Word: josey
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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Governor Ross Shaw Sterling of Texas, who reputedly has lost in deflated real estate large wads of the fortune he made from oil, last week lost his newspaper, the Houston Post-Dispatch, to an insurance man named J. E. Josey. The surrender of the newspaper, heavily burdened by notes, was not a surprise; but, to many, its acquisition by Mr. Josey...
...received: one from rich Lumberman James M. West, who held a claim on some of the newspaper's stock as security for a $250,000 note to Publisher Sterling, and who had quietly bought up enough more stock to give him control. The other bid came from Mr. Josey, another good friend of Trustee Jones. After some court wrangling, Lumberman West sold his interest to Mr. Josey for $485,000, after which he went off with Governor Sterling to the latter's ranch to hunt deer...
Many Texans nodded sagely, insisted that Mr. Josey was merely a dummy for Banker Jones who would eventually take over the Post-Dispatch. Both men firmly denied...