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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1948)
l 111!- By hiank ji;nkinh yliK moving llinier wiiica. Harold Mliiaaru, Young Locliluvnr hum mil uf tho Went, girs lulu hard-boiled, limg-llme-tuiiarrvatlve I'KNNHYLVANIAS it e p u U 1 1 c a II pirfrrrntlal prlumrv untl noars mil Nrw Yorker Tom Dcwry by a lliu bill apparently coniiiialvo vole. Thai lan'l all. llr pult II nil over I'riinnylvaiila Favorite Hun Hrnatur Martin, one nl the mirlriil political traditions III thla country U tlml In Presidential primary, it a iinmliinllhK enliven lln, or straw votewhatever It happrua to bo you're aupiHiaml to give a complimentary hand to the man Iioiii your own mule. To do uthri wine him bran populiirly irttnrdrd u bnideiing on liriiaon to I nil i home community, QITIC'IALLY, I ho Pennsylvania primary la a tluil. ll won't couni In any iegul way when the Repub lican couveiitloii RAJicmljIeji In June, hu Inr hk delegate mlr.i go, II amouuu to niiihiiiK more thun a uopularliy tonlr.il. T Hut It paycholotiliul impact la li-euieii(louii. For tlml reason, II will muni heavily. . PIIKHIC wrirn t even pruned nuiiira on the ballot In thla Pennsylvania slrow vote, ll u WltlllMN uintral. Republicans didn't merely murk uil X betore a nuine. They wrote Ilk the name ol Uielr choice. Thut ninkit It all the more sur prising t TOM DKWEY It a good man. He It one ol the bel governors Nrw York ever had. He U calm and lirar-hradrd. Kven Ilia polltlcul enemies admit thai he U a Hood administrator. There can be little doubt Dial III lhrc coiiluel dnya we NKKU a good administrator in WaahlniHoii. But Dewey, young a he la. Is a amialed In people a mlnda with pal Itlra aa we have known, polltlca II) the paat. i'hul cuoka lila goose. The lesson ol Wisconsin, followed by Nebraska, now followed by Pennsylvania, la that the general iuii of people are tired of polltlca aa la and haa been, and w ant some thing new and better. They hoi utaaTii ran provide It. fllK inaaa Inalluci of (he people, on 1 rUNlMMKNT.U.8, ll a a always been trustworthy in thla country. It waa thla mw in. unci ot the peo ple that put Lincoln, a homely, gawky unknown from the Weal, In to lite White lloujie III Ule critical Year of 1000. j Hialory proved thai the mast In- ai met of the people was aound then. We nun hoe ll if equally aound now. Kor belter or worne. Harold rliaaaen la 1048 a man of the hour. Sullivan Quits Demo Position WASHINGTON. April 38 larV Oael Hulllvan reaigned today aa executive director of the democratic national committee. He aald he will become awoclaled with the Theatre Owncra ol Amer ica. Friends aald they understood Bui llvun will receive about IM.OOO a year III hta new Job. Ilia resignation la effective May 10 The 43-year-old Chlcagoau Joined the democratic committee III Feb ruary. 11147, afier resigning aa Bey ond njulainnl poAlmaater generiil. Hulllvan Ima been reiorted not too happy In hit party Job and critical of tome campaign methods. In a recent ieech before the Amerlran Society of Newapuper Kdltors, he criticized the democrat for complnrency and credited the IM4 republlcnn victory III the con gressional electlona to their organiz ing dow n to the precinct level. MAI SIM IE SETT . , . l-t KLAMATH Yf . ;' .MIS. WMINKKDAY, APRIL 28, 104$ Telephone 1111 tr No. 13SJ Am en WtATHtR Mb, f Attrll ill II Mill. Hltam fwmr In dU I 1A Nttrinal 10 1 J. ' 1' V f '!; C'Uu4l, rilii. VHiVh KVK CICNTH '4W 1 1 1 J aTTa-V jlVa I 1 f . JL. id. d UA'.fi'- n i'an)iartirTl I n aaaaafaaaai Japanese Police Battle Kore r 1 ' l1 T'.'.'TTkT" ! vtsif'i wtgses 1 1 I ; I t 1 jHpanrftr pntlrrmrn with rUrd club, movf acalnat rlotlnc Korrsiu who Inradrd the prefrctural build liiK In Okaka, Jpn (April 23) (a prutrt rluftlns of Korran iw-huulft. The bulldlnf was damaged heavily. Twenty-two pollrrntrn and Ifl Korram wrre Injured In the fighting. Stassen Wins Pennsylvania Presidential Popularity Poll rilll.ADrXI'lllA, April 28 iV Sia.wn'd triumph In Induatrtal While M on w hoprful Harold V., r-nmylvni.la fallowed hla delete ate HUurn todar won renmylvanla'v ! tucctw in the form fUalrs of rrpuhllran prrkldrnllal popularity content The furnirr MluiieMita gnvernur ruptured tlrnl plare In yeatrrday'a prrferetitlat write-in-vntr primary, lie trored a allm and aurprUlng rlrtory nvrr New York'i (iovernur lhantai V.. llr wry. Red Purge Bill Proposed WASHINGTON. April 2 Lrglalatlon to iermlt criminal prot ection of communlit parly offi cials and to expose party member and fronts was approved imnnt mously today by the house un Amerlcan activities committee. The committee hoes to bring the bill before the house for action next week. Kep. Mundl 1R-SD1 told re porters : "II is really pretty tough bill now. Hul we think It will stand up constitutionally and ll certainly will put a crimp In the activities of com munists In America." CIO Calls For Buyer's Strike On Meat Plants WASHINOTON. April 28 IIP, The CIO called today lor a nation wide buyers' strike against meat produced by tlx , packing firms Nebraska and Wisconsin. But the vr.te Is not binding on the Keystone slide's 73 OOP convention dele gates. All were elected unpledged. Jay Cooke. Slasaen's Pennsylvania campaign manager, aald the vlrlorv j days ago In a pay tight, -clearly Indicates the amaahlng ma. CIO President Philip Murray ap Jorlly that HUa.cn. aa the nominee, j pealed to his orgamiation's 6.000. xotild receive In the November elee- , ooo members and to the public at Hon." j large to boycott products of the six At Albany. N. Y.. Oovemor IXwey j limit, find he wax "surprised and delight- Murray hated Uiem as the Swift, Wild Story Of Murder And Theft Sends Officers On Fruitless Ail-Night Hunt ALTURAS, April 28 A tlory of theft and murder, which wan later retracted, sent a California-Oregon posse on an all-night search (or an abandoned car and body in the area between here and Lakevlew last night and early today. The story came from Walter Bradford, 18. one of three youths cap tured by officers after an exchange of gunfire on an Alturas street early TucMlay morning. Bradford gave the vivid account after police Tuesday afternoon captured Pardon Allen, 22, of Lakevlew, at Adln In Modoc county. Allen escaped in the gun battle which resulted In the immediate capture of Bradford and Floyd Boardman, 18. Charge 8lated With all three of the youths in custody. District Attorney Charles Lcderer said today thai he plans to file charges of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon and with Intent to commit murder against Bradford and Allen. This charge will be based on the gunfire resistance given by the pair on the A Hums street yesterday morning when officers sought to pick up the trio for questioning. Bradford was grilled by the Alturas authorities last night and told them the story that started the Interstate search along US 39S. Accord ing to Lederer. Bradford told him that he and Allen had stolen an automobile at John Day, In North Central Oregon, and that while in the act of stealing the car. the owner came out of his house. The story was that they struck the owner of the car on the head, pulled his body into the car and drove south. He said somewhere between Lakevlew and Alturas tliev aban- doned the car on a s:de road. Ledcrer said there was blood on ! Bradford's coat, which tended to 1 bear out the story. Three Onions Sef To Walk CHICAGO. April 2 (Pi A strike that would thut down the nation'! railroad service waa called today for 8 a. m.. May 11. In Waahington the national (rail way! mediation board waa consid ering laat-minute Intervention to avert the crippling walkout. All previous efforts to resolve the wage dlapute through the elaborate ma chinery of the railway labor law failed. The strike date for 150.000 rail road locomotive engineers, firemen, enginemen and switchmen was made public In Cleveland by spokesman for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men. The Information was given out In advance of a scheduled state ment being prepared in Chicago by representatives of the three unions. After keeping newtmen waiting for nearly an hour In Chi cago, a spokesman for the onion committee taid the group would make no statement "at this time." The spokesman gave no reason Posse Organised A posse was organized last night, 'under direction of Sheriff Glyne Johnston of Alturas, Sheriff Hank Cassldy of Lakevlew. Lederer and District Attorney Robert Welch of Lake county. The group went thoroughly over the road between New Pine Creek and Lakevlew. and went out on many side roads, attempting to fol low Bradford's directions. No car was found. Lederer said that he then con fronted Bradford again, and the w hose union workers walked out i youth retracted the story of the killing, but insisted the youths had stolen the car and abandoned it. Senate Gets Anti-Poll Tax Bill Today WASHINGTON. April 28 iP An anti-poll tax bill was sent to the senate today by its rules committee. Chairman Brooks (R-Ill.) said the group approved without change a measure passed by the house on July 21. 1947. That bill would make it unlawful foi a state or municipality to re quire a poll tax for voting In any national election. This includes election of the president, vice presi dent and member of congress. Brooks said action was by "voice , I'nt-" htit Canaan. a ....... I . . T- The district attorney here tele- j Mlss , ,nd mvim ,D.AliL) aii phoned John Day. and was told no theT oppos.d tne mov. ed' at the vote he received. Trailing far back of Slassen and Drwey as late returns trickled In were U. 8. Senator Kdward Martin. Pennsylvania's "favorite son" can didate; Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Ohio's Robert A. Tnft. Michigan's I Arthur Vnndenberg. Gen. Dwight D i Elsenhower and third party candi date Henry Wallace. Prraident Truman, only name on the drmorratir ballot, was an easy victor, r'.laenhuwrr and Wallace picked up a handful of drmorratir wrlle-ln votes. With 67W of 8262 precincts re ported the GOP balloting gave Stas. n 67.830. Dewey 82 840. Martin I 28.775. MacArthur 13.9C.6. Taft I 12.824. Vandenberg 7313. Eisenhower !4:50. Wallace 1189. Pennsylvania' Arabs Shelling Jew Settlement HAIFA. Palestine. April 28 itv Reports reaching Hnlfn aald Arabs bfgnn shelling a JcuiMi settlement on the Trans-Jnrdun frontier today. Jewish sources snld the Trnns-Jor-dan Arnb Irglon launched the at Uuk and Hint 10 Jews were killed. The settlement Is near the Pales tine Blecirlr corporation power sta tion at Nnhnralm, built in 1027 to supply water Miwer for Palestine fiom the rivers Jordnn and Ynrmuk. The .Million Unit Is locnled 111 Traiui-Jordnnlan territory. Governor James H. Duff 669 and ",e companies. Armour, Cudahy. Wilson. Morrell and Rath companies. They have been operating on a partial basis since the March 18 walkout of 100, 000 members of the CIO Packing house Workers union. "It it Important." Murray said in a statement, "that the packing com panies feel the whiplash of public 'opinion to move them from their i arrogant position of refusing to pay any attention to Hie living needs of ; their workers." The CIO chief urged his unions to I enlist housewives in "a nationwide : insistence that we will eat no scab j meat." i The strikers have demanded a 29 ' ceni an hour wage boost. They re i Jected a 9-cent Increase offered by Governor Earl Warren of California 590 Truman polled 234.05A In 6684 pre cincts. Elsenhower had 3844 votes on the democratic ballot: Wallnce 3461. Slalirn, overcoming Martin's earlr lead, steadily build up a 5000 vote advantage over Dewey. The Minnesotan won thumping majorl lies in the state's two Industrial metropolitan center. He led Dewev br 8000 in Philadelphia. 3500 In Pittsburgh. Negotiations seeking a settlement went ahead here, meanwhile. Wet Weather Holding Up Farm Work Over Klamath Basin Area ny c, A. hi:ni)i;hsin County Agent rniiaually wet weather hat de layed spring farm work in a consid erable extent. Much land It loo wet lo work even yel, which la delaying grain planting. I'tunlly at thla time of the year quite an acreage of grain It planted hut thla year It It questionable whrlher or not all the arrcage Intended for grain ean be planted In the time left, unless Im mediate Improvement In weather conditions comet about. While grain Is the most seriously affected, other spring planted crops have also been delayed. Ground conditions have not been favorable for some early onion planting and since the season Is now so far ad vanced some of this acrragn will not be planted. About the last 10 days In April the firm pntntora are plant ed In the Klamath basin. To date, soil conditions havo not been too Rood and this planting undoubtedly will bo Intc. Usually, weather condi tions permitting, planting of eniiy hardy vegetables aro made at this lime but it has tint, been the case this year. Such erupt n radishes, onions, pens, clc. have all received a late atari. Transplanting alxo hus bren held back by wet soil con ditions. Urast Hlnw , Grata haa been particularly alow 4 In starling, resulting In heavy hay -feeding even up to the present time, Klamalli county usually haa quite a carry-over of hay hut this year due In our own lute spring and the Cali fornia drouth miflouttlcuiy prac tically all of this carry-over will be used up. Pasture It particularly needed due lo Hie Increased number of livestock In Hie county at the present time. More hay will be re quired for Ibis year If wlnlrr feeding needs are to be completely met. Trees and shrubs havo been par ticularly slow, perhaps one of the lastest years In recent history. Only tl- hardiest trees are now reaching the bud stage. This may have con siderable value In holding back the blooming of fruit trees unit may re sult In better crops of domestic fruit. Also, it may provide belter shrubs and flowers later In the season. Spuds Sale Weather conditions have not af fected potatoes greatly as the major potato planting rioea not get under way until between the Bill and 10th of May. Much land In be planted to potatoes at that time It still In extremely wet condition. Generally, late springs bring less frost damage and consequent better crops and if this is any indicator, production In the Klaniiiih basin .should be high In 1948. Two crops showing considerable Increase In acrengo In 194H are Hnnnchcn barley and potatoes with some Increnso in nlslko clover, Alf alfa perhaps will decrease slightly with some Increase in Irrigated domestic pastures. Onts and wheal, should be nboul the same as Inst year with sugnr beets and flux showing some decrease. Seamen May Vote Strike PORTLAND, April 28 li Possi bility of a June 15 waterfront strike over the hiring hall tssuo is being discussed by the maritime unions, i longshoreman's union representative riportrd today. However. Russell Ferguson, nian acer of the Portland Waterfront Employers' association, said, "We don't think there will be any work ste ppage June 15." Mutt Meehan, International exe cutive board member of the CIO longshoremen's union, said ballots had been distributed for a strike referendum next week at all Pacific Const ports. Mcehnn snld his union Is ready lo strike if the hiring hnll Issue la not settled satisfactorily. Representa tives of other waterfront unions here met Mondny lo consider plans should a strike be called, he said. Weather Bad In Portland, Too PORTLAND, April 28 (Pi The weatherman agrees Hint April 1948 has been pretty bnd nt least In the Portland aren. The current cold spell as of yes terdny was the coldest for April on record since 1804. Furthermore, tho Inst two months hnve hnd three Inches more rnln than normal. Rnln has fallen two days of overy three,, Instead of one out of every two. Getting the weather gripes down to fine figures, the weathermnn nddec'. that April this year has had sunshlno only 38 per cent, of the possible sunshine hours. This Is pretty gloomy. Tho normal Is 41) per cent. Martin Death Learned Here ! Word of the death of a well- known former Klamath resident I and member of one of this city's ! pioneer families was received here this week when It was learnea mat Alexander "Jerry" Martin, 55. U. 't his life at his home In Napa, Calif. April 19. According to Napa sources, Martin .as found In his car with carbon munoxlde fumes attributing ti. the cause of death. He had been In 111 henlth for some time. Martin was born in Klmnnth Falls 55 years ago, son of Alexander Mar tin mid grandson of the pioneer, "Uncle Jerry" Martin. He served in both World Wars I and II, and re tired from the United States navy with the rank of lieutenant com mander In 1946. He moved to Nnpa and resided there since that time. Ho was a charter memoir of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at the Uni versity ot Oregon, Eugene, and later prominent In Masonic circles. He was graduated from the Uni versity of Oregon and Inter from Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, He possessed an honorary de gree In electrical engineering which lie received at Harvard university. Surviving Are his wife, Ruth, and a daughter. Marcla. Martin was a nephew of Richard Shore Smith of Eugene and cousin of Mrs. J. Fred Flock, also of Eugene and formerly of Klamath Falls. Final rites weer held April 21 at Napa. . one was missing there, but that an ! Investigation would be started from that end. There waa another story that two John Day youths were hired lb drte Bradford and Allen to Lakevlew, but that they drove them only to a point six miles south of John Day. The DA was trying to mesh this yarn into the other story. Allen, a Lakevlew man and parolee from Oregon state prison, refused to talk at any length when taken Into custody at Adln. 41 miles southwest of Alturas yesterday. Mo doc county Deputy Sheriff Vern Basset t nabbed the fugitive as he entered a tavern In Adln. Allen de nied he had been In Alturas. but officers believe he hitch-hiked to Adln after the gun battle yester day morning. In the gunplay, Boardman was shot in the arm. Lederer said that Boardman did not come into Cali fornia from Oregon with the other youths, but Joined them here. He was not armed in the gun battle. Allen told officers his home was in Klamath Falls. D. C. Man Appointed To Government Post "WASHINGTON, April 28 UP) President Trumnn Ttundivy appoint ed Frederlrk J. Lawton, 47-year-old native of Washington. D. C, as a $10.000-a-yenr administrative assistant. The appointment of Lawton, an official of the budget burenu since 1935, brings the. number of admin istrative assistants to four. Mr. Tru mnn hns never hnd the full quota of six allowed by low. Lawton now Is executive assistant to Budget Director James E. Webb. Union Ratifies Fir Pay Raise PORTLAND, April 28 iip Mem bers of CIO Woodworkers' union locals have ratified a 12's-cent an hour pay raise that sets the hourly minimum at S1.45 in the fir opera tions of four states. Carl Winn, union executive sec retary, snld the action Involved 40.000 IWA members In Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Northern Cali fornia. The general wage increase also ap plies to some 600 boom and ra.t workers but does not affect their strike for a higher differential, Winn said. They hnve asked a $16 a day minimum. The river workers have been idle-since April 12. Winn explained that the union membership action on the general wage scale leaves certain Issues to be negotiated on a local basis. Stennis said the measure "i un constitutional." Hayden said he does not oppose the bill but "opposed the method." . . "I think this should be done by an amendment to the constitution with the states passing upon it," he said. Th committee said seven southern states make payment of a poll tax a requirement for voting In a national election. It listed them as Alabama. Arkansas, Mississippi. South Caro lina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Support For Ike Seen NEW YORK. April 28 oP. Elliott Roosevelt predicted last night that President Truman would proffer the democratic presidential nomination to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower "if enough people demand It." The late president's son, speaking at a rally held by the "Draft Eisen hower Movement," said that if Eisenhower does get the nomina tion "he will be the first president In my opinion since George Wash ington to receive the unanimous vote of the electoral college." Roosevelt also predicted that If Mr. Truman chooses to run for a full term in the White House he would be outpolled by Henry A. Wallace, third party candidate. Arab Leader Says Troops In Jericho JERUSALEM. April 28 tPi King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan aald to day scoot troops of his Arab legion have occupied Jericho, less than 20 miles northeast of Jerusalem. Jewish sources In Haifa said Arab Irglon gunners shelled a Je-slsh set tlement near Naharaim. on the Trans-Jordan frontier. Ten Jews were reported killed. Other reports to Haifa said the Jewish militia Haganah captured two police fortresses near the Trans Jordan frontier in the night. The Jews fought with Arabs, they said, after British forces abandoned the fortresses as part of the general British withdrawal Incident to end ing of the mandate May 15. The fortresses are at the all-Arab town of Samakh and at Jisr El Majamte. Battle Rage The Jewish underground. Irgun Zval Leumi. said It had captured the entire Manshieh quarter of the all-Arab port of Jaffa adlolnlng Tel Aiv. The battle for Jaffa rose to new lntensitv. Irrun and Naeahan fighters, newly allied, fight side by side in four key suburbs of the city The Jews won control of Haifa last week. It was officially announced in Jerusalem that British army units had gone into action this morning "to break up the attack by Jews on Jaffa." (Dispatches from the scene did not immediatelv state how any such British intervention was develop ing Jericho, destroved and cursed by the prophet Joshua in Biblical times, lies 20 miles west of Amman Tians-Jordan capital. Abdullah has said he will personally lead armies of Trans-Jordan. Svria, Iraq and Lebanon Into Palestine this week to fight Zionlsm. for the delay. There Is, however,' a strong rivalry between the thru unions, although they are acting in concert in the present wage dla pute. The strike would paralyse th country's transportation tyatem by pulling locomotive engineers, fire men and enginemen and awttch men off the jobt. Two yeara ago a strike cut off rail service for two daya until President Trunaaa Intervened. , Path Not Clear What legal steps might be un dertaken to head off the crippling walkout remained a question. Tin wage dispute between the unions and the nations class one rail roads has passed through all step of machinery set up by the na tional railway labor act. Railroad workers are excluded from coverage by the Taft-Hartley law. Hence the government cannot ask for an anti-strike Injunction as It did recently against John L. Lewis' coal miners. There was no Immediate word from the White House whether Mr. Truman might step into the dis pute aa he did in May, 1046. Hopes of averting the strike, which would paralyze the coun try's railroad system, faded last night. Union and rail officials, who have been meeting for the last two weeks In efforts to settle their six-month-old wage dispute, broke up their meeting shortly before mid night Deadline Over Last midnight was the deadline set by the unions for setting a strike date if an agreement had not been reached. After a breakup of the negotia tion, Alvanley Johnston, presi dent of the locomotive engineers, satd In Cleveland that "I don't be lieve the railroads showed any dis position to work things out. From what our negotiating commute says, the railroads wouldn't do any thing to try to settle the dispute.' A spokesman for the carrier! said that throughout the confer ences the unions had rejected all proposals made by the railroads with respect to the recommenda tions made by the presidential fact- -finding board. Hats Barred At Women's Conclave GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 28 iPi Delegates to the national con vention of the League of Women Voters here this week won't be per mitted to wenr hnts to business ses sions. "High and fancy hats prevent proper visibility for action on the floor," explained President Anna Lord Strauss, announcing the ban at yesterday's opening session. US Ponders Proposal To Give Military Lend-Lease To Europe WASHINGTON, April 28 (IP) Secretary of State Marshall said today the whole problem of Amer ican assistance to tho Western European Union Is under active consideration. He said that Includes the question of giving military lend-lease to those nations. At a news conference. Marshall touched on these other high spots in foreign affairs: 1. An Arab league spokesman has given the United States assurances that Arab armies are not Invading Palestine. 2. Marshall's meeting last night with Senator Vandenberg iR Mleli.i, John Foster Dulles, former UN delegate, and Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett covered the subject of proposnls In congress for chnnRlng tho United Nations charter. Marshall declined to say whether other subjects also were taken up. 3. The actions of Soviet military authorities In Vienna. Marshall said, cannot be disregarded in evaluating Russian good faith In Austrian treaty discussions at Lon don. He said that at the moment there Is no Interference with Amer ican transit rights between the airport and the city of Vienna. Marshall emphasized that under International agreements the Unit ed States has right of free and unhindered use of the airport. 4. On the problem ot Russian restrictions on travel between the western zones of Germany and Berlin, Marshall In effect backed up the resistance to Russian de mands already expressed by Gen eral Lucius D. Clay, U. S. com mander In Germany. Marshall said that the state department had not ed Russian charges about the op erations of the western powers and he declnredthat the depart mcnt has nothing to dd to state ments already made by Clay on the subject- Medford Gets Touch Of Snow PORTLAND. April 28 (Pi A bad April turned still worse today: snow fell in Medford. A pocket of cold air in the Rogue River valley sent the mercury down to 33 degrees in Medford. and brought snow at Medford. Sexton and Siskiyou summits. Points farth er north got the usual rain, and Portland, which is making an April record of sorts, drew another chilly, damp day. Oil Purchase Charge Made WASHINGTON, April 28 mA senate committee declared today that the navy was overcharged at least $30,000,000 on Its wartime pur chases of Arabian oil. The committee put the blame on what It called the Arabian Amer ican Oil company's "avaricious de sire for enormous profits" and a government "lack of responsibility." The company, known as Aramco, retorted that Its price polices, have saved the navy more than 826, 500.000. It said "the benefits to th nation's economy . . . have only Just begun." The congressional oharges were outlined in a windup report by the senate war Investigating committee. The committee held lengthy hear ings on the wartime oil deals be tween the navy and Aramco, which operates the Saudi Arabian conces aion. . The report declared that the com pany "received all the benefits from more than $99,000,000 worth of lend-lease aid given to Saudi Arabia "and in return ignored their promises" to sell oil to the govern ment at a nominal profit. "The committee believes that the navy department wholly failed to exercise Its wartime procurement authority ... in awarding contracts to Aramco ... at prices which the navy representatives admitted were excessive." To Wed In May rflS-' ' x John Hardy Anderson, 30, aircraft company executive, and Dlan Bennett Wanger, 20, daughter of Screen Aetrea Joan Bennett, appl for a marriage license In Lot Angeles. They plan to marry In May. i
