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\ THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. AMERICA’S OIL TWINS WASHINGTON. — Many senators believe that the confirmation row over charming Ed Pauley as under secretary of the navy has taken on new significance now that Sec. Harold Ickes has offered Ralph Da vies the job of under secretary of the interior. It happens that Davies and Ed Pauley are bosom friends. Both are oil men. Both have followed the policy of “scratch - my - back - I’ll- scratch-yours.” This is important. Recently, Secretary Ickes, who has a crusading record for guarding the nation’s resources, recommend ed to President Truman that naval oil reserves be transferred from the navy to the interior department. It was just such a transfer by Al bert K. Fall in the Harding admin istration that resulted in the teapot dome oil scandal. No motive is attributed to tbe Ickes proposal except that of safeguarding oil. In fact, some people consider it significant that his proposal happened to coincide, by luck or otherwise, with the nomination of Oil Man Pauley to be under secretary of the ">avy. But what senators consider impor tant is that, with Pauley’s friend Ralph Davies offered the job of under secretary of the interior, the navy’s oil lands, no matter where they are located — in interior or navy—will be partially under Pauley or a friend of his. MEXICAN OIL DEAL Relationship between Davies and Pauley has been extremely close. Davies was executive vice president of Standard Oil of California. Pauley sold him his own independent oil company. Later Pauley brought Davies to Washington, introduced him to Ickes, * following which Davies became Ickes’ deputy oil administrator. He did a good job. However, state department offi cials say he continued to look out for Ed Pauley. When Pauley was trying to lobby his high-octane Mexican gasoline plant through the government, it had to pass the hurdle of Secretary Ickes’ petroleum administration. Davies okayed it — not only okayed it, but pushed it vigorously. At first Ickes also gave it his blessing. The state department, however, was ■vigorously opposed. Showdown came in a secret ses sion between Ickes, Davies, a Da vies aid, and the Assistant Secre tary of State Dean Acheson. The full story of this session was never really told at the senate hearing. Acheson opened by giving Ickes a very careful diagnosis of why the Mexican high-octane gasoline plant should not be built by Pauley. He took up point after point, his main argument being that the Mexican government would have to pay such a high price to Pauley that it would sour U. S.-Mexican relations. After Acheson had finished, Ickes turned to Pauley’s friend, .Ralph Davies, and asked: “Why didn’t you tell me these things?” “I didn’t know them either,” replied the red-faced Davies. Then, turning to his aid, he alibied: “Why didn’t you tell me these things?” Ickes immediately reversed him self, threw his weight against Paul ey. That is the real inside of how the Pauley octane plant for Mexico was stopped. Davies, of course, is an able, intelligent operator, too in telligent not to have known the main points of the Pauley plan. Pauley is equally able. He would be a good executive almost anywhere. But some senators want to think twice before putting these oil twins near the head of two departments controlling the oil reserves of the nation. PRESIDENTIAL HUMOR President Truman has been tak ing recent criticism in excellent hu mor. The other day he was talk ing with a group of friends and said: “Apparently, no matter what I do I'm always in the middle. I saj something about Palestine, and the Jews and the Arabs holler. Labor and capital get in a fight, and I am in the middle. The Russians and the British have an argument, and I am in the middle.” Suddenly the President paused, walked over to the door of his office, • which connects with that of his sec retary, Matthew Connelly, and called out: “Hey, Matt, where can I buy a copy of Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’?” CAPITAL CHAFF Assistant Sec. of State Spruille Braden is being muzzled by the cau tious pink-tea diplomats regarding some sensational documents seized in Germany showing how certain Latin-American diplomats aided the Nazis during the war. . . . Forty- five small steel companies have now increased steel wages, thus sending more than 50,000 steel workers back to work. . . . Southern senators seem to like the filibuster method. Last week Senator Bilbo served notice he intends to use it against the British loan. New York Newsboy: The Germans knew that we were working on the atomic bomb. . . . They even planted a spy at Oak Ridge. . . . He was captured, al though this has not been announced. . . . The original plan was to drop 500 atomic bombs over Japan. . . . When the scientists learned of jt— they protested to the army. . . . The army replied: “You go back and take care of your test tubes; we’ll run the war!” Uranium is now obsolete in the production of atomic bombs. . . . Lead, it appears, works just as well. . . . The U. S. knows that the Rus sians have the process, and we also know they are employing lead in the manufacture. James Lee in his col’m, “The Main Stem," reports: “A daughter was born recently to Gloria De- Haven, and that must have made Walter Winchell feel a little older. In the first column he ever wrote, he announced the birth of Gloria herself.” Not older, James, just balderl Chester Bowles, OPAdministra- tor, has promised Mr. Tru.nan that he will stay in that job until June 30th. He will resign to run for Gov. of Conn. WINTER IN FLORIDA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE . . . Regardless of the weather, the younger generation finds plenty of amusement and body-building activities. At North Conway, N. H., the Eastern Slope Ski school, give more than 24,000 ski lessons annually to youngsters who contribute $2 annually and write a school compo sition on skiing. At a cabana club pool in Miami, Mary Jane Coucci, New York, goes overboard, while Kent Merkle, Washington, and Mary Jane’s sister, Shirley, watch in their “doughnuts.” The President’s next Page One picnic with Congress will be a panic. He will oppose any tax relief for corporations this year. Then he will amend that to deny any tax concessions to corporations that defy the Gov’t. In other words, they won’t be permitted to strike them selves into the lower tax brackets for rebate reasons. . . . The Presi dent is mulling three methods of fighting the reluctant steel industry (which he claims is trying to ruin the U. S. so that a handful can rule) . . . Truman is asking the Justice Dep’t to see if they can be prose cuted via the anti-trust act, wage hour law (or for violation of income iax statutes) because they won’t show their books. Routine negligence is given as the alleged reason for the meat packing strike, which could have been avert ed. . . . Both sides wanted Labor Sec’y Schwellenbach to intervene. But his telegram to Chicago for a Washington confab arrived an hour too late. . . . Schwellenbach knew the score for a week before the strike date was set. . . . (O, My Aching Schwellenbach!) PARIS . . . Look out your window in a mod ern Paris hotel and this is what you will see. Houses of crazy architecture and mul titudinous chimney pots. George Alexan der, Los Angeles, was so much in love with Paris that he repro duced it and brought it home in miniature. Entire streets and blocks of the pic turesque quarters of the French capital are included in his collec tion. He fled Paris in 1936 without his “baby” which, by underground routes, finally caught up with him in Los An geles. Pres. Truman’s next report to the people will make his last one sound like a peep. He will name names (tying up Southern Demmys with Repubs) despite warnings from Bob Hannegan that it’s “bad politics.” . . . Labor Sec. Schwellenbach now advertises himself to friends as “the unhappiest man in Washington.” . . . Jan Valtin (author of “Out of the Night”) is one of three men denied citizenship while serving in the U. S. army. He blames “reds” in the State Dep’t. . . . Newsmen are going nuts over the name “Charles E. Wilson.” One is boss of Gen. Electric—the other is boss at Gen. Motors. . . . Gen. Confusion, etc. The Funnies: Comdr. Fred Storm, who “covered” FDR at Albany and in Washington (for United Press), was aboard the USS Massachusetts when the French Jean Barte opened fire. The first salvo bracketed the Massachusetts. That is, those big shells threw geysers up to port and starb’d, clearly indicating to all navy men that the next salvo would be coming aboard the American ship. . . . Vice Admiral Thomas Car lyle Giffen turned to Comdr. Storm and said: “Freddie, you like the ladies, don’t you?” . . . Big Fred, no little worried about being killed, stammered: “Yezzir!” “Just remember,” said the Skip per, “when we get to the Pearly Gates I am pulling rank on you. I get first date with Helen of Troy!” Sounds in the Night: At Theo dore’s: “A bachelor is a guy who never makes the same mistake once.” . . . In Havana-Madrid: “If it wasn’t for her Adam’s apple she wouldn’t have any figger at all.” . . . In the Park Central Lounge: “He hangs onto his dough like it was still worth something.” . . . At the Singapore: “It’s one of those exclusive spots where nobody’s al lowed in!” ... In the Cub Room: “You know, a lotta people think he’s a heel” . . . “You mean a lot of you heels think he’s a heel.” . . . In the Stork: “While they vilified his friend—he sat there quiet as a rat.” . . . Ann Todd in the flicker, “The 7th VeU.” Quotation Marksmanship: Wilson Mizner: A man bigger than you are is never a liar. He is mistaken. . . . Harry Cool: She gave a very poorformance. . . . Elise Jerard: She sat on her emotions T^e a suit case that was too full but had to be HANDY WRENCH .. . Weighing 265 pounds, this wrench has been de clared surplus by the U. S. army at the Lordstown (Ohio) ordnance plant. Ed Dolan of Warren, stand ing by the wrench, is six feet tall. Civilians may purchase such gadgets as these—to fix their watches. kept shut. . . . Vicki Baum/ A good cry is like sending your heart to the laundry and getting it back clean. . . . Anon: Will power is the ability to eat one salted peanut. . . . Marion Hutton: That country mere ly wants its Indiapendence. INTERNATIONAL COURT . . . Green H. l^ackworth, 63, Chevy Chase, Md., h.\s been elected one of 14 world judges by UNO. A native of Prestonburg, Ky., Hackworth served at the Hague. MORE POWER TO THE DRAGON . . . China is to pump new life into the old dragon by building the biggest concrete dam, irrigation project and power plant ever known. Yangtze gorge project, with co-operation of the U. S. bureau of reclamation, builder of Boulder and Grand Coulee dams, is drafting overall plans. The mechanical lock facilities are shown above. They are capable of hoisting a loaded vessel of several thousand tons displacement capacity. John Lucian Savage is consulting engineer. HORSEBACK PICKET LINE . . . During the strike at the Los Angeles Union Stock yards, the pickets resorted to true Western style to picket the entrance to the yards. Mounted picket line, left to right: Margie Tavra, “Jug” Harrison, Tex Glover and Bessie Evans. This union was seeking a 25-cent-an-hour pay increase. Horsemen took turns at the en trance to stock yards. T HIS seems to be as good a spot as any other to give you the various champions of 1946. Of course there may be a slight ele ment of chance involved in these various nominations, but if you combine the past performance op erations and the future chart you can’t go far wrong. Also we reserve the right to make a few changes later on when some of the mists and fogs have lifted and there is more light ahead. These selections belong to the snows of winter, not the flowers of April and May nor the red and gold tints of next au tumn. Here is our prediction for big league baseball: American league — Joe McCarthy’s Yankees with the Red Sox and Tigers as leading chal lengers. National league— The St. Louis Cardi nals with Cubs, Dodgers and Giants close up. At the moment Joe McCarthy seems to be more worried about the Red Sox with Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Tex Hughson back than the Tigers with Wakefield and Greenberg hitting, plus the pitching of Newhouser, Trout, Trucks and Benton. Grantland Bice Outside of the Cardinals, the scramble to finish in the first four teams will be terrific, depending largely on the clubs that get the pick of Sam Breadon’s $100,000 or maybe $150,000 worth of pitchers, in fielders and outfielders. I don’t mean collectively, but individual ly. Sam Breadon has already sold over $200,000 worth of talent and he has something like $700,000 in the way of talent left. Owner Sam Bread on will have a big influence on the next National league race. Joe McCarthy, one of the top managers of all time, is too con servative to make any predictions. “Why I haven’t even seen such men as Dickey, Gordon, DiMaggio, Riz- zuto, Johnson and others in several years. How could I know what they have? All I know is what they were —not what they are. Remember that old song of George Cohan’s — ‘It isn’t what you used to be—it’s what you are today.’ ” Anyway, our first prediction stands — Yankees and Cardinals, which is no wild dash into the un known. It is no long shot selection. Army on Top in Football As far as football goes, our top nomination is Red. Blaik’s Army team. This Army team has been the high spot of college football for the last two years. For 1946 it will still have most of its stars on hand, including Blanchard, Davis, Tucker, McWilliams, Coulter, Foldberg, Poole, Fuson and several new addi tions. Army’s 1946 team may be even better than her 1944 and 1945 squads that outclassed the country. I know Oklahoma A. and M., In diana and Alabama believe they could have given Army an even scrap. Notre Dame and Pennsyl vania felt the same way this last fall. Result against both: Army 109— Notre Dame and Pennsylvania 0. And don’t forget Army was under wraps. I’d pick Alabama in the south next to Army. Frank Thomas had a fine squad last fall and he will have a much better team next fall. He has more than a few outstand ing stars coming back, plus the squad he already has. Oklahoma A. and M. won’t be far away with another big, fast, rugged and experienced bunch. Bo McMil- lin believes his Indiana team could give Army an even game, but I doubt Indiana could beat'Alabama or Oklahoma A. and M. Michigan, if the draft doesn’t mow down Fritz Crisler’s freshmen, can be one of the best. So can St. Mary’s with new and bigger men coming in. Navy may rank close to Army—but not too close. Navy will certainly be the second best team in the east. Pennsylvania won’t be far away, the top of the Ivy league, in a much closer run. What about Notre Dame with Frank Leahy back? Good, but not great. The South and Midwest will both be strong. The East, outside of Army and Navy, won’t be much different. The Far West still has a wide gap to close. The best pick along the Pacific will be St. Mary’s, where Jimmy Phelan gave out one of the best coaching jobs I’ve ever seen and where Herman Wedemey- er will again be a vital factor. What about the two pro leagues? We’ll turn that over to the Delphic Oracle. What about boxing? The two tops in the country should be Joe Louis in the heavyweight division and Sugar Robinson among the welter weights. They should remain the two best ringmen of the year. Beau Jack will remain the best club fight er and the most popular entertainer. Graziano won’t be far away. A Beau Jack - Graziano roundup can be one of the main features, where neither can box a lick. But where both like to throw punches, and let the clips fall where they may. They always put on a good, scrappy show. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AUTOS. TRUCKS & ACCESS. USED TIRES. Tubes. 600x16 $5.45. 650xlS $6.45, 700x16 $7.45. 550x17 $5.45. tubes $1.75. TIRE SHOP 2602 Se. Madison St. - Monde. Ind. BUSINESS & INVEST. 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