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...tankers, had another blow last week. Their favorite enemy, Harold L. Ickes, already Federal Oil Administrator, became Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense. The man they had damned as "imbued with an inordinate ambition ... to dictate the course of the industry" got the power to do just that. Cried a Tulsa pessimist: "Ickes is captain of our souls. My day is absolutely ruined...
...they can't fill the hole. The oil companies, which own most of the pipelines anyway, have therefore turned to pipelines. To avert exhaustion of its eastern stocks, Standard of New Jersey last week started pumping 27,500 barrels of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana crude a day via Tulsa and southern Illinois to its New Jersey refinery, 1,700 miles in all. The cost of this overland routing is 60? a barrel, against 21? or less by tanker. The rail rate would be about $1.80. Such cost increases make Leon Henderson's price-holding job more ticklish than...
...Douglas. Result of many conferences was Ford's announcement that it would build 6-245 for assembly in two plants. Consolidated will operate a plant at Fort Worth, and Don Douglas will see that his competitors' flying fortress is well made, properly tested, in a plant at Tulsa. Chrysler's pick was Glenn Martin's new 6-26, a two-engined medium bomber (TIME, Jan. 6) to be assembled by Martin men in a new plant at Omaha...
...midst of this speculation, a quiet announcement by the War Department demonstrated that somebody's plan for putting automakers to building aircraft parts is proceeding apace. Three aircraft manufacturers (Martin, North American, Consolidated) were designated to operate new assembly plants at Omaha, Kansas City (Mo.), Tulsa. Purpose: to have experienced aircraftmen assemble the parts automobile manufacturers are to make...
...shouting assignments. One day a blonde named Sallye Little walked into his office. Brandt liked her spirit, hired her as a reporter. Soon they began to argue at the top of their voices, throw inkpots and pastepots at each other. Sallye quit, went to work for the opposition Tulsa World. Thereupon Brandt married...