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Gipsy recalled Edison's recent remark that none of the inventor's acquaintances are happy and yet Gipsy Smith claims he knows of numerous women who, penniless as they may be, are happy because God is in their hearts...
...much that it made only $59,592,551 net income in 1928, an increase of $7,282,394 over 1927. These taxes, totaling more than 24 million dollars, amounted to more than 17% of operating costs. Last week's report (the first since the merger with Brooklyn Edison Co.) put Consolidated in the billion-dollar class with total assets...
What man, now living, do you admire the most? Lindbergh, and "my father," 25; Andrew W. Melion, 20; Herbert Hoover, 19; Bernard Shaw, 18; Thomas A. Edison, 16; Mussolini, 13; Alfred E. Smith, 9; Henry Ford, 5; Einstein, and "Myself," 4, Richard E. Byrd, and Dwight W. Morrow...
...dedication of the Dearborn memorials, Mr. Edison, Mr. Ford and a group approached the buildings to enter. Near the door was a fresh-laid sheet of concrete, around which the party started to walk. But not Mr. Edison. Always he takes the short cut and across the concrete he walked. It was soft. His shoes sank into it. Consternation came upon his face, then stubbornness. He plodded ahead leaving a string of footprints behind. Mr. Ford was delighted and said something flattering about "the sands of time." He gave orders that the footprints be allowed to harden, furthermore, he made...
...Dearborn, also, there is being reconstructed the brick laboratory in which, at Menlo Park, N. J., Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent bulb 50 years ago. That golden anniversary will be celebrated nationally...