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London ~ During their Majesties! recent stay at Compton Place, Eastbourne, "The Tortoise and the Hare" was among the films screened in the billiards room.
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Moscow A gala reception followed a banquet given in honor of Cap~ tain Anthony Eden and other British diplomats on March 28, at which Maxim Litvinoff, Commissar for Foreign Affairs, warned of the danger of another world war. Undaunted by this dire prediction, the band played and the guests danced to the tune of twho's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?*
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New York ~At a lecture given at the Brooklyn Museum, Professor Jean Capart, director of the Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium, offered proof that an ancestor of Mickey Mouse flourished in the land of Egypt 5,000 years ago. “Papyrus manuscripts definitely reveal the existence in ancient Egypt of comic cartoons and fa~ bles," said Professor Capart, who is advisory curator of Egyptology at the Brooklyn Museum. He exhibited a lantern slide showing a mouse, with arms akimbo and feet set wide apart, amid a group of Pharaoh's subjects. Evidence gathered from these papyrus records made it certain, he stated, that the Egyptians enjoyed the antics of Mickey's predecessor.
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Fiji Islands A social event of considerable importance took place aboard the S. Ss. Franconia when the ship's officers and passengers during a world cruise were host to Ratu Pope III, uncrowned king of the Fiji Islands. The stately ruler, who stands 6 ft. 4 in., was entertained by a showing of the "Three Little Pigs." He was accom~ panied by the Bulli of Benga and 50 fire-—walkérs. Ratu Pope is the direct descendant of cannibal kings who ruled the Fiji Islands before the British arrived here. Though his title has no official existence today, he is recognized as. king by the native Fijis, who kneel at his approach. Ratu and his retainers were tremendously pepreen by Walt Disney's masterpiece. ~
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London —~ Remarkable advances made in recent months with high—definition television reception were demonstrated in an office in the heart of the city the other day. Exhibited on a screen only 12 inches by 9 inches, the program, radiated from high power radio transmitters at the crystal Palace of the Baird Company 10 miles away, included a complete Mickey Mouse film, a fashion display, a boxing match, and extracta: from British pictures. » Every one in the audience was filled with wonder and amazement at the quality of the. reception. The figures on the small screen could be seen wit hout undue effort; even with the light on it, it was clear, More important still, there was an absence of flicker, and the pictures could be varied from one of soft tones to very contrasted tones.
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