Word: urschel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That year the bureau was officially renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But the FBI men had already earned their more famous nickname. Trapped in the bedroom of his Memphis hideout, George ("Machine Gun") Kelly, kidnaper of Oklahoma Oilman Charles Urschel, cowered in a corner with his hands up, begging: "Don't shoot, G-men. Don't shoot...
...Albert ("Blabbermouth") Bates, 57, serving a life sentence for the 1933 kidnaping of Oklahoma Oilman Charles Urschel, died in Alcatraz prison without ever blabbing where he had hidden his $100,000 in ransom money...
Subsequently, San Antonio's Slick-Urschel Oil Co. (TIME, Jan. 28, 1946) took over the drilling for a half-interest in the field. It drove down another 1,500 ft. Last week the big news came out. Slick-Urschel had struck oil and it looked like the biggest strike in years. The news sent Plymouth stock up 15½ points in two days...
Next week Slick Airways will fly its first commercial cargo (vegetables and seafood) to the "Texas Brag" dinner* in Washington. Taking in all the hustle & bustle at Alamo Field, old Charlie Urschel Sr., a director of the fledgling company, cracked: "You'd think there was a hot lease play around here...
...Kidnapped in 1933, Urschel was held for nine days on a Texas farm till $200,000 was paid for his release. By remembering the precise time a transport plane passed over the farm daily, he was able to locate the farm, help the FBI trap the kidnappers. *A term used by Texans, notorious braggarts about Texas, to describe their opinion of their state. Those who have "demonstrated ability" in such bragging will be feted by Texas Citrus & Vegetable Growers Association in Washington at the first Texas Brag dinner...