Evening star., 1952-02-06

Over Ueofh OF kin9. To9e Ali
Sandringham, the royal estate
where he was born. He had suf-
fered from lung cancer, but ap-
parently a blood clot was the
immediate cause of death. Word
of the death came from Sandring-
ham at 10:45 am. (5:45 am. EST
The Kings valet, John Mac
Donald, discovered the body when
he took a cup of tea to his bed
room at 7:30 am. His wife and
the Princess Margaret Rose were
notified Immediately. Queen Mary,
the Kings mother, was informed
by telephone in London. The Duke
of Gloucester, brother Of the King,
hurried from nearby Hunstanton
to Sandringham.
"Steady Sort of Monarch"
More than half the world-the
bits of England that lie around
the globe and the peoples that
are akin-lowered flags in respect
to the man who became King
against his will but developed into
Just the steady sort of monarch
Britons love.
The Kings body is expected to
Lie in state in Westminster Hall,
the great hall Of the Houses OF
Parliament, for several days next
week. The funeral will take place
at Windsor Castle, on a date to
be determined after Elizabeth con-
suits palace advisors and the gov
ernment.
There were tears in many eyes
as word of the Kings death
spread, just before noon, but there
was perhaps no more eloquent
tribute to be heard than the Oft
repeated:
'He was a good man."
Weeping Crowds at Palace.
Weeping crowds gathered at
Buckingham Palace as word OF the
Kings death spread. Flags were
lowered to half staff. The nations
radios went silent except for news
bulletins.
Unwillingly, George vi became
King by a whim of fate-when
Edward VIII (now the Duke OF
Windsor) abdicated rather than
give up the love of the American
Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
He lived to see Britain lose much
of her empire, and to see his coun-
trymen in wartime valor and
peacetime austerity.
Last September, surgeon re-
moved one of his lungs as cancer
GUS, and the King had looked Ill
for a long time. But even his i'm
mediate family did not know death
was so near.
While there was no official an
nouncement, well-informed spe-
cialists speculated that the King
died of coronary Thrombosis
clot on the heart. This is often
the cause when death occurs dur
ing sleep. Additionally, the King
had a history of circulatory all
ments-he was operated on in
1949 to relieve a circulatory dis
order of the leg.
Cabinet Session Called.
Georges voice sounded husky
when he broadcast his annual
Christmas message, and some spe-
cialists saw that as a possible in
dication that cancer. having been
removed from his left lung, was
still present in his right.
George vi was the first British
King to visit the United States
he was there with his Queen,
Elizabeth, in 1899.
Prime Minister Churchill called
an emergency meeting of the cab
met to set in motion the machin-
cry which will lead to Elizabeth s
formal taking Of the throne. One
of her first duties will be to set
a period of mourning for the
court. When her grandfather,
George v, died, court mourning
was ordered for nine months.
George VS. Queen Mary, at "a
has outlived both her husband and
her son.
It was at Sandringham that
George v died, January 81. 1886
Then Edward VIII was king fol-
a few months. The dead king at
that time was Duke of York. He
became king December IL, 1886
when Edward gave up the throne
for "the woman I love-" the twice.
divorced Mrs. Simpson.