"wf3h" wrote in message
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On Aug 26, 1:33 pm, "Canuck57" wrote:
"wf3h" wrote in message

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On Aug 26, 6:30 am, Tom Francis - SWSports

wrote:
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

amazing man from an amazing family
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We they not an empire built on bootleging or was it smuggling? Later gone
liberal and legit, sort of?

yep. prohibition was a right wing moralistic crusade. glad he took
advantage of it.

Joe, made most of his money in the stock market. Ran up the money during
the runup to the 28 crash. Was smart enough to see it was a bubble and
bailed out with the money. Probably made a bunch more on the decline.