Word: sklareks
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...Gustav Boess, pinochle-playing Bürgermeister of Berlin, returned to his own country last week, received a too loud welcome. Three weeks ago his triumphal tour of the U. S. was rudely interrupted with news of Berlin's noisome Sklarek scandal (TIME, Oct. 21). Brusquely the Berlin City Council ordered Mayor Boess to return immediately, tell whether he had bought Frau Boess a $1,000 fur coat from the Sklarek brothers, city contractors, and only paid $100 for it. Taking his own good time, Bürgermeister Boess returned only last week...
Despite his statement Berlin's Boess was involved in a scandal last week, a scandal that threatened to disrupt the entire Berlin municipal government, caused politicians to wince at the name Sklarek...
...Sklarek brothers came from the East after the War, have been prominent figures in Berlin's night life. Where bands blared loudest, where dimples were deepest, there were the Sklareks. Head waiters understood that the bounteous brothers held valuable contracts from the Berlin municipal government for clothing, uniforms, hospital linen. Unfortunately Sklarek commissions could not keep up with the cost of Sklarek champagne. The Sklareks "arranged" for cash advances to the sum of $2,000,000 from Berlin's municipally operated City Bank...
...That is not so!" he stormed. "Sklarek Brothers charged me $70 for that coat. That price seemed to me too low. Therefore with the approval of the Sklareks I contributed $250 to charitable institutions...