Who is Who in Central & East Europe 1933


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Karl Barons, Riga ->
is a doctor for the railways and a famous as a collector of Latvian Folksongs.

Jaroslav Bartoschek, Bratislava ->
Since 1922 he is the Director of the Tramway and local and electric railway in Bratislava.

Mehmet Behidj, Budapest ->
served up to the Balkan War in Macedonia,with the military forces, in the office and as military commissioner of railways.

Ivan Bojadschiew, Sofia ->
is the architect for all colonization houses of railway clerks.

Julian Eberhardt, Warsaw ->
was involved in the construction of the Transiberian Railway, 1893-1898; was Minister of Railways in Poland in the Cabinet of Paderewski.

Frantisek Jarnos, Prague ->
In 1911 he was a collaborator to the German-Czecheslovakian Railway-Dictionary.

Milan Manojlovich, Novi Sad
cooperated in the construction of the famous Austrian Alpine Railways and in Bosnia. He then devoted his service to the exploitation of the Yugoslavian Railways. Retiring from State service, he devoted his activity to the electrification business in Yugoslavia. With American capital, he has built up the Electrical Central and Electrical Tramway in Osijek.

Pasha Heinrich August Meissner, Kadikög Istanboul ->
was chief engineer of the Hedjaz Railway of the IIIrd and IVth divisions of the Baghdad Railway and director of the railway construction at the Palestine front during the World War.

Tontscho Peschoff, Sofia ->
was first an engineer with a military factory, then with the city street cars in Sofia. Since 1933 he is the director of street cars and the city Electricity Works.

Dimitrije Petrovic, Osijek ->
From 1909-1926, he had to take care of the administration of horse-streetcars and since 1926 he is the Director of the Electric Street Cars.

Ján Popisil, Prague ->
After the breakdown of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy, he participated as the first official in the Czechoslovakian Railway. His special activity: social insurance, not only with railways but in general.

László de Verebely, Budapest ->
is the originator of the electrification for the Royal Hungarian State Railways' main line from Budapest to Hegyeshalom (frontier to Vienna) with 50 cycle AC. Kandó-system.