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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Italian Laborer Antonio Comincio died in New York City. During 42 years in the U. S. he had saved up $900 but had not become a U. S. citizen. He left no heirs, no will. Under U. S. law, e tates of all persons dying under such conditions become the property of the State in which they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Laches | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Last week, Italy's Fascist Government, through counsel for Magno Santovincenzo, Acting Italian Consul in New York City, entered a claim in surrogate's court for the Comincio savings. Their reason: under Italian law. all estates of Italian citizens who die intestate without heirs, no matter where they had lived, revert to Italy's King upon their death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Laches | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Other commodity exchanges in Manhattan include National Raw Silk, National Metal, New York Metal, New York Cotton, New York Coffee & Sugar, New York Cocoa, New York Fruit, National Malt & Hop, New York Poultry, New York Produce (oil, flour, provisions, grain) Exchanges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Hide Exchange | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Famed NELA (National Electric Light Association) last week convened at Atlantic City for its 52nd convention and exhibition. There able Matthew S. Sloan, head of New York Edison Co., said that the electric industry could well grant lower rates on current for domestic use, that such rates would result in greater use of vacuum cleaners, of electric irons, clothes washers and other household electric appliances, that rate reductions were always followed by pleasing increases in amounts of current consumed. Delegates also heard Oklahoman J. F. Owens, head of NELA's publicity, concede that there was "food for thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Less Cost & Propaganda | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Charles H. Ditson was president of Oliver Ditson Co. of Boston and of Charles H. Ditson & Co. of New York. His father, Oliver, was founder in 1835 of the music publishing house. With it the testator was associated from 1865 until last spring, when he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ditson's $800,000 | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

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