People and places loom large atop New York City landmarks
A tour of Empire State Building observations recalls 102 stories climbed by informant Shanahan who charts past city icons from World Building to Tiffanys and Union Square. Celebrities like Lily Pons Gershwin and Lloyd Nolan surface amid anecdotes of speakeasies and luxury goods.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Sonny
Central Park
Tom Shanahan
Empire State Building Observatory
Empire State
Shanahan
World Building
Tiffany’s
Union Square
Flatiron
Mark Twain
Fifth Avenue
Madame
New Yorker Harry Payne Whitney and bootleg scam warning
The text notes Whitney’s club memberships and social standing while warning of a common bootleg swindle. A bootlegger uses ship passenger lists to pose as a steward and lure victims with fake Scotch, claiming the Leviathan ship is in danger of failing. It mentions alumnae leaders and public relations figures in commencement features.
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Harry Payne Whitney
New Yorker
Broadway
United States Lines
Bob Hubbard Named to North Carolina Honor Post
The permanent executive committee of the class of 1933 is announced by Francis Anderson. Members include Robert Hubbard of High Point, Alex Webb of Raleigh, Edward Brenner of Hendersonville, Perry Collins of Washington DC, and others from Raleigh Wilmington Lexington Goldsboro Asheville Chapel Hill Marshville Varina Toms River and Charlotte.
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Chapel Hill
Francis Anderson
Leaksville
Alex Webb
Raleigh
Robert Hubbard
High Point
Edward Brenner
Hendersonville
Perry Collins
Washington, D. C
Vass Shepherd
Lee Greer
Wilmington
Sara Walser
Lexington
Mary Frances Parker
Goldsboro
Thomas R. Taylor, Jr
Asheville
Sparks Griffin
Marshville
William McKee
W. W. Johnson
Varina
Robert Nevins
Toms River
N. J
Allan McLean
Charlotte
14 Duke Classes To Hold June Reunions
DURHAM May 19 Fourteen alumni classes of Duke University will reunite during the eighty first commencement beginning June 4. Informal gatherings will be held by other classes with officers naming class years ’73 ’78 ’83 ’88 ’93 ’98 ’03 ’08 ’13 ’18 ’23 ’28 ’30 and ’32. Tuesday June 6 has been set aside as Alumni Day of commencement. Edgar E Bowling of New York is president of the alumni.
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Durham
Duke University
Eedgar
Bowling
New York
Why Mails Were Late
If the mails were a little late around Ravenswood Indiana no one ought to complain. Postmaster Roy Goodpasture stands in hip boots before his post office during floods after heavy rains in Indiana and Illinois.
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Ravenswood
Ind
Roy Goodpasture
Post Ofice
Indiana
Ilinois
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Siam
Pennsylvania
Lily Pons
Central Park Zoo
George Gershwin
Brushkin
Brooklyn
Riverside Drive
Park Avenue
Lloyd Nolan
Stanford
Francis Ledberer
Capudine
South Main ST
Rose Furniture Co
English Street
Chicago
Bob Hubbard
N. C
Duke
America
Italy
IR Henry
Bessemer
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Greenland
and Ironing Board
Obe
Allstate
Kenmore
Sears
Sears. Roebuck and CO
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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