MONACO: Annoyed Tycoon
Sly old Munitions Tycoon Sir Basil Zaharoff who owns much of Monte Carlo is supposed to have started, among other stories, the one about the Vatican being No. 2 stockholder in Monte's Casino. Last week octogenarian Sir Basil ("The Mystery Man of Europe") told reporters that he was going to make the first formal press statement of his career. "You can quote me as saying," he chuckled, "that I shall not die to please the Press! I am sincerely annoyed by all these reports of my illness. Just now I am feeling fine and enjoying my food. One day I shall die—but not to please the Press!"
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