Show TICK NG BOMB MENACES BUCK PALACE LONDON April 25 UP UP-A UP A bomb ticked in the royal heart of the British empire Thursday and threatened to blow up at any moment right in front of Buckingham palace In the palaces and ministries fringing an emergency no noman's nomans nomans noman's nomans noman's mans man's land in St. St James park peers and porters alike discreetly discreetly discreetly dis dis- avoided windows and waited anxiously for a big boom An ancient plan under which royal parks can be isolated isolated isolated iso iso- as self-contained self fortresses was invoked last night when thee pound 1000 bomb was located in a drained duck pond and began ticking when disposal squads reached it through a foot 30 shaft Maj A. A E E. E Smith a bomb disposal veteran said that even if the bomb explodes there likely would be little damage aside from the shattering of a few windows because of the depth of the bomb in the pond bed where it has lain for five years |