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...examples of modern art that included six De Chiricos, two of them in his metaphysical style. Strolling through the exhibit before the sale, white-thatched De Chirico, now 72. was spotted by an attendant who asked: "Maestro, if you were on a sinking ship with these six paintings, vhich one would you save?" "I'd save them all," replied the maestro, and promptly went about "saving...
...across Russia, Sinkiang. the Himalaya passes, India, and finally the sea. Crossing Russia by train in early 1941 was as pleasant as the champagne the travelers managed to buy in Xiptoc, a Russian village in the center of Asia. But in China's Sinkiang. "that province vhich has long since been abandoned by both gods and decent people." Willie broke his back in a truck crash. After a hefty Russian nurse helped him hobble out of Kuldsha's fly-blackened hospital, Willie caught more truck rides until the old Silk Road led him to Kashgar. on Marco Polo...
Vest-Pocket Vesuvius. A hot drink can easily be prepared in a snowstorm with a new pestle-like gadget called the Heatron Stirrer. It has a small cylinder on one end vhich contains a cartridge-like charge. Immersed in liquid, the stirrer gives off enough fumeless heat to bring a cup of water to the boiling point. Price, including six charges...
Died. Philip Joseph ("Mac") Magrath, 59, Manhattan's famed fistfighting priest who for 24 years (1907-31) crusaded against waterfront gangs (Hudson Dusters, Tin Can Athletic Club, Pig Alley Sports, Vinegar Hill Gang) with prayer-book and an 8-in. rubber hose vhich, he said, "drops 'em just as quick but doesn't crack the skull"; of heart disease; in Manhattan. In his Catholic Seamen's Mission hung a bold sign: "If you want to know who's boss START SOMETHING...
...tariff on Japanese cotton rugs from 10? to 25? a sq. yd. The increase, 150%, was three times that which he could have made under the provisions of the flexible tariff law. ¶ Executing a second aboutface, President Roosevelt won a compromise agreement on the Stock Exchange Control bill vhich speeded it toward enactment. Originally Mr. Roosevelt accepted Senator Glass's proposal to place the power of exchange regulation in a separate commission instead of in the Federal Trade Commission. Fortnight ago, after consulting with Federal Trade Commissioner Landis, the President reversed himself. Peppery little Senator Glass was furious...