The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-21

to remain until after George v's burial.
 It was hard to keep in mind la old London today, that life was go- ing on, that babies were being born, that people were quarrelling, that people were dying.
 Every where, in public and priv ate, mourning for the late king and recognition that the monarchy went on undisturbed under Q new king, seemed predominant.
 The first official sign of the late kings death was at 12:30 @. m. When the white ensign on the flag staff at Admiralty Arch, at the other end of the mall from Buck ingham palace, was lowered to half mast.
 Posted Death Notice
 Twenty minutes later function ary posted the notice of the late kings death on the framed, glass; covered notice board on the high iron gate of Buckingham palace. There were thousands there await- ing the news.
 Immediately afterward the old cannon in St. James park, adjoin- ing the palace, and at the Tower of London in the city, were fired to announce the late kings death and the accession of the new king.
 The dean of St. Paul's cathedral, in accordance with tradition was formally notified and he ordered that Big Tom, the great cathe. dral bell, to be tolled at 8 @. m., at 10 @. m. 6 and s 8. m. EST).
 AS the bell tolled, the fighting services flashed out orders all over the world to officers and men, in barracks in England, in the desert of Egypt awaiting possible war with Italy; in the ships of the fleet, steaming in Q never ceasing patrol through the Mediterranean, to the army in India, to the little g,,n- boats and sloops in the Yangtze in China, that King George is dead.
 70-Gun Salute
 The war office gave orders for @ 70-gun salute, the shots to be given at intervals of one-minute, in mourning for the late king-one for each year of his life-to start nt noon c Q. m. EST). ,.
 The guns boomed out at each saluting station over the empire, and their position give an idea of the dominions over which Edward VIII is king-Hyde Park near Buck ingham palace. The Tower. of Lon- don. The great army depots at AL dershot and Catterick. At Alden across the Red Sea from Italian Eritrea, at Ceylon on the all red route to Australia; at the drowning Rock of Gibraltar; at Hong Kong at Jamaica in the West Indies, at Little Malta south of Sicily in the Mediterranean; at Singapore, the great new naval base and fortress in the Straits Settlements on the way to Australia-and Japan.
 People who went to work today wore black ties to symbolize mourn ing.
 They did not wait for the young l6th Duke of Norfolk, head of the proudest noble line in England and hereditary earl marshal. to issue his formal proclamation today:
 All People in Mourning
 "All people are expected to put themselves in decent mourning"
 This for men is either black necktie or blackarmlet, for wo- men black, black and white, gray or mauve clothing. a...
 The full mourning will continue for six weeks for the Eublic. for six months for the royal court, with another six months of halt mourn- ing. Then the coronation and sub- sequently the visit of the new king to India, to be crowned at DurbaI as emperor of India.
 Promptly at 8. m., the deep tones of Big Tom" on St. Paul's rang out, at intervals of one minute, 1t continued its tolling, to last until 10 a. m.
 Because of the known wish of the late king that employees inter- ests be safeguarded, 1t was decided that motion picture theaters should 'be closed only today and on the day of the funeral. \
 The stock exchange was closed to- day except for the settling room, where yesterdays transactions were cleared. Banks and foreign exchange offices were open. They will be closed on the day of the funeral.
 All Places Closed
 Night clubs, restaurants, dance halls, closed at the moment the late kings death was announced. Bands played the national anthem and the dancers went home. They will do little business in succeeding days.
 All British broadcasting stations were silent today, except for the toIling Of Big Ben," the clock bell I. I|f. I- r1tI.F