Documents / FOIA release
This FBI Freedom of Information release is part of the Bureau's file on Silas M. Newton. It holds 1941 reports from the Kansas City and Los Angeles field offices in an espionage case that began in New York City. Agents looked at Newton's oil businesses, including the Kansas Western Pipeline Company and the Newton Development Company, along with his bank accounts in McCracken and Wichita, his hotel residences and his marital status. Informants described him as an oil promoter and a loyal American. The case was left pending with undeveloped leads.
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We understand that Mr. SILAS M. NENTON, living in an unknown hotel in Los Angeles had to apply for a permit and post a bond with the State Oil and Gas Division located in the Bankers' Building, Sixth and Hill Streets, Los Angeles. Possibly information can be obtained from that division as to where is living. Another source of information would be to contact fornent stated that he did have the address of the hotel but at the present time is unable to remember the name of the hotel."
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 18 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.