Head of Hotel Chain Also a Songwriter
Ernest F. Henderson, leader of the Sheraton Corporation of America, built a hotel empire from a $10,000 start and co-led with Robert Moore. The article traces his career from radio parts to real estate, noting his music hobby and aims to have the best hotel in every major American city.
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New York
Daytona Beach
Ernest F. Henderson
Sheraton Corporation of America
Henderson
Hotel Plaza
Conrad Hilton
New England
Navy
Caproni
Italy
France
Moore
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beacon
Continental
Cambridge Mass
Boston
Sheraton
United States Realty and Improvement Company
New York Stock Exchange
New Hampshire
New England Reserve
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Germany
Arthur Fiedler
Boston “Pops
Harvard
Robert Moore
United States
Manhattan
Germans Close Heaven's Gates Post office bans Himmel postmark
Postal authorities in HIMMEL Germany ordered the post office closed to stop the commercial use of the Himmel postmark. A Munich businessman had sought exclusive rights to mail Christmas greetings from Heaven, prompting the authorities action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himmel
Germany
Heaven
Munich
No Wonder His Bill Was Small
Farmer City Illinois police chief J W Reinke who also reads city light and water meters found his own monthly bill amounting to almost nothing When repairmen checked the meter it ran backwards indicating a short circuit that reduced charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer City, II
J. W. Reinke
City Light
Reinke
Young Couples Backbone of U S Economy Says Study
A University of Michigan Survey Research Center study finds young married couples without or with young children account for two thirds of new car purchases on installment credit. John E. Murdock of the American Finance Conference says these couples are the mainspring of installment buying and long term economic growth. He argues necessities for families depend on access to consumer goods via installment credit and that young families are strong credit risks with bright prospects ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
John E. Murdock
American Finance Conference
Association of Independent Automobile Sales Credit Companies
Murdock
Unidentified Gunman Fires at Floor. Woman Wounded in Bar
In San Francisco an unknown man entered a bar, fired one shot at the floor, then fled. Patron Bess Parker, 58, was struck by ricocheting bullet in the leg. Doctors reported the wound as slight.
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San Francisco
Bess Parker
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Ed Morse
Sheraton Corporation
Canada
Statler Group
Hilton
Eisenhower
Sheraton- Astor
Louisburg Square
United
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Omaha
Trovel
AIR Lines
Heaven's
U.S
Mercury
Armstrong Men
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