• Conrad Arnholt Smith (known as C. Arnholt Smith) (March 13, 1899 in Walla Walla, Washington – June 8, 1996 in Del Mar, California) was an American banker...
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    under the control of C. Arnholt Smith, a San Diego powerbroker, later convicted of fraud. From 1974 to 1981, it was controlled by Smith's former holding company...
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  • Jan. 4, 1952, pg. 22 "San Diego Tycoon C. Arnholt Smith Dies". Los Angeles Times. 10 June 1996. "C. Arnholt Smith, in his own words – part 1 | San Diego...
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    probe that led to the downfall of the San Diego financial empire of C. Arnholt Smith, president and chief executive officer of U.S. National Bank in San...
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  • 1956–1982) was a public company and a vehicle for the business interests of C. Arnholt Smith (1899–1996), a San Diego banker, businessman, civic booster, political...
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  • as the treasurer at National Steel and Shipbuilding. He worked for C. Arnholt Smith at Westgate-California Corporation and later served as the president...
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    first locally based control person of the team since founding owner C. Arnholt Smith. Under the Fowler/Seidler/O'Malley group, the Padres have signed 3...
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    USNB was bought by C. Arnholt Smith who thereby also took control of National Iron Works, which formed the first foundation of Smith's non-banking business...
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  • Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 1973 due to the malfeasance of its owner, C. Arnholt Smith (1899–1996). It was, at the time, the largest bank ever seized by the...
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  • Finally, in the 1970s, she married C. Arnholt Smith. Her third union was perceived by many as controversial, since Smith had been convicted of grand theft...
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  • eventually relocate to Washington, D.C. for the 2005 season as the Washington Nationals. In 1967, C. Arnholt Smith, owner of the PCL San Diego Padres (PCL)...
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    the slow CPUC, and almost immediately thereafter, San Diego tycoon C. Arnholt Smith took control of Air California through his Westgate-California Corporation...
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  • 1936. Constructed for $1 million in private funds by Padres owner C. Arnholt Smith, Westgate was a modern ballpark with a capacity of 8,268 fans, with...
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    Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers). One of its earliest owners was C. Arnholt Smith, a prominent San Diego businessman and former owner of the PCL Padres...
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  • San Diegans. Banker C. Arnholt Smith, a top civic leader, was a major investor. With Japan offering cheaper tuna after 1950, Smith worked to break the...
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  • Buffalo had been awarded a franchise instead of Montreal. In 1967, C. Arnholt Smith, owner of the PCL San Diego Padres (PCL), won a bid for an expansion...
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    the Indians' farm team, the San Diego Padres, owned at the time by C. Arnholt Smith, founder and owner of San Diego's U.S. National Bank. A reserve for...
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  • Sandy Johnson Larry Lucchino Jeff Moorad James Mulvaney Jim Skaalen Ballard Smith, president Reggie Waller "San Diego Padres team ownership history". Society...
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  • then-18-year-old San Diego native Ted Williams. Their original owner was C. Arnholt Smith, a prominent San Diego businessman and former owner of the PCL Padres...
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    28, 2010). "OBITUARY: Maria Helen Alvarez Smith: Businesswoman was TV pioneer, ex-wife of C. Arnholt Smith". U-T San Diego. "Video Grants: FCC Authorizes...
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  • corruption of San Diego's richest and most powerful, including tycoon C. Arnholt Smith, publisher James S. Copley, and race track owner John Alessio. The...
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  • Seattle Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers). Their original owner was C. Arnholt Smith, a prominent San Diego businessman and former owner of the PCL Padres...
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  • Corporation, steps forward to buy the Padres from embattled founding owner C. Arnholt Smith for $12 million and vows to keep the five-year-old team in San Diego...
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  • for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1942 season. June   8 – C. Arnholt Smith, 97, California banker and the founding principal owner of the San...
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  • financially strapped owner C. Arnholt Smith announces that his earlier agreement to sell the five-year-old franchise to a Washington, D.C., ownership syndicate...
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    Padres, C. Arnholt Smith, confirmed that as part of his sale of the National League team and that the team would be moved to Washington D.C. Smith gave notice...
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    building could be stalled until a restoration effort could be mounted. C. Arnholt Smith, president and chairman of the U.S. National Bank, and banker Douglas...
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    in 1975 and 1976. During his time as the foreman, the jury indicted C. Arnholt Smith for his role in the collapse of U.S. National Bank. In 1979, he was...
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  • City San Diego, California Record 60–102 (.370) Divisional place 6th Owners C. Arnholt Smith Managers Don Zimmer Radio KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)...
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  • Diego, California Record 60–102 (.370) Divisional place 6th Owners C. Arnholt Smith, Ray Kroc General managers Peter Bavasi Managers John McNamara Radio...
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