| Show ARMY FAVORS OGDEN PLANT WASHINGTON D D. C C. C April prU 5 Major IP Major General C. C M. M Wesson U U. S. S army chief of ol ordnance before before be be- fore a house appropriations committee committee com com- mitt e defended the practice of ol shipping ammunition shells from Hawaii and Panama to Ogden Utah for lor reconditioning A complaint by S 'S Senator nat Elmer Thomas D. D Okla that it had cost for shipping shells from San Francisco to Ogden w was s put putto to ta General Wesson by Representative Snyder D. D Pa General Wesson said It was in inthe th the interest of economy to ship the shells from Panama and Hawaii to Ogden to have them reconditioned He said the freight cost of shipping was instead of ol and that it would cost about as much to build a reconditioning plant in Hawaii as to ship the shells to Ogden |
