AT THE BORDER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1939, Page 7

AT THE BORDER

SKYSCRAPERS SIGHTED DETROIT’S WELCOME SIGN. DISAPPOINTMENT FOR CHILDREN. WINDSOR (Ontario). June 6. Their train an hour late, due to delays caused by the welcoming throngs and an unscheduled stop on the journey through southern Ontario, their .Majesties, who spent 34 minutes here, saw for the first time Ihe skyscrapers of an American City — Detroit — 500.000 of whose inhabitants crossed the border to catch a glimpse of Royalty. Detroit's own welcome was a sign 45 feet long and 15 feet high, reading: “Detroit welcomes their Majesties the King and Queen." Their Majesties had experienced the most gruelling day of their tour, standing for hours on the back platform of the train as it crawled through towns and even crossroads thronged with immense crowds, and keeping up a seemingly endless round of greetings. Despite pain from an elbow injury received when the train came to a sudden stop at Stratford, throwing him against the wall on the platform, the King did not reduce the programme one jot. The Queen, dressed in a light rose beige costume matching her fox neckpiece and white hat, was a striking figure as she stepped from the train. The King wore a grey lounge suit. Their Majesties, after a presentation of civic officials, conversed with war veterans. Thirty thousand school children, who had sat for hours in special stands some distance from the

station, were bitterly disappointed when the Royal train failed to make a scheduled stop on the journey away from Windsor. Many cried in their disappointment.