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...Fruttuoso, between Camogli and Portofmo. There the waters were almost crystal-clear, so that the statue would be visible from above. Many a sea faring man had lost his life there - nearby the Genoese lost a bloody naval battle with the Venetians in 1431 and the British frigate Croesus went down...
...mission to save Britain from the brink Reveals that Saints need not from Mammon shrink− The world's Industrial Croesus In partnership with Jesus Brings Christ to Britain labeled "Jesus...
...stockholders of his RKO Pictures Corp., Croesus-rich Howard Hughes this week had a mouth-watering surprise. Hughes, who has been trying to sell out his interest, this time offered to buy all the company's assets for $23,489,478. The cash would be used to pay stockholders $6 a share for the stock, which closed last week at 2⅞. His conditions: directors must approve the offer by Feb. 15, and a majority of stockholders other than himself must approve by March 30. Explained he: "I have been sued by certain . . . stockholders and accused of responsibility...
...11th century and settled themselves in Asia Minor on the ruins of half a dozen cosmopolitan civilizations. Here, before the Turkish conquerors descended, the Hittites (2000 B.C.) first mined, smelted and fashioned iron ore into weapons; the kingdom of Lydia (whose most famous ruler was a man named Croesus) first coined money, and Greeks fought Trojans over Helen of Troy (though prosaic modern historians insist that they really fought for control of the Dardanelles). Near one city alone-Izmir, the ancient Smyrna-are mosaics from the cave where sightless Homer strummed his lyre, cliff statues of the earth goddess Cybele...
Died. Millicent Abigail Rogers, 53, "Standard Oil heiress." granddaughter of Croesus-rich Oil Pioneer Henry Huttleston Rogers; after an operation for removal of a brain blood clot; in Albuquerque. A "best-dressed" society glamour girl of the '20s. Millicent made an unhappy career of marrying in haste, repenting in opulent leisure. Her husbands: 1) penniless Austrian Count Ludwig Constantin Salm (1924-27), 2) dashing Argentine Socialite Arturo Peralta Ramos (1927-35), 3) Manhattan Broker Ronald B. Balcom (1936-41). In later years, she Iived alone on a small New Mexican ranch in the shadow of a sacred Taos Indian...