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Show H oo CRIME WAVE PREVENTS j PARDONS IN CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Dec, 35. Fori tho first time In many years the go -WW ernor today f:i.ie,i t,, grant the cus- I H tomary quota of Christmas pardons and paroles to convicts in the state's prisons. While no statement was! H forthcoming from Governor William 1j. Stephens or his secretaries as to H the reason for breaking the prece- ' dent, it is understood that due to tho H crime wave in California, the gov- ernor considered it inadvisable to is- i sue pardons to even the mosr wormy! HI pi |