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Show For British Roof Spotters . r- & K'K I 'J- , 1 Vt, l; , 1-4 , H 1 4 , ) 1 , ' f ' ' ( f f" This elaborately equipped tunes-trial tunes-trial telescope, powerful enough to spot enemy aircraft across tue English Eng-lish Channel, was presented to the American Committee for Defense of British Homes by a friend of the late J. Kennedy Tod, New York banker, to whom It originally belonged. be-longed. Mr. Tod was a native of 6cotland. Having a tour-Inch objective, objec-tive, the telescope, which is not? on its way to England for the use of British "spotters," will bring 1 the occupied shores of France to the o"uiar equivalent of less than a half U -e of the cliffs of Dover. Because o the value and uniqueness of the gin, the telescope was set up on the steps of City HaU In New York for the Inspection of city officials. Above, Newbold Morrts, President of the City Council, trains it on a distant skyscraper as C. Suydarr Cutting (center), chairman of the American Committee for Defense of British Homes, and the Macnell of Barra, Scottish clan chief representing repre-senting the British Government, look on. The American Committee for De-tense De-tense of British Homes, with headquarters head-quarters at 10 Warren Street, New York, is asking for contributions of firearms, ammunition, and steel helmets hel-mets for British civilians as well aa for binoculars and stop-watches tor those employed in watching tor enemy aircraft. |