Boggle Assured Freedom as
Records ShoW'jTjarljti Expired
Family Greets Paroled Convict in Reunion at Lebanon
; Clarence Boggie, the man who
cpent 13 years in prison for the
murder he claims he didn't com
mit, was assured Saturday that
he would not have to go back 'to
prison again.
For the 55-year-old lumber
jack it was the second Christmas
present from the state of Ore
gon. He was reunited with his
aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Boggie, at Lebanon Friday night.
When he reentered Oregon from
Washington he faced a possible
two-year sentence.
He had previoisly been par
doned from an Oregon sentence
for robbery. But the pardon was
conditional and Hal M. Randall,
Oregon Parole director, said the
lumberjack would have to go
within the stone walls for two
more years.
Christmas came as a welcome
truce in the struggles of the world.
Russian relations were calm. In
China the fighting seemed to have
died down for the moment. The
Dutch smash in Indonesia was so
thorough that little' opposition re
mained. Palestine may have had
spurts of gunfire but Christians
made the pilgrimage to Bethle
hem safely. ;.
On the domestic front, too,
Christmas seemed to mute strident
voices in politics and industrial
relations. President Truman en
joyed the holiday at his old home
in Independence, with his family.
Manufacturing, retailing, fann
ing relaxed with a general feel
ing of satisfaction over a good
year in business; and workers
found little to complain of as the
year drew to an end. The weath
er acted normally for the season,
blowing a wintry breath across
the land, sometimes snow-laden,
to attest it.was late December.
For this lull we should give
thanks, because with the turn of
the year we must face up again
to many and grave problems.
Christmas was a welcome anes
thesia for the strains of interna
tional relations and the fears of
domestic prospects. The holidays
past, ( our worries will return to
fill the New Year bag fuller than
Santa's 1948 pack.
The coming session of the con
gress Is where most of the con
tents of the worry bag will be
dumped. The country now awaits
the president's message "on the
state of the union" and his budget
message. They will formally, lay
out, a work program for congress,
one sure to excite controversy.
In international affairs, con
gress must decide what to do about
continued EGA. appropriations. It
must relate its military budget to
the
(Continued on editorial page)
Arab Planes
Bomb Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 25-UP)
Arab planes bombed Israel to-night
a few hours after a com
plete and unrestricted blackout
was ordered for the whole Jewish
state, it was officially announced.
Air raid sirens sounded in Tel
Aviv and the alert lasted more
than an hour and a half. It was
officially stated that a few bombs
were dropped on the "coastal
plain" but no .damage was re
ported. The Jewish blackout order was
broadcast urgently over Israeli
radio stations late today follow
ing recent ar raids at or near
Haifa, Nazareth, Jericho and Gaza.
Snow Bypasses
New York City
NEW YORK,- Dec. 25--The
New York metropolitan area had
snow squalls and bitter cold to-
CftP
OTOOQ0
mo ODDS
, night but a threatened heavy snow-
storm bypassed the city ana moved
out to sea.
The squalls were intense but
brief, striking various parts of the
city at different times.
Animal Crackers
. By WARREN GOODRICH
Sfrf
4.11 I
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It'll
"Just one question before we
issue this policy Haw fsst can
You tun?"
Randall said today, however,
that he had re-studied the ob
scure phrasing in the case, and
now found that Boggie's sen
tence had expired in 1934. Ran
dall so advised Gov. John H. Hall
in Portland who said he shortly
would issue a confirming state
ment. Later the Governor issued the
statement, along wth an order to
Randall's office to make no at
tempt to re-arrest Boggie.
This cleared the way for Bog
gie's impending marriage with
Beatrice Nichols, part r time
school teacher. The twp con
ducted their romance via the
mails, while Boggie was in pri
son at Walla Walla, Wash.
Mrs. Nichols, a . widow who
lives on a farm between Bar
ronnett and Cumberland, Wise,
Wedding to Take
Place After Near
Half-Century Delay
PORTLAND, Dec. 25-UPi-A 71
year-old farmer and the bride he
selected 47, years ago will be mar
ried Monday.
David Wallit, Sauvies Island
farmer, said the wedding planned
nearly a half -century ago was
dropped after he lost his ; leg in
a logging accident.
But recently the girl who mar
ried someone else in the mean
while resumed a correspondence
with him. She is now Mrs. Helen
Davey, a grandmother and a widow
for the last 17 years.
She arrived here Tuesday, and
they set the wedding date.
War, Peace
Meet in Town
Of Bethlehem
By John Roderick
BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25-GffVThls
year's traditional Christmas cere
mony in Bethlehem, where Christ
was born, ended today in a
strange atmosphere of war and
peace.
Inside the hallowed Church of
the Nativity devout Christians
prayed for peace. Id the adjoin
ing chanels. Arab troons moved
about with rifles on their shoul
ders.
The colorful Christmas eve pil
grimage from Jerusalem to Beth
lehem was the smallest in many
generations. At midnight, when
the . service began, probably no
more than 200 Christians were
inside the church. '
War Flares Anew
The reason, of course, was the
current Arab-Jewish war which
flared up anew in the Holy Land
as Christmas approached. ;
In other years the pilgrims set
out from Jerusalem's old walled
city and traveled six miles to
Bethlehem over the winding road
used by Mary and Joseph. This
year war created a detour' on the
sacred road and made the dis
tance twice as great
In Bethlehem, Arab tanks
mounted a grim guard in Manger
Square. Soldiers of Egypt, Iraq
and Trans-Jordan had their guns
at the ready because Jewish lines
were less than four miles away.
English Net Present!
For the first time' in SO years
the troops of Christian England
were not ; present to keep the
Christmas peace in Bethlehem
Britain gave up her mandate over
Palestine last spring and the
troops were called home. '
In their stead were American,
French and Belgian truce observ
ers on a United Nations assign
ment to restore peace to this
strife-torn land. And with mixed
Arab troops on guard, Christen
doms greatest event was com
memorated under the protecting
guns of a Moslem king Abdullah
of Trans-Jordan. For the first
time, no Jews made the pilgrim
age. X k i '
Question of Timing Complicates
Taft-Hartley Law Repeal Issue
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 - UP) -The
triumphant Truman adminis
tration has; run into a tough and
embarrasing problem: -When
should the Taft-Hartley labor law
be repealed?
This prime question of tactics
and timing' suddenly has become
the most discussed ? topic in the
labor world
President Truman, soon must de
cide what to recommend to scon
gress. He has been getting plenty
of conflicting advance.
The president is expected to ask.
congress to repeal the Taft-Hartley
act and restore the Wagner act
with certain amendments thus
ultimately producing a new com
promise labor law. i
Here is where the problem comes
in:
Should these things be done sim
ultaneously, in one package? This
might take; a lot of time, f
Or should they be done? in two
separate steps: (1) Quick repeal
of the Taft-Hartley act and simult
aneous re-enactment: of the Wag
ner act; (2 passage of the amend
ments later. i M
There is ; considerable evidienoe
that Mr. Truman is leaning to
ward the "one-package" approach.
but currently is at Sterling, Colo.,
said she would leave Sunday to
meet Boggie at Lebanon.
Boggie's first Christmas pres
ent from Oregon came when he
entered the state. Police were
told to arrest him, to serve out
his remaining two years here,
but the Governor intervened, an
nouncing that Boggie at least
could have Christmas day as a
free man.
Nineteen members of Boggie's
family were awaiting him, and
tears flowed as Boggie embraced
his mother, his 82-year-old fa
ther, then greeted two sisters,
a brother and their children.
No Christmas celebration had
been planned at the parent's
home, but a gaily decorated tree
was there by the time the freed
man arrived, brought by Bog
gie's sister, Mrs. Mabel Smith.
CIO Campaigns
For Expanded
Social Security
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 - UP) -The
CIO today launched a drive
for a much larger social security
system.
The labor organization called for
vast expansion of the present fed
eral old age and jobless Insurance
plans plus inauguration of new
pay-while-sick medical care pro
grams.
Besides this, to come from the
government, the CIO said it wants
somewhat similar, supplementary
insurance paid for by employers in
collective bargaining agreements.
John L. Lewis' $100,000,000 a year
health and welfare plan for coal
miners is an example of this.
The CIO unfolded its elaborate
social security plans in its publi
cation "economic outlook," say
ing:
"CIO support of improved (fed
era! social security) laws does not
mean that our unions will relax
their efforts to secure through col
lective bargaining employer-finan
ced plans which provide protection
against the economic hazards of oid
age, premature death, sickness and
unemployment.
The CIO figured that part of its
plan it wants the federal govern
ment to undertake would cost "7
or 8 per cent of payrolls for the
next few years."
But "we are reluctant," the
CIO's pamphlet said, to have work
ers pay more than 2 or 2vs per cent
and employers 4 per cent on pay
rolls "Cost above a total 6 or 6 per
cent payroll tax should be met out
of general revenues through prog
ressive forms of taxation such as
the income or excess profits tax,"
it said.
"This would put a larger pro
portion of the cost on the well-to-do,
as is proper."
China Military
Scene Quiet
NANKING, Dec 25-VMove-
ment of at least two divisions of
government troops, including some
cavalry and tanks, through this
capital's streets was the only sign
of activity today in China's civil
war.
Some of the soldiers evidently
were returning from the fronts
Just north of Nanking while others
were northbound.
U. S. More Prosperous,
Less Charitable in 1948
NEW YORTC TW M A Th
nation had a higher income . and
gave less of it to charity "this year
than ever before in history, the
Golden Rule Foundation said to
day.
Charles V. Vickrey, foundation
president, said only one per cent
of the country's record - breaking
1227,000,000,000 went to charities.
Even in the worst years of the
depression, Vickrey said, charity
got 5 .3 per cent.
Senator J. Howard McGrath (D
RI), the democratic national chair
man, flatly predicted a "one-package"
bill this week.
But if the president asks for
"one package" he will be acting
contrary to the advice of the AFL,
the CIO; and according to reli
able reports his own labor de
partment.
Most labor leaders want the "two
package" method. They fervently
desire the immediate erasure of
the Taft-Hartley law. The only
substitute they want at the start
is the Wagner act, which didn't
restrict unions in any way.
The labor leaders, most of them,
acknowledged privately that cer
tain amendments will be adopted,
such as outlawing jurisdictional
strikes. But they want these to
come along later, in a second pack
age. They greatly fear that getting
brand-new legislation through con
gress will take a lot of time. (It
took almost six months for the
80th congress to complete action
on the Taft-Hartley bill in 1947.)
The labor leaders don't want the
Taft-Hartley law on the books for
six more months or even three
months.
CSth Ysxnr
2 Section 24
City Quiet
On Yule
Holiday
It was a quiet, peaceful Christ
mas in Salem.
Friday's icy highway scare and
freezing temperatures kept area
residents close to the fireside
through the day Saturday. Few
motorists dared hazardous road
conditions for the usual holiday
sojourning about the countryside.
Friday's snow clung in little
shaded patches; bright sunshine
blessed most of the day. The
weatherman predicted some light
snow flurries again Monday, but
for today the sun could be ex
pected to shine through partly
cioudy skies.
Most of Jhe state celebrated a
white Christmas, with snow re
ported in eastern, central, south
ern and some parts of western
Oregon. Baker, after three days
of lub-sero temperatures, had
some relief with a minimum of 5
above.
La Grande took over as Ore
gon's coldest city and 4 below
zero. Other minimums were: On
tario 1, Pendleton 11, Klamath
Falls 18, Lakeview 20, Eugene 24,
Salem 27, Portland 29, Roseburg
30, North Bend 32, Newport 31,
Brookings 34 and Medford 38.
Po wer Station
Blast Darkens
Albany Area
ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 23 -(JP)-An
electric power substation burnt
out with an explosion tonight,
cutting off power for the entire
city and some neighboring areas.
All circuits for the city served
by the Mountain States Power
company were knocked out when
the plant caught fire at 8:10 pjn.
and plunged the area into dark
ness. Jefferson was also without
power.
The electrical explosion was
heard for half a mile and blew
the bottom out of the main trans
former, flooding the concrete
switching station with burning oiL
Firemen said the wiring and in
sulation of all circuits were burn
ed away and the switches short
circuited. Company employes hur
riedly began rewiring on an emer
gency basis, but said some sec
tors would be blacked out for
several hours.
Albany firemen used chemicals
and quickly brought the fire un
der control.
Company employes blamed the
heavy overload of power demand
and said it probably was caused
by too many electrical appliances
in operation because of holiday
cooking and the cold weather.
Similar neighborhood blackouts
were experienced in Portland
areas today, where Portland Gen
eral electric officials said a heavy
load of cooking appliances knock
ed out transformers.
8 Christmas ,
Day Babies
Born in Salem
Eight Salem babies will cele
brate their birthdays on Christ
mas day. The eight four boys
and four girls were born at Sa
lem hospitals Saturday.-
First Christmas babe to put in
an appearance was' George B.,
born to Mr. and Mrs. George Ross
man, 1357 Hines St., at 12:02 a.
m. in Salem Memorial hospital.
Number two, born at Salem
General at 1:58 -a.nt.., was a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
J. Smith, 370 Browning ave.
Number three was Niki Allyn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Mosher, 1136 N. 15th St., born at
2:43 a. m. at Salem General. Di
anne Marie, daughter of Mi. and
Mrs. Niel Dickman, Aumsville
route 1, and number four, arrived
at Salem General at 625 a. m.
James Michael, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Olinger. arrived at
Salem General hospital at 7:53
for Salem's fifth Christmas child
and a son was born at 10:32 a.m.
to Mr. and Mrs. Homer J. Rice,
Salem route 7, to bring the score
to six.
At 12:07 p. m. a son was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Finas Bales, 1765
Broadway St., at Salem Memorial,
and Salem General closed out a
busy Christmas for the stork by
delivering a daughter to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Starks, 275 Grande St.,
Independence, at 1:15 p. m.
Weather
Max.
- 37
37
47
SO
Min. Prccip.
27 .M
90 JDO
42 JS2
13 .01
18 trac
Salem
Portland
San Frandaco
Chicago
New York
27
Willamette river 2-9 fet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight with occa
fcmal light snow ahowers Monday.
Little change In temperature. High
today near 40. Low tonight near 25.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 to Dec 24)
Thia Year
Last Year
UJ3
Average
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Don Peflamce off U.KL MaOtFlire
Evidence of a Rescue That Failed
NEW YORK, N. Y.. Dee. 25 Several of the 13 Air Force men stranded en the Greenland Icecap stand by
the glider in which an attempt te rescue them was made by a C-54 making a "snatch" pickup ef the
glider tow rope. Attempt failed when glider plowed into deep snow (note tracks to upper left) causing
tow rope to break. Further attempts to rescue men have been hindered by stormy weather. This pic
ture was made by Associated Press staff photographer Peter J. Carroll from a plane which flew ever
scene dropping supplies. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman).
U.S. Carrier
Greenland
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2$-JPy-Thc aircraft carrier Saipan steamed
from Norfolk (Va.) naval base today carrying helicopters for an at
tempt to rescue 13 fliers stranded
Three banana-shaped helicopters,
carrier .were taken aboard the Saipan before she left on the four-day
voyage. The vessel also is carrying
Record Year of
Prosperity for
State Reported
PORTLAND, Dec. 25 -UP)- A
record year of prosperity for
Oregon was reported by business
leaders here today.
They said 1948 saw new highs
in payrolls and farm income. But
a warning note came at the end
of the year. The tourist business
and the lumber market fell off.
Some farm product prices also
dropped.
The state unemployment com
pensation commission reported
the payroll record at $948,000,000
for the year, compared with the
previous high of $864,455,000 last
year.
Lumber was a big leader in
this. The timber payroll amounted
to $260,000,000, in itself slightly
more than the pre-war high of
$259,916,000 for all industry in
1940.
The agriculture income was es
timated at $400,000,000 by Niels
I. Nielsen, government statistician
here. This compared with the
previous high of $370,847,000 in
1947.
Portland businest reflected this.
Bank clearings mounted to a rec
ord $7,578,470, 282 and building
permits to a record $52,580,155.
The lumber cut. because of
market softness at the end of the
year, was down slightly to 7,072,
000,000 board feet from the 1947
high of 7,164,000,000.
Salmon Skin to
Sub for Leather
BELLING HAM, Dec. 25 -vP-Leather
from salmon skin Pa
cific American Fisheries has an
nounced the new product as the
latest for milady's shoes and hand
bags. The big salmon canning con
cern reported the new - type lea
ther as a by - product on its new
process of preserving the fish
with both the skin and the back
bone removed. Invention of skin
ning and boning machines was a
development in the food proces
sing technique.
An ingeniousattachment re
moves a thin layer of skin with
the fish scales. The firm describ
ed the resulting leather as smooth,
pliable and non - porous. It can
be tanned and dyed.
Pastor Given Car
By Congregation
Santa and the reindeer had dis
appeared, but a new tan Plymouth
sedan was waiting Christmas
morning for Dr. Seth R. Hunting
ton, pastor of the First Congrega
tion church, when he returned
from early services.
Parked in his driveway, the auto
was a gift from Huntington's con
gregation, instigated by the young
people of the church.
POUNDDI
1651
Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday,
Leaves on
Rescue Trip
on a Greenland ice cap.
largest ever to land on an aircraft
two other helicopters.
The navy expedition Is In addl
tion to expanding effort of the air
force to get Its own men out of
the lee trap.
Eleven air force fUenhhave been
stranded on the ice cap for more
than two weeks. Two others Join
ed them today when a tow rope
on their pickup glider broke dur
ing a rescue attempt.
Reports to army authorities at
St. Johns said the 13 men were
welL
Departing at about 1 p. m., east'
era standard time, the crew of the
Saipan expected to travel at 30
miles an hour which will require
four days to reach Greenland.
The navy and marines hoped to
gam knowledge about cold weath
er helicopter and carrier operation
during the trip, in addition to sav
ing the icebound 13.
Trumans. Observe
Christmas Day in
Traditional Way
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 25
(iGVl'resident Truman surrounded
by loved ones, climaxed a gay
Christmas observance today with
a whopping turkey dinner.
Santa Claus, he observed, was
"too good" to him
He reached this decision after
an early morning peek at the pres
ents beneath the big 10-foot
Christmas tree in the living room
of the home on North Delaware
street.
He opened some of his own
when he got up at 7 a. m., long
before other members of the fam
ily were awake. He took a brisk.
one-mile walk down the middle
of the snow and ice coated streets
an hour later and then Joined
Mrs. Truman and their daughter,
Margaret, for the opening of other
presents.
Farmers Union Slates
State Conclave at Canby
CANBY, Ore., Dec. 25 JP)The
Oregon Farmers union cooperat
ive state convention will be held
here for four days beginning
February 21.
Ronald Jones, Brooks, state
president, said about 400 mem
bers arel expected to attend the
sessions. I
MOTHER 'KILLED IN FALL
PORTLAND, Dec. 25 -'(F)- Mrs.
Wanda S. March, 42, Portland, was
killed earlyX today in a tumble
down her basement stairs. She
fell shortly after midnight as she
went to get candy and nuts to fill
her children's stockings. The
widower ' and four children sur
vive.
WOMAN WINS PENSION
HOLLYWOOD, De 25 -WP-
Mrs. Esther V. M. Hamel of St
Ignatius, Mont., tonight won $100
a montn ior me or azs.ouu in a
soap company contest. The win
ner was announced on a radio
nroeram. It was the first contest
she ever entered.
v
December 28, 1948
i . ?
7 J
TrumanHopes
Marshall to
Resume Duties
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15 -VPS
President Truman has decided, a
close associate said today, to wait
out George Marshall's recovery
in ; the hop Marsha U. can resume
his duties as secretary of state
Unless the president later
changes his mind and appoints
a new secretary, this associate
said. Under Secretary of State
Robert Lovett will continue to act
for his chief while Marshall has
a chance to rest.
The president was described as
willing to wait for weeks or even
some months for the time when
his cabinet member might again
be able to take over the state
department reins.
Marshall, who underwent an
operation for removal of a kid
ney December 7, has given signs
that he would like to rear.
Medical authorities say that at
his age he will be 68 on , De
cember 31 Marshall cannot ex
Dect to carry a full schedule of
work after such an operation De-
cause of dietary and rest re-
auirements.
Nevertheless. Mr. Truman was
represented as hoping that wltmn
a reasonable period the secretary
of state may .be able to resume
policy-making functions, even ii
he has to leave many of tne de
tails to his subordinates.
Holiday Death
ToU Hits 217
As the last 24 hours of the
Christmas holiday week end be
gan, accidental deaths throughout
the nation totaled 217.
Ohio led the death list with 20
since 6 p. m. Friday. California
had 19.
Of the fatalities, 160 were due
to traffic mishaps, and 57 to other
accidents. The National Safety
council predicted 265 traffic deaths
by the end of the yuletide.
Fires in homes accounted for
some of the accidental deaths.
Oregon's only fatal accident oc
curred when a Portland mother
died from injuries received when
she fell downstairs.
CAROLERS RAID TOWN
MANILA, Sunday, Dec. 2MTV
Forty Hukbalahap guerillas dis
guised as Christmas carolers yes
terday raided a town in Pampnnga
province. Four persons were killed
by the outlaws.
The 10 Biggest
Stories in '48
1. Truman election.
2- Battle of Berlin.
3. Birth of IsraeL
4. Gandhi death.
5. Marshall plan.
C Cost ef Urine.
; 7. Tragedy ef China.
8. Mrs. Kasenklna.
9- Babe Rath death .
10. spy hunt.
On naee 13 of today's States
man. The Associated Press tells
why its members made these
choices). -
-nffl J) nil
Price) 10c
No. 243
Republican
Army Pushed
To Mountains
BATAVIA. Java. Dee. 55 -tSS
Dutch troops captured Madioeit
the last ma ior eitr of th imtn.
desian republic, today and seized
almost all of Java despite :a Unit
ed Nations cease fire order. I
Other Netherlands unit fiat
gained or were within reach t
Sumatra. , ' j
In a week of fighting the poorly-equipped
remibllcan armv has
been pushed back into wild moun
tain regions. spi up and with
out communications It is no long
er an- ai-eaitlmi flirti finer, fnri
Whether the republicans have re
tained enough strength to mount
damaging guerrilla attacks against
me juuicn remains to be seen. I
A Christmas dav NthrUnrf
communique announcing the cap
ture of Madioen , told of i Dutch
sweeps throughout Java. I Madi
oen. communication! cantor Im
85 miles east of fallen Jogjakarta,
the former republican capital.
If Miles from Seath Coast j
The Dutch also took Kd!rf aa
miles southeast of Madioen, the
communique said. They how have
advanced bu miles southward
from their north mart lanHlmr '
place at Toeban and are within 30
miles of the south coast In that
region of central Java. s f
Other Netherlands units operat
Int Immediately north and wm
of Madioen captured Ngawi and
magaian. Mopping up continued
around Magelang and Soerakarta,
the bulletin said. i
Important Rail Links f i
Mobile Dutch forces captured
Tiwinmuneroc. IB mil umth.
east of Soerakarta, and WonogirL
miles east of Jogakarta. AU
of these sweeps in central Java
gave the Dutch important high
way ana rail links and made, the
isolation of Jogjakarta mora com-
pieie. 5 1
The U. N. good offices commit
tee asked Netherlands and repub
lican delegations to provide im
mediate information on what
steps had been taken to imple
ment the cease fire order ? Issued
3 A
yesterday by the security council
in Paris. A Dutch spokesman said
the committee letter was relayed
to The Hague for actloiu j
Dr. Sunomo of tha rnliK1Iran
delegation said the security conn.
cil's order "has no meaning for
in repuDuc, since its leaders have
been caotured ' and the rnvrrn.
meni is una Die to function,"
Salem Gty Jail
Empty on Yule
The Salem citr iail was mnt
(.nnsimas aay alter housing only
four guests Christmas eve. .
The tank was vacate nr1-
Christmas eve when Chief of Po
lice rrank A. i Minto gave nine
men their -releases as a Yule
present. j
During the evening and early
Christmas morning three men
were lodged in the Jail for lm
blbins? in too much saason&l
spirits. Another man was held for
foruana pouc on a larceny war
rant. )
All were -elaavf fViHfmo
morning when the three charged
with intoxication posted bail and
tne Portland man was turned over
to Portland nollce. J i
WliiteYuleui
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23 WV
Sections of the San Francisco bay
area had the first white Christmas
in weather bureau history, and
that goes back to 1875.
Thousands of kids left Christ
mas trees and holiday tables t
frolic in the snow highly un
usual for this coastal region. j
Tire chains : were needed on
some roads. ! -
Attempt to Untliaw
Pipe Burns Down House
PORTLAND, Dec.' 25 - UPi
Christmas day fires destroyed on
home and seriously damaged two
others here today. I.
The home destroyed was that of
Ernest R. Humphrey, who was
trying to thaw out a frozen water
pipe with a flaming newspaper. A
sheet blew unnoticed under th
house and set it afire. I
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