Word: spaiding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...accountant of the Federal Trade Commission testified that on examining the books of W. H. Hibbs & Co., brokers, he had found three accounts: W. W. Spaid No. 4 (belonging to Mr. Daugherty), W. W. Spaid No. 3 (belonging to Jesse Smith) and W. W. Spaid No. 2 (belonging jointly to Smith and Daugherty). The books showed that Mr. Smith had made a profit of about $3,700 in Sinclair and Doheny stock...
...period in which the oil leases were made. Harry M. Daugherty and seven Congressmen were on the list. Mr. Daugherty's transactions took place in October, 1922, and by them he made $543.50. His account, once in his own name, was changed to "W. W. Spaid, No. 4" on the day news of the Sinclair lease was given out. Most of the transactions by others were very minor and not of a speculative character. Senator Davis Elkins of West Virginia, however, speculated on a comparatively large scale, but had, in the net, losses. C. Bascom Slemp, then a Representative from...
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