People: Jun. 11, 1928

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

Will H. Hays, Movie Tsar, leased an apartment upon the highest sleeping floor, the 37th, of the 508-ft, 39-story-high Ritz Towers in Manhattan. His suite, containing only four rooms, spread itself over the entire floor.

Many persons supposed that little Mr. Hays, when sleeping in his apartment during the early morning hours, would occupy a higher position than any other person on the island of Manhattan. Not so. This honor belongs to Oilman Frank E. Kistler of Denver, Col., who sometimes dozes...

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