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Only story of the event was a tiny Associated Press despatch which was followed by silence so complete that wary U. S. editors suspected another hoax. Then it developed that the bike plane's inventor was a well-known oldtime flyer named Enea Bossi, now in charge of stainless steel research at E. G. Budd Manufacturing Co. in Philadelphia. Steelman Bossi, unaware until newshawks descended on him that news of his "aerocycle" had broken in Milan, disproved any hoax by showing motion pictures of himself making the first human-power flight in history in Milan last Sept...
...with the masochistic fascination of the puzzle. It is a box of six envelopes, each of which contains a description of, and all the material necessary for, the solution of a serious crime. The host acts as district attorney, passes out evidence to his guests, who form the jury. Inventor of Jury Box is Criminologist Roy Post, whose other discoveries include a device for taking fingerprints off corpses. Inventor Charles Darrow, before he began to monopolize the field of after-dinner entertainment, was a prosperous engineer. When he lost his job and his money in 1930, he got along...
European translations of Monopoly concern real-estate deals in London, Paris or Stockholm. With his Monopoly fortune, Inventor Darrow has bought a farm at Echo Lake, Pa. He leads a simple, nongregarious life, likes dozing after dinner...
...Lawrence Sperry, who drowned in the English Channel in 1923. was the youngest son of famed Inventor Elmer A. Sperry (marine gyrocompass and gyroscope). A pioneer of air instruments and of blind flying, Lawrence Sperry invented such indispensable aids to flight as the gyropilot, bank & turn indicator, early efficient parachute. His family last year endowed with $10,000 an annual award for the greatest contribution to aeronautics by men under...
...banned.* Taking their cue from the degrees of interest shown by the public in their exhibits, the coin machine manufacturers last week foresaw the passing of Bagatelle, increasing popularity for new bowling (Skee-ball), ray shooting and baseball games, games that actually play. Most impressive of these was Inventor Frank Train's robot checker player, a 7-ft., 650-lb. aluminum "Magic Brain'' which has been touring the country as a publicity stunt for Radio Corporation of America, and which will be sold commercially at $10,000 each around April 15. Second best advertised was a baseball...