Max Werber (1885-1955) was born in Poland, the oldest son of a furrier. His children with wife Rebecca were Alice (1907-1988), Sadie (1909-?), Jacob (1913-?), Herman, and Phillip (1923-1978). Jacob used the nickname Jack.
There are references to the company being named "Itkin-Werber Leather Coat Co" in the New York City area circa 1920.
In a 1929 interview, Max Werber then based in Beacon, stated his desire to move back to Poughkeepsie since there was a shortage of skilled labor in Beacon. He said Werber Leather Coat Company "employs only skilled persons who earn from $35 to $75 a week", "about 30 percent of the employees are women", and his "business amounts to three-quarters of a million dollars a year".
In 1931, it was announced that the "Strong-Best Manufacturing Co" (makers of various types of trousers) having 80 new sewing machines and employing 100 would share space on the Werber factory floor in Beacon at 670 Main St. The exact relationship was not announced just that the two companies were "connected".
On Monday May 7, 1934, at 9:30 PM, an arson was discovered at the factory (a one-story brick building located on 573 Main st, Beacon, NY). The building was locked tight and "firemen refused to enter the building until the owners arrived because at a previous fire the firemen were accused of stealing coats". Damage was primarily from smoke and water delivered by the sprinkler system despite the use of gasoline-soaked rags and bundles of matches in several places within the stock room.
The insurance companies involved refused to pay damages, so Werber Leather Coat Co sued them for $20,000 and did eventually receive a lesser amount. As far as I can tell, this case involved whether or not an insurance company could stipulate that discovery of an inflated statement of damages would allow them not to pay any part of the claim.
Daughter Alice Werber married Martin Langer (1905-1992), owner of Phillip's Tanning and Clothing Co, and had two children Susan and Sheila.
In 1938, Werber Leather Coat Co sued the brother of Louis Kramer (vice president and secretary of the company) who was alleged to have altered "an invoice of goods shipped to Phillips Tanning and Clothing Company owned by one Martin Langer soninlaw of plaintiff".
Only one member of Max Werber's immediate family in Poland survived the holocaust. A much younger brother Jacob (1914-2006) entered the USA and started his own business in 1946. He eventually prospered by "manufacturing coonskin caps during the Davy Crockett craze of the mid-1950’s" and investing profits in real estate.
Max Werber's gross estate after death at the time the will was read in 1956 was $92,584.
There are references to the company being named "Itkin-Werber Leather Coat Co" in the New York City area circa 1920.
In a 1929 interview, Max Werber then based in Beacon, stated his desire to move back to Poughkeepsie since there was a shortage of skilled labor in Beacon. He said Werber Leather Coat Company "employs only skilled persons who earn from $35 to $75 a week", "about 30 percent of the employees are women", and his "business amounts to three-quarters of a million dollars a year".
In 1931, it was announced that the "Strong-Best Manufacturing Co" (makers of various types of trousers) having 80 new sewing machines and employing 100 would share space on the Werber factory floor in Beacon at 670 Main St. The exact relationship was not announced just that the two companies were "connected".
On Monday May 7, 1934, at 9:30 PM, an arson was discovered at the factory (a one-story brick building located on 573 Main st, Beacon, NY). The building was locked tight and "firemen refused to enter the building until the owners arrived because at a previous fire the firemen were accused of stealing coats". Damage was primarily from smoke and water delivered by the sprinkler system despite the use of gasoline-soaked rags and bundles of matches in several places within the stock room.
The insurance companies involved refused to pay damages, so Werber Leather Coat Co sued them for $20,000 and did eventually receive a lesser amount. As far as I can tell, this case involved whether or not an insurance company could stipulate that discovery of an inflated statement of damages would allow them not to pay any part of the claim.
Daughter Alice Werber married Martin Langer (1905-1992), owner of Phillip's Tanning and Clothing Co, and had two children Susan and Sheila.
In 1938, Werber Leather Coat Co sued the brother of Louis Kramer (vice president and secretary of the company) who was alleged to have altered "an invoice of goods shipped to Phillips Tanning and Clothing Company owned by one Martin Langer soninlaw of plaintiff".
Only one member of Max Werber's immediate family in Poland survived the holocaust. A much younger brother Jacob (1914-2006) entered the USA and started his own business in 1946. He eventually prospered by "manufacturing coonskin caps during the Davy Crockett craze of the mid-1950’s" and investing profits in real estate.
Max Werber's gross estate after death at the time the will was read in 1956 was $92,584.
