Complex sentence: Texas oilman, Jim B. Mills, and partner R. H. Hawn of Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased the hotel in 1943 without ever actually seeing it in person, persuaded by W. R. Wayland, president of the Westward Ho since 1937.
Split into simpler sentences: Texas oilman, Jim B. Mills and partner R. H. Hawn of Corpus Christi, Texas purchased the hotel in 1943. They purchased the hotel without ever actually seeing it in person, persuaded by W. R. Wayland, president of the Westward Ho since 1937.