The Archive · 1937

On Prohibition

Mr. Baker signed the Wickersham report along with other members of the commission, but in an attached personal statement wrote:

"In my opinion, the Eighteenth Amendment should be repealed and London, Dec. 25, The King referred briefly io the "shadows of enmity and fear" spreading in various parts of the world.

"But," His Majesty added, "let us turn to the message that Christmas tungs of peace and good-will"—

Havas, Extremely Good Reception serd 16 Tie "mem"

London, Dec, 26.

"The reception of the Kings broadcast to the Empire from Sandringham Palace on Christmas Day was excellent.

Practically everywhere, for example Capetown, Johannesburg, and Wellington (New Zealand), reported 100 per cent clear reception, which was especially good at Toronto, where it seemed that the King was speaking in the next room—Reuter, Shanghai Listens

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