“BIGGEST TIP EVER”
TALKATIVE TAXI-DRIVER John J. Brophy, New Jersey taxidriver, has just received the biggest tip ever—so,ooo dollars. It was given by one of his regular customers, Mr E. L. Rupprecht, an executive of the vast E. L. Dupont de Nemours Company, because Brophy helped him " escape the boredom of talk about business, concerts and the opera." Mr Rupprecht, who died recently, used a taxi driven by Brophy at least twice a day, and frequently called in to see Brophy and talk about his " real interests "—football, boxing, and baseball. His will disclosed that one-eighth of the estate had been left to Brophy, who was discharged from the army last year.
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Evening Star, Issue 25671, 20 December 1945, Page 12
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