Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1947)
i 5 Bead, Scores Murt as Blast Building, s Scatters Nampa, Idaho Crews Search Debris For Corpses; Plasma, Drugs Sent to Scene By Bob Leerlght NAMPA, Idaho, NoV. 15Pr-An explosion in a crowded restau rant and tavern killed at least live persons and injured an undeter mined number of others tonight in this western town. Police Chief J. R. McCarthy predicted, after five bodies were re moved, that others would be found in the debris. First of the dead identified was mum KKDG A few days ago a student flier nosed his plane low along the Willamette river near Butteville. Suddenly power lines spanning the river appeared in his path. He tried to lift the plane over the barrier, but it caught and went spinning into the river below. The pilot lost his life. Undoubtedly his relatives and friends are asking: Why did it happen to him. A sim ilar question arose in thousands of minds respecting the late tragedy which took the lives of our gov ernor and his associates. This question, "Why" has baf fled philosophers and engrossed the thought of theologians for centuries. The book; of Job, one of the oldest in literature, is a classic study of the problem of human suffering. It is in the form of poetic drama. In the prologue. Job is described as a prosperous, contented, god-fearing patriarch. The character, Satan, taunts the Lord with the query, "Doth Job fear God for naught?", whereupon the Lord permits Job to be put to the test: loss of family and posses sions, personal affliction (boils). The ensuing, dialogue between Job and his three friends is a spirited dispute in which Job resists their accusations that his suffering is the consequence of bis own sin ning. In the end theLord appears, confounds the friends, rebukes Job for his impatience, jand then re stores Job to his former state. The book of Job is an effective denial of the assumption that affliction is proof that the person afflicted has sinned, a denial later confirm ed by Jesus Christ j("Neither this man sinned JJOT. bis parent . ") Another reaction to the great mystery of "WhyT-f Is that of fa talism Soldiers talk about the bullet with a man's "number" on it Gov. Snell was referring to this in his reply to a (Continued on editorial page) Byron Carney Re-elected to Demo Position PORTLAND, Nov. 15-W-Ore-gon's democratic party central committeemen and national com mitteeman Lew Wallace buried the hatchet at a "peace" banquet here today, but not until after trvine to lift a few scalps during this year's second election of of ficers. Ballots of 48 certified comnwt- lmAn i-nrcentintf 2 ft nf the-. . ... 0 a state's 38 counties, re-elected MT state's 36 counties, re-elected By ron G. Carney, of Milwaukie, as state chairman aiid E. P. Ivory, Klamath Falls, state treasurer, without difficulty.; But the elec tion of Clifford T. Howlett as state secretary came on the third ballot in a warm battle with Wal- ; statements were mailed to Mar lace forces. The count was 26 to ! ion county taxpayers to collect 22. I I an all-time high tax roll of $2,967,- Defeated for the secretary post 1903, compared with $2,472,715 in was George Rheinmiller, who 1946. served as secretary prior to the May 17 election, when proxy bal- Tather ,man Wallace were thrown out. The election later! was carried to court by Wallace. j Kenneth W. Bayne, chairman of the Marion county delegation, challenged Howlett to declare whether he was . a supporter cX former Vice President Henry Wal lace. The ( question was ruled out of order, however, by Chairman Carney and when Bayne disput ed the ruling the committee sup ported the chairman by a vote of 31 to 17. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Okay, wise guy when you say that, frown. ugene .. Janssen, a ZH-year-om I Nampa truck driver. Others were Mrs. Gertrude Peterson, William L. Grove, 45, tnd two Chinese. Pod Fong and Kim Fong. Anoth er person also named Kim Pong was in Samaritan Hospital serious ly injured. Heavy power equipment tore into the tons of debris left in the wake of the blast which rocked tms town of an estimated 15,000 persons. The state health department at Boise, 20 miles to the east, rushed penicillin and plasma. National guardsmen were called to aid in rescue work and to guard against looting. Tears Oat Windows The blast tore out windows for blocks around. Twenty-nine persons were in beds at Mercy hospital and at least seven others were released after emergency treatment. The blast demolished the For bidden Palace, a Chinese restau rant, and the Alibi Inn, an ad joining tavern. Five others were in beds in Sa maritan hospital. Bill Hollingsworth; a policeman in this agricultural and railroad community, said Wayne McKel land, a truck driver, had just fin ished filling a tank with gas used for heating when the blast oc curred. It rocked the town. Track Driver Injured - McKelland was among the ser iously injured. Ada Decker and Ruby Counsil said they had just left the vicin ity "of First 1 street between 13th and 14th when they saw "a big blue flash' and heard a terrific explosion. We rushed home and didn't go back." Even with the heavy power equipment workers estimated it would be- hours before they would be able to remove enough debris to determine if other bodies might be found. 9,500 Claim Marion County Tax Discount sj Counter windows at the Mar ion county tax collector's office banged shut Saturday noon afte an estimated 9,500 tax-payers had paid $586,055 during the past 17 days to gain a 3 per cent discount. As he totaled up thje score Sat urday afternoon, Harold Domo galla, chief tax deputy, said that all taxes mailed into his office postmarked Jbefore midnight Sat urday would" be credited with the discount Taxes paid or mailed 4 after Saturday to his office will be assessed a penalty of two thirds of ine per cent per month on the first quarter's taxes due. Since tax' payments began at his office on October 29 (two weeks later than last year) his office has been busy daily until 8 pjn. serving long lines of pay ers. Following closing each night Domogalla and his staff worked late totaling receipts and ready ing the office, and books for the next day's stampede. A total of 10,487 receipts have been issued to date to payers, Domogalla reported. He estimated that at least half again as many are contained in the mail which has been flooding in and which his staff has not yet opened. This year a total of 37,714 Max. M 50 . 56 . 42 Min. Precip. I Salea 44 .ZT 42 .13 50 68 35 .34. 34 trace Portland San Francisco Chicago New York 40 Willamette river 9 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Mostly cloudy todax and tonight with occa sional light showers. High temperature today 55. low tonight 45. Politicians By Wendell Webb - Managing Editor. The Statesman At least one thing appeared cer tain today regarding political 1948 in Oregon it will be the biggest year in history for the state's elec tions division under David O'Hara. And as far as Marion county is concerned the year will be no slouch, either. So far, two persons, have defin itely announced themselves can didates for the republican nomin ation for governor Sen. Doug las McKay of Salem and G. C. Ackerman, real estate man of Portland. Two others have admit ted being after the state treasur ership Sen. Walter Pearson (d) and Ormond Bean (r), both of Portland. . - ' In the "apparently authentic re port stage., other figures in ma jor campaigns include State Trea surer Leslie Scott and Sen. Dean Walker, potential candidates for governor, along with the incum bent, John H. Hall. And deemed a likely candidate to oppose Secretary of State Earl Newbry for the reunblican nomin NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Italy Reds Fighting For Cities ROME, Nov. 15 -(JP)- Riotous fighting swept the southern Italian city of Cerignola tonight with at least five persons reported killed and many wounded, and a sudden transportation strike tied up Rome as the leftist assault on Premier De G aspen's ' government leaped from city to city on a nation-wide scale. Reinforcements of armored cars, police and troops were rushed to Cerignola, near Foggia, where demonstrators :were said to have gained control of the main square. The interior ministry said it had received word that the mob had attacked the police barracks there with machinegun fire and hand grenades. The assistant police was gravely wounded and three carabinieri and a police agent were slightly wounded. There are "numerous dead" in the city, the Rome newspaper Momentosera reported. It added that the roads into Cerignola were blocked and telegraph and tele phone lines were cut. A general strike also crippled Cerignola, where many members of the U.S. 15th air force lived during the war. 310 lb. 'Copter Carries Load Of 300 Pounds WASHINGTON, Nov. And now the air force comes up with "Little Henry" a helicopter motorcycle, powered by ram jet units to spin the rotor blades. It disclosed today that the weird, experimental device, has complet ed six months of flight tests at the St Louis plant of the Mc Donnel Aircraft corporation, jfoK lowing two years of research by the USAF air materiel command at Wright Field, Ohio, and com pany engineers. "Little Henry" weighs only 310 pounds but has lifted an .addition al load of 300 pounds and moved at a speed of 50 miles an hour. The present device, said the air force, "is merely a flying test stand in tended to prove the basic idea and no aircraft designation has been given the plane." A ram-jet, weighing only ten pounds is mounted at the tip of each of the two blades of the 18-foot rotor. This is the only power used .for" the helicopter- motorcycle, which accounts for the extremely light overall weight of the aircraft - Thieves Flee in Rain of Bullets ELM A, Wash., Nov. 15 -(JP) State, county and local law en forcement officers patrolled virtu ally every highway in . eastern Grays Harbor county today in a search for two wild-shooting safe crackers who eluded Elma's town marshal in pre-dawn flurry of gunfire. Marshal James Foley said he fired 18 shots at Jhe pair after they opened fire on him at point blank range when he surprised them in a safecracking job at the Sports Center. He estimated they fired more than 30 shots at him in the wild outburst of gunplay that awakened the town at 5:30 a.m. Bullets nicked buildings and shattered windows. Foley said he was' sure he hit the fleeing car more than once. Stake Out ation to Newbry's office is Rep. Lyle Thomas of Polk county. Far-' mers' Union chieftain and leading opponent of the sales tax. Rep. Joe Wilson (r) of New port formally broke the ice last week with the first actual filing for office. He asks election as sen ator to succeed George Winslow (r), Tillamook, who has indicated he will not seek another term from the 24th . senatorial district But that's hardly a start Here is the list of officers whose terms expire next year and for whose, posts filings will be made at O'Hara's headquarters by the night of March 12 with the statutory 70 days notice required for the May 21 primaries. (Incum bents and party in parenthesis) : Governor (John Hall. r). Secretary of State (Earl New bry, r). State Treasurer (Leslie Scott, r). Attorney General (George Neu ner, r). U. S. Senator (Guy Cordon, r). All four U. S. representatives (Homer Angell, Walter Norblad, lJ - r ' POUNDDD 1651 V . ; - ; ; -45 24 PAGES The) McGilclirist t ; h " , ' t i to' William McGUchrist jr promi nent Salem real estate broker and civic leader wbe died at his home here Friday night Well-Known Realtor, Gvic Leader Dies William McGilchrist, Jr., 2, long-time Salem resident . and prominent real estate broker, died at his home, 695 N. Summer st, late Friday from a heart ailment which had made him seriously ill for the past three months. Funeral services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel Monday at 1 :30 p.m. with the Rev. Chester Hamblin officiating. Pri vate concluding services will be held at the Mt. Crest, Abbey mau soleum. Born in Scotland McGilchrist was born in Glas gow, Scotland, Sept 17, 1885, the son of William and Jane Oliver Caffrey McGilchrist He moved to the United States with his par ents in 1893 at the age of six. The family moved to Marion county where McGilchrist's father oper ated a fruit ranch seven miles south of Salem until 1908, and then moved to Salem when the senior McGilchrist purchased and operated a restaurant. McGilchrist received his educa tion in the Salem public schools and joined his father in the res taurant business. He later went into the furniture business by himself and remained there until 1918. A short time later he en tered the real estate business and continued in that capacity until his death. Member of Clubs He was a member of the First Presbyterian church. Masonic lodge, Elks, Rotary club, Cham ber of Commerce, YMCA, life member of the Al Kader temple of the Mystic Shrine and a char ter member of the Cherrians, which he served :as King Bing. He is survived by his widow, the former Eva Savage, to whom he was married in Salem Feb. 21, 1912; a daughter, Mrs. Jose phine Buck of Portland; three brothers, James McGilchrist and Gordon McGilchrist both of Sa lem, and Dr. Nicol McGilchrist of Spokane; three sisters, Jean Mc Gilchrist of Portland, Mrs. E. W Casagrande of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. William P. Douglas of Berkeley, Calif.; his step-mother, Mrs. William McGilchrist, sr., of Salem, and a grandson, William Buck of Portland. GUARD POSTED ON MINE ' 1 FLORENCE, Ore, Nov. lS-iP)- Anotner Japanese mine washed ashore on the Oregon coast today, just 500 feet from the Roosevelt Beach post office, and coast guardsmen set up a guard around it Claims on Lowell Stockman and Harris Ells worth, all republicans). Three (out of seven) supreme court judges (Harry H. Belt Percy R. Kelly, James T. Brand, office non-partisan). Fourteen (out of 30) circuit judges ( including George R. Dun can and E. M. Page of Marion county, office non-partisan). Eighteen (out of 30 state sen ators (not including Sens. Allan Carson, r, and Douglas McKay, r, of Marion county, whose terms do not expire). All 60 state representatives (in eluding Reps. W. W. Chad wick, Paul Hendricks, Frank Doerfler and Douglas Yeater, all republi cans, of Marion county). Twenty - eight (out of 36) dis trict attorneys (including Miller Hayden, r, Marion county). , In addition to these state' fil ings, there also will be chosen at the May 21 primaries national committeemen and committeewo men for the two major parties (incumbents are Lew Wallace and Nancy Honeyman Robinson, dem ocratic, and Ralph Cake and Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, republican); " f Orgon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Sunday-. Norombo 18. 1947 Pay rolls Set Mark In Oregon Oregon industries subject to the unemployment law, paid $402, 332,000 in wages from January through June, 1947, an increase of 25.8 per' cent over the same per iod of 1948, higher than for any similar period during the war and more t n for any entire pre-war year, the state unemployment compensation commission reported Saturday. Widespread expansion in the basic lumbering, logging and con struction industries early this year accounted for,ell over half the $82,450,000 payroll gain reported by 15,000 employers over the state, the commission said. Payrolls reported by lumber, logging and other wood product concerns reached the unpreced ented figure of $112,620,979 for the first half of 1947, more than 53 per cent increase over the corres ponding period last year and more than the entire -covered payroll of the state for 1938, when unem ployment benefits started. In that year all wood products firms paid $22,986,787 in wages during the first six months. By 1941 the first half total reached $43,503,742. This year loggers and lumber workers averaged $261.06 a month, while in 1938 the average was $102.77. The number of construction workers increased from 10 to 40 per cent over the same months last year while payrolls for the first six months were 39 per cent higher than in 1946. Average wages this year reached $246 'a month as compared with $202 dur ing, the war-time rush and $213 last year. Marine Hits Own ftome with Greyhound Bus SILVERTON, Ore, Nov. 1S-(JP) Leo Denver Yates, 20, believes today that your troubles come home. , - The young marine picked out a Greyhound bus to leave here en route to his marine base after spending a visit with his parents. Police said that he had "borrowed' the bus, however, and then crash ed into his own home attempting to negotiate a sharp curve. Yates was arrested in the bus, suffer ing a wrenched shoulder, and charged with theft of the vehicle. He is held on $10,000 bail. Damage to the bus was esti mated at $2,500 and repairs to the Yates ' family home are ex pected to total approximately the same amount . '48 U.N. Meet Set for Europe NEW YORK, Novj 15 -fvP)- The United Nations assembly voted 32 to 17 today to bold in 1948 ses sion in Europe. Carrying out of the decision hinges only on ap proval of additional funds, which most delegates expect will be granted. Britain spearheaded the opposi tion and announced she would carry ah the fight However, Aus tralia issued a post-vote state ment switching her backing away from the British. Alexandre Parodi of France is leading the drive for the European meeting. Russia and the United States sided with France. Geneva, Paris and Brussels have been men tioned as possible sites. State Posts as Campaigns Near six presidential electors from the state-at-large for each of the twp major parties; and delegates to the national party conventions. O'Hara said he had been in formed that Oregon would have 16 delegates to the democratic na tional convention two from each congressional district and eight from the state-at-large, and 12 to the republican national con vention two from each con gressional district and four from the state-at-large. The 1944 dem ocratic representation was 'the same number 16 but the republicans in 1944 accorded Ore gon two. more than their contem plated 12 for next year and a con troversy still is in progress regard ing the reduction. In addition to all these offices for which filings will be made through the state elections divi sion, there also will be a primary election vote on presidential pre ference foe whatever candidates seek electors from this state. ' Marion county's own election (in addition to those offices for which filings are made with the U oo May Football Scores Portland 27, Willamette 0. Oregon 21, Stanford 6. WSC 14, Oregon State 13. UCLA 34, Washington 7. California 60, Montana 14. Idaho 13, Utah 7. Notre Dame 26, North w. 19. Army 7, Penn 7. Michigan 40, Wisconsin 6. Penn State 20, Navy 7. Texas 20, Texas Christian 0. Alabama 14, Georgia Tech 7. Iowa 13, Minnesota 7. Pacific U. 16. CPS 6. Linfieid 23, UBC 0. Doubts Cast ir On Report of Missing Plane A civil aeronautics administra tion in Portland Saturday night said the report of an airplane miss ing since early Friday morning on a flight between Salem and the Oregon coast apparently was er roneous. The CAA said there was no rec ord of an unknown plane having been in the Salem area, and that the coast guard had checked all coast airports without finding any trace of the craft. The four-place plane was sup posedly piloted by a man identi fied as Sawyer, believed to be from Fairbanks. Alaska,, and was carrying three passengers. Offi cials of the Salem airport and fly ing services there said late Satur day that the craft was never seen at the airport None of the flying services reported gassing up such a plane, and a check of Salem ho tel registers showed no one by the name of Sawyer had registered re cently. Rumors that the plane was missing stemmed from a telephone call received by the US. weather bureau at McNary field from Sawyer early Friday morning, in quiring about the weather near Newport Ore., and Vancouver, B. C. Sawyer announced his plans for a 'flight to Yachats in the tele phone' conversation. The plane was numbered NC 25945. Coast guard planes Saturday conducted an all-day aerial search for the allegedly missing craft. 'Battle of Newark' Fought Verbally NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 15 -JT) The defenders of Newark bay levelled a barrage of words to day instead of the water, and flame-fighting foam two tiny city fire boats were to have "fired" in their blockade of the port against the super-dreadnaught New Mex ico. Barristers unleashed their at tack announcing they would car ry the fight to Washington next week to keep the old ship from being scrapped at Newark. First attorneys for the Port of New York authority and Lipsett, Inc., the New York salvage firm intent on scrapping the dead man o'war at Newark over the city's objections, signed an armis tice until Tuesday. SEN. PEPFER WILLING PANAMA CITY, Fla Nov. 15 -(y!P)-Sen. Claude Pepper (D-Fla) today said he would "accept the democratic nomination for the of fice of vice president of the Unit ed States if it were offered in next summer's convention, and would be ever grateful to the party for the opportunity to show my gratitude." state) also will provide plenty of fireworks all by itself, with Coun ty Clerk Harlan Judd charged with receiving filings by the March 12 deadline. Partisan terms expiring next year include those of County Judge Grant Murphy, Commis sioner Roy Rice, Clerk- Harlan Judd, Sheriff Denver young. As sessor Tad Shelton, Treasurer Sam Butler, Coroner L E. Bar rick and Surveyor Hedda Swart The latter also is county engineer, an appointive office. All are re publicans. The only county - wide officers holding over next year are Recor der Herman Lanke and Commis sioner E. L. Rogers. Non-partisan terms expiring in 1948 are those of District Judge Joe Felton and School Superin tendent Agnes Booth. All constables were made ap pointive, by the recent legisla ture, but the term of four Mar ion county Justices of the peace will expire next year those of Alt O. Nelson (r), Silverton; Wal ter Bell (r), Stay ton; N. M. Lau- Prlc 5c IBoo Hoorope AM Plan to Slow Drain on U.S. Resources; Policy Talk Ready for Monday y WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-(P)-A move developed on Capital Hill today to specify quantities of aid rather than sums of money in any European stopgap aid plan. iDiplomatic authorities reported meanwhile that the admin istration is presently planning to ask congress for authority to spend on Latin-American and Canadian commodities at least $8,000,000,000 of what over-all long range aid funds for Europe are provided. At present foreign loans such as those made to Great Britain carry the stipulation that the funds must be spent in the United States. President Truman will lay his $597,000,000 program for stop-gap aid for France, Italy and Austria before the opening session of con gress Monday, along with a sug gested means of halting the rise in the cost of Jiving at home. The diplomatic authorities, who asked not to be quoted by name, said that the use of U. S. dollars in buying Latin American and Canadian products would be de signed to reduce the drain on U. S. recources. They said the major products involved in the idea, in the order of their importance, are bread grains, coarse grains, meats, fats and oils, coffee, cotton and timber. The president will appear be fore the joint session of the sen ate and house Monday in person, accompanied by his cabinet His message, on which he worked to day, will be broadcast to the na tion (10:30 'p-m. PST, to be heard locally over station KSLM). Mr. Truman in his stopgap aid message also is expected to out line at least the broad aspecta of a long-range European recovery program that Secretary of State Marshall has estimated will cost from $16,000,000,000 to $20,000, 000,000 in the next four years. Merchant Fleet Expansion Asked WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-JP)- A presidential committee recom mended tonight that the govern ment provide hundreds of mil lions of dollars to help build a "modern, efficient" merchant fleet in the interests of national defense.. It called for construction of 46 "high quality" passenger vessels over the next four years at a cost of $150,000,000 a year and for inception of an additional program to build oil tankers and dry cargo ships. State Bureaus Seek to Retain Employes Past Retirement Age A meeting of the s.tate public employes' retirement board is scheduled for Tuesday in Port land, Jerry Saylor, executive sec retary, announced Saturday. Among problems to be consid ered will be the granting of time extensions, where requested by supervisory officials, for employes to remain in service after attain ing retirement age of 65 years. Hard hit by a shortage of ex perienced personnel and reluctant to shelve some of their best work ers, many state departments particularly where technical by (d), ML Angel; T. C. Gorman (r), Woodburn. Two justices will hold over E. E. Howell (r), Jef ferson, and E. Vickers (d), Breit enbush. The justice of the peace is a partisan office. Under the 1947 laws, Marion county (like Clackamas and Lane which also were given a district judge) eventually may have but five justice of the peace districts, but County Judge Grant Murphy said Saturday the county court had not completed its investiga tion as to need, and that the pre sent six districts would be re tained for the time being. Several persons have formally declared themselves as candidates (such as McKay nad Ackerman for governor. Sen. Walter Pear son and Ormond Bean for state treasurer), but as of Saturday the only actual filing with O'Hara was the candidacy of Rep. Joe Wilson, and County Clerk Judd reported he had yet to record a candidacy for the offices in his jurisdiction. (The election picture as it ef fects Salem will be dealt with in another story). No, 200 Hughes Claims Evidence in Case Withheld WASHINGTON. Nov. 15-4V Howard Hughes demanded today that Senator Ferguson (R-MTch) ' withdraw what Hughes called an "implied challenge" that there was fraud and corruption in the mil lionaire plane maker's wartime contracts. Evidence still locked within the files of the senate war investiga ting committee, Hughes said, will prove be "was telling the truth" in" denying he -took part in any thing crooked. The outburst came as the com mittee ended Its public hearings on the $40,000,000 Hughes con tracts" Ferguson, chairman of a war investigating subcommittee which has been looking into ;. Hughes contracts for photo planes for the? air force and for a huge flying boat quickly denied that he cr other senators had reached any conclusions in the case. The senator also, promised Hughes that all evidence in the committee's files will get a public airing next week. DAV Building Bids Opened Five bids for the new Disabled American Veterans' Memorial building were opened in the offic of Architect Lyle P. Bartholomew' last week by the DAV trustees. The bids were as follows: Henry Carl $71,975,' E. Batterman $76, 265, C. Lanti $89,450. C. Halvor son $87.989,. A. Siewert $95,229. The contract for the building, to be erected at Church and Marion streets is to be awarded shortly. workers predomniate will peti tion the board before the Novem ber 18 deadline for permission to retain essential employes who have reached the retirement age. The state board of control this week was asked to approve the retention' of E. C, Hobbs, state printer, and Joe Woods, state pur chasing department employe, who have reached 65. Final decision on these requests rests with the re tirement board. Although many department heads said they would .be unable to operate efficiently unless some of their older employes stay, two departments the state police and the board of higher education decided all of their employes who had reached retirement age would retire on July '1 when the retire ment law became effective. The state highway department now in the midst of its largest construction program, will ask to keep about 25 men of retirement age, most Of them technical work ers, officials said. A similar situa tion was said to exist in the state industrial accident commission, unemployment compensation di vision, state engineers office, state banking department public utili ties commission, state civil sen ice commission and other branches of state government. The public employes retirement law became operative July 1 of this year although workers who had reached the retirement age at that time need not leave their job until December 31. The law provided that , employers, under certain conditions, may petition the retirement board for retention of workers of retirement age. ' Workers retained beyond re tirement age by order of the board are restricted to one addi tional year bf service but the ap plication for an extension may b repeated annually.