Show JI r Y r. r 1 i 1 1 GEORGE DEBBIE WILL f FACE ADE CRISIS t IN i 48 HOURS I si s England Alarmed Over Sickness of t Beloved Monarch n ew w. w v ia y l y yi i f h tl 1 r X Po I. I i F f t ti I I t r r t M t I J i iG G 10 r v r A w- w p 4 1 s s fey y it w k l t s ti Lk Y s G t r 4 t t c rI jj t. t t r r 1 r tJ j ay f yi ti p f fk ft fj Ir fT r i t k l 6 i- i W 0 t KING GEORGE V princes rI I 1 ces and Other Relatives Rush to Side J i. i of Ruler as Heart Attack Complicates Ailment t tw Copyright 1936 the Associated Press w i SANDRINGHAM I Eng JEng Jan 18 A 18 A crisis in the condition of ot old year 70 ye O rold old King George GeorgeV V seriously ill ni from a bronchial ailment nt rv l tray ay be expected in about 48 B hours it was learned from a high source here tonight New supplies sup lilies of oxygen were rushed b by road and rail tonight rail tonight to the royal residence e. e The call for fresh tanks indicated the kings king's con condition is weakening and nd that he was wat consuming lar large e quantities of oC p The bronchial l catarrh from rom which his majesty is suffering has bas affected affect affect- ed his nose nose and lungs causing hoarseness feverishness and sore Bore throat Already it was declared a pulmonary inflammation has bas affected affect affect- ed the lungs and been carried to the heart causing the cardiac weakness weakness weakness weak weak- ness which has res resulted in the present pies pres ent anxiety of oC his physicians Should the monarch throw off the attack as he has done several times since his serious serious' illness of ot 29 1928 it was said the turn for the better would probably be visible some sonic time on Monday 1 The afternoon bulletin indicating the gravity of the situation Uon was I posted at nt the gate of Sandringham house the royal residence at p p. p pm p.m. m. m It read I 1 His majesty the king has had some hours of oC restful sleep The cardiac weakness and embarrassment embarrassment embarrassment em em- of circulation tion have Continued on P PEO 5 Two tC Column ot Fh KING SUFFERS HEART ATTACK C Continued from rom P te One slightly increased and give cause for tor anxiety A typed d' d sheet of note not paper bearIng bearing bearing bear bear- ing the royal crest carried the announcement an an- nou nt to hundreds of ot passersby passers passers- by who were gathered outside the gates fates Secretary Arrives Just before the posting of ot the b bulletin ll Jl Lord Wigram the ld ga private secretary fr from m Lon Lon- don E Earlier In the day one of Eng Eng- lands land's most noted heart specialists was Vaa summoned from London to the bedside of the monarch to join the three physicians already in attend attend- ance The reference In the afternoon bulletin to embarrassment of circulation cir cir cir- cul ul tion was wai was taken to mean that the of ot the heart was was- growing weaker Sh Shows ws Seriousness The departure of of his majesty's I granddaughter i Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Margar tRose Rose for tor their London London London Lon Lon- don home appeared another indication of ot the serious nature of the kings king's illness About the th time the bulletin was issued the princess royal the Count Countess Coun Couri- t tees tess ss of Har wood and her husband hus bus band the Earl of Harewood H arrived arrived ar ar- rived at nt the residence A- A short time time- after the specialist Sir Maurice Maurice A. A Cassidy left London by train it was was learned orita- orita th oxygen was administered to the sovereign during the night It was explained however that oxygen is a modern treatment for Tor a catarrhal condition n such uch as s th that t suffered by his majesty and andias has been administered to the king several times during recent years In Infighting infighting fighting that ailment aUment Serious Signs Sign The bronchial catarrh was complicated comp com corn p by more serious serious' signs of ot cardiac weakness which even the guarded language e of the kings king's physicians conceded was as causing some disquiet After disclosing this development In a b bulletin last Jast night the physicians physicians clans said today in a a 8 statement timed 1015 a. a m. m a. a me t. s. s t t. The anxiety expressed In the bulletin of at last Jast night persists Oxygen Brought Oxygen w was s brought to ham tiam house the royal country es estate estate es- es tate Late and the kings king's favorite pai palace cC yesterday by Lord Dawson of Penn who wh with two other of the rulers ruler's physicians spen spent the night in the palace ready for instant call While the faithful Nurse Black who was with King G George orge all through his hi serious illness of ot 1928 and 1929 remained near nea his bedside Lord Dawson of ot Penn Sir FrederIck Frederick Freder Freder- ick Stanley Stanle Hewett and Frederick Frederick Freder Freder- ick J J. stayed In hi rooms not far away who lives at Sandringham ham left the palace this morning but Lord Dawson and nd Hewett Re Remained remained re- re awaiting a the arrival of Sir Maurice Cassidy Tense Anxiety A number windows of of t the large rambling old royal residence re re- re lighted all 11 through th the snowy windy night A b bitter er east ast eastwind eastwind wind vind whipped the p palace lace ground grounds this morning Special l officers were wert werton on n duty dUly at th the gates The anxiety of the Norfolk countryside coun- coun was as not less tense than that throughout t the e country and the tho em- em pire Thousands of ot Inquiries p poured Into this this' ittle village of perSons persons per per- ions sons about aboul miles mUes northeast ot of Lond London n seeking hews of the Ute mon arch In a later J t r explanation of the administration administration administration ad ad ad- ministration of oxygen to the king a house official lal Ial emph emphasized em em- ph that It was given not because be be- cause the the kl king g was seriously ill but just to n assist breathing Guarded Language i iThe The guarded professional lonal language lan Jan gu guage gc of Uie t the bulletins bulletins' Issued by the kings Ing's doctors started a wave of deepest t concern One medical authority said uLd It shows shawl the doctors are are really won war ned ried The nation and an th tb empire re remembered remembered rt- rt the anxious times seven leven years ago when for days the monarchs monarch's monarchs monarch's mon man archs arch's Ute hung life hung in the balance Two operations ns to drain fluid from his chest were followed by t tense tense days nse d YI of ot waiting with family and phy I- I clans clans' close at hand before the tho king won through King George Georgo and IQ Queen een Mary came came to Sandringham kom from Landon London London Lon Lan don December 12 for he traditional royal family Christmas par party y Mourned l s Slater Ster ter The gathering which had bad promIsed promised prom prom- bed to be tie tie- one of the happiest of ot recent years for the family of f the loving home king surrounded by his ils children and grandchildren was wasi i saddened however by or Princess Victoria sister of the king and one of t his favorites s. s II This was the first visit t. t to SanI Sandringham San San- Sandringham I of ot the monarchs monarch's young young youngest I est eat grandchild Prince Edward of Kent The presence there of or his hi two happy granddaughters Elizabeth and Margaret Rose aided in brightening brightening brightening bright bright- ening the kings king's holiday season leason be before before be- be f fore re his hll illness Attended Council The monarchs monarch's last active participation participation participation pation in affairs of state was was December De Do- cember 23 when he attended a privy council at Sandringham at which Anthony Eden received the seal of foreign secretary replacing Sir Sin Samuel Hoare Hoar Two days later King George de- de livered his usual Christmas message In n a worldwide broadcast A number number number num num- ber who has listened to the monarchs monarch's monarchs monarch's monarchs monarch's mon mon- archs arch's last few Christmas broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts noted his voice seemed to lack its usual vigor A shooting p party which had been arranged to be held here today was Wal canceled Beloved loved Squire This whole peaceful Norfolk village vII vil lage was plunged Into anxious gloom of ot the sudden illness of Its ita beloved squire One village woman who saw aw him riding only Wednesday said the tithe kl king g looked just as al he always does I I curtsied to him and the king wished me good day in his usual kindly fashion We Ve were all shocked when we learned earned ho ill how he he- is Early workers cycling over over the snow snow covered covered road halted outside the gates of ot the royal estate but saw no signs signa of ot activity from the great house Prince Astir AUr The Prince of ot Wales and the Duke Duko of f York however ho were understood to i hiv have been astir early earl Nurse Black in attendance now and one of t the four women women who wh nursed U the king seven years ago has been permanently attached to the royal household for many months traveling with the king wherever he goes The princess royal and her husband husband hus bus band te Earl of Harewood left Harewood Hall Hail In Yorkshire by train for Sandringham Altho Alth Although ugh gh a cold wind was blowing blow blow- lug ing a bright sun aun shone around Sandringham Sandringham San San- this afternoon and the kings king's granddaughters Elizabeth and Margaret Marg-aret Rose played on the grounds making a snowman Sir Maurice Cassidy me meanwhile arrived at the estate and conferred with the other three physicians Inthe in inthe the tho monarchs monarch's sickroom which faces the west over the gardens and overlooks the little church where the sovereign worships each Sunday I Ordinary Visit VUlt I The Prince of Wales Vales came from L London to this ro royal al country seat seal i in N Norfolk folk about bo t miles northeast north- north cast east of ot London but his visit was waa described d at Sandringham Houseas House as s ordinary and ind n it w was s understood understood under under- stood he intended t to leave again tomorrow for London W Word rd of ot the kings king's Illness come came suddenly Only yesterday did il it become known was confined to his a cold Even then it was thought this measure was wu pure purely purey pr precautionary J ty Th The ThA extent of of his sickness wali was wal i first disclosed by the bulletin last night which said The bronchial c catarrh from which his majesty the king Is suffering suf suf- fering is not severe but there have appeared signs weakness which must be regarded with some me disquiet Sig Signed Sighed ed Frederick Hewett Dawson of ot Penn Notified Lord Dawson Sir Frederick Stanley Hewett surgeon apothecary to the king was the first to be called He notified Lord Dawson of Penn physician in ordinary who traveled immediately yesterday Sir Frederick J J. Is surgeon surgeon sur sur- geon apothecary to the household househ Jd of ot Sandringham Si SiT Sir Maurice Cassidy although rarely l in th the public eye ye is 11 a a. specialist both on on heart diseases and rheumatism and is Ls held In high es esle esteem es- es le teem lem m by his medical colleagues es He became one of at King Georges George's physicians clans clans' extraordinary in 1932 r Anxious World Wand The anxiety caused by the disclosure die dis closure losure that the kings king's at attack ck of bronchial catarrh was waa accompanied by heart weakness was reflected widely outside the royal household The entire British press emphasized emphasized emphasized sized ls development In In view of ot the monarchs monarch's age the fact that his health has hal been undermined by byth bythe bythe th the strain of ot his jubilee festivities and grief and over the recent death of i his hi slater sister Princess was Victoria Victoria was the th-e most mot serious since Ince the kings king's almost fatal 29 1926 29 illness High and low in all sections ns awaited further word ot their monarch monarchs monarch's mon archs arch's condition just a as they had awaited word of ot the health of ot the noted poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling who ho died soon after midnight midnight mid mid- night in London London's Middlesex h hoc hos s- s pital King George Georg the same age as as Kipling had inquired from his own owns s sickbed for news new of Kipling Strain Remained Circles close to the royal house emphasized d that the kings king's illness did not result only only from from the tho sudden cold he contracted this week during ml wintry weather They pointed out out that after re recovering recovering recovering re- re covering from his grave gravo illness of ot 1928 and 1929 he lie has has' carried on his duties and that the inevitable strain atrain from that previous us siege liege remained leaving him more susceptible than most persons tg to t sickness The king was the third member of the royal family to fall ill m recently while he was confined to his room in Sa Sandringham House the iho Duke of ot Gloucester was confined confined con con- fined tined in Buckingham palace with witha a a. sore sore sore throat and the D Duchess chess of ot otY York Y r was as recovering from zal sal pneumonia Sudden N News eWI The nations nation's surprise at atthe the kings king's sickness was all aU the greater when It became known suddenly as he had often been seen out walking since he arrived at Sandringham House December 21 for his hla usual Christmas visit Each Sunday during his stay here he be has attended the Sandringham church often Uen walking the quarter of f a a. mile there through ugh his gardens Only Ody last S villagers Sunday d y were were impressed by his see seeming nl g good health Stopped Sport It was noticed however that al although although al- al though the king accompanied shooting shoot shoot- shooting ing parties r recently riding his favorite favorite favorite fa fa- fa- fa horse he h has s not done much actual shooting and has left the D Duke ke of of Kent to to lead lead the i di ds' ds sport rL IE It had been thus an quiet holiday for his m majesty ho 1 hoIn 1 In other years has done much Ih h t. t ing usually leading g the partin H H His is one fo to England's best sh shots chats tJ J Last Lasty y years year's ara jubilee marking the twenty fifth anniversary sary of the sovereigns sovereign's accession ceron to is the throne Imposed a strain on on his health involving they did numerous public app appt ances and a se series ies of drives s t o London Needed Rest i Although he came camo through j period very well the king an n attack of bronchial catarrh jut June while at Sandringham and bid bad to rest for a a fortnight s sA dl A slight chill later inJune June midi mide it necessary for him to cancel b hit his arrangements to appear appear at the Uie Lc Lon 1 l f don county council Que en Jf ry who is here herc with him and oth other r mem members members' ers ers' of the royal family during his majesty's illness represented him at that Early in December came to the king the shock of the sudden dea deith of his sister Princess Victoria t ri a. a i- i Christmas Speech h j Last Christmas Christma day as usual the j king broadcast a message message- to the empire It was noted with cheer then that his voice At state ceremonies such aj u the i opening of ot parliament the king i in- in ml recent years has driven through London streets in a closed carda carriage eJ when the w weather Since the Armistice day of 1928 when he be caught the the- chill which caused months months' of anxiety throughout through through- out the empire he has appeared atthe it at the Cenotaph service only In favor ti avor able weather He did id riot not attend last Noveme Novem e i |