One thousand men of the British Expeditionary Force, on leave from France, debarked at a south coast port in England. Rapidly, methodically, the khaki-clad figures handed their green passbooks to a slim officer in the uniform of the Royal Navy, swarmed past him to board a train. An unhurrying sergeant looked up and snapped into startled attention. The naval officer was George VI, "filling in" as a ticket collector to learn how it was done.

Presidential Son Elliott Roosevelt, speaking to the Cleveland Automotive Trade Association, was asked whether he thought the Dies Committee, headed by fellow Texan Martin Dies, was an "asset or liability." Said he: "Until recently I was neutral. Then I learned John L. Lewis was going to spend $250,000 to defeat Dies. Now I consider Dies the greatest statesman in America." Said Elliott's mother: "He is much younger than I thought."

To show how fit he felt after a physical checkup, Mormon Heber Jeddy Grant, 83-year-old president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, kicked up his knees right snappily as he left St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, enthusiastically supported by his son-in-law Wallace F. Bennett and a nurse.

Because his birthday (66th) fell on St. Patrick's Day, Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise of Manhattan was made an honorary member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Bridgeport, Conn.

Christened Maria Elizabeth Katerina Gabrielle Dorothea Constance Edwarda in Manhattan's Corpus Christi Catholic Church was the daughter of Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein, former leader of the Catholic party in Germany. Godparents: Dr. Eduard Benes, former president of Czecho-Slovakia, and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler.

Down a gangplank in Jersey City after almost three years as a prisoner of General Franco marched Flier Harold E. ("Whitey") Dahl, and bussed his blonde wife, Edith Rogers Dahl, who helped to publicize him by sending her picture to General Franco with a plea that she should not be made a widow (TIME, Oct. 18, 1937).

On the first anniversary of subjugation by Germany, Adolf Hitler and Emil Hacha, president of the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia, exchanged telegrams. The dictator wired: "It is no intention of Germany to put a burden on the Czech people that might threaten their national existence. ..." The puppet president wired that Bohemia hoped for the victory of Germany's "glorious armed forces."

Standing in the rain on a bridge spanning Chicago's Jackson Park Lagoon, Magician Claude Noble, hymnbook in hand, intoned to the watery sky: "Clarence Darrow, I am here in fulfillment of your pact made with me. If you can manifest yourself, do it now." It was the second anniversary of the death of the famed lawyer and agnostic. On the bridge whence his ashes had been scattered waited Darrow's widow, son, and a cluster of friends. There was no manifestation.

On the eve of his 61st birthday, pipe-smoking, violin-playing Albert Einstein admitted his long-sought formula that will comprehend the universe had not been found. Said he: "I am having difficulty there." Asked if he would celebrate his birthday, he chuckled: "What is there to celebrate? . . . Birthdays are for children."

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