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...Practically all of the money received was transferred to Europe and used by Herr Kreuger as he saw fit. Not until last week did Lee, Higginson & Co.'s partners hear that International Match's chief assets are $75,000,000 owed it by little known Continental Investment Co. of Liechtenstein and $15,000,000 by Garanta Co. of Hol land. Apparently both these companies used the money to some extent to buy properties for Swedish Match Co. They paid interest to International Match on a sliding scale, the scale being just large enough so that International Match would appear...
Married. Prince Johann Aloyse Joseph Marie von und zu Liechtenstein, 31, an heir to the State of Liechtenstein;* and Aleene McFarland, 29, daughter of a Weatherford, Tex. cattle rancher; in London. They met five years ago at a Paris dinner party where she appeared as a dancer...
...Only 65 sq. mi. in area, Liechtenstein is one of Europe's tiniest independent states. It is situated between Switzerland and Austria, has a population of 11,500, no army. Present ruler of Liechtenstein is Prince Franz, 77. Two years ago Prince Franz married Frau Elsa von Eross, née Baroness Guttman of Vienna. He had married her secretly in 1921 in Salzburg, Austria. Because she was a commoner he could not make public the marriage. She is wealthy, of Jewish descent...
...world-wide overproduction of oil exists, little demand is seen for the process of hydrogenation in which powdered coal is converted into oil. But last week it was evident that the great international hydrogenation patent pool is still active. The little town of Vaduz in the tiny principality of Liechtenstein (between Austria and Switzerland) was named as the home of a new company called International Hydrogenation Patents Co. which will develop the process outside of the U. S. and Germany. Another company to exchange patents will soon be formed in The Hague. Linked together by these deals are Standard...
...unfair to Prince Liechtenstein of Liechtenstein to call the Dreyfus collection the "greatest private collection in the world," but Duveen Brothers got a good deal for their money. The collection is notably strong in sculpture: Verrocchio, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Mino da Fiesole, Bertoldo di Giovanni, Andrea Riccio. Painters include: Giovanni Bellini, Fra Filippo Lippi, Pesellino, Ghirlandaio. There is also a collection of medals and small bronzes which art critics call irreplaceable...