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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1936
Page
8
Walter H. Donovan is approved for a new term as president of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners during the organization’s five day annual meeting in Miami Florida. He was reelected to lead the body for 1936.
Lord Dawson of Penn, King George's personal physician, led the medical staff summoned to Sandringham during the late king's illness.
The article recounts weight readings from a 1928 Birmingham fair showing King George’s weight as ten stone ten pounds. It notes Sir Harry Lauder entertaining at the Palace Theatre in London and later meeting the King and Queen. A humorous exchange follows as the King appears, and it highlights George as a skilled rifle shot and marksman.
Title recalls King George VI’s human side as anecdotes describe his family evenings and a muddy slip in polo scenes. Queen Mary quiets him after a spill on a wet day. Palm Beach polo battles draw spectator Mrs Stephen Sanford with husband among stars.
France’s Premier Laval eyes disarray as Edouard Naladier chosen to lead Radical Socialist party block while six party ministers and Edouard Herriot threaten to desert. Laval may resign entire coalition to President Lebrun amid fears of a financial crisis.
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