Mrs Vanderbilt Abdicates As Queen Of Capital S Society
Mrs Vanderbilt ends her era of social supremacy with a public benefit ball for the United Service Organizations at 640 Fifth Avenue. The Vanderbilt residence will be torn down for a modern office building, ending a long era of elite extravagance and Christmas crushes.
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Patricia Coffin
NBA
W York
Irs
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Gid
77Th Division
United Service Organizations
Vanderbilt
New York
Newport
William H. Vanderbilt
No. 640
Manhattan
Cornelius
Richard T. Wilson
Georgia
Vanderbilts
Grace Wilson
Yale
Elizabeth Bronnon
Tim
Europe
Grace
Ogden Goelet
North Star
Cowes
Travemunde
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Robert L. Stevens
Cornelia Davis
Stevens
Wilhelm to be buried Monday in Doorn funeral plans
Doorn, occupied Netherlands June 5. Ex Kaiser Wilhelm II dies after long illness. Burial set for Monday with military honors on Hitler orders. General Friedrich Christiansen and officials attend. Rev Bruno Doehring to perform Lutheran rites. Death attributed to a blood clot in the lungs after a period of artificial feeding.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Friedrich Christiansen
Adolf Hitler
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Wilhelm Keitel
Heinrich Himmier
Gestapo
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Kaiserin Hermine
August Wilhelm
Kaiser Wilhelm
Bruno Doehring
Berlin
Doehring
Wilhelm
Bombing reaches Midlands and beyond in night raids
German planes carried out widespread night attacks across the Midlands Southeast and Northwest England East Anglia and London. Casualties were not large and three bombers were shot down. London marked its 24th consecutive bombless night as British and Allied forces reported losses and downed aircraft.
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London
Midlands
England
East Anglia
DNB
Berlin
English Channel
Admiralty
Boulogne
Air Ministry
Zeebrugge
Ministry
Beginning of the End of Old Guard Society
The piece notes a shift in high society as 640’s cafe society infiltrates Mrs. Vanderbilt’s salons. It cites Farley as a favorite figure and Greta Garbo visiting, while Lindbergh flouted invitations. The critic laments the erosion of exclusive salons and the rise of public nightlife venues.
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James A. Farley
Greta Garbo
Derbilt
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