Word: knowns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...King should merely shake hands with Pope, denoting that they meet as temporal sovereigns of two earthly realms (Italy and the new Papal State). But Crown Prince Umberto (looked to by non-Fascist Catholics as the only figurehead they could possibly set up against Il Duce) lets it be known unmistakably that he thinks his father's lips should touch...
Arturo Toscanini, conductor of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, made known that he would sail for Italy next week to buy a castle on the Isle of Capri...
Achilles in this canto of the railroad epic is played by Arthur Curtiss James of the Western Pacific. Bearded, eye-glassed, urbane, he is known for different things to different people. To Manhattan socialites he is the host of a huge granite mansion on Park Avenue at 69th Street. To yachtsmen, he is the able and enthusiastic skipper of the famed square-rigged yacht, Aloha. To many a rich old lady he is vice president of Phelps-Dodge Co. To flower fanciers he is known for the unique arrangement of his Park Avenue mansion: the bedrooms open on a central...
Winners & Losers. From a mass of rumors, little could be definitely learned about the course of individual fortunes. Paper losses of such stockholders as George Fisher Baker and Andrew William Mellon were estimated. On the other hand it was known that the State of New York had profited from the heavy transactions. A tax of 2˘ a share on no par stock and 2˘ per $100 of value on par stock, netted New York $4,884,427 in October. Thus can the state build better roads, broader bridges to bear the increasing traffic of U. S. prosperity...
Generally suspected to be a heavy loser was the Vatican, known to be an investor in U. S. securities. First Vatican sales were said to have been made early in the break, the rest at sacrifice prices. Plans for the establishment of a Papal bank were temporarily abandoned...