People: Feb. 11, 1929

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

George V. A motor ambulance suitable for transporting His Majesty to the Sussex seaside where he will recuperate (TIME, Feb. 4) was driven into the courtyard of Buckingham Palace, last week, and later the Royal physicians announced that they had "thoroughly tested its suitability."

Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany, eyed last week, for the first time in his life, a cinema. It was shown for his especial benefit at the censor's office. Its name was Waterloo. President von Hindenburg asked whether...

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