jim april june american businessman beer industry born texas moved arizona youth flying fortresses world war awarded war convicted illegal distribution liquor involved operation investigated authorities founded headquartered phoenix grew largest beer nation arizona richest men time death father father law united_states senator presidential candidate john_mccain early life military service family born san_antonio texas family poor father alcoholic lived south moving arizona graduated married high school sweetheart worked paper salesman older brother eugene began working liquor distribution business world war employ arizona wealthy business phoenix following end prohibition brothers started phoenix served years officer world war flying fortresses thirteenth mission plane shot english channel time wife gave birth daughter february planes shot times awarded injured service sent west_virginia medical facility recover met johnson born cairo illinois january died arizona october daughter swedish american parents daughter previous relationship divorced wife shortly married march memphis tennessee leave child born daughter grew mother maintained occasional contact early business career legal issues following discharge brother went work phoenix brothers prosecuted federal government convicted multiple counts liquor records conspiracy conceal illegal distribution whiskey post war regulations received month sentence later upheld suspended appeals court brother received year federal prison fined charged federal prosecutors liquor records defended future supreme_court justice acquitted december brothers bought downs new_mexico eugene running jim returning phoenix hearing brothers concealed existence equal partner teak baldwin banned ownership role illegal activities investigation found financial connections baldwin operations organized crime conclusion echoed decades later investigative reporting team brothers gained license new_mexico law barred convicted race track ownership new governor new mexico appalled previous administration decision previous governor defended approval saying constant surveillance deserved continued attention action taken investigation showed race tracks laws apparently observed sell interest brother eugene turn sell connected company founded beer borrowing buy small existing given state liquor license despite normally past conviction start workers sold cases beer year percent market share soon switched exclusively distributing beer early names company saw decades steady growth aided phoenix area fastest growing regions country company maintained position distributor sales efforts generous wages benefits gave employees key success factors business successful multi millionaire distanced helped set local hospital fully accepted phoenix establishment hired new son law john_mccain recently married daughter vice president soon left begin congressional career victory election past record law past connection suspected police car bomb murder investigative reporter raised opponent general election campaign won election business continued grow arizona richest men sought publicity held controlling stock health poor withdrawn daily operational control employees annual revenues time million million cases beer sold second largest distributor nation fifth largest beer overall nation 12th largest privately held company arizona major contributor charity phoenix metropolitan area starting supported groups nascar days died phoenix june frequently amended left entire estate controlling chair board death daughter husband children received substantial ongoing gifts credit cards college tuition payments decade death left modest sum estate
Jim Hensley