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Died. Ambrose R. Clark, 64, correct, impeccable dean of ushers at Manhattan's Riverside Church, creator of the traditional ushers' uniform (cutaway, striped trousers, scarf and boutonniere) ; of a heart attack; in Fayetteville...
Perhaps the Japanese had been polite as they went about it-polite with that chill, grinning, hissing formality which is as ill-fitting as the cutaway coats and striped pants of their diplomats. Perhaps they had been brutal, with the special talent they have for torture...
Died. Whitney Warren, 78, architect (Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, the Ritz, Biltmore, Vanderbilt, Commodore Hotels, the reconstructed Louvain Library in Belgium), fancy-dressing individualist (he favored a cutaway, blue shirt, white waistcoat, flowing white tie, broad-brimmed hat, cape); in Manhattan. He founded New York's Society of Beaux Arts Architects, originated the famed Beaux Arts Balls. When he had finished reconstructing the Louvain Library he wanted on its balustrade the inscription Furore Teutonico Diruta; Dono Americano Restituta ("Destroyed by Teuton Fury; Restored by American Generosity"), but pacifist groups killed the plan. In 1940 Teuton fury destroyed...
...pipe and wears the rough clothes of a peasant soldier. Enter Prime Minister Winston Churchill, followed by Special U.S. Envoy William Christian Bullitt. Churchill is wearing a seagoing cap and a short pea jacket; he is puffing on a long cigar. Bullitt is wearing grey striped trousers and cutaway coat with a dark red carnation in the buttonhole...
...salary. All employes get free dental cleaning, free medical examination, cut-rate medical services, may even buy life insurance through the Tribune, or borrow money for homes from its own savings and loan company funds. Tribune newlyweds receive gifts of flat silver. And once a year the Colonel, in cutaway, receives all Tribune employes (3,000) in the main lobby, treats them to coffee and sandwiches. Paternalism on the Tribune, administered with feudal directness by the Colonel himself, has had potent influence on his staff...