But we save
him SOCKS
Mrs. Simpson Poses for Photo atCannes^Franee
m
For the first time since trouble started over her romance with Fdward, Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Simpson posed for a photograph with a party of fritaids at Cannes, where she retreated during the con
troversy. Photo shows (left to light), laird Brawuiow, pat ial emit; ary of Fdward; Mrs. II. L. Itogdrs,
hostess; Mrs:. “Waily" Simpson and II. I. Kogcri, host. This Soundphoto was sent direct from London
to New York by wireless and then transmitted to San Francisco over telephone wires and by air reg
istered mail to The Finpire.
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When the controversy between Edward and the British Cabinet was at its height regarding Mrs.
Wallis Simpson, commoners were determined he should remain King and also wed the American wom
an. Here is a demonstration outside Buckingham Palace gates when English citizens pledged support
to their popular monarch. This Koundphoto was transmitted by wireless from Condon to New York
theo over telephone wires to San Francisco, then to The Empire by air mail and registered mail.
CORDOVA GETS
SEVEN TONS OF
FOOD SUPPLIES
Bakery Also Borrows White
Flour to Replace
Brown Bread
CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 15
Housewives rapidly bought up sev
en tons of food discharged under
special dispensation from Seattle
headquarters by local longshore
men from the mail steamer Starr.
The Starr was recently towed
here by the Cast Guard cutter
Tallapoosa from Seward where it
had been anclioraged in the stream
when the crew walked off the ship
at the start of the maritime strike.
Townspeople also found brief
surcease from a diet of brown
bread when a local bakery bor
rowed half a ton of whtie flour
from Chitina.
