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INTER - OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et hyl Gaso l ine Co r po r at io n At l ant a Of f ic e Rho de s-Haver t y Buil ding At l a nt a , Geor gia March 25, 1940. AIRHAI L*I DR. F03T. A. KEHOE, Cine innati, Ohio. Dear Dr. Kehoe, Attached is an additional report received from Don Phipps in reference to the Orange State affair at Tampa. I attempted to call you this morning in order to determine vAether or not this report would in any way change your report which I received in the mail this morning. I talked with Dr. Schradin and advised him of the situation and he informed me he would see that the information got to you. r!y thought was you might want to revise your report to include this informa tion. If this is the case, you can send a new report to me at the Tampa Terrace Hotel in Tampa, Florida, where I will be until Friday of this week; or to the Columbus Hotel in Miami, Florida, after that. I rrdght add that in investigating the whereabouts of Harvey Bennett, Hr. Phipps took pains not to impart information as to why he was interested in this data. So far as we know, the Orange State Oil Company and ourselves are the only ones who have been in any way concerned about this man's welfare. I would be very much interested in knowing what position you think we ought to take with the Orange State Oil Company in regard to this man. I am at present engaged in some work v/ith the Sinclair Refin ing Company which will take me to several points in the week, finishing up in Tampa on Friday. It is my present plan to go on to Miami from there and handle the matter in accordance with v.our discussion in Hew Orleans on Monday morning. This is the reason for my advising you of my route in the event you wish to change your report. Very truly yours, Gxkbuu* jac/ f .l CC-Mr Lewi s with enc1osures. Costello. 1\ ji MIAMI FLORI DA March 23, 1940 Mr. J. A. Costello Bear Joe, Accompanied by Mr. H. N. Glover, Construction Engineer for the Orange State Oil Company, I continued my investigation in Tampa this past week to secure additional information for Er. Kehoe. It is a very difficult task to locate four men in a city the size of Tampa when all you have is their names and Social Security Numbers. I will not discuss in detail the measures that I used, which were successful in locating three of these men. All of the men) (colored) whom will be discussed below in detail worked in tank #201 at the Orange State Oil Companie1s water terminal in Tampa when it was being cleaned the first part of Becember 1939. J - Period of employment,.Dec ember 6th and 7th. lours worked, 14--. Placed in the Manattee County jail at Bradenton, Florida Becember 23rd for safe keeping, due to insane actions. Was raving crazy until his death on December 26th.No medical aid was rendered with the exception of a morphine injection, that was administered by the County Physician, Br. T. M. McDuffee on the night of his death. Place of burial, Bradenton, Florida. Home of father, 1113 Fourth Street, Bradenton, Florida. Period of employment, December -7th. Total- ' nour^workec^ 8. Address, 822 Estelle Street, Tampa, Florida. Walker told me that the only trouble that he has had since working in the above tank was that one of his eyes becomes blurred at times, and that he sees spots before this eye. _______ ^ Period of employment, December 7th. Total ieurs worked, 8. Address, 108 S. Dakota Street, Tampa, Florida. I was not able to contact Hall, but his wife, Bodie Hall told me that he was in good health. __ Period of employment, Becember 6th and 7th.:otax hours worked, 14^-. Social Security No. 265-05-9419.: I was unable to find ary trace of this man, but the Grange State Oil Company and the Florida State Employment Service are on the lookout for him. K r 0021095 , 2 to 4^ OO 4^ Page #2 M IAM I FLO RI D A - a regular emf" ' tiie Tampa terminal, "axso worKea in this tank, p t o l d me that he had not been sick in any way since assisting with the cleaning of this tank. I might mention that I found a copy of our tank cleaning instructions posted in the office of the Tampa terminal. While in Tampa the latter part of this coming week I will make another effort to locate Swindell. If I can be of any additional assistance in this matter please advise. Since^ly yours, M'te: Since I kept all the notes on the Tampa and Bradenton investigation, the Orange State Oil Company has requested a copy of my report covering same, so that they may advise their insurance company. I am sending an extra copy along for you to forward to them, it is possible that you may want to reword it. The copy for them should be addressed to the Orange State Oil Company, Attention Mr. R. W. Van Brunt, Secretary, Miami, Florida. KE' 0021096