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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Engaged. Thomas George Paul ("Tommy") Farr, 24, heavyweight boxing champion of Great Britain; to Eileen Wenzel, 27, former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, who in 1936 won a $40,774 damage suit from Louis J. Ehret Jr., brewery heir, on the grounds that an automobile crash had "marred her beauty and lessened her prospects of a favorable marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Milestones: Mar. 28, 1938 | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

Into New York Supreme Court stepped Theatrical Producer Earl Carroll to testify for onetime Showgirl Eileen Wenzel, suing the grandson of Brewer George Ehret, for damages to her beauty in an automobile smash. Said Sexpert Carroll: "She had lustrous hair of fine texture, a forehead like a snow peak and eyes that made men swoon." Said the Justice: "Strike that out. Be more specific." Said Witness Carroll: "Her eyes were bright, her teeth and mouth regular, as was her chest, her throat lovely and her lips inviting." Taking a final look at Miss Wenzel's scarred, pitted face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 14, 1935 | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

Left. By George Ehret, German-born brewer, founder of Manhattan's old Hell Gate Brewery, maker of once famed Franziskaner: $39,801,569; $105,000 to charity, $50,000 to a sister-in-law, the rest to six children and a grandson. He died almost seven years ago, aged 92 (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 11, 1933 | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

...August himself is still the sidewhiskered patriarch of U. S. beer, hurling to the last his verbal thunderbolts at Prohibition. While Missouri had the greatest brewery of the U. S., New York produced more than twice as much beer as any other state. The Hell Gate Brewery of George Ehret was going strong before Busch rose, the greatest brewery in America. Ehret was very scientific. His Franziskaner was famous. In 1912 he was offered $40,000,000 for his business, but he could not see bottled beer-would not produce it-and he fell behind Busch. Then came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Resurrection | 4/3/1933 | See Source »

...York, a stalwart of Tammany (eight years in Congress), was made Colonel by New York's Governor. Father & son worked hand in hand. They had a house on Fifth Avenue. In 1913 they built themselves a brand-new 2,000,000-bbl. brewery; they grew to rival Ehret's. Both were good joiners and their popularity made sales. The elder Jake never lived to see Prohibition. He died in 1916. Colonel Jake just before his father's death acquired the New York Yankees which continued to bring in the money after beer ceased flowing. He is still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Resurrection | 4/3/1933 | See Source »

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