The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-13

(Continued from Page D to. a state dinner at 8:30 tonight and a coronation costume ball after the dinner.
 Back to Their Jobs
 In rain swept streets, through the mud under the dripping coronation decorations, Londoners went to work this morning as the last of the nights revelers in crumpled dress shirts and disarranged gowns were going home.
 Hammers rang again in the ar senals and munitions factories anc navy yards where British workers are turning out materials of wal for the country's $7,500, 100000 re- armament program.
 On headlands and hills from lands end down at the tip of tht deep green fields of Cornwall, ur through the highlands of Scotland to the Shetland Islands, the flame: of 3O-foot bonfires that had blazec through the night in the kings hon. or died down.
 Coronation day had taken 1t! place in history, with its cheers, 1t: merriment and it's record of 9,58s people injured in London alone enough to fill half dozen theatres comfortably-to testify to the thor ougl,ness of Britain's celebration.
 Written in Four Paragraphs
 The unsensational court circular which records royal activities summed it up in four paragraphs under last nights date line:
 "The coronation of the king anc queen took place in the abbey church of Westminster this day.
 'sTheir majesties left the palace at half past ten in the morning ane proceeded in state to the abbey, es corted by. sovereign's escort of th' life guard under command of Mai R. A. F. Thorp.
 '"The king and queen returned t the palace at APO o'clock and wer received by the great officers O state, the master of the household and the deputy master of the house hold.
 "A combined guard of honor O. the three services, found (provided, by the royal navy, the third bat. talion grenadier guards ard tht royal air force, was mounted outside the forecourt of the palace, and o. royal marines, the first battalion Coldstream Guards and the roya air force outside Westminster Alb bey."
 London Very Limp
 London was limp today. Sixt. thousand people, wet and bedrag gled, had gone home from in iron of Buckingham Palace after forcing the king and queen to go out on balcony three times last night t. acknowledge their cheering. Tn king stood bareheaded in the rail for four minutes, on his last appear ance. Then he went inside and police car succeeded, by announcini through it's loud speaker that tn royal couple had gone to bed, il getting the crowd to leave.
 The king and queen wenO to bet at 11:20.
 London itself was not so bedrag gled as might have been expected after the rain. Crowds began flock ing to the movies to see the corona ton films.
 By agreement, the Archbishop o Canterbury and the Duke of Nor folk, as hereditary earl marshal il charge of coronation arrangements had unoficially censored the new reels in a special late-night previeW
 It was understood that tie onl portion of note censored was close up during the ceremony whicl showed widowed Queen Mary dab ping at her tear-filled eyes.
 Today an Off-Day
 Today was an off-day, except fo the state dinner-at which the ST., 5OO,000 Buckingham Palace gol' service will be on display and spe cial American envoys James w. Ger ard and Gen. John J. Pershing vii be gueStS-and the costume ball.
 But the coronation celebration were just beginning and they vii continue for weeks. There are man receptions, dinners, reviews and of fficial appearances, eliminating il the royal birthday ceiebratiol July g.
 Tomorrow there is a bushes event, the opening of the lmperia conference, important alike to tn mother country, the dominions an, the United States and other tradin countries. The prime ministers o Britain and of the domirions o each of which George VI is king with experts and representatives o the colonies and protectorates an, or India, will discuss trade, foreigl policy and defense.
 King, Queen to Rest
 The king and queen will rest a their favorite royal lodge at Windso over the week end. They will re turn to London Monday because tn city will be crowded with visitors an, merrymakers. on the, Whitmonda bank holiday, and the royal coupl will be expected to appear again ol the palace balcony.
 There was considerable discussion of the kings radio speech last night It was agreed generally that whil he hesitated in speaking, the hesita | ton was not so apparent as man had expected. As soon as the Speecl Mas ended, it was learned, the queel @arried to congratulate him in tn eoom in which he sat alone to delive @ Friends of the king were . pleased at his delivery that they kep him busy for some time respondin f0 khal. falanhnnad .nnn,rn 1 ail Q f infai