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Lebanon Lumber!
ack
Granted
Dutch , Indonesian, Shake Hands at U.N.
Pre-Christmas Pardon as New
Evidence Points to Innocence
OLYMPIA, Dec. 23-F)-A pre-Christmas conditional prrdon gave
Clarence Boggie his freedom after 13 years imprisonment today, the
xnira ume ne nas naa prison terms cui snorx ior rum in mree x'acuic
northwest states.
i The 55-year-old former Oregon lumberjack, whose parent's home
is at Lebanon, told at the Walla Walla prison of success in, long efforts
to prove his innocence of a crime
he has always denied committing.
Christmas
dk nas always uemeu commit ung, i g--m i
zzl several minutes Clumnevir ires
Frequent Here
Then he said
"It's a wonderful
present."
Prison Warden Tom Smith, one
of several officials long convin
ced he was not guilty of the first
degree murder of 79 - year - old
Moritz Petersen in Spokane in De-
In November
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cember, 1935, and the Rev. W. A. """'ejr VS "7 ,Zi,,
, ' tt I heated stoves and furnaces led all
serving a life term
Recommended by Prosecutor
The action by Gov. Mon C. Wall
gren was an executive pardon.
The governor said it had been rec-
other fire sources in Salem dur
ing the month of November, the
city fire department reported this
week.
The chimney fires continued to I
ommended by the prosecutor In the Increase with the advent of cold
ease, now a Spokane Judge, and "
Atty Gen. Smith Troy and the residences during the month. No
board of prison terms and parol... eenou, damages restated Jtanany
.nr w.llrrn said, "has disclosed by the Cre fighters.
considerable evidence which was Carelessly tossed clgareti set
.VBnahi to RAirii'i defense fire to a hotel chair, a rubbish
nrhich wna not hrourht pile and of all things a cus
to the attention of the court, the
frosecuting attorney or the Jury
ardoned in Idaho
In July, 1935, Boggie was par-
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pidor in a public building. A spark
from an electric motor set off
gasoline explosion at the Texaco
Oil company plant in southeast
toned in Idaho after serving a year Salem, causing minor damage to
and a half of a five-to-six year w"-8e "u wui.
The most sensational blaze of
the month was at the state prison
PARIS, Dec 23 J. H. Tan Keren (left), Netherlands delegate to the United Nations, and L. N. Palar,
who represent. Indonesia, stand at arms length as they shake hands before opening of U. N. Security
Council's meeting to discuss war in Indonesia in Paris today. During council meeting Australia de
manded Holland's expulsion from U. N. unless she halt, her attack on Indonesian Republic. (AP Wire
photo via radio from Paris to The Statesman.)
sentence for an $80 robbery- He
claimed he was forced at gunpoint
io drive a robbery automobile.
When he was 31, he was granted flax plant where a group of con
a commutation of sentence by Ore- victs set fire to several piles of
Son's governor. His 1 5-year-term I x traw in an escape attempt.
on a robbery conviction was com
muted to 10 years on Jan. 10, 1931
Attorney General Troy's rec
ommendation to Governor Wall
gren said another man may be
brought to trial for the Petersen
Slaying.
Bridges, Employers Rebuked
By Labor-Management Board
By Max Hall
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2Z-(JPy-The joint labor-management com-
The firefighters traveled 65 mittee of congress blamed both labor and management today for 14
miles and spent 20 hours and 25 years of "constant turmoil" in the west coast maritime industry,
minutes to put out a total of 42 A report issued by the chairman. Senator Ball (R-Minn), severely
blazes during the month. criticized Harry Bridges, president of the CIO Longshoremen's union,
The Salem first i aid, operated for Dreachin a "doctrine of class struggle." It said "No instance has
tnrougn trie lire department, been found when his purpose dev
treated 89 persons and went to i.ted In the slightest from the com-
m.. T5 TO A r!IIK.rt Walla five fire calls. Thirty-eight pa- munist nartv line of the moment.
w.n. v' o"i evi. tients were treated by the aid men But the reDort also hit the wat
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ley Gardner, mystery story writer, - - enront employers, n BOi" ,
a. . . . . I CULL I IIJ.l.'.HiiAMt" rvAPCAnnAl T f I 1 S 1 aC
and their "bitter" resistance to the
Iceland, when discovered by the t1-?1. L ,
Scandinavians around 850 A.D., nao- ine e"cVl Ul, T
had long been Inhabited by a small tant, aggressive, ie"-w"'
Inns.
The report was prepared by
John F. Preston, Jr., and Ralph R.
Pickering, of the committee's staff,
ftr a lone study of the industry.
It was approved Monday at the
final meeting of the committee,
which soon goes out of existence.
Unable to Define Rights
The report said "political incom-
Datibility" is the most important
Raymond C. Schindler, New York
detective, and Don Magsuson, Se
attle Times reporter, made long
investigations of the case.
Asked to Investigate
With several report, before him, colony of Irish Culdees.
Governor Wallgren called upon
Attorney General Troy to Investi
gate and former Asst. Atty. Gen.
Edward J. Lehan, Spokane, head
ed up the Investigation.
The murdered man's daughter.
Airs. Emma J. Rolfe, told invest!
gators she was convinced Boggie
was innocent. She had "no hesi
tancy" about asking that he be
pardoned, she said.
Attorney General Troy gave
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DISTRICT COURT
Donald Posey, charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of
T 7i .t .V ation; held in lieu Of $2,000 bail
work and said that the Seattle w 'i- wt
minor, bound over; to grand Jury cause ef conflict in the industry.
This means labor and management
Times, which printed detailed re-
Walter Nelson, e h a rg e d with
rape, preliminary examination set
P01"' "has made an exceptional for December 28 following a plea
contribution to the cause of Jus- of nt; held in lieu of of $3,500
sice, uriajtnusun ipeni iivTinuuuia i bail.
oo in. case. Trank Paul Ka jer, X u g e n e,
Cavra In View charged with driving while in
Superior Judge Ralph I. Foley, toxicated and failure to stop at the
Spokane county, prosecutor in the scene of accident, continued
mm mi m In ww tnanrM that A 1 t it. 1 . a. . v
-- vwMvwiia m ij n ior piea on ooui cnarges to uecem
xn. new eviaence raises qoudu oi ber 24; held in lieu of $150 bail
Boggte's guilt, Governor WaUgren Ernest William Martin, Rickreall
aKL
have been unable to define the
rights and power of eacn side. De-
cause each party is convinced that
the opposing party "seeks its ex
tinction,?
Industry-wide bargaining was
not found to be one of the basic
caus2s of conflict.
The retjort said industry-wide
bargaining In itself, doesn't cause
either peace or war. It may con
tribute to peace in one industry
and have the opposite effect in an-
plete his law course at Willam
ette university.
Logging Mishap
Victim Will Be
Home for Yule
DETROIT, Dec. 23 -(Special)
Zeland Fryer, who has been hos
pitalized in Salem since a log
ging accident last month, is ex
pected to return to his home here
for Christmas. He has been in
Salem Memorial hospital. His
right leg still is in a cast. He
lost two fingers of his right hand
and was Injured otherwise when
a long rolled on him.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ball will
spend the holidays with friends
In Ontario. They are to leave Fri
day and return the first of the
year. Mrs. Ball has been working
in a Salem jewelry store for sev
eral weeks.
Programs Aim
To Ease State
Tax Situation
Two programs designed to clar
ify the state's financial situation
are expected to be ready for con
sideration early in the 1949 legis
lative session which convenes
here January 10.
One would involve use of cor
porate excise tax revenues and
at least a part of the personal
Income taxes for payment of gen
eral fund expenses. The second
suggested program will deal with
prospective new sources of reve
nue such as taxes.
Attorneys In Salem are virtual
ly agreed that the legislature has
authority to divert future income
taxes for governmental costs, pro
vided the necessary legislation is
approved. A recent decision by the
state supreme court rules that in
come taxes cannot be transferred.
Most officials have expressed
opposition to the second plan for
so-called nuisance levies such as
cigaret or sales taxes. The cost
of collecting, they say, is too great
when compared to the collections.
Virtually every legislator visiting
the state capitol this week has
been outspoken against any at
tempt to pass a sales tax.
Job Total for
December May
Show Decline
Oregon employment maintained
a new off-season high of more
than ,600,000 as December opened
but probably will show a decline
when figures for the entire month
are received, the state unemploy
ment compensation commission
reported Thursday.
The state's employed labor force
of 389,798 in March, 1940, was
increased to 593,500 at the war
time peak in June, 1943, and
reached a new mark of 637.100
during the fall harvests in Sep
tember, 1948.
Even though from 15,000 to 20,
000 students, housewives and
others withdrew from the labor
market during the past 60 to 90
days, the number of those actively
seeking work jumped from a sum
mer low of 20.300 to 39,000 on
December 1, and an estimated
46,000 in the week before Christ
mas.
Salem and Eugene offices each
reported around a thousand new
claimants, while McMinnville,
Corvallis, Toledo, Roseburg, Med
ford. Grants Pass, Coos Bay.
Klamath Falls, Bend and several
smaller offices also took more
new claims in the first half of
the month than in all of Decem
ber, 1947.
In the past 30 days more than
15,000 new civilian compensation
claims have been filed, while
about half as many veterans have
given notice of starting a period
of ; unemployment. Continued
widespread layoffs in the lumber
industry, adding to the normal
seasonal letdowns in food process
ing, resorts and related , Indus
tries, made the post-holiday eco-
nomle outlook somewhat suicer
tain, the report said. It was pre
dieted, however, that the state's
1945-46 high of 71,000 Idle work
ers would not be reached even
with the heavy in-migratlon since
the end of the war. i
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On a clear, cold night Jusf 1,948 Tears ago there came M
into the world a little Child with the gift ol man's salvation.
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In this hoj Mason traditionally' symbolized by peace
and Joy may we wish you the happiness of an
old-fashioned
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Mrs. J. A. Wright is in Salem morial hospital.
temporarily while her husband is
receiving attention at Salem Me-
route 1. charged with two counts na M.TU 7C
land uid at the nrison he nf nHtai mn hv fni, I other mousiry. ueu.
sUsatd to do everrthinsi possible tenses, nreliminarv hearin et for er factors. (inausur.
ie peeve his complete innocence .December 24 following pleas of in
an4 aid kx an attempt to find the nocent on each charge; held in lieu
reel siller of Petersen. A retired of $2,000 total bail.
saloon and hotel operator, he was Harold Hanson, 1912 Hazel ave.,
blackjacked to death at his home and Jack Cosman, 1106 N- 4th st.,
the forenoon of June 26, 1933. botft charged with illegal cutting
Xebbery was advanced as the mo- I of trees, continued for plea to Dec-
tlve. 1 ember 3 1
Boggie planned to return to the I ,..TB.
anon. Ore- either tomorrow or
Saturday. He must report at spe-
Clyde T. Phernetton vs Rose
Phernetton: Defendant files an
swer containing denial and in
cross - complaint seeking divorce
inintf means central bargaining
through employer associations in
stead of company by company.)
Not Been Expanding
Besides "political incompatibil
ity ," the other main causes of con
flict in the west coast maritime in
dustry were given as follows:
The industry has not been a
profitbale or expanding one.
It has attracted the homeless,
restless, nonconformist type of
worker rather than more settled
which led to
effied times to parole officers
The Times began a series today charges and huan treat. Iam"Lveenrs. personnel practices
rhleh it described as containing aEk. f tsn mnnth . . Employers P"nei. J .
have ianea io aiiraci a
force or develop a sense of pride In
the operation.
Foremen have not been treated
as a part of management, nor kept
fullv informed on management
Otto F. Johnson estate": Report policy, with the result that many
Which
flie "new evidence"
Boggie's pardon.
AT YULE PARTY
. SILVERTON Sixty children at
tended the Christmas party of the
American- Legion and auxiliary
Monday night.
ment asks for $50 per month sup-
i port money. Married Oct. 29, 1924,
at Vancouver, Wash.
PROBATE COURT
Bertha M. MacLafferty estate:
Estate appraised at $2,571
on sale of real property filed.
Waterspout Cavorts off Coast
tit-" rs
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SANTA MONICA. CaL, Dec 23 A waterspepi, which the weather ba-
ww aucw uj lauinc ui cvduimdi, mtra across bibu
Menica bay daring a sterns yesterday. Watchers estimated its height
at 15et feet and said it remained visible for 2t minutes. (AP Wire
nneie te The Statesman).
nrwrvisors nave "ien a
affinity toward their unions than
their employers."
Rivalry among seven unions nas
resulted in a "dehydrated bargain
ing" in which each party tends to
state its demands and refuse to re
cede from them lest its rival reach
a better bargain.
Flight Schools
Consolidate
Consolidation of the Eagle Fly
ing service and Verne ueAuire
mont flying service was announc
ed this week by DeAutremont
who recently purchased the Eagle
service from Richard H. Spoon-
The combined service is oper
ofoH hv nAtitremont at the Sa
lem airport. It includes flight in- j
struction, general aircraii ierv
lce and overhaul and sale of air
planes and parts. Spooner has re
tired from the business to com-
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