Word: barrelers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months). As a Congressman he learned the ropes on the Appropriations Committee. In the Senate, he became the de facto leader, a shrewd trader who knew the likes and prejudices of his colleagues by heart. He was a Roosevelt-before-Chicago man; he supported the New Deal lock, stock & barrel, except for those measures which clashed with his conservative, Southern-blooded, economic beliefs...
...Stettinius' team whom Byrnes kept in his old job was Assistant Secretary Will Clayton, an ex-cotton broker, millionaire, friend of Jesse Jones, and shrewd economic horse trader currently negotiating postwar loans with the British (see INTERNATIONAL). For Assistant Secretary in charge of Latin American affairs, he picked barrel-shaped Spruille Braden, who talked tough to the Argentines. For Assistant Secretary in charge of administration he chose 33-year-old Colonel Frank McCarthy, fresh off General Marshall's staff...
Germans insisted it was an old Bavarian drinking song. Americans and British thought it was one of their own. Anyhow, they all sang it. The Beer Barrel Polka became the Tipperary of World War II, rivaled in popularity only by Lili Marlene, which had more homesick appeal, but less oompah...
...Manhattan, Tin Pan Alleysmiths Shapiro-Bernstein heard a recording of Jilted Love in 1938, hired Songwriter Lew Brown to write some words that would bounce like the music. Result: the Polka's now familiar "Roll out the barrel" lyrics...
...industry is skeptical about the pipe lines' use. At capacity, the industry estimates that Big Inch can haul oil cheaper than tankers; 16? a barrel v. 18.3?. But it doubts that Big Inch, which worked at capacity during the war, can be kept there in peace. As soon as the flow drops to two-thirds of capacity, then costs per barrel rise above that of tankers. Unless the RFC can prove differently, there may be no buyers for its $146,100,000 property. Last week it put its best sales foot forward. It cut Big Inch...