Giannini Retires From All Activities At Age Sixty
United Press reports Amadeo Giannini, 60, marks birthday by resigning from all executive posts in his companies. He will stay as a director and serve as uncompensated chairman of the advisory committee of Transamerica. Born near San Jose, he built Bank of Italy from a Mission District start after the 1906 San Francisco fire.
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United Press
New York
Maytcasendeo P. Giannini
Giannini
Transamerica Corportion
Bank of Italy
San Francisco
Mission District
San Jose
Amadeo
Commission
Banking Genius Grows Wealth and Influence in West
The subject rose through savvy policy and humanizing business, giving 40 percent of his holdings to his employer. He moved to New York, gained control of the 116 year old Bank of America, and created Transamerican Corporation with assets in the billions, becoming seen as the controlling banking genius of the west.
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New York
Bank of America
Transamerican Corporation
West
Separation record surfaces in 1785 act between Verdon and Richellet
Old papers in the Missouri Historical Society reveal a 1785 separation filed by Joseph Verdon and Marianne Richellet before Francisco de Granat the St. Louis commander. The couple, unhappy after years of marriage, chose to part by mutual consent with no alimony noted, while the record oddly mentions a washing machine attachment for ice cream.
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Benoist
Charleville
Missouri Historical Society
Joseph Verdon
Marianne Richellet
Francisco de Granat
St. Louis
Illinois
First Divorce in St. Louis Reported in 1785 Record
United Press reports the first divorce in St. Louis dated March 7, 1785, noting the historic dissolution within early municipal records. The brief item identifies the event as a landmark in local legal history.
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St. Louis
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