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c c : Mr. R. L. Jordan ETHYL CORPORATION SOUTHERN REGION NATIONAL BANK O F TU LSA BLDG. TULSA 3, OKLAHOMA August 16, 19l*8 D r. R. A* Kehoe*^ Mr. M. A. Taylor New York S afety S ubjects Tank Cleaning A ccident -- W ilm ington, N* C. G entlem ent Our Mr. R. L. Jordan has re p o rte d as follow s t Deceased ------ F lo rid a I n d u s tr ia l Commission. I 9I4.8, th e Flo r id a I n d u s tria l Commission awarded $1,000.00 to th e widow o f His Daughter receiv ed $11.00. She was m arried fo u r days a f te r h e r f a th e r 's death, th e re fo re , she ceased to be a dependent a t th a t tim e . The Son, f if te e n y ears o f age, was awarded $11.00 p er week u n til he reach es h is e ig h te e n th b irth d a y . The A ttorneys rec eiv e d $300.00. The t o t a l awards w ill amount to $ 3 ,0 1 6 .0 0 ." The fo llo w in g comments should be noted* O bviously th e daughter rec eiv e d th e e q u iv a le n t o f one weeks compensation awarded to th e boy. i . e . , she was a de pendent f o r th e m ajor p a rt o f one week, hence, receiv ed $11.00 fo r one weeks com pensation. I t should a lso be n oted th a t th e $1,000.00 was p a id to th e le g a l w ife o f ^ B H H H H f L in A tla n ta , G eorgia. We had p rev io u sly re p o rte d th a t th is le g a ^ ^ ^ ^ o e s e r te d ^ d ^ about s ix years ago, and has been liv in g as a common-law w ife o f a negro p reach er in A tla n ta . N ev erth eless, she re ceived th e aw ard. The common-law w ife o f w i t h whom he has bean liv in g in Jack so n v ille sin ce h is le g a l w ife d e se rte d him, d id n o t rec eiv e any compensation a s she has no le g a l s ta tu s . I t i s our understanding th a t th e $3,016.00 w ill be p aid by th e T ravelers Ins urance Company w ith whom th e Pure O il Company's p o lic y was p la c e d . I f our Legal Department i s in te re s te d in th e com plete f a c ts reg ard in g th is p o rtio n o f th is r e p o r t, i t would be a d v isab le fo r them to check w ith the T rav elers In su r ance Company. y yours, LWS-g 6 I . W. SHANK 00350 N 7644