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Died. Miller Reese Hutchison, 67, audio inventor (Dictograph, Klaxon horn, Acousticon for the deaf); of apoplexy; in Manhattan. Mark Twain was said to have observed that Hutchison invented the Klaxon horn to deafen people so they would have to buy Acousticons...
...Judge Manton has owned or controlled twelve corporations. One of these was called National Cellulose Corp. Into National Cellulose went $47,000, put there by George M. Spector, confidential adviser to the late Speculator Archie M. Andrews. To George M. Spector, Archie Andrews gave $27,500. Archie Andrews' Dictograph Products Co. was appealing a patent case before Judge Manton at the time...
...managing editor's office a telephone rings. Editor Luce points out the peculiar significance of a resolution passed by an Episcopalian convention in Denver. The M. E. flips a switch on the dictograph before him and makes sure that the Religion editor has not missed the point. The telephone rings again. A TIME correspondent in Washington says that a new Supreme Court Justice is going to be appointed next day. It will be Casper Zinkowitz. The M. E. is unconvinced, but the correspondent insists, gives his sources, explains the details. "All right." Bang goes...
...Swell," answers a hollow voice from the dictograph. "I've been waiting...
...Promptly Dictograph announced that it would appeal the decision, reminded dealers that patent insurance protected them against possible loss, found cause for satisfaction in the court's finding that a second patent dealing with hair disposal mechanism had not been infringed...