Word: oils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Born in Indiana, Pauley spent his youth in Alabama, then moved to California. He earned his way through Occidental College and the University of California, got a Master's degree in business administration. A 1924 airplane crash left him bedridden for a year. Recovered, he plunged into oil operations. As head of tiny Petrol Corp. he first fought the major companies, but when Petrol Corp. had its back to the wall, he allowed a major (Signal Oil) to bail him out. At 38 he was a millionaire...
Harry Truman had been warned that appointment of an oilman as civilian head of the Navy would raise eyebrows and oratory in the Senate. But the President had apparently decided to bull it through. (One reported deal to smooth the way: transfer all Navy oil reserves to the Interior Department...
From Britain the Iranians got a subtle, misty encouragement. Britain had taken the lead in channeling problems to UNO; it had historic imperial interests in keeping Russia out of the Middle East; it had large oil holdings in south-central Iran. Russia only glowered-until Iran acted. Then the Soviets pursued diversionary tactics. They demanded that UNO also investigate British-occupied Greece. The Soviet Ukraine piped up for a probe of Dutch-British troubles in Indonesia...
Only France and South Africa held back. Foreign Minister Georges Bidault merely said France was "prepared to study" trusteeship terms for her slices of Togoland and the Cameroons (rubber, cocoa, palm oil). With Gallic eloquence, he painted a picture of French colonial idealism and native happiness that was somewhat at variance with the facts. Forced labor and high taxes actually caused natives to flee by tens of thousands...
...from different sources (silicones, natural gas and other organic chemicals) were previewed last week. The makers' claim: all three have a fairly constant rate of flow in boiling heat or freezing cold; none forms sludge, carbon or varnish on cylinder heads and spark plugs. California's Union Oil Co. joined the chorus with a motor oil called "New Triton," which is long-wearing, noncorrosive, sludge-free...