Word: manhattans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edward F. Albee, vaudeville manager (Keith-Albee), trustee of Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine, still abuilding after 37 years, gave the cathedral $150,000 more, having previously given $100,000, raised from theatrical sources some...
Last week in Manhattan's Hotel Plaza died Charles Boldt, chairman of the executive committee of the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Several hours later was announced the formation of Continental Containers, Inc., a holding company to acquire the stock of Continental Can and Owens-Illinois Glass. Long and arduously Mr. Boldt had worked to bring this merger to pass...
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp. The cost of the new Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan, to be completed in 1931 will be $28,100,000. Erected on New York Central property (Park Avenue from 49th to 50th St.) the railroad will furnish up to $10,000,000 toward the hotel's completion. Other funds will come from the sale of stock and an $11,000,000 bond issue, offered last week...
Fidelity Trust Co., Manhattan, arranged for a merger with the Continental Bank, founded in 1870 and known as "the brokers' bank." Combined resources will exceed...
...expect. Mr. Lardner has even gone so far as to write several crack-brained chansons which no one will be able to whistle but which everyone will want to hear again. The negligible story tells of a boy (Norman Foster) who leaves Schenectady to write lyrics in Manhattan. His June Moon is a success and, having narrowly escaped marriage with a shapely extortionist (Lee Patrick), he weds the blonde chit whom he first met on the train (Linda Watkins...