Part of the crowd of 100,000 who witnessed the Indianapolis automobile race May 30, in which three drivers were killed

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Dowsing Hidden Bottles gives Henry Gross of Kennebunkport, Me. (left), a test for his divining rod. Gross found one bottle of water out of two in the paper bags. Looking on, left to right, Joseph Trefethen, Maine state geologist and skeptic; Alton Hall Blackington, radio story-teller; author Kenneth Roberts, who arranged the show at his farm, and Raymond Lovejoy, York County agent dowser. At right, Mrs. Kathryn E. Mulheron's dowsing stick revolves over running water. Farm foreman Donald Bryant, another dowser, provides the action at the pump.

Cushing, Frank, 1915-1975

Part of the crowd of 100,000 who witnessed the Indianapolis automobile race May 30, in which three drivers were killed

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