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Show 1 Worth a 'King'i Ransom' Willie the Greek May Make Interesting Probe Study By Frederick C Ouemaa WASHINGTON New. la wh.rs you find It even on the label of a whisky bottle, and I guess that's Introduction enough to ths ssga of William O. Hells, the Golden Greek. Ths whisky I shall, of court, pour down the drain. . Ths swarthy Melis, known to his race track and Whits House friends as Willie, Is one of the rich men of America and the world, and mads his killing in Louisiana oiL Then hs branched out Into bosses, coal mines, distilleries dis-tilleries snd politics. Time after time his nsme csme up in the senate's five per center hearing.. The lawgivers lawgiv-ers wondered whether he'd even traveled to Greece in President Truman's Sacred Cow. Ma, Gea. Harry Vaughan, ths deep - freeae expert of the executive mansion, identified Willie a. a generous campaign contributor. contribu-tor. Promoted Material Other witneaaea told of his part in persuading ths housing expediter to provide scarce lumber lum-ber for ths Tsnforan race track in San Francisco. Sen. Karl X. Mundt of South Dakota, said he wss a man of mystery. Sen. Joseph H. McCarthy of Wiscon-Lsuv Wiscon-Lsuv Identified him ss apart- ner In the Whitely Corp., with one Frankie Costello of New York. Gen. Vsughan said ha did not know Frankie, but understood hs wss a gangster. Ths senators decided the beat tish highland.; then again maybe may-be they're Just a couple of New Jersey middlemen. Ths senators intend to find out I can report that Willie cams to America from Greece ss a youth with 122 in his pocket got a job In ths oil fields, worked his way up Into the big money and now at the age of 2, smokes 24 cigars, worth $1.50 each, per day. He got Into politics as a pal of the late Huey Long, put up 1525,000 to buy the Fairgrounds race track In New Orleans, snd spent several hundred thoussnd dollars mors to stock It with blooded nags. Then he bought the 1200 acre Ran coca, farm in New Jersey to breed his own and at last reports waa spending spend-ing half a million dollars a year on the upkeep of his racing stable. ' Iaterest la Peltlos For 20 years, according to Gen. Vaughan, Willie has been interested In politics. During Jhe war hs lent his yacht to the government snd for a time it wss used by Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur. Mac-Arthur. After the shooting stopped Willie became president of the Greek War Relief Aasn. and raiaed around $15,000,000 to help the hungry on his native . peninsuls. And that's all I know about him, because Willie never hss done much talking in public If ever there wss a fabulous character char-acter hs ii It. For the senators he will fill In the gaps of his biogrsphy under oath. Should be interesting. Copyright, 14. by United Feature Syndicate thing to do wss call Willis from his Beverly Hills, Cel., mansion to speak for himself. This they intend to do when their hearings hear-ings resume. And I concluded that I'd better try to learn something some-thing about the gentleman. Sea. McCarthy said that ths corporation of the wealthy Wtl-1ie Wtl-1ie and gangster Costello was In the buainesa of importing into the United States from Scotland Scot-land a salubrious fluid called King'a Ransom. So I bought a Jug of same. It waa expensive, as ths suditor will discover when be gets my sxpenss account ac-count Facts Are Twisted Ths label said ths contents were distilled by William White-ly White-ly and Co., of Leith, Scotland. It added that Us bottle was Imported by International Brands, Inc., of Newark, N. J. This Indicates thst the senator got his facta a little twisted. It may be thst Willis snd Frankie wear kilts while tending tend-ing their distillery in the Scot- |