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THE KING IS DEA

LONG LIVE QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1952

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LONDON. Feb. 6 -. King George Vi died

this morning.

The announcement of the Monarch's death at his country home in Sandringham came at l0:45 A.M. local time (5:45 A.M. EST). The Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. the Royal couple's youngest daughter. were at Sandringham when the King died.

The new heir to Britain's throne. tiny Prince Charles. also is at Sandringham. He is lust over three years old. born on Nov. I4. 1948. A

The King. who last September underwent a serious operation involving cutting away part or all of a lung. was thought to be recovering. He went on a country outing yesterday. The palace statement said he retired last night in apparently good health. but passed away peace- fully early this morning.

LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE

Tile King's last public appearance was last week wllen he said goodbye at London at ort to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke when they left on t eir tour of Commonwealth enuntries in Africa, Asia and Australia. '

News of the death was immediately flashed to the new Queen at the shooting lodge at Nyeri, Kenya.

It was expected she would return to Britain immediate- ly. Parliament was likely to be adjourned in the middle of all important foreign affairs debate.

Prime Minister Churchill held a meeting of the Cabinet illlmediately after the soverelgnls death was announced.

Born Dec. 14, 1895. the second son of King George V and Queen Mary, who survives him at the age of 84, the late King succeeded to the throne Dec. 11, 1936, after the abdication of his eldest brother, King Edward VIII.

QIiIETrFAiifI.IT'i7iiliA.lEW' ' A ' '

The quiet family man who put Royal duty above per- sonal pleasure quickly endeared himself to his millions of subjects around the world. i

Tile nlonarcll led Britain through her worst ordeal when the island kingdom faced the victory-flushed German armies alone. His words of comfort, his prayers, his en- couragement. helped Britons meet and turn back the foe's blitzkrieg. With his Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the King will be long remembered for his part in "Brltaill' finest hour."

The monarch was better known both to hk own sub- jects and to foreigners than any other modern king. His radio addresses were heard arolind the world. He travelled extensively despite oor health which plagued him from the time he ascended. the throne. .

To the modest, youn brother-wllo wanted nothing nlore than to live a quiet ife with his family-fell the task of being the nominal ruler of an empire with a total pop- ulation in excess of 500,000,000 approximately a quarter of tile peollo of the lobe. l-Io lacked three days of being 41 years c i at the true. 0

Though the days of his reign saw the Empire shrink greatly, the King and his family vastly increased the love and respect in which the royal institution was held.

SIIOCKED NATION

Tile official news of the King's death shocked the na- tion, which had been deeply worried about his health.

Some courts abruptly adjourned their hearings. One murder trial was suspended for 10 minutes after the pre- siding judge received the official news.

Both Houses of Parliament are expected to adjourn immediately after meetinll WW and making formal ex-

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THE LATE KING GEORGE VI

Sudden Death Shocks Wmrld

MOMBABA. Airlon, Feb. 0- (Ieuten)-Ellsaheth, the new queen, burst into tears today when the news of her father's death was broken to her at the Royal lodge in Nyerl. Then she immediately decided to fly incl today to London.

LONDON. Feb. tl-(Reutersi- Britain's new Quben Ellidbetll will arrive in London by air at 0 pm. (1 p.m. EST) tomorrow.

MONTREAL. itch. I--(0l'l- The Canadian Broadcasting corporation today cancelled all commercial broadcasts on its network: for 14-hour: in defer- ence to the loyal family on the death of the King. The oonnardai broadcasts on be-

In; replaced by appropriate made.

TO BE PI0L(;lI:l-IMID QUEEN

LONDON. Feb. .8--(OP)--Princess zllahoth will be proclaimed Queen at a meeting of the Privy council which has been summoned for this afternoon, it was nnounced offlo- lally today.

The Princess-will return to Brit-

ain as quickly as possible from her tour of Africa.

AT WASillN(lTON

WASI-ILNGTON. Feb. 6-(APi-- British officials in the United States awoke with I shook today 8: am new that their lung was

s .

The death of Kine George VI was announced early today in London. .

The word had not yet reached Washington when British offices were called immediately after the announcement.

Charles Campbell. press officer at the British Embassy. was stun- ned. He said he was notifying British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks immediately.

At the White House, ll spokes-

an said President Truman would

ve I statement. later.

AT OTTAWA

OTTAWA. Feb. 6-(GP) - This capital was deeply shocked early today by the news of the sudden death of the King.

Immediate plans were made to

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lively political developments.

The Last Emperor

(An Editorial) .

The King is dead; long live the Queen. His Majesty's reign was anything but an untroubled one. Called sudden- ly in the throne by the constitutional crisis resulting in his brother's abdication, George VI accepted the heavy task of reigning over the many lands and peoples in almost as ” many stages of political development, which constituted the British Commonwealth and Empire.

The new Queen, his daughter, is not Empress of India. but the Crown has a hold on the affections of the Indian ' i and Pakistan people, as on those of every nation of the Commonwealth. We are in a very real sense a band of brothers and it is profoundly due to the complete dedication of his late Majesty to his duty that this supremely import- ant fact has not been lost sight of in the excitement of

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