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...since the late Painter Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia painted him thus, in 1877. Because Eakins' work is increasing in reputation and the lost Hayes canvas is valued at some $75,000, a five-year search by the Babcock Galleries (Manhattan) was invigorated last week by fresh publicity. For the finder there will be "a large reward...
...famed possession, a brown tweed hat with a grouse feather in the band. He put a notice in the Cornell Daily Sun: "I value the hat highly and will pay for its return a reward of $10?just twice the cost of the thing. ... No questions asked. ... If the finder is in any doubt, he will find my full name printed three times in the lining...
...direction finder or "homing device" invented by Radioman Geodfrey G. Kruesi of Western Air Express is supplementary to the ordinary aircraft radio. If the pilot cannot pick up the signals of the beacon, he simply tunes in on the known wavelength of any broadcasting station in the region. A dial on his instrument board then shows him his direction of flight in relation to the position of the broadcasting station. Last week Inventor Kruesi took his invention to Asheville, N. C, there to confer with his ailing department chief Herbert Hoover Jr. Later he was to show it to Army...
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...Leitmeritz last week it pleased the court to engage in a game of hide & seek. Finder was Herman Scheinschneider-who prefers to be called Erik Hanussen-a clairvoyant whose services include discovering lost property, giving stock tips, fortune telling...