Six members of the crew of eight of an Army Air Force bomber were killed today and one other seriously injured when the bomber crashed into a dense wood near here shortly before midnight. The plane was en route from Mitchell Field to Maxwell Field, Ala.
The plane, evidently attempting to make an emergency landing in the heavy rain, cut a swath through the heavy wooded area and then burst into flames as it came to rest. Three of the men were cremated and three others killed by the crash Lieut. John D. Madre was seriously burned by the flames.
"Wreckage was scattered over nearly an acre of ground.
The body of another member of the crew was found under the wreckage of the plane after the first search had failed to reveal the whereabouts of the eighth member of the crew. Lieutenznt Madre is not expected to survive.—Uni Queen Maud of Norway died here this morning. She underwent an abdominal operation a few days ago, and failed to recuperate. She would have been 69 years old next Saturday, November 26.
Death came at an early hour today, following the operation performed on November 16. According to a communique issued by the specialists, their patients heart stopped beating "without previous warning," and King Haakon of Norway, who had been staying at Buckingham Palace, was unable to get to her bedside in time. The Queen died in her sleep, with only a nurse present.
News of the death was conveyed to King George and Queen Elizabeth, who were spending the weekend with the Queen's brother, Mr. David Bowes-Lyon. Later King George talked with his uncle, King Haakon, JAs Queen Maud had been an English Princess, it is possible that she may be buried in this country, but no funeral arrangements have been made yet Third Daughter of King Edward VII
Queen Maud was the third daughter of King Edward VII and the youngest sister of King George V of England. She was the first cousin of her husband, Haakon VII, and three years his senior.
She was known as Norway's "Little Queen," for the top of her head came below the shoulder of her tall husband and she weighed only eight stone. They were married when Haakon was Prince Charles of Denmark, second son of the Crown Prince of that country. They were called to the throne of Norway in 1905 when their country divorced itself from the dominion of Sweden.
The court atmosphere in Copenhagen was, at the beginning so hostile to the shy little English Princess that she spent most of her me in her home country. It was
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