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...week of June 21 more than 4,000 librarians from all parts of the country will meet at he Waldorf-Astoria in New York City to attend the 59th Annual Conference of the American Library Association. I believe that many of them will plan to visit some of the museums and galleries which are shown on TIMES...
Seeking to prove that the late William Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor was not expecting to die when he set up a $46,000,000 trust fund in the U. S. Aug. 15. 1919, two months before he died, Attorney John William Davis had Nurse Mary Louise Jeffreys read into the record in Federal District Court in Manhattan last week the Viscount's rules for longevity as penned in letters sent at the time of the trust fund to his grandson, then aged twelve...
...month ago a fast-talking, song-publishing (Isle of Capri, Serenade in the Night) Belgian named Peter Maurice Jacques Koch de Gooreynd arrived in Manhattan with a box full of Imperial Chemical's Perspex lenses. He immediately hired a publicity man and a Waldorf-Astoria suite, where he bounced lenses on the table, declared that he could sell eyeglasses for $1 or so a pair, binoculars for $2.50, cameras...
Delivered to financial editors in Manhattan early this week were telegrams inviting them to send representatives at 5 130 that afternoon to Suite No. gR at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. Even if the reason for the invitation had not been revealed in the message, the signature alone-G. A. Ball-would have been enough to guarantee a good turnout...
...identity of Messrs. Young & Kolbe was then established by their invitation to step down the corridor to another suite for refreshments. While Waldorf waiters poured drinks and passed canapes, the newshawks turned to in an effort to find out something about Messrs. Young, Kolbe & Kirby and how much they had paid...