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Figurehead and real head of the fair is Grover Aloysius Whalen. And the fair as it stands today-a $157,000,000 extroversion of Mr. Whalen's fantastic extrovert personality-gives him fair claim to the title of greatest salesman alive today. Grover Whalen suggested the fair in 1935 and a civil engineer named Joseph Shadgen came through with a historical excuse-the 150th anniversary of Washington's inauguration; Shadgen also suggested the site-a foul ash dump in Corona, L. I. which New York Park Commissioner Robert Moses had long itched to clean up. The original scheme...
Fair President Grover Whalen unctuously gave a cue which good Navy wives hardly needed. Said he: "The general public interest comes first. . . . The advisability of [the ships'] presence elsewhere is fully realized...
...that folds down flat so that guests' may sit thereon in comfort to be admired, the sleek, custom-built Chrysler Imperial was destined to be the personal car of the president of the New York World's Fair, the greatest greeter of his time, Grover Aloysius Whalen...
Like all cars the Derham Brothers turn out, Mr. Whalen's is a synthesis of the automaker's science and the body-builder's art. It seats nine people comfortably (aside from any on the top), is equipped with fog lights, radio, streamlined glass wind-wings, many another luxury, including extra-depth cushions for Fair visitors who may be as tender as they are distinguished. It contains $1,850 worth of chassis and engine, $5,150 worth of body and design...
Robert E. Whelan (pronounced "Whalen"), 22, research worker in the New York World's Fair press department, was at liberty last week. Reason: incoming telephone calls to him were sometimes given to Grover A. Whalen. Clerk Whelan was asked to change his name, refused, was fired...