DUKE ANNOYED

Chronicle (Levin), 19 October 1946, Page 5

DUKE ANNOYED

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Exaggerated Statements VALUE OF ST0LEN JEWELS

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Received Saturdav, 10 a.m. LONDON, Oct: 18. The Duke of Windsor has issued a statement saying that there was aDsoiuteiy no trutn in the statements that the missing jewellery was valued a £250, uuu steriing. Its vaiue was not more than £20,0u0. "I can understand that £250,000 makes better reading than £20,000," said the Duke, "but £20,000 is its vaiue." He added that he was deeply concerned and annoyed, too, at wirat he described as exaggerated reports. A London firm of assessors has issued an official list of tne Duchess of Windsor 's missing jewellery. The assessors are offering a reward of £2000 for inf ormation leading to tht conviction of the thieves and the recovery of' the property. The list includes a diamond brooch, two diamond bracelets, an aquarmarine ring with a fiftymine carat stone, a sapphir^ ring with a forty-nine carat stone, an emerald rinp' and also diamond and sapphire ear-rings. The list concludes "and etcetera." Big Hunt For Thieves Scotland Yard has put out a dragnet covering Britain and the Continent. The Yard is in constant touch with the Paris Surete and hundreds of French detectives are checking the movements of French and Continental criminals. Scotland Yard men have visited scores of known haunts of thieves in London's East and West Ends. Mr. R. M. Howe, assistant commissioner in charge of the C.I.D., has taken personal control of the man hunt.