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tonnage losses due to anthracite strike set at 3,500,000; Ickes warns on scarcity next Winter
A large apartment house deal in East Orange, acquired by New York investment interests, provided an important feature to the New Jersey realty market which was also characterized by a substantial volume of residential buying.
LARCHMONT, N.Y., May 19-- Under a stiff and cold northnorthwest wind and in rain that drenched sails and made decks as slippery as ice rinks, the International Class sloops went into their second race for the Sparkman Trophy this afternoon off the Larchmont Yacht Club.
Caruso, D; Enrico Caruso
ICC orders class-freight rate schedules revision
1945Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer[†]
Vladimiro Lenin Ilich Montesinos Torres is a Peruvian former intelligence officer and lawyer, most notorious for his role as the head of Peru's National Intelligence Service (SIN) during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori. Montesinos was widely regarded as the power behind the throne, often regarded as the true authority in the government, supported by the Peruvian Armed Forces.