People, Oct. 28, 1940

Bought for $150,000 by the U. S. Navy for patrol service was the 267-ft. Hi-Esmaro, palatial $1,250,000 yacht of ailing Asbestos Tycoon Hiram Edward Manville; and for $140,000 the 206-ft Diesel yacht Lotosland, million-dollar pleasure craft of National City Banker Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds. Lotosland's seaplane hoist may prove useful, her pipe organ not.

"Because she has established that a girl can have a career and still be a good wife—but mostly because through her more of the milk of human kindness is available in all quarters than ever before," New York World's...

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