ZUM4838945: Apr. 24, 1953 - A Monument for Karl Valentin is demanded by the friends of the late great Munich comic actor. On Friday (April 24th) they held a” Karl-Valentin - Festival” in Hotel Bayerischer Ho where a large picture of Valentin painted by the known cartoonist and sculptor Fran ~ iska Bilek was auctioned for the Karl - Valentin - Monument - Fund. Picture shows Liesl Karlstadt Valentin's companion and partner for long years handing over a flower-pot to the picture of her master. This is a scene which might be thought out be Valentin himself. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839133: Apr. 27, 1953 - 27-4-53 New Church dedicated in Edinburgh. Archbishop performs ceremony - The new St. Margaret's Church at Davidson's Maine, Edinburgh was dedicated during the weekend by the Most Rev. Gordon Joseph Grey, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. Keystone Photo Shows: The scene as the procession led by the Archbishop arrives at the New Church for the dedication ceremony. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839340: Apr. 29, 1953 - Reception In Honour of Japanese Emperor's Birthday. A reception was held at the Japanese Embassy, in honor of His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, who is 52. Keystone Photo Shows: - Mrs. M. Abe, of Tokyo, is seen bowing to Crown Prince Akihito, the Crown of Japan, who is over here to represent his country at the Coronation. In picture is also the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4836773: Apr. 04, 1953 - Nine Dead in Tube Disaster: Nine people were known today to have died in the Central Line tube disaster at Stratford last night the worst in London's Underground history. It was the second coach of the Ealing Broadway-Epping train wich took the brunt of the crash. The train ran into the rear of another train travelling from Greenford to Hainault / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4836862: Apr. 04, 1953 - Three Feared Dead as House Sink Into Rail Tunnel Near Manchester... Three people were believed to have lost their lives - when three houses collapsed into the railway tunnel - know locally as” Black Harry” (Swinton over which they had been built in Temple drive, near Manchester.. The tunnel had been used as an ammunition dump during the war.. Keystone Photo Shows: - Rescue workers try to tunnel through the heap of bricks and splintered rafters after the disaster. / Bridgeman Images