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Stralla, Anthony Cornero (Tony Cornero)

1938 USPC

312 S. Elm Drive, Beverly Hills, CA

Delivered: B.C. Wills & Co., Detroit, MI

Tony Cornero was born in 1900 and died in 1955.  After losing interest in gambling in the SS Tango, Cornero outfitted

an old ship and converted it to the SS Rex in 1938. The S.S. Rex is pictured below.
An S.S. Rex ashtray Some Pics of Tony (aboard the Lux)
SS Rex matches
Cornero Obituary
Neat Ad for the Rex from LA Times, May 8, 1939