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extend our wishes for a
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J a year ahead chock full
of good health, happiness '
and prosperity! . .
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Telephone Union Votes
Four To Ont For Striko
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-W The
50,000 union employe! ol south
western Bell Telephone company
have authorized a strike by a
margin of about four to one, a
union official announced today.
The official, Vice President
Frank P, Lonergan of Southwest
ern division 20, CIO Communica
tions workers, said earlier there
is "a definite probability of a
walkout before Christmas. 1
Creek Dweller Held In
Murder Of Spinster
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 22.
UP) A husky laborer 27-year-
old a red uucnarne was charged
mesaay witn muraer in con
nection with the slaying of Feme
Blanche Fisher.
The 45-year-old spinster's half-
nude and bruised body was found
Nov. 9 in False creek.
Ducharne lives in a small shack
on the banks of the creek.
EARTH SHAKING LECTURES
LOS ANGELES UP) Dr.
Thomas Clements, professor of
geuiugy ai me university 01
Southern California, Is setting a
little hesitant about lecturing on
eartnquaKes. .
In 1933 he discussed earth tre
mors before a group in Los An
geles. Within a week the disas
trous Long Beach quake occur
red. Recently he addressed a Ro
tary club In Bakersfield on the
same subject A few hours later
a tremblor damaged almost 200 oil
wells in Wilmington.
4 The News-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Thurt., Dee. 22, 1 949 1 Air Force Man To Hang
For Alaska Rape Slaying
Houston, Texas, last March.
Decided, 6 to 2, that the gov
ernment need not pay a $3,520
freight bill for a lumber cargo
lost when the steamship Gunvor
was sunk by a German subma
rine. The court held the Alcoa
Steamship company. Inc., could
not. collect because the govern
ment bill of lading called for pay
ment of freight only when the
lumber was delivered at its des
tination. . Refused to review the trial of
Howard S. Gibson, who was con
victed in Santa Monica, Calif.,
of slashing his wife to death with
a butcher knife. ,
Gibson, who was sentenced to
Washington State Law To
Curb Union Picketing Will
Be Reviewed By High Court
WASHINGTON, : Dec : 20. OR The ' Supreme court Monday
agreed to consider a three-way attack on Washington State law
which curbs union picketing activity. . 'r
. The unions claim this violates the free speech guarantees of the
ages appealed to the tribunal in an effort to upset the law's ban
against picketing when there is no Immediate employer-employee
dispute.
, The unions clai mthis violates the free speech guarantees of the
fderal constitution., "... , , .
In one of the three cases which ;
the court agreed to review for
later decision, a Bremerton,
Wash., local of the building terv
lce employes international union
was ordered to pay W. L. Gaz
zam, owner of the Enetal Inn,
$500.
The State supreme court, In up
holding the damaee award, found
that none of Gazzam's workers
was a member of the oicketing
union and none had expressed a
desire to join the union.
The state court held that the
organizing drive which prompt
ed tne piCKeung was a coercive
effort to compel the hotel owner
to ask his men to join the union.
Issues In Other Cases
In the second case tne inter
national Brotherhood of Team-
sters, Chauffers, Warehousemen
and Helpers union, , local 309, ap
pealed a $250 damage award. It
was assessed when the local was
prohibited by a county court from
Eicketing the Seattle used car
uslness of A. E. Hanke and his
sons.
The firm, doing business as
"Atlas Auto Rebuild," operates
without hired help. '
The union said 115 other used
car dealers in Seattle were bound
by a collective bargaining agree
ment to close their places at 6
p.m. and to keep them closed
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
A picket was placed at the Han
kes' place to persuade them to
observe the same hours.
The third case involved Seattle
local No. 882 of the AFL Auto
mobile drivers and demonstrators.
. The union was ' enjoined ' by
court order from picketing the
used car business of George E.
Cline in a similar effort to force
him to observe hours set by other
dealers. Cline operates the nusi
ness himself ..and has .no other
salesmen. - .
In other actions, the court:
Held In effect that cutomoblle
clubs are not exempt from fed
eral income and excess profits
taxes. The court refused to con
sider an appeal i from the Cali
fornia State Automobile associa
tion that it review a decision of
the U.S. Court of Appeals at San
Francisco.
Ruled in effect that the Army
was. within its rights In arrest
ing In this country a former civil
ian employee of a post exchange
in Germany for removal there
on a charge involving improper
use of cigaret coupons. The court
turned down an appeal by James
W. Mobley, who Was arrested at
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 22.
(&) A 22-year-old air force en
listed man was sentenced Tues
day to hang March 3 forihe rape
slaying of Mrs. Laura A. Sho
walter. Bailing appeal, it will be
the first such execution in the
Third Alaska judicial district.
Federal Judge George Folta
passed the sentence Tuesday on
Harvey L. Carignan, who enter
ed the service from a Mandan,
N. D., reform school which he
had called "home" since the age
oi u. ,
LATIN LIVES IN CAPITAL
- WASHINGTON UP) The way
its taugnt here, Latin is far from
a "dead" language. About 11 per
cent of District of Columbia high
school students signed ud for Lat
in and IS percent of junior high
scnooi siuaents.
Miss Emilie M. White, head of
the district schools foreign lan
guage department, has carried
out a policy of making Latin
live" by introducing students to
words and phrases in modem us-
naa ftlra 'tiahaaa mpnna" tin A
'ex post facto."
life Imprisonment, asked a su
preme court review on grounds
that he was denied defense coun
sel of his choice and was denied
an opportunity to present a de
fense that he was "unconscious"
at the time of the killing.
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