ADVENTUROUS CAREER.
MAN WiTH 20 PROFESSIONS.
The adventurous career of Franz Ferdinand Bertram, aged 65, a man who had gono tlirough no fewer than 20 professions, has been disclosed in a Vienna Court. He claimed to be the son of a deceased member of the German Reichstag. In his youth he appeared successfully in various German theatres, ana acted as stage manager. He then turned to the film, and, as the "great film industrialist, Dr. Franz Ferdinand, started some dubious transactions. . , . After that the man dealt in horses, bred pigs and dogs, s f^ a reared .poultry, and attempted to open a sanatorium. Then he tried his hand at a few more professions. His whole cap£ l'l consisted of his .title "doctor,» wh.A he had acquired at an Italian university* Finally, he got into trouble as a forwarding agent and was sentenced trf| three months' jm£roonxnenW
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 9
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146ADVENTUROUS CAREER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 9
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