The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-08

a.ss.s.,v. iene. and Attorney General nlddle had
urged FDR to adiudicate the question o wnssner wv
states q The federal government own o.t.sno.. ~
lin other words oil wells drilled N land under
water iust on me coast FOR, however, always nuns
back,
nut. iass few weeks after Truman became
President Biddlo walked N and asked tnag snh
important question be referred 10 the supreme Court
Truman didn't hesitate ne gave his approval I'M
medately. M
avoud better take some time 70 think 4 over"
Blddie cautioned. vita delicate question, y might
b a good IDEA 70 talk It over with I'd Fauley
truman cld think II over, but he didn't change
his mind he told Biddle TO 50 ahead with the sui
regardless Of the fact that most Of Pauleys aEee
oil. fortune comes from submerged OIL and despite
The fact that pauley helped materially 20 put Aru-
mans nomination across At Chicago.
NoTE-rexas Is one state which won't DC az
fected BY the submerged oil suit ITS offsnore iahos
were given II BY special treaty when IL entered tne
Union.
Perhaps none Of che far.Eimg areas where The
u. g. Army Is sti statloning men Is more dreary and
desoate than Alaska IN the wintertime, peace
time army stlll there however. and what especial
" gripes Oils Il the way they are kept busy.
some OF them are kept occupied making ornate
crbbage boards for senior officers These boards are
the most elaborate contraptions imaginable. Some
Of them require as many bueprins as are needed
TO construct gun
An especially fancy cribbage board for Maj. -oen
John ,. Brooks took the form Of an airplane pro-
plastic Others who had OILS construct ornate crib
bage boards we're Brig.-oen Isaiah e. Davies and
Brig Gen Harry A. johnson.
It 10 difficult to realize how intricate these play
things are Hours Of work are spent on them, and
mechanical engineers are required TO work out the
blueprints One name.plate made for COL. William
r. Patient has 10 separate drawings.
F.B.M.K, Cleveland, OhlO-Facts regarding the
alleged sale Of 30 wristwatches when Ed Pauleys
Preparations Mission was in Moscow and Berlin are
as follows. Cy Rubn, State Department official In
switzerland, got a cable from Pauley asking him to
buy 30 wrist watches. when Rubin arrived In Moscow,
he turned them over 70 Dick Durham Assistant
Treasurer Of the Democratic National Committee
and q member Of the Pauley Mission. Durham is
reported % have sold them on tie black market He
denies this, however. claiming that he was acting
for Pauley and that Pauley gave most Of them away
to members OF the American Mission that went TO
Potsdam
turned down the Job Of heading new mission TO
negotiate with the Swiss and other neutrals for the
recapture Of hidden German assets. The Job Is nov
being offered to either Federal Judge Jerome Frank
or Governor Ellis Arnal Of Georgia. Lives OF
Oils being returned from Europe by air are en-
dangered because Of French and British failure to
agree TO adequate airline precautions Every day 10
American planes have TO fly across route crossed
by 300 British and French planes ct the same alti-
tude. TWO hospital planes returning wounded vet
Grams to the USA. barely missed aerial crack-ups
last week when their paths were crossed suddenly
By other planes American pilots are now refusing to
fly the Paris-Brest except in daylight and clear
weather