Word: waldorf
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During the dry deliberations at the annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association in Manhattan fortnight ago, two rival oases competed bitterly for the privilege of refreshing weary delegates. Not far from the door of the Waldorf Astoria's convention chamber, Scripps-Howard's Newspaper Enterprise Association lifted a banner to proclaim: "N. E. A.-WITH THE ONE & ONLY MAJOR HOOPLE!" Nearby, N. E. A.'s Hearstian arch-rival shrieked back in big black letters: "KING FEATURES- WITH THE ONE & ONLY GENE AHERN!" Purpose of the mammoth cocktail party whither this banner beckoned...
...Judge Puffle's possible appearance was the 30-foot silhouette of a pinguid, plug-hatted figure, not unlike Major Hoople in outline, which loomed above the orchestra and the heads of 20 blonde hostesses and Official Greeters James J. Braddock & Fifi D'Orsay at King Features' Waldorf party. Selling Judge Puffle sight unseen on the basis of Major Hoople's fame, King Features last week reported signing up Hearstpapers in 16 cities, 52 non-Hearstpapers besides. N. E. A. counterclaimed that not one of its 500 clients had dropped Hoople for Puffle...
...tiered ballroom of Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel one night last week, some 3,000 fingers, which are normally on the nation's pulse the rest of the year, were curled amiably around tall glasses. Their 600 owners, members of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, were in town for their annual convention...
...important mechanical function, that of keeping bad milk off the tables, but would add to the kitchen that human element which is so essential a part of any large food purveying establishment. It is just this touch of individuality that gives world famous restaurants their reputations. Oscar of the Waldorf is no mere automaton, but an artist who knows the difference between curds and whey...
...banquets have a speakers' table, and no exception was the banquet given last week at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria by the trust division of the American Bankers Association. But from the speakers' table came no speeches. Trust-division President Merrel P. Callaway announced that the evening's entertainment would be "something more acceptable." At 10:12 p.m., expectant bankers & guests saw the gold plush curtains of the ballroom stage draw slowly apart, reveal a piano against which leaned Miss Helen Jepson. A pretty, blonde soprano who reached radio fame with Rudy Vallee and Paul Whiteman, Miss...