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Last week came comment from William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe which shares the Tehachapi Pass with S. P., must shoulder its portion of the reconstruction costs...
...hour too late, sped his way to the late lamented Union. He gorged himself well on the fare intended only for the newcomers, carefully avoiding the recognizing eye of his friend, the Adviser in religion. Then he settled himself comfortably in a soft spot to enjoy the fumes of Benson and Hedges, lulled into absent dreams by the pleasant voices of the speakers...
Last week's report coincided with the resignation of white-haired William Benson Mayo, Ford's chief engineer for 19 years, and head of Ford's aviation division. Mr. Mayo said he planned to devote himself to private research in aeronautics. Of his former employer he said: "I don't know whether Ford will carry on in aviation or not. I don't think he has decided yet. I don't think he's lost interest. There's just so little business...
...Manhattan had something to talk about. Pretty Courtesan Ellen Jewett was found strangled in her room. Circumstantial evidence glared at one Robinson, young man-about-town. Editor James Gordon Bennett himself covered the story for his New York Herald. Author Komroff, changing the names of his protagonists to Oliver Benson and Jane Holden, follows closely the history of the case, but takes it further, deeper than Editor Bennett did. Jane, like many a storybook harlot, was pathological only in having a heart of gold. She gave Benson her true love. For a while he liked it. Unfortunately...
...BURNING BUSH-Sigrid Und-set-Knopf ($2.50). THE FAMILY CIRCLE-Andre Mau-rois-Appleton ($2.50). A GOOD MAN'S LOVE-E. M. Dela-field-Harper ($2.50). THE JOURNEY INWARD - Kurt Heuser-Viking ($2.50). CHARLOTTE BRONTE-E. F. Benson -Longmans, Green ($4). A not unfriendly debunking of the tense Bronte household by the expert Victorianographer of As We Were...