Evening star., 1948-01-01
g Women Included
Among $50 Honored
On King George 5 Lis
BY fhs A,,oeiot,d Pres.

LONDON, Jan. liking George
bestowed $50 awards in his New
Years honors list for 1948.
The list, in which five new peers
were created, was notable for Its
inclusion Of an unusually high pro-
portion Of women-93-and for its
recognition of service in India
where British rule has ended.
Only one Of the new peers was
recognized for political and public
services. He is Sir Valentine Crit
tall, former labor member of par
Lament who received barony.
Lord Hyndley. chairman of the
National Coal Board, now q baron,
becomes q viscount. The 62-year-
old industrialist, received the honor
for his record of public service
since 1881"
Air Marshall Sir Sholto Douglas,
chief Of the RAJ fighter command
from 1910 to 1912, was made a
baron.
U. S.-Born Poet Honored.
r. s. Eliot, American-born, natu-
rallied Briton, poet, dramatist and
essayist, received the Order Of Merit.
He served In United States Intelli-
gence during World War I and be-
came q British citizen in 1927.
. The King created new privy
counseIlors and 20 knights. Among
the recipients of knighthoods is
Prof. John d. Cockcroft, director of
Britain's atomic energy research
establishment.
A special supplement recognized
service in operational mine sweeping
and mine and bomb disposal since
the end Of the war.
Michael Balloon, one of Britain's
leading film producers, who cele-
brated the 25th anniversary of his
entry into film making last month,
received a knighthood.
Among others, awards of the
Order Of the Star Of India went to
1t. Gen. Sir Archibald Edward Nye
and Sir Frederick Burrows, last
British governors Of Madras and
Bengal In India, and to three
maharajas.
The royal wedding of Princess
Elizabeth and Prince Philip was
marked by appointments to the
Royal Victorian Order for three
women Of the royal family of
Danes Grand Cross-the Duchess of
Gloucester, Duchess of Kent and
Princess Alice Countess Of Athlone)
and the Very Rev. A. C. Don, dean
Of Westminster Abbey, as as a
knight commander of the order.
Countess Mountbatten Named.
v. Sackville- West, the novelist
and poet, and Miss Margaret Bond
field, minister of labor in the labor
cabinet Of 1881, were named Com
panions Of honor. Also among the
women honored was Countess
Mountbatten, wife of India's gov
srnor general, named a Dame
Grand Cross of the British Empire.
Alfred Duff Copper, retiring Am
bassador to France, and Sir Oliver
Charles Harvey, his successor, were
named Knights Grand Cross of the
Order Of st. Michael and st. George.
Among lesser honors the order of
the British Empire went to Capt.
George Edward Thomas Eyston,
motor speed driver who held the
pre-war worlds record; the honor
Of member of the British Empire
I'M. B. E) to Superintendent Peter
Beveridge Of Scotland Yards GRIM
inal investigation division, and
o. B. E. to Fred Russell, IS, variety
hall artist credited with being the
first ventriloquist to work with a
single doll. ..-
Recipient Of the order of st.
Michael and st. George, as a
Knight Grand Cross, was Argentine
born Sir Wilfrid Eady, second secre-
tary to the treasury and leading ne
gotiator in the British financial
talks with Argentina, Uruguay, the
United States and other countries.