THE DUKE ANNOYED

Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 7

THE DUKE ANNOYED

VALUE OF JEWELLERY EXAGGERATED (Rec. 10 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 18. The Duke of Windsor has issued a statement saying that there “is absolutely no truth in the statements that the missing jewellery is valued at £250,000. Its value is not more than £20,000/ I can understand that £250,000 makes better reading than £20,000, but £20,000 is the value.” The Duke said he was deeply concerned, “and annoyed, too,” at what he described as exaggerated reports. A London firm of assessors has issued an official list of the Duchess of Windsor’s missing jewellery. The assessors are offering £2,000. reward for information leading to the conviction of the thieves' and the recovery of the property. The list includes a diamond bird clip, a daimond and aquamarine brooch, two diamond bracelets, an aquamarine ring with a 59-carat stone, a sapphire ring with a 41-carat stone, an emei-ald ring, also diamond .and sapphire earrings. The list concludes, “ and etc.” Scotland Yard has put out a dragnet covering Britain and the Continent. The Yard is in constant touch with Paris Surete. Hundreds of French detectives are checking the movements of French and Continental criminals. Scotland Yard men visited scores of known haunts of thieves in London’s East and West Ends. Mr R. M. Howe, Assistant Commissioner in Charge of the C.J.D., has taken personal control of the man hunt, ! '