PAGE TWO THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1937 GREAT EMPIRE CAVALCADE MARKS RETURN PROCESSION MILLIONS OF CHEERING SUBJECTS Television On Screen Is Shown LITTLE PRINCESSES "STEAL" SHOW LINE ROUTE OF PROCESSION FROM NEW YORK, May 12.—VD—Tele­ vision on n screen—images 18 by 24 IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY UNTIL inches square produced by a newly ABBEY TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE developed cathode ray tube—was! demonstrated to the silver anniver­ ARRIVAL OF THE KING AND QUEEN sary convention of the Institute of Driving Rain Begins to Fall SHOUT BECOMES CHANT Radio Engineers here today. The shout became a chant. It The picture has a brightness Margaret Rose Draws Spec­ peers were paying homage to the as Great Procession echoed down side streets, was caught equal to tJiab of home movies, by King. The aged Viscount Falkland increasing the distance from the ial Attention of Glitter­ appeared to stumble- in his robes at Starts up by the thousands unable to sec even a single spinning spoke of the screen it is possible to obtain one as the King's throne. Seeing he might large as three by four feet good en­ ing Assemblage become entangled he stepped back LONDON, May 12.—m—The King coaches. ough to be viewed by an audience down the side steps of the dais, an and Quctn returned to Buckingham The cavalcade turned left from of several hundred. : By FRANK H. KING attendant stepped up, gathered up Palace at 3:22 p.m. t6:22 a.m., parliament along the embankment. (Associated Press Staff Writer) the viscount's robes and assisted him P.S.T.) today after their Coronaticn Forty thousand school children LONDON, May 12 — (/P) — (By down the steps. in Westminster Abbey. greeted it with shrill cries, from Telephone from Inside Westminster The great moment for the little The return procession from the under the shadows of New Scotland Abbey)—The little princesses Eliza­ Abbey to the Palace, along a four- Yard's turrctted battlements. princesses came when they put little BROADCAST OF beth and Margaret Rose "stole" the coronets on their heads at the sam* mile route lined with millions of Thousands of spectators watched great abbey show today until the cheering spectators, began at 2:40 time the nrchbishop crowned Queen the pageant from high tiers of OFFICIAL CORONATION C OMMEMORATION MEDAL arrival of their royal parents for the Elizabeth. p.m. ^5:40 a.m., P.S.T.). seats built aboard Thames River coronation ceremony. WANTS IT "JUST RIGHT" A few minutes before the proces­ steamers, anchored close to shore. CORONATION IS Margaret Rose drew special atten­ Llttlo Margaret Roso turned her sion left the Abbey a driving rain On moved the procession, from only stands in the park. On the tion from the glittering assemblage coronet around and around so she began again to fali. the Embankment into Northumber­ right there were no stands. The as she entered the royal box, blue would bo sure she would not get the The waiting crowd hurriedly but­ land Avenue. crowds there mingled their cheers eyes wide and tiny, silver-slippered toned up raincoats and scores of 50,000 PEOPLE JAM PARLIAMENT GREATSUCCESS hind part In front, finally got It Charing Cross's railroad bridge with some good elbow work in an feet dancing with excitement. thousands of umbrellas appeared straight and then put it on quickly. across the Thames at tills point was effort to get a fleeting glimpse of Princess Elizabeth was dwarfed at above their heads like the billowing She looked up at her older sister, tiive with spectators. plumes nodding by, of Indian tur­ Estimated 85,000,000 Hear the side of her grandmother, Queen waves of a suddenly agitated sea. then at her aunt, the princess royal. Many perched perilously atop Its bans and of flat-hatted Yeomen. HILL IN OTTAWA TO PAY TRIBUTE; Mary, who appeared In stately GREAT EMPIRE CAVALCADE girders. A moment's hush fell on the Ceremony in*North grandeur with five ropes of dia­ Still not quite sure she had It In all their stately magnificence, A road swept down the avenue crowd. Then cheering was renewed, monds—valued at approximately ?2,- just right, the young princess push­ Their Majesties—now outside—tcok as the thousands crammed into more loudly than before. The peo­ America 000,000—around her neck and every ed her coronet to one side Just a their places In their state coach Trafalgar Square caught sight of CITIES OF DOMINION CEEBRATE bit. then sat back on her hands to ple saw King George, leading the (By C. E. BUTTERFIELD) inch of her white gown blazing and around them formed the great­ the parade. Queen by the hand, step on to the watcli the conclusion of the cere­ (Associated Press Radio Editor.) with jewels. est empire cavalcade London ever Here the procession passed Can­ crimson-draped balcony. at Halifax and speed their message mony. Addresses of Devotion and NEW YORK, May 12.—VP)— The Margaret Rose wriggled like any saw. ada House, where many of the sev­ WAVE TO CROWDS westward to Vancouver where Through the concluding religious air recital of the coronation of six-year-old in Sunday school class. There had been a brief interlude eral thousand visiting Canadians Scouts hold a torchlight .parade at rites of the coronation, George and Their Majesties looked down on a Loyalty Mark Canadian Great Britain's King and Queen She looked over the printed service for the King and Queen to rest watched from stands built in front night. Elizabeth solemnly knelt on foot­ surging sea of faces. They smiled was a great broadcast. book before her but quickly lost in­ and refresh themselves before the, 0f the building' Ceremonies stools. The Queen's fingers were and waved their hands. Coronation observance through Just how many listened in the terest. There were no pictures in procession back to Buckingham A few minutes before the King interlocked, her hands elapsed. The The crowd ,roared. Surging for­ the Dominion began early this week world at large no - one can say. it. Then she leaned over to rub her Palace. and Queen passed, the Canadians OTTAWA, May 12.—«R—Close to King's head was bowed. Both fol­ ward, it swept across the road wheTe and reached a crescendo of enthus­ Hundreds of millions is a conserva­ finger up and down Elizabeth's arm, Throaty cheers arose as the royal went through a cheering "workout" 50,000 people crowded the great lowed the text of the service intent­ the procession had passed and up iasm today. Cloudy weather and tive estimate. The possible North tickling her. carriages began leaving the Abbey when Prince Minister Mackenzie square before the Peace Tower oh ly. the railings of the Palace court­ prospects of showers failed to mar American audience was figured at Elizabeth, 11-year-old heir-pre­ In the first rode Prince Arthur of King's carriage passed. Parliament Hill today to pay trib­ the celebrations. In halls and Occasionally their majesties glanc­ yard. ute to the monarch who a lew hours 85,000,000. sumptive, affected a grown-up Connaught and Princess Alice. Th The Canadian premier's coach churches throughout the land peo­ ed at each other as If studying how Then Queen Mary and the little earlier had been crowned in London As the experts had forecast, frown and nudged her to sit still. Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess was 10th in the main carriage pro­ ple gathered in large numbers to each was bearing up under the princesses joined the party on the as George VI, King-Emperor of Transatlantic reception approached Margaret Rose sat very still for of. Kent and the Hon. Gerald Las- cession. Prime Minister Baldwin, listen to broadcasts of the London strain of the long ceremonial. celles followed in the second car­ balcony. Soon - all the principal Great Britain and the dominions. the ideal, conditions making clearly a whole minute, then wriggled as senior premier, was 11th, and members of the royal family were ceremonial. The abbey ceremonial lasted twe riage. Sun shone through a thin haze audible everything that went on in again, then came the state landaus of the there. hours. The third carried Queen Maud of upon the greatest assemblage ever A quick, coast-to-cast glance Westminster Abbey and the descrip­ WAITS FOR "DADDY" royal family, the various contin­ They smiled and waved, some­ showed soldiers marching at Hall- Norway, the Princess Royal and her to gather about the Dominion par­ tion of the processions. As the organ broke forth and the gents of troops and bands forming times turning to one another to fax with school children, naval units eldest son, Lord Lascelles. liament buildings as Lord Tweeds- On the Pacific coast, where the choir prepared for their majesties' the royal escort, and finally the discuss something which had caught taking part. On the east coast of The roar of the crowds dinned muir, governor-general of Canada, time was 1 a.m. when London entry, Margaret was all eyes to­ King and Queen. their notice in the milling scene be­ Vancouver Island, Alert Bay, B.C., through the courtyard as Queen Acting Prime Minister Raoul Dan- "started up," stations Just kept wards the great west door. HEAVY DOWNPOUR low. Indians were not content with a Most Expensive Mary entered the fourth carriage durand. Acting Mayor of Ottawa G. right on broadcasting from Tues­ The rain turned into a heavy day of frolic and feasting, but pre­ The congregation — a glittering with her grandchildren.