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Lieut. Hoppin, known as a careful pilot,* met a nasty-looking rain squall between Binghamton and Cortland, N. Y. He thought it best to land and selected a field on a stock farm. The field was knobbly. The ship bounced and turned a somersault. Mr. Sweet, having unbuckled his safety-belt, was pitched against the cockpit wall. A head blow killed him. Lieut. Hoppin, belted in his seat, was unbruised...
...most important, most active art auction rooms in the U. S. are the Anderson Galleries and the American Art Galleries, both in Manhattan. Last week, Cortland Field Bishop, the owner of the latter, made a purchase from Mitchell Kennerley, book publisher, connoisseur, and president of the Anderson Galleries. The exact price of his purchase he refused to divulge; almost certainly it was more than $1,000,000. In exchange, Mr. Bishop acquired control of the Anderson Galleries. No real estate, no stock, not even a chipped picture frame changed hands. By buying the Anderson Galleries, Mr. Bishop had merely purchased...
...Cortland Field Bishop bought the American Galleries five years ago. His interest in art auctions went back to the days when his father had taken him to the sales at Chickering Hall and he had felt for the first time the insidious excitement and the delicious thrill of bidding for beautiful things. Since then, he has dropped in at many auctions, adding to his private collection of French books, manuscripts, prints, and etchings. Had his father never taken him to Chickering Hall, Cortland Bishop would probably have been an inventor. He surprised his neighbors at Lenox, Mass., by buying...
...that we feel at all slighted, but we do wish to call your attention to the fact that you entirely omitted two large truck builders, namely Indiana at Marion, Indiana and Brockway at Cortland...
ELIZABETH ALWYN CORTLAND...