Word: boldt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After reciting the Biblical story of the man who "once entertained certain strangers in his house, and . . . did not find out until after they [left] that they were messengers of God . . .", Oursler drew a modern parallel. He told how George C. Boldt, a Philadelphia hotel man, once surrendered his own room to an elderly stranger and his wife, two years later had the kindness repaid when the stranger (William Waldorf Astor) made him manager of Manhattan's new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel...
Capture. In Troy, N.Y., a few hours after somebody stole Dr. Vincent L. Boldt's car, a stranger gave him a lift. Presently the doctor recognized the car he was riding in, directed the driver to the police station...