Word: ritz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Mexico City gossips came the report that a flashy blonde who had left a trail of orange rinds and broken hearts in the cocktail bars at the Ritz and La Cucaracha had flown suddenly to Rio de Janeiro. She had tried to charter a special plane (so she must have been in a hurry). She had taken along handbags crammed with $200,000 in U.S. currency and at least $50,000 worth of jewels (so she must have connections). She had an Italian name and she had wanted to be in Rio in time for January's conference...
...blues from him, over at the Balinese Room of the Somerset this past week. He has produced three fine albums, devoted especially to his songs, but a musician of his accomplishments is just another Negro to the innkeepers of Commonwealth Avenue. Of the leading local hotels, only the Ritz would let him sign the register, and they informed him there that the management would not be responsible for any observations the guests might pass in the elevator. Josh stayed at Mother's Lunch, a colored musicians' stopping place over on Columbus Avenue...
Died. Marie Ritz, 75, operator of the Ritz Hotel in Paris for the last 40 years, widow of famed Founder Cesar Ritz, father of the 19 world-scattered Ritz luxury hotels; in Paris. She helped make the ritzy* Paris Ritz the best-known grand hotel to a generation of travelers...
...adjective grew from the hotel's reputation. Recently, when Mme. Ritz was offered favors if she would keep open house for visiting Nazis, her answer was to confine Germans to one half, Parisians to the other. The Ritz Bar was on the Parisian side...
...somewhat similar upheaval brought Hodder to the position which he held until yesterday. His immediate predecessor, Joe Stubbs, left because of charges that his team trained at the Ritz Bar. Since the fall of 1938 Hodder, previously Stubbs' assistant, has been the top hockey mentor. various skills required...