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...While in the Times building, the Baron read his ready-made obituary and some of the great fund of information about him stored in the morgue. At the Herald-Tribune, he pressed a button which started the presses which covered part of a Sunday edition. Everyone was impressed by the knowledge of printing possessed by the "English lord," so much so that he was made a member of the pressmen's union which authorizes him to seek employment on cylinder and flat-bed presses, entitles him to sick benefits, insures him a good funeral...
...small diamond stud glittered two inches above the top button of Gov. Bryan's shirt, but no vest hampered the comfortable bulge of his waistline. The General's habitual double breasted gray coat was buttoned, but his blue silk cravat was flying free...
...fuselage rests solidly on a metal pontoon, and with the landing gear drawn up, the craft is a seaplane. But let the pilot press on a button, and a small electric motor, driven by a storage battery, releases landing wheels at the side of the pontoon, draws them out and downward and in eleven seconds the craft is a land plane. In the first tests the amphibian made 30 landings alternately on land and water without a hitch...
BEHIND THE SCENES IN POLITICS−Anonymous−Button ($2.50). It is always pleasing to meet a man who is a vivid personality. When that personality has something to say not only interesting, but frequently penetrating in judgment, he is a real treat. Such a man is Anonymous...
...COBB OF THE WORLD-Edited by John L. Heaton (his colleague)-Button ($3.50); limited edition ($10.00). *A MAN IN THE Zoo-David Garnett- Knopf ($1.75) was reviewed in TIME, June...