Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Carmelo Zito (August 13, 1899 - June 9, 1980), born in Oppido Mamertina, Italy and immigrated to the United States circa 1923, was a prominent and outspoken Italian American immigrant who operated the Il Corriere del Popolo Italian language newspaper in San Francisco, California from 1935 through 1966. He was active in the Italian anti-fascist movement in the United States. Family members relate that he fled Mussolini's regime after learning that he was targeted for execution by the Fascists.A veteran of World War I, Zito came to New York in 1923. He joined an anti-fascist paper there in 1925, then moved to San Francisco in 1931 and took over Il Corriere del Popolo. During World War II, he testified before congressional and state committees concerning fascist influences that he perceived in Italian-American political and civic organizations.Carmelo Zito earned a law degree from University of Messina on December 23, 1922. Although, he did not practice law in The United States, he was employed as an interpreter for Italian speaking Defendants. During The Great Depression he sold Maytag Washing Machines door to door. He was a successful salesman."@en }
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- Carmelo_Zito abstract "Carmelo Zito (August 13, 1899 - June 9, 1980), born in Oppido Mamertina, Italy and immigrated to the United States circa 1923, was a prominent and outspoken Italian American immigrant who operated the Il Corriere del Popolo Italian language newspaper in San Francisco, California from 1935 through 1966. He was active in the Italian anti-fascist movement in the United States. Family members relate that he fled Mussolini's regime after learning that he was targeted for execution by the Fascists.A veteran of World War I, Zito came to New York in 1923. He joined an anti-fascist paper there in 1925, then moved to San Francisco in 1931 and took over Il Corriere del Popolo. During World War II, he testified before congressional and state committees concerning fascist influences that he perceived in Italian-American political and civic organizations.Carmelo Zito earned a law degree from University of Messina on December 23, 1922. Although, he did not practice law in The United States, he was employed as an interpreter for Italian speaking Defendants. During The Great Depression he sold Maytag Washing Machines door to door. He was a successful salesman.".