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...this coup, Emanuel & friends got control of a utility empire stretching over 20 states and worth $1,119,000,000. There was only one big thing wrong: the depression had come-and with it the paper empire of USEPCO collapsed. With it Emanuel lost most of his personal fortune. The holding-company act, which was passed to put a stop to just such brobdignagian jiggery-pokery as USEPCO, put the headstone on V.E.'s empire. But Emanuel & friends salvaged something good from the wreck. They kept control of Standard Gas and its underwriting, profited on the issues until...
...goal is still the same as it was 16 years ago: an empire. He tried once, with USEPCO, and failed. This time, with AVCO, he is sure he will...
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