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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1951
Page
9
The Schenley Distillers employ more than seven hundred Black workers nationwide, a notable precedent in whiskey industry hiring. Browne commented that he hopes Black customers will support businesses willing to give them a chance.
Frankie Dee, a top Schenley Distribu tors salesman marking his tenth year with the firm, explains to package store operators how four brands Schenley Reserve Sir John Schenley Cream of Kentucky and Schenley Gin are setting new national sales records in bars and stores. Dee is famed as a globe trotter with 25 000 to 40 000 annual miles and a history in acting welding war bond rallies and film and stage roles including The Wizard of Oz Turn on the Moon Bedlam The Hot Mikado Sing Out the News and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Schenley Industries led by Louis S. Rosenthal has expanded Negro employment across skilled, office, sales, and lab roles with representatives in New York Chicago Detroit Los Angeles Philadelphia Jacksonville Miami and Atlanta. Rosenthal received the 1950 Carver Memorial Institute award for race relations work and Schenley is backing a $600000 1951 United Drive. Emergency penicillin shipments to Korea and Blatz free beer for troops highlight corporate support. Amos n Andy to debut with an all Negro cast on CBS TV June 28.
John D. Brooks, a prominent Floridian, is appointed Florida representative for Schenley Distributors Inc. He was chosen via competitive process with the National Urban League. Brooks trained with ten others in Cincinnati and will market Schenley Reserve, I. W. Harper, Old Stagg, Cream of Kentucky, Ancient Age, and Schenley Gin. He resides at 2118 Moncrief Road in Jacksonville and was a former housing manager at Blodgett Homes and a sales man for Southern Co. He attended Morehouse and Atlanta University and belongs to Alpha Phi Alpha and several civic groups.
Schenley Distributors, Inc. hired trained sales representatives from across the nation through the National Urban League. The group gathered in Cincinnati, Ohio after completing a special training course, photographed in front of the Schenley distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Front row includes Water Ss. Smith, Norman T. Wilson, Balliner G. Kemp, John P. Greer Jr, Gardner K. Christopher, Haydel J. White, and Bear. Also present were John D. Brooks, Robert A. McEwen, Maurice F. Hauffman, William H. McClain, and George E. Hayes, with Bear serving as special representative of New York City.
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