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June 7, 1928

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HARRY THAW BARRED FROM GREAT BRITAIN; HE INVOKES EMBASSY; Home Office Excludes Him When He Prepares to Land at Southampton. FORCED TO STAY ON SHIP Procedure Taken Despite Fact That Consul Here Had Visaed His Passport. HE ALSO WIRES MELLON Action, Taken Without Warning, Based on Law Relating to Extraditable Crimes. Sends Friend to London Embassy. Virtually Prisoner on Ship. HARRY THAW BARRED FROM GREAT BRITAIN Action Taken Without Warning. Recall Cathcart Exclusion Here. First Trip Abroad in 3 Years.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Barred from landing at Southampton; companion, E M Pendleton, goes to London to invoke aid of Amer Embassy

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PEACE WITH CHURCH IN MEXICO IS NEAR; Negotiations Reach the Stage Where Reconciliation Is Now Expected. TERMS GO TO THE POPE Much Credit Is Given to Morrow in Move to Resume Services Halted for Two Years. Peace Sought for Months. Morrow Acted as a Friend. Morrow Left Quietly. PEACE WITH CHURCH IN MEXICO IS NEAR No Confirmation in Capital. Recent Peace Moves Made.

By Unknown Author

Peace between Church and State reptd near; Archbishop Ruiz to present terms to Pope; Amb Morrow's influence seen; denial of settlement by Consul Gen Elias; reactions in Wash

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PACIFIC FLIERS OFF FOR AUSTRALIA ON 1,762 MILE HOP FROM FIJI ISLES; EARHART PLANE TUNED FOR FLIGHT TODAY; SOUTHERN CROSS QUITS SUVA Fuels at Naselai, Starts for Brisbane at 11:30 P.M. New York Time. HAS 18-HOUR FLIGHT AHEAD Kingsford-Smith and Aides Get Favorable Weather Reports Over Southern Ocean. FIJIANS CHEER DEPARTURE Island Government Honors Airmen and Sends Gasoline forThem to Runway at Beach. Honolulu Reports Plane's Signals. Flew to Naselai to Fuel. Crowd Cheers Take-Off at Suva. Puts Time of Flight at 18 Hours. Sydney Opens Fund for Fliers. Had Prepared Flight Fully. Praises Lyon's Navigation.

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Fliers fuel at Naselai and start for Australia; map; Sydney opens fund for fliers; Ulm on flight; E Weintal on Suva; details of financial backing by G A Hancock

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James Ivory

1928James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

James Francis Ivory is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The trio made film adaptations of stories by authors such as E.M. Forster and Henry James. Their body of work is celebrated for its elegance, sophistication, literary fidelity, strong performances, complex themes, and rich characters.