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Colossi s dan to Mop Wigs Greek gentinien aittp owner, did the sort of thing that many men dream of doing, Annoyed with the Casino at Monte C Carlo, he bought control of it. Aside ' from hig multifarious ship- Ping operations and assets estimated at $300,000,000, that da the sort df be- Men havior that has earned for Mr. In the Onasain the term News “fabulous.” ‘Yes- terday the fabu- lous Mr. Onassis testified in Washington before a special House Merchant Marine gub- committee on ship contracts, The purchase of the Monte Carlo Casino came about this way. Mr, Onassis, whe had offices in Montevideo, Paris, London, Néw York, Hamburg end Paname, wanted an of- fice near Marseilles and Genoa on the Mediterranean, where many of his ninety~ Th ‘ - _ ma a pne shipe were repaired. A millionaire at 25 a ri _ 7 uilding that had been closed 600,000, and was in the ship- ' PO eee for yeara. But the company ping business, er eee - that controlled the Casino For a few years his ship- fs foe “CLIPPING FRCH THE and other buildings said mo. So Mr, Onassis bought a con- Ping operations were unprof- trolling block of stock for itable. In 1936, however, he yd Le ar aes » $1,000,000. genet & tanker, and ‘be- iy N.Y :. . e, he says, the first Greek 4 Frop: Refugee to Riches shipowner to go into the oil EDITION. ATS-cIPy - The darkly handsome 52- tanker field. Oil shipping | j .. year-old shi operator with . brought him millions. : - _DaTeD—2.0 JUN 1958. ———— the gassic Greek names has During World War IT most id ‘ a clajsic history: nearly penni- of his ships lay impounded in | ae a) AGE less fugee to multi-million- arta while the remainder Ye S ION alreg - sailed for the Allies, at high Ma: Aljstotle Onaset-Wis born freight rates , : $|, FORWARDED BY NY DIVISION a in Smyrna the gon of a pros- In 16846 Mr. Onassis met f <“U-— \ perots to merchant In and married Athina-Livanos, — RE: ter PORY_CARRISRS, IN ? 1922 the Turks | sacked Smyrna a daughter of Stavros G. ie NAT IONAL _ 4 and killed | thousands of anos. a Greek shipping ae ‘THE GRACE 1 YORK Ve ree uding three uncies live. — WE. Donte of Aristotle Onassis. The re- Mr, Onessis has homes nT BANK OF oe a maining members of the fam- New York, Paris, Antibes, « TRUST RE, | AND ae . ily escaped to Athens instrait- Athens and Montevideo. He ‘ EXAND tp ONASSIS oe ened circumstances. says his recreation is nauti- ALEXANDER So ee a a A family council decided cal sports; he owns an 1,800- iP. To that Aristotle, then 16, was ton yacht, the Christina, the most Mkely to rebuild named for his daughter. The the family's fortunes. They Onassises also have a sott. scraped together enough to Mr. Onassis’ ships fly the buy him passage te Argentina, flags of five countries—Pan- There Aristotle Worked as & ama, Honduras, Costa Rica, telephone operator and a to- Liberia and Saudi Arabia. bacco importer, At the age of He speaks English well, 24 he was named Greek con- with = strong accent. He is sul general in Buenos Aires. of medium height and heavy I5C,- ‘CIVIL SUT BUFILE 62 ae ae Ep ee At 25 he had amassed his first set, ! ¢ million dollars. . “TI never g: ee mible, t deesn’t ; ' Dufing the depression, Mr. amuse me,” he once . “Tt Onafkis bought six Canadian don't oppose it. I unde stand freighters at a fraction of it. My whole life has Keen s their] original worth of $12,- terrific gamble.” - é a f co ,e? 7 nos oe ne - wy . A ra NI .