Show iWas Was Mr Now Sir t I k W i I I I SIR M. M CAMPBELL I Honored I by His lis Majesty Campbell Given Knighthood on Visit With King British Ruler Shows Keen In Interest Interest Interest In- In terest in Race Prize Fights and Americans Chats About United States LONDON Feb 21 Associated Press Captain Captain Malcolm Campbell walked into Buckingham palace this morning mornin spent 40 minutes with King George and came out Sir Malcolm 1 Campbell his majesty having having- bestowed bestowed bestowed be be- stowed upon him the accolade of knighthood The honor was In lii recognition of or orthe the captains captain's feat of driving an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile miles an hour on the sands of Daytona Beach Fla on February 5 5 The king said Sir Malcolm afterward afterward af- af was WItS very gracious He had hada a lot of American photographs of the Bluebird my car and as we talked about them he kept asking me questions questions ques ques- which showed he knows more about technical matters than I had any Idea he knew I was delighted to ro find he had followed my progress so closely He was very anxious to learn leam whether the people at Daytona took much interest inthe record run and he tic was obviously pleased when I told him how splendidly they treated us usand usand usand and how enthusiastic they all had been We chatt chatted d about the United States for several minutes and he showed a great knowledge of the country Among other things they discussed Sir Malcolm said was the Harvey- Harvey Dundee prize fight at New York which the captain saw when he hc came north from Florida His majesty seemed to know a lot about boxing too the racer said and was eager to know how the showed up The honor bestowed upon Sir Malcalm Malcolm Malcolm Mal Mal- colm calm also was accorded the late Sir Henry Segra e after grave had set the speed record which Captain Campbell broke at Daytona |