DUKE OF KENT'S DEATH

Evening Star, Issue 24296, 10 September 1942, Page 6

DUKE OF KENT'S DEATH

HOUSE OF COMMONS SYMPATHY (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Sept. 8. Moving fin address to the King expressing the deep concern of the House of Commons at the- death of the Duke of Kent, Mr Churchill said: “ The loss of this gallant, handsome prince in the prime of life has been a shock of sorrow to the people of the British Empire, standing out lamentably even in these hard days of war. To the King it was the loss of a dearly loved brother, affecting him poignantly.” MEMORIAL SERVICE (IliilWi Official Wirelc-s.) (Bee. HOBO a.in.) RUGBY. September 0. An impressive memorial service to the Duke of Kent in Westminster Abbey today was attended by Mr Churchill and members of the Cabinet. Allied countries were represented, in many eases not only by their Ambassadors and Ministers, but by men serving in their armed forces. The Soviet Ambassador and Madame Maisky, the United States Ambassador, Air d. G. Wimiiit, also representatives of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, were present. Others attending included the heads of all the fighting services and many rank and file, with representatives of the. civil defence and nursing services. The congregration remany activities with which the Duke was associated, including the University of London, the Royal Society of Britisli Artists, the Royal Academy, the Royal College of Physicians, city livery companies, and charitable organisations. INDIAN PROBLEM (British Official Wireless.) (Ree. LOO p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 9. }ii the House of Commons, Sir Stafford CTipps said Air Churchill would make a statement on India when the Commons next moots, and time would ho given on the following day for discussion. STANDARD WEDDING RINGS (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 9. Standard wedding rings in the future will weight 2dwt, and will be struck • with an appropriate mark. The maximum retail price will ho 25s Od. LABOUR STOPPAGES IN CANADA (Rec. 1 p.m.) OTTAWA, Sopt. 0. The Labour Department reported 73 strikes and lock-outs, with the loss of 51,-102 man working days in July, compared with 51 strikes and 41,232 man days lost in .June. WHEAT FOR RUSSIA NINE MILLION BUSHELS AVAILABLE (British Official Wireless.) (ißec. 10.5 a.in.) (RUGBY, Sept. 9. Russia may draw 9,000,1X10 bushels of ■ Canadian wheat or flour under a credit, agreement signed in London by Air Vincent Massey, M. Maisky, Lord Woolton and AI, Borisenki, the Soviet trade representative. Shipments are already on the way. AI. Maisky pointed out that although Russia did not normally import wheat, German occupation of the Kuban districts bad changed the situation. WAR STIMULATES SCIENCE MANY HEW DEVELOPMENTS NEW YORK, Sept. S. “ The fantastic progress of science under war pressure lias made the world of 1940 already au antiquity,” said Dr Charles Stone in an address to the American Chemical Society. “The war is compressing into months developments which otherwise would take .half a century, and so much progress has been made under war pressure to create better fuels for aeroplanes that petroleum chemists can now see all existing motors outmoded, for fuels can now be made beyond tl\e octane scales. Post-war ears will have half the present weight, while the new fuels will yield 50 miles per gallon. “ When the war is won,” said Dr Stone, “ we will have 10 to one hundred times more than we had before in new materials. Plastics will be available beyond all previous conceptions; new fertilisers of unprecedented power will entirely change the trends of agriculture, and high-pressure synthesis of ammonia will take on an industrial status in terms of a producing capacity comparable to the discovery of a sixth continent. Pre-war wonders such as hosiery derived from air, coal, and water are only a forerunner of the senj sational innovations already possible— I for example, better shoes not contain--1 ing leather, complete machines not containing metal, and _ unbreakable glass that will float, while the astounding war-time progress in medicine might ultimately outweigh even the most staggering war losses.”