Word: shepheard
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Dictatorial young King Farouk opened in Cairo's resplendent Théâtre Royal de I'Opera last week the International Convention of Telecommunications. Its delegates from 62 nations agreed that the terrace of Tony Shepheard's Hotel is one of the finest places for Scotch & soda, agreed that Cairo's Nautch Girls and night spots are messy, overrated. The delegates had not yet agreed at latest dispatches upon any major issue of Telecommunications...
Elsewhere. The Scandinavian countries, their currencies hitched to Britain's sterling, had a somewhat better year than last. Many a tourist circled the Continent by way of Scandinavia, Russia and Italy. Egypt, where Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo is an international landmark, benefited by Mediterranean cruises. Only country actually short of hotels is Greece. C. Liabratoulos told the sad-faced conference last week that his government would give a 20,000,000 drachma bonus (about $440,000) to the first promoter who would build a chain of modern hotels throughout that ancient land...
Died. Philip Shepheard Teller, 69, San Francisco merchant, successor to Meyer Lissner (died fortnight ago, TIME, Aug. 11) on the U. S. Shipping Board (1926-29), onetime chairman of California's Republican State Central Committee; after long illness, at Alameda. Calif...