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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another escaped Gimbel is Richard's brother Ellis Jr. Two years after leaving Yale (class of '19) he launched Philadelphia's first radio station (Gimbel-owned WIP), soon ran the Philadelphia store, in 1929 became executive vice president of the corporation. But in 1940 Ellis Jr. resigned to go into the brokerage business (now Gimbel...
Other nonretailing Gimbels: Bernard's nephews Lee Adam, who became a broker and met death in an unexplained fall from the ninth floor of the Yale Club; Louis, who resigned to enter Wall Street, is now with hops brokers S. S. Steiner & Co.; and Benedict, present boss of WIP, who married and divorced a Wampus baby star...
...have wrote to Capt. Carmick, who is at Boston, to call on you & be your Friend. He is a Man of Spirit and will take care of you, but don't let me see you 'till you have wip'd away this Disgrace. ... On board the Ganges about 12 Mos. ago, Lt. Gale was struck by an Officer of the Navy. The Capt. took no notice of the Business and Gale got no satisfaction on the cruise; the moment he arrived he call'd the Lieut, out and shot him; afterwards Politeness was restored." Few days...