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How Truman Got The Widow's Mite in Oil Stock
Fulton Lewis Jr outlines a 1916 17 Kansas City oil stock scheme involving Harry S Truman, Morgan Oil and Refining, and the Atlas Okla Oil Lands Syndicate. The piece details shares sold to widow Mrs Best, misrepresented values, and Truman’s one third profit claim amid a 1916 17 recapitalization.
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Fulton Lewis, JR
Truman
Widow's Mite
Morgan Oil and Refining Company
Kansas City
J. H. Best
Monrovia
Kan
Atlas- Okla Oil Lands Syndicate
Mr. Truman
Dave Morgan
Eureka
W. H. Lynn
Westmore
Missouri Oi
Morgan
Lyonn
Widow Best
Atlas- Okla Lands Syndicate
Morgan and Company
Truman Treas
Kansas