Evening star., 1939-06-10

Mark q. k1mberl1ng, blue -unt-
formed head of the New Jersey
State Police, and presented him to
the Queen.
An Army band struck up God
Save the King" The King faced
suddenly about and swung to at
tentjon. When the last sounds died
away, he walked up the platform
to inspect 100 picked troops from
Fort Hancock under command of
Capt. F. J. Woods of the SD
Coast Artillery.
Proceed to Fort Hancock.
Then the King and Queen, Gov.
and Mrs. Moore and the royal party |
entered Is waiting automobiles for
the half hour auto ride through the
countryside through fashionable and
shady Rumson with its blooming
honeysuckle hedges to Fort Han
cock
In the Governors party were
three thrilled little girls-his g.
year-old niece, Jane Margaret Glee;
Betty Barrow, 6. and Nora Benway,
S, guests of the Moores at the
summer home in Sea Girt.
AS the motorcade moved past |
Rumson's rich estates, society |
women stood with their gardeners
at the roadside to catch a glimpse
of the monarchs.
Overhead along the route hung
the colors of two nations, one of
which fought for its independence |
from the other 1854 years ago on
backgrounds over which the blue
and silver royal train rolled today
on its near tWo-hour run from
Trenton.
Close by the armies of George
Washington repulsed the redcoats |
of Gen. Henry Clinton on June
%, 1778.
Red Banks Celebration.
Red Banks celebration was SIM
pie and dignified as it wanted it |
to be. but its pride in it's position
only small town in the Nation out |
side Of Niagara Falls and the Presi-
dents own Hyde Park to be favored
with call from their majesties-
gave way to unrestrained enthus-
laSm.
The crowd, kept by armed troops
from getting within 100 yards of the
royal couple as it stood on the sta
ton platform and its view blocked
by the station itself. broke into loud
cheers as the King and Queen first
came within their view to enter the
waiting cars.
The cars were closed, the spec
tators' view of the royal couple was
poor. but their cheers were loud
and long.
Many of the thousands had stood
since dawn in the sultry heat of
this mid-June day The tempera-
ture was in the high 8Os as the
royal party passed by.
The station reception lasted only
II minutes, Members of the King S
party left the train about five min
utes before he and the Queen walked
out alone.
Town Up Early for Occasion.
The royal train arrived at Red
Bank at $50 am.
The town. gayly bedecked with the
Stars and Stripes and the Union
Jack flying side by side, was up early
for the occasion. The 10000 popu-
latlon was multiplied many fold dur
ing the night and hundreds lined the
streets soon after dawn.
Crowd Mostly Silent.
There were few shouts of here
she comes as the locomotive poked
its nose around bend 400 yards
away, but the crowd for the most
part was silent as the train steamed
IN and stood for 2 minutes at the
platform waiting to be backed onto
the siding, out of sight of all
There Army troops surrounded it.
They had guarded the right of way
! on the 60-mile run from Trenton
| where the royal train entered the
State at dawn
Hundreds lined the tracks in sea-
shore resorts to the south of Asbury
Park, gathering before $50 am. to
be sure they saw the long streak of
silver and blue roll past.
The day daWned clear and the
temperature rose steadily in The
70s, with promise of going much
higher during the day All fear of
thunder showers. which the wealth
erman had predicted, was dispelled
at least for the time the train was
to stand at Red Bank and the 40 .
minute ride through the surround .
ing countryside to Fort Hancock. /
Sandy Hook, where the royal couple
later boarded the Warrington for the
run to New York
First-Aid Squads Placed.
Twenty-eight f1rst-aid squads took .
positions with their trucks along
the l4-mile route from Red Bank
to Fort Hancock. Ropes were
stretched along many of the streets
to hold back the crowds.
Temporary stands were sold out .
early at 81 head.
Wooden barriers blocked intersec-
tions along the royal route, where
parking had been forbidden since
midnight.
The streets had been freshly
scrubbed.
Col. Kimberling. superintendent
OF State police. said approximately
1000 soldiers and policemen were
on duty. They stretched from
Trenton to Sandy Hook, by the
roundabout railroad line, but the
large majority were concentrated
between the freight yard where the
monarchs' train was sidetracked and
the pier at Sandy Hook where naval
and Coast Guard craft awaited.
Flrst-aid squad members, Bov
Scouts and war veterans added
hundreds to the total of uniformed
men on duty.
The Weather Bureau at Newark
airport said early today there would
be local showers over most of North
Jersey this afternoon or tonight