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...Schenley Distillers made $1,716,847 in the third quarter, $4,782,795 for the nine months, a slightly better showing for the long period than in 1935. This year Schenley expanded capacity from 27,000,000 gal. of hard liquor annually...
...more than half the liquor then available in the U. S., National Distillers kept a long lead in whiskey stocks, had 43,000,000 gal. of whiskey aging in its warehouses last Jan. 1. In volume of business, however, National's lead has been taken away by aggressive Schenley Distillers whose 1935 sales were $63,000,000 compared to National...
Died. Harry E. Wilken Sr., 63, long-time whiskey distiller, concocter of Wilken Family Blended Whiskey (TIME, Aug. 25), which Schenley Distillers Corp. promoted by homey advertisements showing Wilken's kin (Sons Harry Jr. & William. Son-in-law Tom) draped around a whiskey keg, smacking their lips, proclaiming to each other: "It's our family whiskey. Neighbor and neighbor-it's your price"; of a heart ailment; in Tarentum...
...Wired New York's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to Grover Whalen, onetime head of Wanamaker's Manhattan store, now chairman of Schenley Distillers Corp.: ''Happy to note 10% increase in Christmas sales." Wired Grover Whalen to Mayor LaGuardia: "New York stores not enjoying sales increase. . . . Figures showed decline of 4.8%." Presumably Mayor LaGuardia's city sales tax was responsible for the decline...
Wilken Family Whiskey is made by The Wilken Family, Inc. in the Schenley plant and Schenley owns a controlling interest. But by basing his campaign on his own family, Schenley's Wilken has assured his descendants of jobs. Son Harry Jr. assists in the distilling, Son William manages the blending, while Son-in-Law Tom, an engineer, keeps the machinery in order...