Eight famous financiers and their fates in 1923
A 1923 Edgewater Beach Hotel meeting drew eight top financiers from steel, utilities, wheat, stock exchange, cabinet, and monopoly. A later reporter tracked them. Schwab, Insull, Cutten, Whitney, Fall, Livermore, Krueger, and Fraser died by various acts or circumstances, illustrating money’s limits. The narrative closes with reflections from Matador editor Doug Meador and a memory of a Texan convention and Trail Dust tribute.
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Edgewater Beach
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Bank of International Settlements
Charles Schwab
Samuel — Insull
Arthur Cutten
Richard Whitney
Sing Sing
Albert Fall
Jesse Livermore
Ivar Krueger
Bank of International Settlement
Leon Fraser
All Kinds Wrecks injure Three
Five wrecks in the Andrews area this week involved four teenagers and several injuries. A residential intersection crash at NW Ave I and 12th left Teletta Jo Martin 14 and Doug Belcher 17 injured. Belcher and Halen car damage totaled about $1 850. Officer C M Walker issued a ticket for failure to yield. A separate crash on the North Seminole Highway near the radio station involved Chris Clark and Robert Lee Robertson with Robertson cited for DWI.
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Ave I
12Th
Lee Halen
Teletta Jo Martin
38Th Street
Lubbock
Andrews
Doug Belcher
Miss Martin
Andrews Hospital Inc
Sandy Halen
Belcher
Steve Burn
C. M. Walker
Robertson
State Guard Organizes Unit in Andrews
An organizational meeting for a state guard unit in Andrews was held last Thursday night. Harold Wilson is acting commanding officer of the local unit, which will activate and meet monthly to be ready for emergencies. The unit will aid in natural disasters or civil defense needs and meets on the first Thursday each month. About 12 attended the inaugural gathering.
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State Guard
Andrews
Harold Wilson
Odessa Woman Dies En Route to Andrews From Narcotic Overdose
Cynthia Carrigar 24 of Odessa died in her mother’s car while en route to Permian General Hospital in Andrews. Justice of the Peace ruled death by own action due to narcotic overdose. Authorities found 500 Demerol tablets and codeine phosphate in her purse and narcotics administration equipment. Autopsy pending. services at Chapel of Roses. Both residents of 2410 West 9th, Odessa.
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Cynthia Carrigar
Odessa
Andrews
Permian General Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Owen Doggett
Mary Margaret Minor
The
Andrews Hospital
Chapel of Roses
West 9Th
Chamber of Commerce Manager Reports on Houston Institute
Leo Lambert chamber manager spoke to the Rotary Club about the Southwest Chamber of Masters Institute in Houston. He and Web Sharp served on the hospitality committee for the U.S. Chamber event and taped talks for Andrews including Rex Jennings’s Wichita Falls Industrial Development talk. Lambert will address the Downtown Lions meeting later this week.
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Leo Lambert
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Southwest Chamber of Managers Institute
Houston
Lambert
Web Sharp
Chamber
U.S. Chamber
Andrews
Rex Jennings
Denver
Wichita Falls
Lions
Medicare First Dies Wednesday at Odessa Hospital
Willie Elmer Wolf 67 the first Medicare patient at Permian General Hospital died Wednesday morning while still hospitalized. Services were held Friday at Chapel of Roses in Odessa with burial there. Born July 17, 1889 in Mulberry Arkansas he married Funice Duncan in 1918. Survivors include his wife two sons four daughters and eight grandchildren.
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Willie Elmer Wolf
Permian General Hospital
Chapel of Roses
Odessa
Mulberry
Ark
Funice Duncan
Wolf
E. L. Farmer
James Elmer Wolf
Houston
Hayden Wolf
Duncanville
Juanita Cast
Lucille Monroe
Gloria Pitman
Rose Anna Sterling
Andrews Nominee Leads North All Stars Coaching Talk
Neil Laminack of Andrews is among four nominees to coach the North basketball all stars at the Houston coaching school. Other nominees are Bob Moore Phillips Tom Estes Graham and Drews Smith Lake Worth. Andrews last spring sent its first cage team to state. The 2AAA district shows Andrews as the favorite with 14 lettermen back including two offensive and three defensive starters.
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Neil Laminack
Andrews
Houston
Bob Moore
Phillips
Tom Estes
Graham
Drews Smith
Lake Worth
Glenn Frazier
Laminack
Kermit
Ector
Yellowjackets
Jerry Sims
Blackshear High
Monahans
Seminole
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Dumas
Max Goldsmith
Edd Farmer
Moody Conner
Pete Smith
Dick Nash
Dub Warden
Don Leach
Johnny Bradshaw
Jerry Reynolds
City Manager to Give Report on Washington Trip and Federal Programs
City Manager Herb Sitz will present a full report at this week’s city council meeting on his Washington trip and federal programs for cities. He noted about 300 managers from small cities attended the national gathering and discussed program eligibility. Sitz met with Senator Tower, Senator Yarborough, and Congressman Mahon about the Permian Basin Railroad, with Mahon seeking oral arguments backed by the Texas senators, a move that may be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Sitz
Washington
Sitz
Litz
John Tower
Ralph Yarborough
George Mahon
Permian Basin Railroad
Mahon
Carr Gains Backers In West Texas Coffee Stop
Senatorial hopeful Waggoner Carr arrived in Andrews for an early morning coffee with backers at First National Bank. He accused Republican John Tower of spending at least 2 million dollars and noted much of that money comes from beyond Texas. Carr warned the race is top national importance and described Tower as deserting his followers. He vowed to stay consistent in Washington as in Austin during a West Texas campaign swing through Snyder Seymour Vernon Stanford and the Panhandle.
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Waggoner Carr
Texas
Senate
Andrews
First National Bank
John Tower
Carr
West Texas
Tower
Max Ramsey
Andrews County
Snyder
Seymour
Vernon
Stanford
Panhandle
Retailers Dinner Talk by Odessa Salesman Morris Gray
Morris Gray a 21 year retail salesman will speak to the Retail Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce at a 7 30 p m buffet dinner at the Country Club. He will address Revive Your Business and chairs local civic clubs.
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Morris Gray
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Gray
Babe Griffith Tire Co
Odessa
Velma Bristow
Sunrise Optimist Club
Wildcat Toastmasters Club
Car vandalized with polish eggs and toilet paper
Howard Burkett found his car at 315 SW 4th damaged by vandals overnight. The vehicle was coated in shoe polish eggs and toilet paper after a late night doorbell ring at 4 a.m. Burkett said he has no known enemies.
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Howard Burkett
Burkett
Union Vote Impounded in All Inc Oil Patch Election
A NLRB impounded the All Inc union election ballot in Odessa and Andrews after an unfair labor practice charge surfaced. James Childs of Odessa, representing the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, alleges competition with the International Union of Operating Engineers as workers seek representation. The case stops until the charges are investigated.
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All Inc
Fices
Odessa
Andrews
National Labor Relations Board
John Crawford
NLRB
Fort Worth
James Childs
Childs
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
International Union of Operating Engineers
Rotary Fishing Rodeo returns to city lake for fourth year
The Rotary Fishing Rodeo at City Lake on Saturday August 13 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. features grand champions in two prize divisions for largest fish and most fish, plus prizes for top youths. Registrations are free with Rotarian supervision and a boat patrol will enforce rules. About 400 participants expected. concessions by Rotary Anns. bait and prize chairs listed.
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Gene Demmler
Raymond Sharbutt
Kenneth Bales
Joe Allbright
Joe Weatherby
Rotary- Anns
Evans Holland
Jim Dotson
Curry
Rotary Club
Fires cause extensive damage in Andrews area
Two separate fires Thursday afternoon and Friday morning damaged property near Andrews. A heater treater fire at the Ora-Cobb lease west of town threatened a tank battery while crews cut power and battled the blaze. A residence at 910 NW 10th, formerly the Hams home, suffered major damage from a bed fire with smoke and fire damage throughout. No occupants were at the scene.
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Sinclair
Andrews
Ora-Cobb Lease
Leonard Vandever
NW 10Th
Robert Hutchinson
Malcolm Hams
Meico City
S10
Sammy Arnold
Troy Moore
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West Texas Press Association
Doug Meador
Matador Tribune
Matador
Doug
Medicare
Cage
Austin
City Lake
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