Word: waldorf
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...kitchen and into the atomic age" was the avowed purpose of the organization. "Not to know all about atomic energy and the wonderful things it can do," explained motherly, tireless Founder Muriel Howorth, "is like living in the Dark Ages." Last week in Aldwych's Waldorf Hotel, Mrs. Howorth's high-minded Atomic Energy Association of Great Britain (membership: 300) celebrated its second anniversary with an atomic pantomime called Isotopia...
...Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria last week, 348 North, Central and South American editors & publishers met to organize a permanent Inter-American Press Association with the high-sounding goal of guarding "freedom of the press throughout America." But a more specific purpose soon emerged sharp and clear: it was to forge a weapon to fight press censorship in the Western Hemisphere, notably in Latin America. In a committee report that pulled no punches, the countries where censorship exists and the degree of press repression were ticked off. Peru, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and 13 other countries were all criticized...
...gaily decorated siding under Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, railroad men saw something new in freight cars this week. It was the "Unicel," a gleaming white freight car made almost entirely of plywood. "This," said John I. Snyder, 40, chairman-president of the Pressed Steel Car Co., "is the first really new freight car built in the U.S. in half a century...
...results were as homey and informal as any politician could hope for. A shirt manufacturer named Harvey Rothenberg asked: "From a social and an etiquette point of view, do you think you were correct in criticizing the Russians . . . at your recent talk at the Waldorf?" Said Dewey, "It wasn't etiquette, but it was awfully good for the Russians." What did he think of the Dodgers' chances in the National League Pennant race? "They look wonderful...
...Swiss chalet at New Paltz, N.Y., Oscar (Tschirky) of the Waldorf, semi-retired since 1943, ordered his 84th birthday dinner: boiled beef with boiled potatoes. Said he: "The average American still likes plain cooking...