Word: whalen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...social lion as well as a Lion; he belongs to half the clubs in the state and is vice commander of his post of the American Legion. When Milwaukee plans a welcome, as to an aviator, Charles Younggreen superintends it with pride and efficiency; "Milwaukee's Grover Whalen" is a sobriquet of which he is proud. His house is a show place; his wife is a charming woman; he plays bad golf very well; he has lots of money and lots...
...George Hubert Wilkins and Lieut. Carl B. Eilson, polar pilgrims, stood on the deck of the Stavangerfjord, saw the freshly-pressed cutaway of Grover A. Whalen aboard the Macom, knew they were about to receive one of Manhattan's famed, confetti-laden Official Welcomes...
Last week, New York city balanced its bank account, discovered it had spent $243,430 since January, 1926, for welcomes to Distinguished Guests. Expensive guests: Lindbergh, Byrd, Chamberlin, $110,000; Koehl, Fitzmaurice, von Huene-feld, $60,000; Costes, Lebrix, $15,000. Official Welcomer Grover Whalen wrote Mayor Walker, diffidently: "It would seem opportune ... to raise the question as to how far ... the city should go." Recklessly, New York went ahead with plans to welcome "Lady Lindy," Pilot Stultz, Mechanic Gordon...
...return of Hero Charles .A. Levine little resembled that of long-wandering Ulysses. Not alone the faithful watchdog of New York City, Official Handshaker Grover C. Whalen, but everyone else, recognized Hero Levine far in the distance. He was not grey and grizzled. He was only four months and a half older than when he skipped aboard the airplane Columbia at Mitchell Field, L. I., to become a hero. He had no adventures to tell because the press had told them all-how he sat with Hero Clarence Chamberlin in the Columbia until it came down in Germany...
...Grace Levine and Eloyse Levine, aged 9, arose at 5 a.m. and, leaving Ardeth Levine, aged 1, in the Levine home at Rockaway Park, L. I., joined Handshaker Whalen on the tug Macom. Soon Hero Levine, a smaller, quieter, ruddy-blond edition of Mussolini,* and Jewish† instead of Italian, climbed off the S. S. Leviathan. He answered news-gathers questions as though he knew they were perfunctory, called at City Hall because he was expected there, lunched at the Hotel Astor because he was hungry. He was not surprised that New York did not toot its horns...