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The Illustrated London News 1936
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"A Horse Map of the World"
Year Grid
Events of this year in the Illustrated London News
January 20th - Death of King George V at Sandringham, 11.55pm, aged
70
February 20th - Left wing government took power in Spain under Manuel Azana
March 7th - Rhineland occupied by Germany in defiance of the Treaty of
Versailles
May 9th - King Victor Emmanuel of Italy had been proclaimed Emperor of
Abyssinia by Mussolini
May 27th - The RMS Queen Mary left Southampton on her maiden voyage
to New York.
The Illustrated London News published a special
edition with double page
pictures
June 3rd - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived in London in exile
June 6th - Gatwick airport came into operation
July 17th - Civil war began in Spain between Republicans and Nationalists
July - the Berlin Olympics. Much to Hitler's displeasure
the hero of the games was black American athelete
Jesse Owens
who took 4 Gold medals (100 metres 200 metres , long Jump and 400 metre relay
August 16th - 16 of Stalin's opponents were executed after a show trial
October 5th - Start of the Jarrow march (Jarrow Crusade) to publicise the
plight of the jobless,
200 unemployed miners from Jarrow on Tyne marched to
hand a petetion (11,572 signatures) to
Downing Street about the plight of
the jobless in the North East of England, where 80 per cent of the population
were without work
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October 23rd - German 'Condor' Legion sent to Spain to help Franco's forces
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- November - Roosevelt was elected for a second term - the New Deal was proving
successful
- November 29th - Crystal Palace destroyed by fire, the glow could be seen
from Brighton
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- December 10th - Abdication of Edward VIII ended constitutional
crisis his
eldest brother Albert, the Duke of York became King George VI
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- December 19th - This year GK Chesterton gave up his weekly Our Note Book
page in the Illustrated London News
to be succeeded by the historian Arthur
Bryant.
His final column said The Crown though sometimes it may divide,
in the end unites...
What the soil of France is to a Frenchman, the Crown
is to Britain.
There is scarecly one of us who would not sooner die than see
it fail.
- The BBC inaugurates the TV service
- Life magazine begins publication
- Allan Lane starts Penguin Books
February 29th
second cover page showing the R.M.S. "QUEEN MARY" by day and also
by floodlight
four page panorama of THE "QUEEN MARY" in colour
Perils by sea, air and land: Disasters, Mishaps; and an R.A.F. Experiment
Italy's advance in Northern Abyssinia with Badoglio's forces
The Battle of Enderta
The "Pets' Promenade" in the "Queen Mary"
Aerial view of the Crow's Nest of the "Queen Mary"
4 pages showing the art in the "Queen Mary". - murals, carvings
and scuptures
Evidence that the Pentateuch existed in Alphabetic Script?
The Washington portrait discussion
A family tomb of the 14th century B.C. found at Ras Shamra
Captain Bligh and his men reach Timor in the "Bounty's" Launch
The electora; victory of the left in Spain: Rioting and Arson.
Gainsborough at 45, Park Lane: The Drawings
Full page ads for Kensitas, Good Travelling Companions, Christie Manson
& Woods and Callender Cables in colour.
March 28th.
cover page showing the R.M.S. "Queen Mary" leaving her birthplace
at Clydebank on her way down the river to the sea
Double page showing the highly specialized work of guiding the "Queen
Mary" from Clydebank shipyard to the tail of the bank
Whistles of "Queen Mary"
Cuchulainn
"China's Millions" by Anna Louise Strong
Herr Von Ribbentrop
The Gannet
Discoveries at Moravia, Vestonice and the Pekarna Cave
Double page showing the "Queen Mary" down the Clyde to the sea
as seen from the air
Admiral Okada's dramatic escape
Military insurrection in Tokyo
Drawing showing Italian Squadron: Aerial machine-gunning and bombing
Flying boats and bombers
Water-colour masters at the R.I: Sea; Land; Democratic Royalty
Full page ads for Kensitas, Humber Twelve and Daily Mail Ideal Homes
May 9th
the second cover page showing H.M. Haile Silassie I., Emperor of Ethiopia.
The British legation at Addis Ababa: A General Haven of Refuge
3 pagesof photos of Addis Ababa - now in Italian hands: The city left
leaderless by the beaten Emperor's flight.
full page photo showing General Starace's mechanized column advancing
on Gondar.
The Path of Duty. Being an appreciation of "Haig: The Second Volumn."
by Duff Cooper.
The passing of King Fuad of Egypt.
full page photo of King Faruk of Egypt.
Flying dragons and flying imps. Storks.
Siberian animal art of about 500 A.D.
Corot paintings.
The French fleet in harbour: from the paintings by A. Brenet.
Refugees under British care at Addis Ababa.
The Moose River mine rescue.
Double page. London raided and defended - at Olympia: How the Territorial
organization masters Bombers' threats. (this page is loose)
Cairo - Centre of a constitutional crisis after King Fuad's death.
Threatened: Picturesque old buildings Norwich is likely to lose.
The World of the Theatre: Shakespeare-on-Avon.
A Gauguin Masterpiece: Bought for the U.S.A.: "D'ou venons-Nous? .
. .
The Louvre: Cezanne's "Book to Consult:: "Models" and Sketches
and Famous Sculptures Sketched.
A National Gallery removal: Minor Dutch masters in a new setting.
Full page ads for Stuart House, Austin, Kensitas, Vat 69, Whitbread's Pale
Ale, Johnnie Walker, Craven "A" and Ford V
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May 23rd
R.M.S. "QUEEN MARY" Special number
The second cover page shows a full page black and white picture of the
"Queen Mary" ready to make her maiden voyage across the Atlantic
Picture of Queen Mary and her Standard
full pages showing the "Queen Mary" in Section and in Detail:
Below the mainmast, tourist class, central part including the lounge and restaurant,
public rooms, and the foremast including the sports deck, squash court and
swimming pool
full page showing "Queen Mary" in contrast with other ships
4 pages showing the rooms of the ship
double page showing details of the "Queen Mary" construction
which contains 40,000 tons of steel, in hull plating and bulkheads, and 10
million rivets
full page showing the provisions for catering to 3000 people
full page picture of Field-Marshall Lord Allenby
full page coloured picture of "A Painting of Circus Life" by
Dame Laura Knight
double page coloured picture of the "Queen Mary" at sea after
a photograph by Stewart Bale
coloured pictures of 2 paintings which hang in the "Queen Mary"
by H. Davis and Vanessa Bell
Mrs. Mollison, "Kaiserin", Addis Ababa, war in Abyssinia and
more.
full page picture of King Edward VIII in full Scottish regalia as Colonel-in-Chief
of the Seaforths
full page of pictures showing "Queen Mary" is comparison to ships
and buildings
the airship "Hindenburg" landing in Lakehurst, N.J.
Full page ads for Douglas Stuart (Bookie), Lincoln Zephyr V-12, Spink &
Son, Martell and Visit South Africa
June13th
The Palestine disturbances. A typical photograph showing British police
dispersing Arab rioters in Jaffa and a small police force armed only with
baton and shield facing an Arab mob
The Canadian War Memorial on Vimy Ridge. 2 pages of photos
In Disturbed Palestiine: A stern task for British troops and police
Freak Ships: Strange craft designed by over-optimistic inventors. 2 pages
of photos
A puzzling "Venus" of 2000 B.C.: A fine Sumerian relief in London.
"Ishtar"
Cruisers with Hangars: The British Navy looks to its air arm.
First photographs of the light-skinned pygmies of Aiome, in New Guinea,
Hitherto unvisited and untouched by civilization: With other tribes: Results
of Lord Moyne's pioneer expedition
Historic scientific instruments exhibited at Cambridge: Newtonian, Pepysian.
At Cambridge: A magic cube; A Newtonian Telescope; A Calculator
H.M. The Emperor Haile Silassie in England: The Abyssinian Exiles; and
their welcome.
The French Stay-In Strikes: The "Occupation" of work centres;
Order in the Factories; "Scenes" outside
The World of Science: The vulture's taste for carrion.
Full page picture: Muirhead Bone's impression of the sailing of the "Queen
Mary"
Double page picture of the "Queen Mary's" welcome in New York
at the end of her maiden voyage
The Gallant attempt on Everest: Peril near the world's top
The Corot to Cezanne exhibition in London
Netherlandish Masters
Of Interest to Women - fashion.
Summer holidays - afloat and ashore
Full page ads for Black & White, Hooper & Co., Cine-Kodak, Castrol
Oil, Schweppes,
Christie Manson & Woods, Craven "A" in colour,
Grace Lind in colour,
McVita in colour, Guinness in colour, Austin Reed, and
Revelation Suitcase Co.
June 20th
full page picture of The Late Gilbert Keith Chesterton, essayest, novelist,
poet, dramatist, critic and philosopher
The First "Notebook" (1905) and the last "Notebook"
by G.K. Chesterton for "The Illustrated London News"
The Bucharest Catastrophe: A Grandstand for 6000 Collapses
The first match for the Westchester Cup: America's narrow win
Earth in Tumult. Being an Appreciation of "Cradle of the Storms"
by Bernard R. Hubbard
3 pages on the Naga Head-Hunters of Burma
Nature's Seaplanes: How the Flying-Fish "Takes off" and Glides
Unusual Photographs: A crown and an orb on the Big Ben Tower by William
Davis
Fresh discoveries at Megiddo, ancient stronghold controlling a pass used
by Egyptian invaders of Palestine in 1479 B.C.
Excavations at Megiddo.(3 pages)
in colour full page photo: rock and water garden at F. J. Nettleford's
country seat at Chelwood Vachery, Sussex.
Masterpieces of Javanese Theatrical Art: Exquisite Topeng masks
Royal Ascot without The Royal Family
full page sketch of Mr. J. H. Thomas making his statement to the house,
announcing his resignation
Arab riots in Palestine and the measures taken for their suppression: Disorder
in Jaffa and elsewhere
The Camera as recorder: The solar eclipse and other topics
Recording the perfect dive
full page photo of "The Pipe of Peace"
The greatest Cezanne exhibition: Works at the Orangerie
Full page ads for For Golfers, Kensitas, Whitbread, Schweppes and Ford V-8
June 27th
The strange story of the "Girl Pat": The elusive Grimsby auxiliary
motor fishing boat
whose adventurous voyage of over 5000 miles mystified the
world until she was arrested off Georgetown.
Long hung in obscurity: Now revealed as a Bellini. Picture and article
on a portrait discovered in the Palace of Prince Biorromeo in Milan
double page of Aircraft old and new at the R.A.F. display: A novel feature
showing vast progress in size, range, and speed
The solar eclipse seen in Greece and London
Great thunderstorms: Lightning displays
Roman glass: A commonplace in 4th century Egypt
The "Yogi" sensation of the season at Simla
Ships and the shipping of pictures
Double page: The first ceremony of trooping the colour since the King's
accession
Wimbledon : The seeded players, the challenged and "star" challengers.
Full page etching of Lt. General Sir Arthur Wauchope, High Commissioner
and Commander-in-chief in Palestine
2 pages of Saturn's rings
Unconscious "surrealism" in the art of primitive races
double page of The "Released" German Fleet and Air Arm in being:
Naval forces of the Reich reviewed by the leader.
Of Interest To Women - fashion and linen
Full page ads for Stuart House, Austin and Cine-Kodak
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November 28th
second cover which shows King Edward VIII's tour of South Wales at the abandoned
Dowlais Steel Works.
Articles and photos include:
Double page of the derelict Dowlais Steel Works.
Unemployed men constructing a sports ground in Monmouthshire.
Two more pages of the King in Wales.
The "Jaime I." - The government's chief naval weapon against Franco.
The flight of a bullet: Amazing "spark" cinematography - a bullet
photographed.
The Cave of Trapeza - Relics of prehistoric Crete near the fabled birth-place
of Zeus.
The supreme struggle in Spain - Ther Battle of Madrid - Terror and Destruction
from the air.
Russian "Air Infantry" practising a mass parachute descent in
the rear of a hostile force.
Birds in relation to agriculture.
Barrie's new Biblical play. "Pickwick" as an opera.
The Francois Coty Sale: Drawings by Watteau, Fragonard, Ingres, Guardi,
Reynolds, Largilliere.
English Regency furniture.
Christmas gifts.
Full page ads for Austin Reed of Regent Street, Martell Cordon Bleu and Black
and White
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