Word: bellhops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bille is one of those unusual men who can scratch his right ear with the middle ringer left hand held behind his back (see cut). In general, his life has been unusual. He has been an errand boy, a bellhop, an elevator operator, a metal worker, a mechanic, an artilleryman. In Venice and Brussels he was a gigolo. In Fezzan he trafficked in arms. During this time, Sébille escaped two attempts on his life and took part in three major riots. Hit by German shrapnel at Rethel in 1940, Sébille was taken prisoner. Later...
...apparently, did all but one of the 285 guests in the brown brick, 15-story, "fireproof" hotel. At 3:32, a switchboard light winked; a soldier in 510 wanted ice and ginger ale. Clerk Rowan sent Bellhop Bill Mobley up with it, and told the night engineer to go along for a routine building check. They had to wait in the hall about three minutes for the guest to finish his bath. They spent another three minutes in his room. When they opened the door again, the hall was ringed with fire...
...Diamond prices in the New York market dropped more than 15% in a week. Asked about business, an Atlanta luggage dealer who had canceled his advance orders replied: "Confidentially, it stinks." Said the agent for Boston's two swanker nightclubs: "[Business] is positively lousy." Said an unhappy Seattle bellhop: "They're diming me to death again...
...liquor law has long been a laugh. Good whiskey is easier to get in Topeka than in wet Kansas City, Mo., 67 miles away. It just costs a little more. Everyone knows that there are at least 45 reliable bootleggers among Topeka's 76,000 population; that every bellhop has a ready pint or quart; that mixed drinks are served at the Rainbo, the Northern Star, the It'll Do Club; that to get a fifth of Old Granddad (unavailable in Kansas City) at Meadow Acres Ballroom, all you have to do is beckon the "Soup...
Married. Gladys George, 41, lush blonde cinemactress and Broadway star (Personal Appearance, The Skin of Our Teeth, Madame X); and Kenneth C. Bradley, 32, Los Angeles bellhop; she for the fourth time, he for the first; in Riverside, Calif...