Elizabeth II Becomes Ruler of England,
First Queen Since Victoria, 136 Yrs. Ago
LONDON, OPi—Britain crowned
. Elizabeth II Tuesday in a mag
nificent spectacle of ancient pomp
and pagentry, before' the won
dering eyes of her little son
Charles, heir to the throne(.
The thunder of guns and the
pealing of bells proclaimed to
millions massed in London’s
streets the formal accession of
Elizabeth the Queen, the first
coronation of a woman since Vic
toria, 136 years ago.
Crowds massed 25 to 35 deep,
acclaimed the Queen gding from
Buckingham Palace to Westmin
ster Abbey, and coming home
again. Only 7,500 persons were in
the Abbey, but millions more
could see the 2l/i hour ceremony
by television for the first time.
Cries of “God Save the Queen!”
blended into a mighty roar from
thousands of throats as the
queen's purple and golden coach
left the Abbey for the main coro
nation procession, five miles and
more through the center of the
old capital.
The 27-year-old queen, who had
looked drawn near the close of
the long Abbey ritual—and once
near tears—flashed her smile. The
Duke of Edinburgh was beside
her.
There was a deluge of rain as
the main procession got under
way. Wind-blown rain and bril
liant sunshine competed with each
other for control of the day. But
the millions who gathered to
cheer the queen stood firm in sites
some had staked out 48 hours
ahead of time.
L30Q People Hurt In Crowds
The sun burst through lower
ing skies when Elizabeth was pre
sented to the congregation in
side the Abbey as “your undoubt
ed queen.” A cloudburst drenched
the jam-packed capital at the
moment of crowning. It rained
steadily for 90 minutes, stopping
only a few minutes before the
consecration service ended. More
than 1,300 persons were counted
casualties in the crush of crowds,
with 25 hurt seriously enough to
go to hospitals.
Prince Charles, who is four, was
•brought to the Abbey just before
the Archbishop of Canterbury
placed the jewel-encrusted crown
of St. Edward upon the head of
Britain’s seventh queen, symboli
cally consecrating her to God and
to the service of more than a half
billion people in a quarter of the
earth.
Prince Charles Sucks Thumb
Charles acted like any bright
four-year-old. Sucking his thumb,
he gazed with awe upon the spec
tacle centering about his blue
eyed young mother.
The boy destined to be king
saw the crown placed on his
mother’s head at 12:33 p.m.. Eight
minutes later he saw her solemn
ly mount the gilded throne before
the altar, and was startled by the
swelling roar of “God save the
queen,” echoing through the an
cient abbey in the united voice of
7,500 assembled dignitaries.
Elizabeth II Regina sat in sol
emn splendor, the sceptres of au
thority in her hands, her head
, bowed beneath the weight of the
I five-pound crown,, while outside
J trumpets, bells and guns carried
the tidings.
At the end of the ceremony she
gave up St. Edward’s crown and
took on the lighter imperial
crown for the procession.
The young queen went through
the stately ceremony with great
poise and only the faintest out
ward trace of nervousness.
Edward Views Ceremony On TV
In Paris, the man who still to
day could have been England’s
king watched the coronation of
his niece on television. With^ the
Duke of Windsor, briefly Edward
VIII, was the woman for whom
he surrendered the crown, his
wife, the former Wallis Warfield
Simpson of Baltimore.
He never was crowned, and his
abdication in 1936 brought George
VI, to the throne. Elizabeth be
came queen on her father’s death
last year.
Queen Mother Elizabeth must
have recalled the crowning of
her husband, for she wept softly
through part of the ceremony.
Nearby, the ordinarily vivacious
Princess Margaret, 22-year-old
sister of the queen, was pensive
as she watched the crown being
placed on the head of the girl she
has always fondly called Lilibet.
Bartlett At Firing of Atomic Cannon
Representative W. Sterling Cole of New York, chairman of the
' Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, Delegate
Bob Bartlett of Alaska and Colonel C. H. Larson, now at
Maxwell Field, Alabama, but formerly at Anchorage, standing
in front of the 280-mm. cannon which on May 25 fired the first
atomic shell at the Nevada proving grounds of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
House Committee
Passes Alaska
Statehood Bill
WASHINGTON, UP)—’The House
Interior Committee Tuesday ap
proved a bill to grant statehood
to Alaska.
Nineteen members voted for the
bill, four against it.
Approval followed a short de
! bate over what Alaskan claims
might be made on submerged off
shore lands.
The measure was amended to
grant Alaska, if it should become
a state, title to submerged lands
for three miles beyond the main
low tide mark.
In the Senate the Alaskan state
hood proposal has been combined
with a Hawaiian statehood mea
sure.
Sen. Butler (R-Neb), chairman
of the Senate committee, is op
posed to Alaska statehood; but
has told supporters he expects
the committee to approve a bill
permitting Alaskans to elect their
own governor.
Butler said hearings on the
question of Alaskan statehood will
be held in the territory this sum
mer or fall.
The House bill would require
that the new state’s constitution
be ratified by Congress.
It would give the new state its
choice of 100 million acres of
land,the selection to be made at
any time within 25 years of its
admission to the union.
It also would give Alaska, upon
its admission, 15 million dollars
with which to build roads and
harbors and to carry out land
surveys. Alaska would be ex
pected, however, to finance con
struction of its own institutions.
It was not immediately known
how soon the bill might receive
House consideration. It still must
get Rules Committee approval to
reach the House for action.
Execution Date For Atom
Spies Set For June 18
NEW YORK, l£>—UJS. Marshal
William A. Carroll announced
yesterday condemned atom spies
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg will
be executed at 10 p.m. June 18.
Carroll issued his announce
ment as defense attorney Emanuel
H. Block continued his last ditch
legal efforts to save the couple
from Sing Sing’s electric chair.
The U.S. Court of Appeals is
considering a defense motion filed
Monday for a stay of execution
and for a court order directing
Kaufman to change the death sen
tence to a 20 year prison term.
Block failed in a move before
Kaufman Monday to win a reduc
tion in sentence and a stay of exe
cution. He said he intended to
appeal Kaufman’s ruling.
Bloch has until June 9 to file
for a rehearing of the case before
the U.S. Supreme Court, which
already has refused three times
to intervene.
The attorney also has indicated
he plans another clemency appeal
to President Eisenhower, who re
jected an earlier appeal.
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To Oppose Admission Of
Communist China to U.N.
Under Any Circumstances
WASHINGTON, UP — Republi
can congressional leaders agreed
at President Eisenhower’s insist
ence to scrap a proposed ban
against further U.S. funds for the
United Nations if Red China
should be admitted to the U.N.
The decision was announced by
Sen. Bridges (R-NH) after a
White House meeting of GOP
Senate and House leaders. Eisen
hower had suddenly called the
special meeting Tuesday fore
noon.
Bridges said the President en
dorsed a substitute proposal that
both houses go on record as op
posing the admission of the Chi
nese Communists to the UN under
any circumstances at this time.
Bridges added that it was the
concensus of the meeting, with the
President concurring, that this
country not only would oppose
Red China’s admission but would
take active leadership in keeping
the Chinese Communists out of
the world organization.
Bridges and Sen. Knowland
(R-Calif) said the special meeting
was called because of indications
that the British, among others,
may press for the admission of
Red China in connection with a
Korean armistice.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
Husband to Finance
Investigation of Himself
LOS ANGELES, (tf) — His es
tranged wife has asked Actor
John Wayne to finance a $20,000
investigation of himself.
Summing up his plea for Mrs.
Esperanze Wayne, Attorney Jer
ome Rosentbaul said the money is
needed to employ investigators to
check Wayne’s activities.
Rosenthaul told the court he
needs the funds to hire detctives.
He says he expects to prove
Wayne guilty of unspecified “mis
conduct in Honolulu, Mexico City
and Acapulco.”
At present his wife is asking
$9,350 monthly temporary ali
mony. Wayne has offered $900 a
month.
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LOS ANGELES, UPl—Blues sing
er Kay Starr has a divorce from
Vic Schoen, radio orchestra lead
er, today after telling the judge:
“I am self-supporting—the only
thing I want from my husband is
my freedom.”
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The wife of Bela Lugosi, star of
horror films, has sued for divorce
charging cruelty.
WASHINGTON, (tf)—A bill in
troduced Monday by Sen. Fergu
son (R-Mich) would withdraw
free mailing privileges for the
Alaska Railroad and nine other
government agencies. A similar
bill was introduced in the House
recently.
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