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; : | #2 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Monday, Apri 8, 19% PREFABRICATED FOR VOTING Designed British manufac- turers iE for the Cana- dian market, this "Ovaltent" can be uigeriled in one hour and | not primarily helter is dismantled in 30 minutes. It is | wherever sl ht metal and made of a Nghtwalg 2 its sections can c by one man. Though wheelbarrow AL pe housing cept as emergency, man bi believe it would be useful required. Here it is being used as a polling booth. MYRTLE STATION Faithful Group Pot-Luck Supper Splendid Success 8. M. PERCY accompanied by Mrs. Downey, Nan- cy and Dorothy Downey and Mrs. TION--A very suc- | A. G. Duff. MYRTLE STA' Wr anged | Mr, and Mrs Ronald Johpson BO ns Grey was held By Te aon of the church on Wed- guests of Mrs. day, March 25. Over and otiidren sat down in |and baby of Kinsale were Sunday Johnson ame aly. Hs| The regular euchre ce 9 Suis held in Myrtle Community was well attended on Friday last. Buchre od ell the good | was played til 10 pm. when the things that go with Ty scall af fl 585.5 EH ] § the traditional | ladies tied for the prize, et Tuck" oped | Wilson and Mrs. J. Bright. e Smet Bo. beans and | men were also tied, Mr. F. Camer- | ! i gs . i ') : i > - H | 1; i H H i ; ] | 4 | | aby ; ; y g 3 g § H Ed of Association was Heron, presiding 1 day school rooms | The 'meet! on Wednesday, March 18th, with a | service and i Hymn Writer's History Given MRS. WES. ROUTLEY rrespondent Co ASHBURN -- The regular week- ly meeting of the Ashburn YPS was held in the basement of the church on Sunday, March 29, at 8 p.m. with the president, Kenneth opened with a song e members of the Girls | Leaskdale Society who were pres- ent as guests were welcomed in opened the meet- | song. poem "Wanted A g Audrey Stiver, the president of tak- [the Leaskdale Society, took charge was the girl Bear- Thornton of the program. The hymn, "How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine", was sung in honor of the late Dowager Queen Mary. Audrey Ves | Stiver offered prayer and the Sang | scripture lesson, Luke 24, verses . 13-32, was read by Joan Hal Ann and Gloria Jeanne |The secretary of the Leaskdale Society, Noreen Ross, read the minutes of this last meeting. This was followed by the singing of hymn 374, "Jesus Shall Reign", Ruth gave a very in- teresting account of the life of Isaac Watts, the famous hymn- writer. Watts was born in South- ampton in Southern England. As a * | very young boy he had the strange habit of always apesking in A. rhymes. Isaac Watts will always be remembered for having written such famous hymns as "Joy To e and Teddy | The World', "When I Survey The spent the weekend with her Wondrous Cross", "O God, Our and Mr. Help in Ages Past", and 'Jesus Shall Reign". fo ment | lo Home Songs. Audsey Sv. ; '"Home Songs'. Audrey Stiv- his parents, Mr. | "cave an account of another fa- 4 mous hymn-writer, Charles Wes- s gf 58 y . Mitchell, bre hymns Soul", "Christ th and | Today" and * recent | Ange eg" i fF Febc] ing facts about the life of the | Heber. He was sent to HL i t Mitchell of [ley who wrote such outstanding Guests of '"Hesus Lover of My n Ofiver | Doris Gillam told some interest- w. |88 a bishop and became a mission- ary and died in India. He will al- be remembered as having been the writer of such well known guests 5 ilson. . Albert Eyers and " n Boe and "From Green| Sun- tains", It is sai hymns as 'Holy, Holy, Holy" "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" d Icy Moun. wrote the Mrs, William Eyers (latter hymn in 15 minutes. Norman Lyons conducted a quiz , who has spent (OR "Famous Men and Women of er daughter, Mrs, |The Bible". Audrey Stiver read a returned to the |PO€M,'" 'Make Your Mark". _| The meeting closed with the Mis, Archie Par- | oe OT ae hymn, "When I Sur- Downey attended the Far- ' Insurance Information Ser- in Toronto on Priday. He was |" vey The Wondrous Cross" and the Tepeating of the Lord's Prayer in n ; The members of the Ashburn So- Queen Will Not Wear the Oldest Crown In Britain WASHINGTON -- Queen Eliza- beth II will be crowned with price- less symbols of royalty during the historic ritual of her June corona- tion, but she will not wear Great Britain's oldest regalia. These are the so-called Honours of Scotland, the crown, sceptre and sword of state that are symbols of Scotland's long independence as a separate kingdom. They are carefully preserved in Edinburgh Castle says the National Geogra- phic Society, and will be carried begore the Queen when she attends a special service in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, on June 24. Stuart monarchs who inherited the thrones of both England and Scotland were given a coronation in each country for a time, but Charles II, crowned in Scotland ten years before his English access- sion, was the last sovereign to wear the Scottish diadem. The Act of Union in 1707 united the two countries as well as the two Crowns, ant the Scottish regalia were packed away in an oak chest to be forgotten for more than a century. MAY DATE FROM BRUCE In 1818, Sir Walter Scott began a successful search for the Hon- ours. Restored to public view, they were carried before George IV on his state visit to Scotland. in 1822 and were also inspected by Ed - ward VII and George V. The Honours of Scotland are at least a century older than the re- galia to be used at Queen Eliza- beth's coronation. The main circle of the Scots crown may date from the days of Robert Bruce in the 14th century. England's ancient crown jewels, preserved from Saxon times, were broken up in 1649 during the period of the Com- monwealth. The present crown of England which Elizabeth will wear was made for Charles II's corona- tion in 1661 after the restoration of the monarchy. The Scots crown, sceptre and sword dramatically escaped the fate of the English regalia, al- though determined efforts were made to capture and destroy these ancient symbols of royalty. A ster's wife smuggled the crown out of besieged Dunnottar Castle in her lap, while her maid carried the sceptre wrapped in ax. The five-foot state sword, given to James IV by Pope Julius II, .|is thought to have been lowered on a rope from the castle. All were buried under the floor of a church, and it is said that even torture could not force the minis- fer and his wife to admit know- ledge of their whereabouts. JEWELS LESS VALUABLE Although more historic, the Crown of Scotland,with which Mary Queen of Scots was crowned at the age of nine months, is far less valuable than the dazzling British regalia. It is of gold set with pearls and 22 large stones 'of ancient, cut. Several of these are variously described as "counter- feit" and as crystals backed with colored foil. Gold arches' topped by a blue enamel globe and jewelled cross were added to the crown for James V about 1536. The Scottish royal sceptre was given to James IV by Pope Alex- ander VI in 1494. Of silver gilt, decorated with figures of the Vir- gin, St. James and St. Andrew, it is topped by a crystal globe and a large pearl, 2 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE VITA, Man. (CP)--Two farm children were burned to death Sunday in their home in this re- mote town 60 miles southeast of Winnipeg. . Kenneth and Carol Kiansky, aged 4 and 1, were left alone in the house Ly their parents, Mr. and Mrs. chael Kiansky, while the two adults did the chores. About an hour after leaving the house, Mrs. Kiansky saw the fire and rushed back in a vain attempt to save her children. ciety served a delicious lunch and a social time was enjoyed by all. Sunday School and Church serv- Ashburn, on Sunday, March 29, at 10 and 11 a.m. Mr. Dean Cassidy, of Knox College, was in charge of the church service. Rev. W. B, and Mrs. Mitchell, of Kincardine, a former minister of this community, called on friends in the village recently. AN ALL-ROUNDER The British people love an "'all- rounder." In the Duke of Edin- burgh, they have possibly the most versatile sportsman ever closely associated Crown. This story, last of a ser- ies, describes the Duke's taste for rugged recreation, By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CP)--The Duke of Edinburgh is an all-round athlete who can put up a good show at anything from soccer to skittles. The only sport he doesn't like is golf. "Can't see any point in' it," he said at a golfers' dinner, with cus- tomary candor. To make up for the omission, he has played field hockey, is a fair bat at cricket, enjoys squash, shooker and skittles and shines at sailing. Then there is his fond- ness for polo, which he learned to play in less than two years despite friendly warnings it would take at least six to play for a team eof any standing, SCHOOLBOY ATHLETE Even as a schoolboy, Philip was a success in sport with his quick eye, power of concentration and muscular eo-ordination. At Gordonstoun School in Scot- land, he captained the cricket team. Later, as a cadet at Dart- mouth Royal Naval College, he was on the first soccer eleven, usu- ally playing goal because he was tall and agile; the first fifteen at rugger and the cricket eleven. He still has trophies. won at schoo] for swimming, diving and high jumping. With his growing responsibilities as husband of the Queen, Philip can devote less time to playing games, but is a keen spectator. He pays an annual visit to a box- ing show sponsored by British pro- moter Jack Solomons and last De- cember attended his first ice hock- ey game in Britain. The teams were Canadian-stagffed clubs of the English National League. LIKES HOCKEY The Duke first saw hockey dur- ing the royal tour of Canada in 1951. He brought home glowing re- ports. Another favorite spectator sport is speedway, a type of motor- cycle racing popular in this coun- try. When at the Royal Family's es- tate in aSndringham, Norfolk, Philip likes to roam the 1,700 acres, casually dressed in tweeds and brogues, gun at the alert for stray pheas- ants, wild pigeon or woodcock. Sandringham folk say without mal- ice that the 'new gaffer," as they call Philip, is no great shakes at shooting, The late King was a crack shot. The Duke attends the royal race meeting at Ascot and usually makes a special effort to be on hand for the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, a two-year-olds race named in his honor. But his ardor for racing is said to be slight com- pared to. the dyed-in-the-wool en- thusiasm of the Queen, who has al- ways been interested in horses and likes a flutter on the races. Sailing and yachting are more in the Duke's line, He has his own racing yachts, the Coweslip pre- sented by the people of Cowes in the Isle of Wight, and Bluebottle, He has personally steered the Bluebottle in races in home and foreign waters, Philip greatly enjoyed his visit last July to the Olympic Games at Helsinki. He served himself at a cafeteria in the huge tent dining room for competitors and paid an informal visit to the Canadian camp in the Olympic village, paus- George Genereux, then 17, Can- ada's only gold medal winner. ices were held in Burns' Church, | The Duke's latest outdoor ac- | tivity is flying. He took to this | with his usual zest and quickly a wedding gift to the royal couple. ti ing to chat with sharpshooting H this year that, among other things, he was to receive the rank of Marshal of the RAF. Without a pilot's licence he would have had to wear his RAF uniform without wings. The Duke is an enthusiastic cricketer. When he and the Queen had their house in Windlesham Moor, one of his first acts was to lay out a rough-and-ready cricket pitch on the lawn. The gardener, the handy man, and the policeman game, Philip is what is known as a fair on duty sometimes joined the] + Edinburgh Puts Up Good Show Whether It's Soccer Or Skittle bat, and Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, reverently remembered here as perhaps the greatest bats- man of them all, once made some flattering comments on the Duke's style as a bowler. For all that, Philip takes a modest view of his talents. He says he is just a reason- ably good club player. He retains connections with the sport through the "Lord's Taverners," an asso- ciation of cricket spectators of which he was named patron, Until recently, too, he was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club, the sport's highest authority. LONDON (CP)--A Canadian con- tingent of 15 young people, chosen from across the country, is attend- ing the Coronation next June under the auspices of the Commonwealth Youth Movement. The' contingent will be the sec- ond since the CYM was organized at the 1937 coronation, on the initi- ative of the Overseas Education phase of the program, Compared with the group of 330 high school students sent in 1937, this year's total of young men and women drawn from universities, youth clubs and public and private schools will be much smaller, be- cause of the tight shipping situa- on. But it still will be the largest group at the Commonwealth gath- ering although other countrie haven't specified their contribu- tions yet. BUSY PROGRAM The visitors will watch the Coro- nation procession and take part in a host of other events, including a rally at London's 'Royal Albert all. Included in Canada's party is the chapel choir of Appleby College, Oakville, and the girl's choir of Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, | | mastered the 120-mile-an-hour ele- | mentary Chipmunk trainer. His | scheduled to appear in a number | of concerts plus cathedral apd church services and programs. League of Canada. The latter or-| ganization handles the Canadian Youth Group Takes 150 To Coronation farm, Britain's finest camp loca- ted at Chigwell, Essex, on Lon- don's outskirts. There, amid roll- ing countryside dotted with play- ing fields, the young Coronation guests will eat, sleep and play be- tween excursions. Typical outing will be a special matinee June 10 of "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Shakespeare {Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on- | Avon, Officials stress that this special feature, like many other activities planned, is open to non-group youngsters from Canada who make arrangements to attend soon enough. * The Canadians will arrive in three liners at Southampton, Liv- erpool and Greenoch, Scotland, be- tween May 20 and May 29 and All that is earthly of Josef Stalin reposes beside the body of his pre- decessor and unwilling mentor, Ni- kolai Lenin. Stalin's body, after the embalming process, has been con- signed temporarily to Lenin's Yed, brown and, black mausoleum in Red square. When the Soviets built this memorial twenty-odd years ago, they intended to make it an ontotanding handsome = bit of architectural jewelry, and they suc- ceeded, . Eventually, a like mausoleum will be raised for Stalin, and his body, too, after a rigorous treat- ment, will be glazed upon by the awe stricken masses for years to come--so it is expected, at least. The Lenin body, which supposed- ly is still on view 29 years after his death, must be considered the most famous, or at least the most discussed, corpse since the late King Tut-an-kh-amen of Egypt was reintroduced to light and to worldly society in 1922-'23, writes Walter Montried in The Milwaukee Journ- Stalin's nephew, Budu Swanidze, in his new book, "My Uncle Jesef Stalin," declares that Stalin did not originate the idea of preserving Lenin's body for the ages. Lenin actually had spoken harshly of the ambitious Stalin and had predicted that the broth of Stalin's brewing would be bitter indeed. When the politburo met shortly after Lenin's death, d Krassin, a leading Soviet minister and diplomat, pro- posed that Lenin's body be kept permanently. '""The Russian people adore rel- ics," he explained. 'To make them accept the Soviet regime as a Rus- sian national government, we must give them relics of Lenin, The people will adopt them and we will have a new 8t. Vladimir, of Soviet KAZAN According to his nephew, Stalin was shocked by such cynicism-- does this seem likely ?--but he vot- ed for the proposal. When it was adopted and carried out, he found that his regime was obliged to con- tinue the rite indefinitely. In the three decades since, it has been charged many times that the body did not last, and was secretly taken away and replaced hy anoth- er body made up to look like Len- in, or by a manufactured imitation. In 1929 the rumors became so in- sistent that the embsglmers and caretakers invited newspaper cor- respondents to inspect the glass en- closed figure. The head end of the canopy was removed and one of the officials tweaked an ear lobe and pressed a finger tip into the right cheek, "which sprang back into place with the resilience of rubber," the Associated Press re- po! e When the Germans approached Moscow early in the war, Lenin's body was moved to Kazan, far to the east, and apparently in that period it began to deteriorate so Topidly that it could not be pre- served much longer, "Preserve the body at any cost," Stalin commanded (according to his newphew). "Our people are very superstitious. If Lenin's body should become complete decom- posed, they will take it as a bad sign, and their fright might affect the conduct of the war. If vou find it impossible to keep it longer, re- place it by a lifelike figure that is perfectly done." So L. P. Beria, secret police chief, engaged a group of sculp- tors, who made a statue of Lenin, which is what the faithful pilgrims now see, we are told. Lenin's body was cremated and the ashes thrown into the Volga, Svanidze asserts. usual chauvinism, have long pro- claimed that their scientists have will stay about a month, The Soviet officials, - with their |] Is It Lenin's Body Or Creation Of Sculptors? What Of Stalin?. developed secret methods of body preservation unknown to the rest of the world. These claims have lung since been exploded. Western embalmers believe they know as much about such matters as their Russian equivalents. The Amerie can Academy of Embalming can point to a body which was em- balmed more 50 years ago and which remains intact and une diminished size, except for some loss of weight and the devels opment of a tan color. Enrico Care uso, the beloved tenor, died in 1921, three years before Lenin's death. His tearful admirers decid ed that his body should be retained for future generations. CARUSO STILL ON VIEW Evidently the: Neapolitan em balmers knew their business. For 32 years the body of Caruso has lain in a glass covered coffin in a crypt of a mausoleum outside Naples. The easket is wrapped in 3 American flag and a green felt cloth. Since his death his friends and worshippers have contributed to a fund to change his clothing each three years and to assure steady attention. In the 1930s a dis. coloration of the face was noticed, and the processions of visitors were halted from to time to time. Now the body may be seen only once a year or so, generally in the spring, So much for the Soviet claims that the Lenin preservation was "the first successful €mbalming of a whole body in modern history." The Russians did pretty well, none the less. After the politburo's deci- sion, the nation's top scientists were convened. Boris Zbarsky, a biochemist, and Vladimir Vorobev, an anatomist, volunteered to try. After four months' work they dis- played the embalmed Lenin, wear- ing an ordinary suit and lying on a marble slab. The highest Rus- sian military decoration was pin- ned to his coat. The features were found to be remarkably well pre- served. The two scientists boasted that the work had cost only $7,500 as compared with the fortunes which the ancient Egyptians spent to mummify their pharaohs. In the fall of 1927, when the 10th anniversary of the revolution was celebrated, the Lenin corpse was the central relic of the rites, and endless lines of worshippers filed past. "Lenin is a god and a religion to a party of atheists. His tomb is the holy spot of communiism," the... visitors reported. The features ¢ the leader were noted to have strik ingly lifelike hues--no pallor of death at all. The temperature was maintained at 70 degrees, and Zbarsky predicted that his handi- work would last forever, or g year and a half thereafter the body was kept in the Kremlin while . the .new tomb was built. Meanwhile, the Lenin brain had been divided into 31,000 icles for scientific studies, and Vogt, the director of this project, report- ed that the cells were larger than ushal, thus accounting for Lenin's wealth of ideas. TEMPERATURE CONSTANT In the early 1930's observers w! had been there before noticed hod the corpse was deteriorating, The shrunken body and withered hands . were all too obvious. But by the mid-1930's an improvement was no- ticed, and Zbarsky and Vorobev proudly fold of a new technique which they might divulge in a dozen years or so. American phy- siologists scoffed at such claims, They assumed that carbolic acid, glycerin, alcohol and formaldehyde had been pumped into the system. There was no secret about these chemicals, which had long been known to preserve bodies indefinite- y. In the later 1980's the tim air conditioned, 5 wa (Robert F. S. Jones, for AP Newsfeatures) A daredevil British- naval offi- cer stands watchdog over the south- |ern flanks of Gen. Matthew Ridg- way's European command. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat- {ten, NATO's newly appointed com- | RAF flying instructor classed him Officials say this will be the first | mander in chief in the Mediterran- as '"'above average." The Duke's decision to fly, taken | last October, was probably ex- | plained when it was announced Commonwealth visit by choirs. ; The contingents will be quar- tered in the 300-capacity Grange By RONALD MACLURKIN LONDON (Reuters) -- Queen Elizabeth II will be crowned Jung 2 with a massive gold and jewell crown which would give her a headache if she wore it for more than a few minutes. nearly seven pounds, it too heavy for a queen. With its diamonds flashing on the strong television arc lights, it will be put on her head only for the actual moment of the crown- ing, then replaced with the lighter, but more valuable, crown of state, This weighs about 39 ounces and is the one the Queen will wear as CREW SEALED IN SUB FOR ATOM WAR TEST Twenty-two enlisted men and a medical officer have been "sealed" in the US. submarine Haddock off New London, Conn. sicce mid-Januesy a o test of quarters, both mental and physical re- actions to a long stay in cramped The conditions are of the type expected to be encoun- tered by a crew manning an atomio-powered undersea aradt, The crew of the Haddock will not see daylight during the- two- month test. After a month under water the crew here appears in 800d spirits as they play cards in the subls dinette. ( The crown of England, Yoishing ; she drives through the streets of London in her golden coach after the ceremony in Westminster Ab- bey and on all future state occas- a crown. These two crowns are part of the crown jewels. Gold and precious stones worth £20,000,000 will the Coronation cere- mony. The jewels are kept in Wakefield Towers, a former prison in the are eight feet thick. They are sur- rounded by iron bars and modern electric devices to discourage theft. Only one man, Col. Blood, ever managed to steal the crown jewels and he didnt' get away with them. In 1671, Blood and three compan- ions overpowered 77-year-old Tal- bot Edwards, assistant keeper of the regalia, and were about to make off with the jewels. But old Edwards, whose friend- ship and confidence Blood had patiently acquired over a period of time, managed to bring help with his shouts and the thieves were surrounded as they ran for their horses. ' Oddly, King Charles II person- ally examined Blood and let him off without punishment. In fact, he rewarded him, for some unknown reason. with some Irish estates. The crown :of England, also known as St. Edward's crown, is really an imitation. Oliver Crom- well, who once abolished the mon- archy and became England's dic- tator, looked on the original crown jewels as "baubles'" and allowed them to be destroyed. St. Edward's crown was melted down for the value obtained--£248 10s. When King Charles II returned to the throne, he ordered a cop made of the original crown. monarchs of England have been crowned with this copy ever since. The crown of. state, personal crown of the sovereign, was altered {from reign to reign according to | the of its wearer. The last fons at which the sovereign wears | prin, Tower of London .where the walls | Cu! Crown So Heavy It Hurt Symbolizes British Throne time it was re-mogdelled was by order of Queen Victoria. One of its biggest jewels is a ruby given to Edward, the Blac! ce of England, by Pedro the Cruel of Castile, a medival Spanish ruler. Pedro gave it to the prince as a reward for helping him to put be (down a revolt. The crown of state is also dec- orated with pearls said to have come from earrings worn by Queen Elizabeth I, It contains part of the llinan diamond, largest in the world, found in South Africa in 1905. Besides these gems it contains four rubies, 11 emeralds, 16 sap- phires, 277 pearls and 2,783 dia- monds. Other parts of the regalia to be used are scepters, orbs, state swords, spurs, bracelets and the coronation ring. The important scepter is the royal scepter with the cross. This is made of gold, richly jewelled and about three feet long. Inserted in its head is another large section of the Cullinan diamond. The orb is a globe of solid gold about six inches in diameter sur- mounted by a cross symbol Christianity's domination j of the world. The golden eagle, or ampulla, escaped Cromwell's vandals. Made in the 14th century it is a vessel of pure gold. The head unscrews to admit the peffumed holy oil which is poured out through the beak. The silver anointing spoon, into which the oil is run, also eluded Cromwell and dates from the 12th century. Among all the glittering objects which will surround the young Queen June 2, only one will be new. This is the Coronation ring-- or wedding ring of England--which wil] be placed on her hand -- to symbolize the marriage between sovereign and people. This is newly made for each king or queen, and afterwards becomes yoyal personal property. trades. sportsman, amateur inventor, sol- dier and statesman. crinkly smile and glowing person- ality have charmed Britons, Indi- ans, has made a habit of success. zing | cafe society friends, school | ean, is a blue-hooded jack of all He's been sailor, playboy, Good looks Asians and Americans. He Not everyone, it is true, has suc- cumbed to the touted Mountbat- ten charm. At least two notable men--both dead--were unmoved by his winning ways. One was United States Gen. '"Vinegar" Joe Stilwell, who served under Mountbatten in the war- time Allied Southeast Asia com- k | mand and reportedly couldn't stand him at any price. The other was the austere and cold Mohammed Jinnah, Moslem leader and first governor general of Pakistan, who had several tus- sles with Mountbatten during the negotiations for Indian independ- ence in 1947, And even Jinnah thawed enough toward the end of the talks to re- mark that Mountbatten had a '"di- vine radiance'. Mountbatten's 'latest job makes him boss of the British, French and Italian fleets charged with safeguarding NATO's vital lifeline through the Mediterranean to the middle east. It's a tough assignment, but Mountbatten -- cousin of Queen Elizabeth, uncle of her husband, the duke of Edinburgh, but just plain "Dickie" to his friends--is used to being a trouble shooter. COMMANDO RAIDS "When they want anything done they always send for Dickie," Noel Coward, one of the Mountbatten's commented when the British sent Mountbatten to India as viceroy in 1947 to give the Indians their independence. Prime Minister Winston Church- ill called him from a wartime na- val career in 1941 to plan dare- devil commando raids on the coast of German occupied Europe. and, incidentally, to lay the foundations for Eisenhower's invasion of Nor- mandy three years later. Churchill got him to run ticklish diplomatic errands to America and keep tht United States chiefs of staff and President Roosevelt up to date with British plans, and then sent him to Southeast Asia as supreme commander of tht Al- lied forces that swept the Japa- |nese out of Burma and Malaya. | Labor Prime Minister Clement Attlee picked him for one of the most difficult diplomatic jobs of the century -- effecting a smooth transfer of power from the British to the Indians when India became a republic. British Conservatives accused him of 'throwing the empire away". Mountbatten himself con- fessed later he wasn't too keen on the assignment. "But Attlee had managed to get King George VI sold on the idea, so there wasn't much I could do about it." Debonair man about town and hard fighting sailor, Mountbatten calls both royalty and naval re- cruits by their first names. He and his millionairess wife, Edwina, whom he married 30 years ago, add pep, glamor and romance to the drab British scene. Their courtship was unconven- tional. Although Edwina was heir- ess to the $40,000,000 fortune of *her grandfater, Sir Ernest Cassel, he kept her directly on an $800 a year allowance, And so when Mountbatten went to India in 1922 as aide to the Prince of Wales, Edwina had to borrow $300 from a sympathetic aunt so she could travel steerage to join him and get engaged in New Delhi. y Through his nephew, the duke of Edinburgh, Mountbatten is said to wield some indirect influence over the British throne. From the age of eight, the father- less duke was more or less in Mountbatten's charge. Mountbatten saw to it that the duke got a British education, he instilled his own love of the sea and the open air, and he gave the duke an oc- casional helping nudge during his courtship with Princess Elizabeth. Many times the young couple met at Broadlands, the Mountbat- tens' country house. Mountbatten lent it to them for their honey- moon after their wedlling in 1947. Mountbatten nearly gave his name to future British kings. When the duke of Edinburgh became a British citizen, just before his mar- riage, he had to take a family name, since his father, a mem- ber of the Danish royal family, didn't have one. The duke was Iazried as "Lt. Philip Mountbat- This made four-year-old Prince Charles first prince of the Mount- batten line, until the queen an- nounced last April she was keep- ing her father's family name of Windsor. Before the war, the Mountbat- tens and their close friend, the Prince of Wales, led London's smart cafe society. The Mountbat- tens' fantastic' 30-room penthouse in fashionable Park lane was the scene of lavish dinner parties. * Lord Mountbatten Has Brilliant Record As Bulldog In Battle, Diplomatic Front miniature movie theatre. Other bus tons slid out beds, writing desks and opened cocktail cabinets, He installed an automatic lock on his front door and an electronic eye in his lobby to bring down the elevator. . The Mountbattens played hard in those days, but he worked hard n the navy, too. Quietly he rose in rank until in 1937 he was ont of Britain's youngest captains. At the start of World War II he was commanding a squadron of de- stroyers on convoy duties. One morning, in those dark days, Britons read the king's cousin had brught his ship, the Kelly, back to port with a Srivpied bow after a four-day running fight with German planes and U-boats. They chuckled when they re: that when one of the Kelly's sist. _. ships had signaled 'Prepare to abandon, Intend to sink , her commander signaled back ® "Shel open fire on the first , . . who tries anything of the sort." RM ives ; gy ; ountbatten brought the Kelly back to port in a erippled state a second time, and eventually lost her in 90 seconds during the Brit ish evacuation of Crete in 1941. Noel Coward made a movie bas- ed on the Kelly's exploits, and Britons said a sailor with the "Nel- son toych"--their highest praise-- had arrived. 77 Mountbaen made Britons chuckle many times after that. There was the '. abbakuk' inci- ent, for instance. "Habbakuk' was the code name givn anothr of Mountbatten's inventions -- a be floated into mid-Atlantic and used as a natural aircarrier or (yeeling pase, ountbatten buttonholed Wi ston Churchill in his bath and got the British prime minister's apy proval of the scheme after a prac- tical demonstration of the rein- Jorcing material, known as '"py- rete", Then he took a block of pykrete with him to the Allied chiefs of staff meeting at Ottawa, and fired his revolver at it strength. to The bullet bounced off, nearly prove its hit British Air Chief Lord Portal --and an aide waiting outside the room gasped, shooting at each other new." qaq 'My God, they're Mountbatten started life as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg. Hi daughter of Queen Victoria. father was an Austrian prince who became a British citizen and rose to be first sea lord--top ranking job in the British navy. mother Because of his Austrian origin, Mountbatten's father was forced out of the job at the start of World Mountbatten let his inventor's imagination run riot in that pent-, house. There were buttons and gad- | gets everywhere. Pressing a but- ton turaed th dining yoom inte | to the War I, anglicized his name to Mountbatten, and was created first marquess of Miltford Haven. Mountbatten's ambition is tc get top of the navy, toe. i ) )