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.
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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
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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.
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