Show I KING UN KNIFE KNIFE- CONDITION CONDITION- Lung J Punctured and Drained Operation Is Repeated HEIR VISITS RULER Royal Household Surgeon on Called to P Palace aa LONDON Dec 12 AP Official AP-Official Official announcement was was made that a successful successful suc suc- I I operation had been performed performed performed per per- suc 1 formed on King Kino George this evening I Ik A k physicians physician's bulletin issued at p. p m m. said An An operation on the king for drainage of the right side of the chest has been successfully perI performed performed per per- formed this evening veni g. g The condition condition condi condi- condition I tion of his majesty is is satisfactory I By KEITH JONES United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON Dec 12 United Pr Press ss ssAn I An An operation was performed on I the king today Pus w was was s drained off by puncturing uri g his lung The process will have to be be- repeated his doctors docto announced f More hope was expressed for tl the I I king than prevailed yest yesterday rda while i the Prince of Wales was vas speeding home across I Fr France rance nce The Tho doctors said sald th that t the slight improvement nt which they had noted Jn in a bulletin this morning was vas being b maintained The Th minor operation was as performed performed performed per per- formed after a consultation ons of the kings king's physicians ians and tho the announce announce announcement ment was signed signed- by all fiVe lVe doctors Sir Hugh Rigby surgeon surgeon to th throy the roy royal l' l household and his majesty's surgeon ordinary was summoned to Buckingham p palace lace and arrived ed at at 5 5 p. p ni m. m It was the first time that Sir Hugh had been s summoned An official bulletin Issued shortly short short- ly before noon said The king had some hours sleep sheep The The- slight Improvement noted late latel l last st night is maintained the t temperature tem m- m being somewhat lower The general condition Is a little better Signed Stanley Hew Hewett t. t Dawson of Penn The king recognized his son when the prince toed tip oed into his room at Buckingham palace palace last last night af after after atter at- at ter his dramatic mile race from rom East Africa and attendants said he lie appe appeared red to rally slightly But nut it was feared today that the stimulus which the princes prince's return provided was hardly sufficient to overcome the rigors of ot the kings king's long illness ss GEORGE GEORGE- CALLED HOME The apprehension was aggravated ted this morning with the announcement announcement announce announce- ment that Prince George youngest son of the British king king had been lIeen called home honie fr from m Bermuda where he had been with the British fleet Ther There was was was' magnificent drama In Inthe Inthe Inthe the return of ot the Prince of ot Vales Wales from his African hunting tion The young young- man who set out so joy Joyously only a few m months ago agoto agoto to become bronzed under the frI frI- returned haggard and pale paleto to his hIs' fathers father's bedside For Fort more more than 20 20 minutes ater after his the p ll e at 1024 1 p. p m rn the uie prince dar daN dard d not enter ente the sickroom He composed himself during a long talk with his lois mother Queen Mary Accompanied by the queen and his brother broth r the Duke of of York the prince entered the sound proof room in which his father Is ill The me meeting ting was aff affectionate Owing Owing Owing Ow Ow- ing to co court rt etiquette tt no details of what actually transpired will ovill ever Continued on page 5 5 KING UNDERGOES KNIFE CONDITION BECOMES BETTER Continued from page 1 be known but it could certainly be imagined to be the greeting of a avery avery avery very sick father to a son who had b been en absent for three months VISIT BRIEF The visit to the sickroom was brief for the physicians had warned that the excitement of the king on seeing the prince might overcome the first benefits of the reunion Sir Hewitt apothecary surgeon to the king spent the night at the palace The king went to sleep almost ImmediatelY immediately immediately im Im- im- im mediately after the princes prince's visit An official bulletin by the kings king's physicians today said The slight improvement in the Kings King's condition noted this morning is maintained Some purulent fluid around the base of the right lung was removed by puncture this morning Further drainage will be necessary The bulletin was signed Stanley Hewett L BIL E. E II Whitby E Farquhar Buzzard Humphrey Rolleston Daw Dawson son of Penn War Memorial Unveiled by Queen LONDON Dec 12 12 1 AP AP be De spite anxiety over the Illness Ulness of her royal rojal husband Queen Mary 1 gave re re- re hewed evidence today of her r devotion devotion devotion devo devo- tion to duty She motored from Buckingham palace into the city of London and for the first time unveiled unveiled un un- veiled a war memorial one memorIal one to members of mercantile and fishIng fishIng fishing fish- fish Ing fleets who were lost at sea in inthe inthe inthe the world w war r Incidentally the occasion was as the first on which the queens queen's voice has been heard on th the radio The entire ceremonial was broadcast b by station station sta sta- tion BBC giving opportunity for fox tens of thousands of British subjects sub to hear the voice of their rulers ruler's consort in this time of anxiety anxiety anxiety and stress THOUSANDS GATHER Thousands Thousands' of spectators gathered at the memorial to join the queen in paying tribute to the marine heroes and to express their appreciation of her fortitude in going through with the engagement The sight of the queen driving through the city unaccompanied unaccompanied unaccompanied un un- un- un accompanied by the king was was a strange one and it seemed to arouse in the people a d deeper sense of boy loy loyalty alty ally to and sympathy for the royal family Thanks to the radio the queens queen's words in tribute to the lost mariners mariners mari marl ners ner were heard not only by friends an and relatives assembled at the memorial memorial me me- morial but in the wind-swept wind cottages cot lages along the coasts of Engl England nd from which most of the heroes had come DESIGNED BY LUTYENS The memorial wa Va was designed designed by hy Sir Edwin L. L Lutyens architect of the Cenotaph in Whitehall the gov government gOY gOY- house in Delhi India and many other notable structures It Itis Itis Itis is in the form of a vaulted corridor of Portland stone 64 feet in length and ani 17 feet teet in width It t is fronted by cl classical columns approached from ca each h end by impressive arch arch- ways The new archbishop of Canterbury Canterbury Canter Canter- bury assisted I in ln th r dedication Queen Mary herself was obviously touched by the spontaneous display of ot public affe affection |