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...Duke of Windsor passed by in Great Britain last week with no other press notice than a seven-word announcement in the London Daily Telegraph. But the society of The Octavians, several hundred Britishers who have banded together to perpetuate the memory of the Duke as Edward VIII, were determined to accord the day more formal recognition. Some 250 members, largely middle-aged men and women, crowded into a second-rate restaurant in London's Holborn district for a commemorative dinner and dance. From the French Riviera, where he is summering with the Duchess, the Duke sent greetings...
...John's answer has been: "So long as I am the director-general there will be no change in the character of Sunday programs. . . . The B.B.C. has never attempted to give the public what it wants. It gives the public what it ought to have." While Edward VIII was Prince of Wales, an observer remarked: "Every year the Prince gets more democratic, and Sir John Reith more regal...
Married. Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark, 28, two years ago rumored as a possible queen for England's King Edward VIII; to Prince Dominique Radziwill of Poland, 27; in Paris...
...each other on the fringe of London's fashionable West End. And both institutions have the same name. Historically, the vegetables got there first, for the name Covent Garden derives from an old convent garden which occupied the site in the days of many-wived King Henry VIII. Centuries later, in 1732, one John Rich built a theatre where the Royal Opera House now stands. In it appeared such famous Shakespearean actors as Charles Kemble, Edmund Kean, Charles Macready, Fanny Kemble. In it German...
...from "Xerxes" Handel *Ouverture Solennelle, "1812" Tchaikovsky *French Military March, from the "Algerian" Suite Saint-Saens *Overture to "Benvenuto Cellini" Berlioz *"Where the Citrons Bloom," Waltzes Strauss *Divertissement Ibert *"On the Trail," from the "Grand Canyon" Suite Grofe "Turkey in the Straw" Arranged by Guion Torch Dance from "Henry VIII" German *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...