RADIO NOTES
a twice monthly column in The Illustrated London News
about the very early days of the BBC

 

Some other Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

The World of Women
A weekly page for women 1923

January 11th - Ruhr occupied by the French because
Germany refused to pay war reparations to seize payment in coal

 

January 23rd - The engagement of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (The Queen Mother who died in 2002)
and The Duke of York (King George VI who died in 1952)

 

January 27th - First Nazi (National Socialist) party rally held in Munich, addressed by Hitler

 

February 16th Friday was the opening of Tutankhamens Tomb by Howard Carter

February 24th Tutankhamen in the Illustrated London News

 

April 26th - The Wedding of The Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

September 1st - Tokyo and Yokohama destroyed by earthquake 72,000 deaths

October 29th - Turkish Republic proclaimed by military leader Mustafa Kemal

 

November 11th - Hitler arrested after failed coup in Munich.
He was jailed for 5 years and whilst in prison wrote Mein Kampf (My struggle)

 

November 15th - German currency worthless; cost of loaf was 200 Billion marks,
children used bundles of Mark notes as building blocks and paper
Marks generally were sold to waste paper merchants

 

Dr FG Banting discovers Insulin as a treatment of Diabetics

Stanley Baldwin becomes British Prime Minister

Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th US president after the death of Harding

Inside Cover ; After Choosing A Design For Their Wedding Cake ; The Duke Of York And Lady Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon Leaving A Famous Biscuit-Factory At Edinburgh

Inside ; Spills At The Grand Military; A Prelude To The ,National
Ruhr Bloodshed ;The Scene Of Buer Murders; Reparation,Coke

Was Mary Queen Of Scots Beautiful; A Question Raised By The Sale Of Her Personal Relics

Through The Hide Modelling;The New Taxidermy
The Battle Of The Blues; The Oxford And Cambridge Crews;Their Strokes And Coxes

A Lost Civilisation Of America; Ball Games And Human Sacrifices Of The Maya Pyramid Builders

A Woman Breaks The Record For Wye Salmon; A 59 1/2 Pounder

Grand National Spills Explained/An Obstacle Race Over A Unique Course;

The New Piece Of Plough
Fought Before The Duke Of York And His Scottish Bride; The Battle Of The Rose And The Thistle{Rugby

• Inside Cover Discoverer Of A New Germ Treatment For Tuberculosis;Professor George Dreyer,F.R.S., Of Oxford
• To Shine Upward With Perpetual Light;The Cenotaph
• Royal Ascot Of 1923;The King And Queen Driving Up The Course In Semi-State
  The Bulgarian Coup D'Etat; Arrests Of Ex-Ministers And Police;Leading Personalities And Incidents
  The Golf Won Back From America; A New Champion Arthur Havers
  Rare Old Armour That Realised £9000; The Pembroke Sale
  A Chinese Train Outrage
  Travellers Captured By Brigands
  Richmond's Famous Horse Show; Prizes , Jumps And Exhibits.
  The Princes Midlands Tour;Walsall; Coventry; Birmingham.
  The Lady Of The Rose;Sixty Years In England; Queen Alexandra
  The Jubilee Of The Typewriter
  Woman's Share In The International Horse Show; Well Known Lady Exhibitors At Olympia
  A Fortune In Old French Tapestry; The Rothschild Sale
  The Funeral Of Princess Christian; The Cortege At St.George,St. Chapel ,Windsor
  The Marriage Of The Queen's Niece To The Heir Of A Duke

• Inside Cover ; Invoked To Stay The Lava, And The Cause Of A Fight With People From Another Town; The Statue Of St. Egidio At Linguaglossa During The Eruption Of Mount Etna
• Inside ;Causing A Century Of Barrenness; Etna'sS Devastating Lava
  How Etna's Lava Destroys A Village; Slow But Inexorable
  Like A Moving Slag-Heap;A Stream Of Lava From Etna
• Great Names In The Lawn Tennis World; The Most Watched Players At The Championships
  A Chinese Parallel To Punch And Judy; The Picture Box
  A Punch And Judy Of The Sahara ;A Cloak Booth
  Where Man Is Veiled; The Land Of The Saharan Tuareg
  The Right Hon.Stanley Baldwin.P.C,MP, Prime Minister
  The Sandhurst Of The Air Force;Cranwell A Subject Of Interest To The Air Congress
  More Dainty Rogues In Porcelain; Characters From A Famous Play Portrayed In Miniature Statuary
  A Historic Town Relives Its Past; The Harrow Pageant
  Under A Blue Sky At The Olympia; The International Horse Show
  Back Cover Picture For Player's Cigarettes ,In Colour

• Full Page Portrait Photo By E.J. Mortimer Of Howard Carter, One Of The Discoverers Of The Tomb Of Tutankhamen
• Alain Gerbault, Lone Yachtsman
• Princess Mafalda Of Italy
  Princess Giovanna Of Italy
  London-Manchester Air Mail Aeroplane, Before And After It's Fatal Crash At Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire
  Holyhead's New War Memorial
  Trial Bombing Of The U.S.S. 'Virginia' Battleship
  Czecho-Slovakian Army Manoeuvres
  Turkish Cruiser 'Hamidieh'
  Huge German Floating Dock
  Art Experts Outside The Louvre Deciding A Da Vinci Dispute
  2 Photos Of The Winter Palace At Petrograd
  M. Kameneff And Wife, Head Of Soviet Council
  Lenin's Huge Portrait
  3 Photos From The Moscow Exhibition - Kirgits Peasant's Home - The Foreign Section - The Turkestan Pavilion
  The Breaking-Up Of H.M.S. 'Thetis' At Zeebrugge
  Full Page Photo Of A Family Of Grey Squirrels - 'Bushy Tailed American Alien Marauders'
  The New Airship Hangar Under Construction At Orly
  Portrait Full Page Photo Of Sir Ernest Rutherford, Who Was The First To 'Broadcast' For The B.B.C.
  Full Page Photo Of Partridge Shooting At Wootton, Near Bedford
  Madeleine Marshall [Actress]
  Pavlova In 'The Fairy Doll' At Covent Garden
  New Broadcast Receiver For Shoreditch Public Library
  Duchess Of York At Forfar
  Army Takes Control In Spain;
  General Primo De Rivera
  Proclamation Of Martial Law Being Read Out On The Streets Of Madrid
  King Alfonso At Biarritz
  Don Santiago Alba Fled To France
  Marquis De Alhucemas Leaving The Palace
  Leaving The Council Chamber During The Crisis - King Alfonso And The Marquis De Alhucemas
  People Of The Week;
  Sir Walter Davidson, Late Governor Of New South Wales
  Hon. Francis Oswald Lindley, Minister To Norway
  Sir David Bruce, President Of British Association
  Herr Fellinger, German Foreign Exchange Commissioner
  The Late Australian Senator Millen
  C. Ramaswami, Lawn Tennis Champion
  G.E. Pratt, Killed Pilot In The Air Mail Disaster
  Capt. L.G. Robinson, Chief Pilot Also Killed
  Emir Abdullah, Ruler Of Transjordania
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