Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas, better known by the pen name Evelyn Anthony, was a British writer. Anthony was born in the Lambeth district of London. She had a very prolific writing career, translated into at least 19 languages and her 1971 novel The Tamarind Seed was adapted for a film in 1974, starring Julie Andrews as Judith Farrow.

Headlines from July 3, 1928

British Cruiser Runs Aground at Halifax; Crew Taken Off Dauntless; Near Total Loss

STANDARD AND SHELL END SOVIET OIL WAR; Pratt Home From Europe With Peace Achieved-Indian Price Cutting Ends. ROYAL DUTCH VIEW UPHELD But New York Concern Reserves Right to Buy Russian Fuel and Will Keep Contracts.

LORD BYNG NEW HEAD OF SCOTLAND YARD; Hero of Vimy Ridge Is Named Commissioner of London Metropolitan Police. SUCCEEDS SIR W. HORWOOD Change Is Linked With Public Criticism of Police Despite Denial in the Commons.

ONE KILLED IN CRASH OF CROWDED TROLLEY; Eighty Passengers in Brooklyn Car Hurled About as It Hits Curb and Garage. TOPPLES INTO A BUILDING Smashing of Alarm Box Brings Firemen-Motorman Badly Injured on Platform.

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