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Engaged. Barbara Hutton, granddaughter of the late Frank Winfeld Woolworth (5? & 10? stores), next to Doris Duke (tobacco) the most highly publicized U. S. heiress; and Prince Alexis Mdivani of the much-publicized family from Russian Georgia,* divorced husband of William Astor's great-granddaughter Louise Astor van Alen; in Paris. To woo her the Prince went to Bangkok, Siam, accompanied her to Paris. To Paris sped Father & Mother Franklyn Hutton from Manhattan to inspect their proposed son-in-law, make him waive claim to any part of Barbara's inheritance...
...there was one more thing he was to do for her. The old commercial paper house of Goldman, Sachs had grown wealthy and mighty during 30 years, floating the securities of companies that became great-Sears, Roebuck, General Cigar, Studebaker, Cluett Peabody, Woolworth, Endicott Johnson, Postum, Continental Can, May Department Stores, Pillsbury Flour, National Dairy Products, Goodrich Rubber, Lambert Pharmacal, Gimbel Brothers, Warner Brothers. Goldman Sachs had a bright partner named Waddill Catchings, Tennessee-born Harvard graduate who had been by successive and increasing turns lawyer, steelman and J. P. Morgan assistant in purchasing supplies for the Allies during...
...Many a woman, taught to drink by Prohibition, last week hooked a French heel over a brass rail. Tower Magazines, Inc. distributors of mass periodicals through Woolworth Stores, asked its middleclass, female readership if they would serve beer at home. "Yes" answered 76%. * States which Drys believe will fail to ratify the 21st Amendment: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah...
...torturing to death of one Otto Lenz, Jewish storekeeper in Straubing, Bavaria, seemed authentic. Far more common than actual attacks on Jews was their dismissal from government and business posts and the picketing and boycotting of their stores. Nazi picketing was not limited to Jewish shops. U. S.-owned Woolworth stores were a particular object of attack...
...branches. Bradley's gambling hall was running full blast. One gamester was reported losing $170,000 one night, recouping it with $5,000 profit the next. Only two private palaces on Ocean Boulevard failed to reopen, those of the late James P. Donahue, husband of Jessie (5 & 10?) Woolworth, and Mrs. Horace Dodge billman. The Thomas N. McCarters arrived. The Emil J. Stehlis gave a dinner for their daughter and son-in-law. Mrs. James Roosevelt arrived. Mayor John Shepard Jr. formally opened the George A. Dobyne swimming pool. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Pulitzer gave a golf tournament. Some...