 she married Villiam Simpson of Locust Valley Long Island a Wall Street stockbroker whose family is one of the richest in the Middle West They have a little daughter Gwendolen In July of last year Mrs Simpson obtained a Reno divorce alleging cruelty Her lawyer was asked in 6 OCT at 11am Sib 10 CM ir day Il Trb-pbaaa: MAV FAIR 3111 (uditaffi ML OmmSfaritleM TOMORROW court about the cash settlement Mrs Simpson received He merely gave a low expressive whistle The matter was not pursued To-day Mrs Simpson said she is off" but the alimony from her ex-husband is However she also has money of her own a In London Mrs Simpson is staying at There she has a room not a suite not that comfortably off" she says Park Avenue flat During their two years of marriage tbe Simpsons had a large flat (nine rooms four bathrooms plus quarters) at 510 Park Avenue New most fashionable street In tune with wealth it was a richly furnished place decorated with Chinese panelling and Oriental objets After the divorce Mrs Simpson continued to live there and last winter gave parties in the flat Footnote The engagement is front page news across America to-day New York Daily headline reads Second Mrs Simpson to wed kin Co-operation Press conference at the Motor Show yesterday newspapers were urged to help the industry to make the exhibition a-success On the same day the Evening Standard was informed that newspapers would not be permitted to be on sale inside the exhibition or even outside the entrances Does this make sense A first novel PUBLICATION of a first nnvpl navf mMitk will Ka novel next month will be a literary occasion Author is Anthony West 35-year-old son of the incomparable Rebecca West West was born the day the 1914-18 war began August 4 1914 He went to Stowe School then to America to study painting He now lives with his wife and two children in Dorset where he breeds Guernsey cattle Hs 1 first novel West calls On A Dark Night It is a book likely to cause a considerable impression' It has won the Evre Spottiswood e-Houghton Mifflin literary fellowship award as an outstanding novel West is now working on a new novel to be railed Another Kind and a full-length biography of Wells Betting shops verdict AFTER looking at Dublin's betting shops with three other members of the Royal Commission on Gambling Mrs Elsie Parker gives this verdict: We have been impressed by everything we have seen and we find the system works very well indeed I did not see anything one could take exception to and my colleagues as fr as I know arc of the same Wth Mr- Parker arc Mr II In darkest Mayfair "YTOST precious piece of non-sense I have heard of for some time is planned for a midnight fashion show in Mayfair to-morrow For invitation cards 150 people have received a small parcel Through the transparent wrapping can be seen a candlestick with coloured candle As guests arrive a bewigged footman will light the candles which guests will carry upstairs Moving again TFOARD OF TRADE depart- ments housed in Chesham House off Regent Street will be moving for the second time in less than two years next March They go into the new block Lacon House in Road Holborn Lacon House will accommodate between 1500 and 1600 Board of Trade members People A CTRESS Frances Day on holiday on the Riviera has occu-Miss where Clark slept and I dream of him every Canadian High Commissioner Mr Dana Wilgress went to the Commons this afternoon to hear Mr Churchill begin his attack on Cripps With him was Mr zCt McConnell proprietor of the Montreal Star Language of flowers 1AO you understand the language of flowers This is what I was told to-day Cape jasmine means am too The jonquil means you return my love Thd pansy Pleasant thoughts think of The petunia Ydu soothe The yellow rose Let us forget Delamere ill ADY DELAMERE younger sister of Lady Mount-batten is in a Cambridge nursing home recovering from an operation on the parotid glands The operation was performed by Mr Brian McNeill Trusrott surgeon at Addcn-brook Hospital The parotid glands near the ear are those afTer-ted in mumps Lady Delamcre's PUBLIC AUCTION OF JEWELLERY COINS AND 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