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mro — ENNIS DAILY NEWS — Saturday Evening. April 1 INS
Monument to Commie Integrity
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
-By DREW PEARSON --
- Washington. — Congressman Jimmy
Roosevelt of California uncovered shocking
evidence this week of how gasoline stations
are being man-handled by monopoly.
Roosevelt’s small business subcommittee
probing the oil industry heard witness after
witness testify about the ruthless trade
practices of t he big oil companies in forcing
their products on gas stations. Result: One-
third of the 200,000 operators who lease sta-
tions from the oil companies sell out each
year.
Mrs. Ethel B. Powell told how she and
her husband lost not onlv their filling sta-
tion, leased from Sinclair Oil, but their sav-
ings and home in Fitzgerald, Ga. Describing
the “pressure” of Sinclair agents, she testi-
fied:
“They did not want us to sell candy, cig-
arettes, or chewing gum. The only drinks we
could se'l were Coca-Cola. They did not want
us; to handle oil from any other company,
even though there was very little of this,
just for special customers who would not
use the Sinclair oil but did use Sinclair gas.*’
The Powells were also pressured to get
rid of all tires and tubes which Sinclair did
not sponsor.
“We were selling more Sinclair gas and
oil than had ever been sold at that station
before or since,” testified Mrs. Powell. “We
tripled the stock and equipment of the sta-
tion and raised the number of employees
from one to three.”
Nonetheless, Sinclair canceled the Pow-
ells’ lease last January .'51. The Powells had
to sell out and leave town.
—Standard Oil Crackdown—
Another gas dealer, Ed Horton of Man-
chester, Ga., gave the subcommittee a graph-
ic account of how he was “canceled out” by
Standard Oil of Kentucky in January, 1953.
Reading from notes, Horton testified that
the ‘ following conversation had taken place
with Paul Ross, a Standard Oil agent, on Oct.
23, 1952:
Agent Ross—“The last time 1 was here
you promised me you weren’t going to buy
that Henderson tire changer, and when I
come back I find the Henderson changer in-
stalled and in use and your display case full
of Prestone anti-freeze.”
.Horton—“Well, what’s wrong with all
that.”
Agent Ross—“It just doesn’t go. Howell
(another Standard Oil of Kentucky agent)
came by here and saw all that Prestone in
the window and he politely cussed me out
about it. Ed, if you’re tired of it and dissatis-
fied with this station, why don’t you just
check out and get it over with?”
Horton—“I’m not dissatisfied. I'm just
damn tired of somebody telling me what I
can buy ahd what 1 can’t buy and making
unjust criticisms.”
Ross—“You’ve got to move that Pres-
tone out of the window.” /.
Horton—“What I buy is my business.”
Ross—"Oh, no, it, isn’t.”
Horton—“Do you mean to tell me that
I’m paying $175 plus one-eiglli of one cent a
gallon a month rent, and what I buy isn’t my
business?”
Ross—“That’s right.”
—No! No Brest one!—
During a later visit, Horton testified that
Standard Oil Agent Ross again badgered him
about using Prestone. Here is the testimony:
Agent Ross—“I’ve done all I know to do
for you. Pve helped you in every way that I
possibly can to get you the things that you
asked for, and I was about to suggest that
your station needed a coat of paint—so, let’s
your boy to move that Prestone in the
oack room.”
Horton—“Do you mean to say that I
can’t sell Prestone or even display it?”
Ross—“No, I can't tell you that you
can't sell it; we aren’t supposed to ted you
what you can or can’t sell, but if you don’t
cooperate with us, things can I>e mighty
rough for you. So, if you are dissatisfied, I’ll
be back down here next week and you can
give me your answer.”
Horton—“What kind of an answer?”
Ross—“As to whether you want to stay;£££*£'in^^iy „„
here or not. Ed, let’s get down to facts. I’m I pared for a throat oiKration to
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The Sports
Roundup
By UNITED PRESS
A trade may be In the works be-
tween the Chicago White Sox and
Baltimore Orioles. The United Press
has learned that Manager Paul
Richards of Baltimore turned down
the first offer—-but the one - time
White Sox skipper has left the
door open for another bid.
The White Sox have offered Out-
fielder Johnny Groth, 16-game win-
ner Bob Keegan «aui two Other
pitchers for Outfielder Gene Wood-
ling. To this Richards said no and
added—“I always knew Woodling
was a fine player, but never real-
ized how great he was until I could
see him every day for myself.” But(
the United Press also learned that
despite his high regards of Wood-
ling, Richards is willing to trade
the former Yankee fly chaser if
“tire right offer comes along.”
Richards also may be suspicious
of Keegan's arm. The 33-year-old
righthander was hit hard by Brook-
lyn on March 12 and hasn't pitched
since.
General Manager Prank Lane of
Chicago feels an outfield of Wood-
ling. Minnie Minoso and Jim Ri-
vera would spell pennant for the
White Sox.
PHILADELPHIA PHILS
The major league teams continue
to cut rosters. Philadelphia gave
veteran Outfielder Johnny Wyro-
stek his unconditional release. The
Phils also sent Outfielders Bob
Bowman andr Larry Novak to Syra-
cuse.
BOSTON RED SOX
The Boston Red Sox farmed out
five pitchers to Louisville, Truman
Clevenger, Joe Trimble, A1 Curtis,
Jack Thomas and Al Schroll. Man-
ager Mike Higgins says the 15 re-
maining pitchers will stick with the
club until it reaches Boston.
BOXING
A young middleweight who was
knocked out on Tuesday has un-
dergone an (ennongeiKcy operation
and is in “very criticial” condition.
Doctors at a Trenton, New Jersey
hospital says Bryan Thompson, 23,
lapsed into « coma following the
operations. Dr. Walter Scheurman
says he found a “large hemorrhage"
on the right side of Thompson’s
skull. Dr. Scheurman says lie cor-
* rected the condition, but that
was pre-
ease
Oklahoma A&M Rumors Pushing
Santee for Spotlight in Texas Relays
Austin, (UP).—Oklahoma A&M's
dazzling array of runners are push-
ing mller Wes Santee for top at-
utiention today as the final events
of the 36th annual Texas Relays
gets underway in Austin.
Santee is the former Kansas Star
whose four-minute-and-six-tenths
SPORT BRIEFS
Seguin, Tex. (UP).—Texas Chris-
tian University ocumi liner tune
in the 11th inning last night to
defeat Texas Lutheran College in a
non-conference baseball game, 7 to
4. Jim Mayfield doubled home two
of the runs and himself on a sac-
rifice by Les Mattinson.
going to give* them to you straight. If Mr.' his breathing. Thompson has been
Graves or the man out of the Louisville of-iin a semi-coma since being knocked
fice were to come by here and see that Pres-1 out in his first professional fight on
tone in the window, they wouldn’t do a thing' Tuesday night,
but go to the Atlanta office and glance atl Third Ranked Tony De Marco
your record and call me and tell me to check J h«* decided the
you out—that your record was unsatisfac-J "
Horton—“In other words, I’m not sup-
posed to buy anything but Standard Oil pro-
ducts. Is that right?”
Ross—“If we were to come right out
and tell you that you weren’t, we would be
violating the Haywood-Patterson Act and it
would be against the law. So it’s like I told
you a few minutes ago; if a man can’t co-
operate with the company, his record is de-
termined unsatisfactory and he’s checked
out.”
Horton told the sul>committ,ee that Stan-
dard used to ship him T.B.A. (tires, batteries
and accessories) equipment whether he need-
ed or wanted them. Standard representatives
vigorously complained about his purchases,
Horton testified, adding:
“They said they had a T.B.A. quota to
meet and that they were going to get it one
way or another.”
—Wash ing( on ! *ipeli ne—
Tax Boss Coleman Andrews will crack
down on U.S. citizens who have been dodging
taxes overseas. lie will open tax offices in
London, Tokyo, Rome, Bonn and Mexico City.
. . . . Teamsters Union Boss Dave Beck is
having so much trouble making up his mind
how to decorate the offices in his new mil-
lion-dollar labor temple that he has redecor-
ated one office six times .... Republican
Congressmen really knifed their chief in the
White House when it came to one of the best
weapons for fighting Communism—the U.N.
technical assistance program. Republican
Congressmen voted 85 to 4b against appro-
priating even half of what Eisenhower ask-
ed for .... Democrats, on t he other hand,
voted 128 to 22 to restore the $4,000,000 pre-
viously cut from the technical assistance pro-
gram. With Democratic support, Ike won.
.... This program, which supplies farm
experts, waterworks engineers, cost-account-
ing experts to friendly nations, has done
more to stop Communism than three years
of McCarthy probes.
Dallas, Tex. (UP). — The New
York Giants and the Cleveland In-
dians, who clashed in last season’s
World Series—meet today in an ex-
hibition game here. The two teams
came to Dallas from San Antonio
where the Indians won a 2-game
series from the, Giants. Both are
on their way home after spring
training in Arizona.
"Roogie's Bump"
Scores Locally
“Roogie’s Bumip,” Republic’s pres
entation of the John Bash produc-
tion of Brooklyn’s auttsanding or
ganization known as “The Bums’
brings to the screen of the Plaza
Theatre a hilarious saga of base-
ball ag it happens across the East
River. Introducing Robert Marriot
as Roogie ,and featuring the Brook-
lyn Dodgers, the comedy concerns
the plight of a small boy who has
nnirdeous pitching arm. What hap-
pens to both boy and team when
they get together on the diamond
shouldn’t happen to an umpire.
Among the players who co-operate
in the merriment are Roy Campa
nella, Billy Loes, Russ Meyer and
Carl Erskine. The cast includte
Ruth Warrick who portrays young
Roogie’s mother, Robert Simon
Boxi, manager of the Dodgers—and
Olive Btakeney, Roogie’s baseball
wise granny who is not averse to i
bit of excitement in the family
Harold Young directed. Screen play
was by Jack Henley and Dan Toth
eroh from a Frank Warren-Joyce
Selzinck original.
Some automotive air condition-
ing systems are no larger than
football, yet they can produce cool
air equal to that of 24 household re-
frigerators.
he meets Johnny
lory and that would be all there is to it. I
"Well, get it (the Prestone) out of thatfor 10 ro,mdS
window this afternoon.” | that, a blitz. De Marco says the
champion is a busy fighter—and
he feels ho works best against that
sort of opponent. The challenger is
three end one-half inches shorter
than Saxton, but says that doesn’t
worry him. De Marco says: “I’ve
always fought taller men and beat-
en most of them.” Saxton is a solid
(l-3i favorite. It is Saxton’s first
tjidle defense since he won the
crown from Kid Gaivilan last Oc-
tober.
Other promoters are talking of a
re-match between Willie Pep and
Gtl Gadilli-. The *3-year-old • fea-
therweight squeaked to a split de-
cision victory over Pep recently
at Parks Air Force Base, California.
Cadilll’s manager suggests a re-
match next summer at Madison
Square Garden. Manager Sid Fla-
herty says the Garden wants it, too.
But there’s one hitch Pep has been
placed on the retired list in New
York State. He would have to be
okayed by the, medical board of New
York Athletics Commission before
the fight could bo held. Tuesday
night’s defeat, was a tough one for
Pep. The former champ often show-
ed flashes of his old style—and the
decision was a surprise to news-
men a ring side. None thought
Cad illi had won.
Poise is that state of consciousness
which is at rest and peaceful when no one
praises, and undisturbed when censured, o|>-
posed, or misunderstood.—Clarence H. How-
ard
ENNIS DAILY NEWS
IN SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR
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'CRUSOE' STORY
BASED ON FACT
The Pa the Color production of
“The Adventures of Robinson Cru-
soe,” starring Dstn O’Herlihy and
which opens April 10 at the Village
Drive-In Theatre, was filmed on lo-
cation in Manzanillo on the west
coast of Mexico. It is an Oscar Dan-
clgers-Henry Ehrlich production,
distributed thrtrJfifjpited Artists.
“Robinson Crtiloe.” literature’s
mos’ famous ahd enduring adven-
ture story, Is practically based on
fact.
The adventures of Alexander Sel-
kirk. a Scottish sailor, seem to have
been author Daniel Defoe’s inspira-
tion In 1703, 16 years before Defoe
completed his manuscript, Selkirk,
a crew member of a ship sailing to
the South Seas, became dissatisfied
with his captain. After the ship
rounded Cape Horrn, Selkirk asked (
to be put ashore on Juan Fernandez,
a tiny Island almost 400 miles off
the coast, of Chile. Selkirk remained
stranded on the Island for more than
4 years, dressed In skins and sub-
sisting largely on goat meat and
turtles.
The same captalh, on a subse-
quent trip around the world, picked
up Selkirk and’"-brought him back
to England.
When Defoe's novel became an
18th century equivalent to a mod-
ern best, seller, a statue honoring
Selxiik uas elected in his home
tow a, ana Juan Feuianuez became
knowu as Jftooiusou c/iuaots xtuano.
Village Drive-In
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Glenn Ford - Rhonda Fleming
Edmond O'Brien in
"The Redhead and
The Cowboy"
Also
RAT HCIENA
MILLAND • CARTER
color by TICHNICOIOR
second effort Is the best mile ever
run by an American. He will try to
better that mark today in the Jerry
Thompson Memorial mile at 3 p.
m.
The Oklahoma Aggie, paced by a
trio of Sc&ndanavlans, set a new
Texas relays mark of 10-minutes-
five-and-three-tents seconds yes-
terday, toppling the mark of 10-
minutes-six seconds set by Santee
and his Kansas teammates in 1953.
J. W Mfcnh.hum. Billy Heard and
Frederik Eckoff, the latter a Nor-
wegian ace, set the stage for Sture
Landqvist’s great anchor run.
iLandqvlst, a Swede, came from
behind in the final stretch of his
mile. He passed Kansas’ Allen
Frame, the national cross-country
champion, and broke the tape five
yards in front.
Texas, Notre Dame and Okla-
homa finished in that order behind
Kansas.
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Then Mashburn. Marlon Muiv-
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the eprlhb medley for Oklahoma
A-and-M In three-mkiutes-and-
thrextents seconds, only one-tenth
off toe world record set at Austin
last year by a Santee-anchored
Kansas team.
Bjorn .Bogerud, another Scan-
dinavian racing under Oklahoma
A-iuwi-tM colors, took the three-
thouaamt meter run In elght-mln-
utes-40 and eight-tents seconds.
Body Buchanan of Oklahoma was
second.
permit Ellis of Oklahoma A-and
M wau the broad jump with 34
feet, nine-and-three-fourth inches.
Leigh Cortes of Louisiana Tech
-won the Javelin throw with 194
feet, U Inches to prevent Oklahoma
A-and-M from sweeping the uni-
versity class finals yesterday.
North Texas State’s teem of
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Mike Hsgler, Dean Renfro, Bbjt
Dollar and (Paul Patterson won tba
college class sprint medley relay
in three-minutes-as-and-one-ten-
ths seoorvd, breaking the three-mln-
utes-25-seconds marie set by Loyola
of Chicago In 1950. Abilene Christ-
ian College was second and Howard
Payne third in the only final event
in that class.
LIFE’S UFTS
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By GENE NOWLIN
Also Chapter 11: “Great
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go after a man’s money—most girls
we know, put themselves first.
Vote tor
J. H. (Jim) BUSBY
for City Marshal
To those who are concerned
about my physical condition,
I have worked every day for
the past twelve months for
Frankie Davis Motor Com-
pany and I am certain that I
am physically able to perform
my duties as your City Mar-
shal.
Thanking you for your sup-
port.
J. H. (Jim) BUSBY
(Paid Political Adv.)
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Will give top dollar for late model used cars as trade-ins.
We are well stocked with new Fords and Chevro-
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CHECK US IF YOU NEED TO TRADE - NO OBLIGATION
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