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...broad-shouldered, partly bald, he first came into national view as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1919-20). Since then he has made unsuccessful attempts to get into the House and Senate from a dominantly Republican State. He was an early and ardent Roosevelt boomer. A good lawyer if not a great one, he will become Governor General of the Philippines as soon as President Roosevelt finds some one nearer the Walsh calibre...
...Francisco Espinosas, Romie and Henry, less famous than their brothers Abe and Al. Johnny Farrell had given up golf for a honeymoon. P. G. A. Champion Tom Creavy was there but he had a bad knee. Tommy Armour failed to show up. Walter Hagen, Amateur Johnny Dawson, Aubrey Boomer (British pro from St. Cloud, France) failed to qualify...
...identified with Thompson-Starrett. Among them is Charles Hayden of Hayden, Stone & Co., one of the firms that sold the Waldorf's bond issue. It was he who drove the first rivet (gold) and troweled the final stone. Also on the directorate is tall, aloof Lucius Boomer, 52, president of Waldorf-Astoria Corp. Mr. Boomer is an oldtime hotel man with wide experience. He was in charge of the McAlpin (Manhattan) when the late General Coleman du Pont asked him to take over the old Waldorf. He is a big factor in Sherry's and the Sherry-Netherland...
...Siam was told that many a member of his house had honored the old hotel. He attended a luncheon in the new building. The kitchens were not opened, but piping hot food was brought from Sherry's across the street and photographs were taken of His Majesty, Mr. Boomer and Oscar...
Despite the gloomy outlook of the hotel business last week neither Lucius Boomer nor Oscar was downhearted as the day approached when Banker Charles Hayden would start the register with his name and be given credit card No. 1. Average figures from the depressed hotel industry did not daunt them, for, they were glad to assert, the new Waldorf-Astoria is not an average hotel, cannot be judged by average standards...