Rosa Brust, a widow, an inmate in a public institution, was the rightful owner of a vast fortune, but did not know it. It was due to the diligence of the Budapest police authorities that she was transformed overnight from a recipient of charity into the mistress of a great fortune.
Fate smiled upon the aged Jewish woman when her brother-in-law, Sigmund Brust, died without leaving an heir. His estate in Nurenberg, consisting of real estate and an art collection estimated to be worth millions, falls to Mrs. Brust as the nearest relative. The Budapest police searched for her for many weeks. She was found several days ago in a public institution in a town near Budapest.
Dr. Max Meyer was unanimously elected president of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, at the annual session at the University of Kentucky.
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