The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-18
Concern for British Ruler
Spreads Throughout
Vast Empire.
PASSES RESTFUL Night
Oxygen Is Rushed From
London, Administered
During Night.
By United Press

18.-King George V. Lay gravely III
of bronchial catarrh today in a
specially heated and ventilated room
at Sandringham House, his country
residence on the east coast. Con-
Germ for his ma jesty spread through.
out the British Empire.
Signs of heart weakness caused
acute anxiety and Sir Maurice Cas-
sidy, heart specialist and physician
to the king, was summoned from
London to reinforce three eminent
physicians already at the bedside.
The king passed a comfortable
night, after early restlesSness.
A bulletin issued shortly after IL
a. m. Is a. m. indianapolis time)
said that anxiety expressed last
night regarding the kings condi-
ton persisted.
1t was reported that oxygen,
rushed from London late last night,
was administered during the night.
Other Specialists Expected
Other specialists were expected
later today, to hold consultation
on the possibilities of complications.
Sir John Simon, home secretary
whose duty it is to be at sovereign's
death bed-was advised almost
hourly of the kings condition.
Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales,
the Duke and Duchess OF York and
their two little girls, the Princesses
Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, were
at Sandringham House.
They included four possible fu.
ture sovereigns of England and rue
lers of one-fourth the worlds ter.
ritory and population, of a conti4
nent-Australia-of dominions, col.
onies and protectorates in every
continent, of islands that dot the
seven seas.
Heart Weakness Detected
The succession is the Prince Of
Wales, the Duke of York. the
Kings second son, and his daugf-
ters-First, Elizabeth, nearly 10.
then Margaret Rose, who is So.
Concern for the king increased
with news that Prime Minister STAN
ley Baldwin was remaining in Lon
don instead of spending the week.
end In the country as he planned.
Then came the announcement
that the princess royal, the Kings
only daughter, was on her way to
Sandringham by rail from Leeds
with her husband, the Earl of Hare.
wood.
The kings private secretary, Lord
Wigram, left London for Sandring-
ham early in the afternoon.
The King contracted a chill after
riding about the estate and along
nearby roads on his favorite white
pony Wednesday. It was announced
yesterday morning that he had a
slight cold and was remaining in-
doors as a precaution.
Last night the heart weakness
was detected
Bulletin Is Broadcast
Sandringham House was abIaze
with lights all night. Even after
daybreak every window remained
lighted in witness to the anxiety
inside.
The Prince of Wales and the
Duke of York we're up early to in
quire of the kings condition The
little postoffice of the estate was
overwhelmed with telephone inquir-
les and was unable to answer them
for lack of a formal bulletin this
morning.
1t was not until today that some
villagers learned of the kings ill-
ness. They did not hear the bulle-
tin, announcing the heart weak
ness, which shocked the nation
when it was broadcast just before
midnight last night, interrupting
dance programs. AS the king lay i'll
last night a British legion post
dance was being held in the village
hall of Dersingham near the estate.
Villagers Express Alarm
The villagers stood today on the
snow-covered roads discussing the
illness. A woman who spoke to the
king when he took his pony ride
Wednesday said:
''He looked particularly well. The
keen air brought the color to his
cheeks. He seemed in the best OF
spirits and enjoying his exercise. He
wished me good day in his usual
kindly manner. can not say how
shocked we are to know how Ill he
is"
This anxiety had spread through-
out the empire today and world
statesmen speculated on the pos
sibilities of the kings illness and
its effect on empire and world poll
tics.
News that oxygen apparatus had
been brought, presence Of more and
members of the royal family. knowl-
edge of the kings 10 years and Of
his susceptibility to bronchial trou-
bles all combined to increase an-
xiety.
At the estate gates, presented to
the late King Edward by the city
of Norwich, was a strong police
guard. The gates were barred and
the 7000-acre estate was closed to
all but authorized visitors.
The weather was icy cold. Winds
swept across the neighboring salt
marshes on the shore of "the wash
on the Norfolk coast. An early
morning snow storm filmed the vim
dows of Sandringham House and