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...Montevideo, Uruguay. Aided by loans and contracts from Argentina's Dictator Juan Peron, to whom he had given such thoughtful gifts as a Rolls-Royce, Dodero expanded his shipping business to 382 vessels, the continent's biggest merchant fleet. In 1949 he sold his Compania Argentina de Navegacion Dodero S.A. to Peron's government. For pleasure, Don Alberto had a small land, sea & air fleet all his own, kept hotel-like establishments on Long Island and the Riviera, habitually spent about $50,000 a week on wine (two full-time bartenders), women (showgirls, models) & song (music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 12, 1951 | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

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