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$100,000 Fund

At Mention of Patronage; Street Men Ask Pay Hike

By RICHARD LEWIS

It is my duty to report today

blows for economy in its consideration of the 1947 city budget. The councilmen sat down promptly at 4 p. m. yesterday with coats off. Some even rolled up the sleeves of their white shirts. They were about to go to work on the $15000,000 budget when in

walked a newspaper photographer. attention, a flash bulb went off and the 1947 ‘budget season officially was launched. The members duly noted their

own salaries had been doubled for next year from $600 to $1200 along

with the salary of the mayor from $6000 to $12,000. No Protests Here This situation they accepted without protest. The first economy blow was struck at the employees retirement fund, an innovation which cost about

$100,000 a year or less than 2 cents

on the tax rate. Police and firemen are covered by & pensaion fund, but other city employees are not. The retirement fund is the first step in an

effort to take care of those who!

survive 30 years of service fdr the city. John A. Schumacher, council president, asked how in the world a retirement fund could work with political patronage reshuffling the Jobholders every time an administration changes. Too Much Permanence There were others present who saw his point and more. Mow, asked

precinct committeemen in line if you developed a hive of permanent drones at the ay hall? - “You couldn't,” said the committeeman, “it’s just un-American.” “Well,” said Mr. Schumacher, “maybe they'd be better off buying an annuity.” The second blow for economy came when Street Commissioner Luther Tex came before the members five hours later. “What about this increase in wages, Luther?” asked Herman Bowers, finance committee chairman. Mr. Tex said, well, that depended on how you looked at it, whether it was an increase or not. The union demanded a 15 per cent increase for the men in the street department and the city had to give it to them. Of course, said Mr. Tex, if you look at it right it isn't an increase at all, it's a decrease. Under the old scole, the men worked 40 hours a week. Under the new scale, they will work 48 hours a week. “The way I see it,” he said, “the men will be: giving us 20 per cent more work for 15 per cent more cash. We're ahead 5 per cent, the way I see it.”

Councilman A. Ross Manly didn’t

like the look of the city smoke department budget. It looked high and he said so. “I'm asking you gentlemen to be! liberal,” pleaded Combustion En- | gineer Robert L. Wolf. “Either that, | or cut us out altogether. We can't do a job without competent inspectors.”

T. M. Overly of the Better Business bureau backed him up.

“You fellows passed the smoke!

department heads and aids to ex-

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that city council has stuck a few

The members rose and snapped to

ordinance,” he old, “Either enforce it or repeal it.” “It was you fellows on the Chamber of Commerce that had us do it,” said Mr, Manly. “Why they have worse smoke in Pittsburgh than we ever had here and ft doesn’t bother them.”

“Indianapolis has the third worst ‘smoke in the United States, after | Pittsburgh and Boston,” Mr. Overly said. “Glad to see we're out front in something,” murmured a city official who would prefer not to be identified. Last night's session was conducted amid a mild uproar with the tendency of everybody to talk at the same time. Every once in a while, Mr. ‘Bowers would shout for somebody to come up from the gallery of

plain some item of increase. It was a little hard to tell what was going on, since there were so many things going on at once. Individual councilmen would corner a department head and expound their ideas on how the department should be run, Budget-maker Larry Parsons, deputy city controller, sat calmly through the show. He didn’t say mueh. -He didn't even defend his record budget. “It’s their baby,” he said.

FACE GRAND JURY ON ‘LOCO WEED’ CHARGE

A bale of “loco weed” had gotten four men in a bale of trouble here today. They were bound over to the grand jury on a charge of unlawfully acquiring marijuana stalks. Nabbed Monday with a batch of marijuana in the rear of their automobile, the defendants are Lee Lester Huggins, 34, of 2417 Hovey st.; Matthew Ellison, 24, of 2618 E. 25th st.; Norrell Level. 27, of 2362 Sangster ave, and James Holloway, 26, of 3251 Martindale ave. | United States Commissioner | Francis M. Hughes bound them! over to the grand jury. They are | held on $750 bond each. Police | charge they obtained the marijuana | from a plot lying between the Nickle Plate and Monon R. R. tracks near Sutherland ave.

OPA HIKES PRICE OF | MEN'S WORK SHIRTS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (U. P).— The OPA today paved the way for

an increase of from [two to three | cents in the retail price of meme} flannel work shirts, Manufacturers were given a 1%] per cent increase on flannel shirts, effective next Monday. At retail {this will amount to about two cents | for the common flannel work shirts | {and about three cents for sanfor- | ized flannel shirts. | OPA also gave manufacturers a 10 per cent increase on lead ar-

senate and a 5 per cent raise on paris green. Wholesale and retail prices for oilcloth were increased 134 per cent.

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Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind, Aug. 7.—

the musical comedy, “Up in Central Park,” scheduled for an extended run in the Hollywood Bowl in California.’ The Greencastle actress was “disicovered” by an entertainment scout while taking dancing instruction in Chicago. She is a former DePauw university student and a member of the Kappa Alpha Trews sors Alpha Theta sorority.

CHARGE WOMAN IN POISON PLOT

Rushville * Police Unravel ‘Domestic Triangle.

Times Special 3 RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 7.—~The story of an attempted poisoning resulting from a domestic triangle unfolded here today, after a law

officer exposed his own sister's plot | :

to poison her husband. The sister, Mrs. Maxine Milligan, is held under $2000 bond on charges of attempting to poison her war veteran husband, Raymond Milligan, with intent to kill. The 34-year-old veteran of action in the Aleutians is in Veterans hospital in Indianapolis, shocked with the disclosure that his condition re-

sulted from poison which his wife put in his coffee, { Mrs. Milligan was arrested after her brother, Carter Noah, a town | marshal of Buena Vista in Frank-| lin county, learned that she had written a letter to a sister in Texas, | asking for poison for “old goose- | neck.” The sister did not send the poison, but returned to Indiana with the letter instead.

Discover Arsenic

In the meantime, Mr. Milligan

had become ill and had been sent to | the Veteran's hospital. An investigation which followed the discovery of the letter revealed the presence of arsenic in his system. Sheriff Virgil Grimstead .and { Prosecuting Attorney James C. Cooper searched the Milligan home | and found an unused portion of poison, purchased in a Greensburg | drugstore, They returned later the {same day and arrested Mrs. Milligan and another veteran, William Baker, of Laurel, over whom Mr. and Mrs. Milligan had quarreled. Mrs. Milligan readily admitted the poisoning, officers said, adding that she was justified because “he beat and mistreated me.” She said she did not give him a large enough dose to kill him, but that she put a little poison in his coffee “everytime he beat me.”

Shocked at Charges After he returned from seryice, Mr. Milligan had argued with his wife over Baker, also a disabled veteran, and over the care of the two Milligdn children, Raymond Jr. 12, and Mary Ella, 5, Prosecutor Cooper said. He said Baker was arrested, at the same time Mrs. Milligan was taken into custody, on charges of contributing ‘to child neglect, Informed of his wife's arrest, Mr. Milligan was shocked at the charges against her. He sald she had written him and had planned to visit

FEWER EMERGENCY TEACHERS EXPECTED

The number of emergency teacher permits needed to fill faculty positions in state schools probably will be less ‘than half the total issued last year, Dr, Clement T. Malan

struction, said today. Dr. Malan said a survey indicated approximately 1000 emergency permits will be granted for the 1046-47 school year, More than 2100 were granted last year, he said. He urged school administrators to have emergency teachers apply for permits during the month of August, before classes begin. Only emergency permits applied for by a county or city superintendent will be given any consideration, he said. Dr. Malan suggested that school principals check all possible sources of licensed teachers before hiring unlicensed instructors. “It seems ill-advised to have people on emergency permits when other teachers are properly licensed,” he sald.

Veteran Training Project Planned

Timel Special MARKLEVILLE, Ind, Aug. 7. Plans currently are afoot to begin the second veteran job training program in agriculture for Madison county, The project will be con-

.. '|ducted here by R. C. Arbuckle, high [state superintendent of public in- usted he ¥ g

school vocational teacher, An organization meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday in the school. . The proposed program would run four years with each trainee receiving about 200 hours of classroom instruction per year. Some of the subjects to be cov~ ered include farm management, crop and livestock production and soils and their oonservation,

ELECT LEGION OFFICERS Times Special MOORESVILLE, Ind, Aug. 7T.— New officers of the Zook-Scott American Legion post here are Ernie Voelz, commander; Byron Thornberry, 1st vice commander; Tod Squires, 3d vice commander; William Oox, adjutant; Paul Michael, finance officer; Robert York, ; Willlam Taylor, service officer; E. Binfelt, sergeant at arms, and Richard Squires, historian.

were announced.

terday

Michigan City,

for the insane.

months, the governor said.

Bend late yesterday. with members of state hospita

POTATOES RETAIN VITAMIN

before boiling.

PLANS ANNOUNGED

Governor Gates’ Indiana “health improvement plan today seemed assured of initial success as construc- | Port today showed general showers tion plans for two state hospitals| has brought relief to most of the

At Westville, 12 miles south of final plang were completed for construction of the $5,000,000 northern Indiana hospital

The two projects will not be ; ready for construction for several | protested today that the house of

Mr, Gates returned from South | He conferred

boards in charge of the two projects. WASHINGTON-—Potatoes cooked

The weekly feather bureau re-

| state and that farm work is pro-

The northern Indiana crippled gressing with little interruption, children’s hospital will be erected on an ll-acre tract of land near: the Notre Dame university campus in South Bend. . The site was a gift of the city of South Bend and was accepted by the Governor yes-

ever, are in need of rain, Corn is beginning to suffer in

| northern counties.” Threshing of | wheat and oats continued where it has not already been cut.

HOSPITAL BUILDING |General Rains Bring Relief To Most of Indiana's Crom

Fall plowing is in progress where the ground is sufficiently moist. In: most central and southern areas the general condition continues good and a decided improvement is

Extreme northern counties, how- | expected "to follow the present.

rainy period. A good crop of sweet corn is exw

many areas, particularly in the| pected and is about ready for mare

keting. Soy beans are in good cone dition and tomatoes are ripening rapidly.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (U, P) ~~ Rep. James Domengeaux (D. La)

| representatives and the Democratic party were under the influence of 1/the C. I. O. and its “communistically controlled P, A. C” Mr. Domengeaux unloosed his barbs after House Speaker Sam Reybum (D. Tex) named Rep.

Emmet O'Neal (D, Ky.) to head the special house committee to Investi-

Democrat Alleges PAC Controls Party

gate congressional election came paign expenditures. The Louisianan introduced legise lation to create the committee and sald that under a longestanding house practice he should have been made head of the committee, “It is becoming increasingly evie dent that leaders of the Democratie party have been taken over by the OC. I. O. and the communistically controlled P. A. C.” Domengeaus

him Saturday, the day the poison was found. “I thought I'd been suffering trom stomach ulcers,” he said.

PROPOSED PAY HIKE

A 9% per cent increase negotiated for employees of the Indianapolis |

trical Workers union, independent, had been refused by the National Wage Stabilization board in Chi-

Union officials said they would appeal the decision to NLRB headquarters in Washington. Union rep. resentatives attending the NLRB meeting in Chicago yesterday were told that no more than a 2 per cent wage hike would be allowed at this time. The union was represented by Ivan E. Wilson. Union officials said they would ignore the approved 2 per cent raise, pending outcome of their appeal.

GARY MAYOR ACTS IN THREATENED STRIKE

GARY, Ind, Aug. 7 (U, P)— Mayor Joseph Finerty was scheduled to meet today with representatives of the A. F. of L. teamsters union to: seek settlement of a dispute which threatens to halt city street, alley and sewer repair work. Approximately 120 city employees, members of the teamsters union, threatened yesterday to strike to enforce demands for wage fhoreases. They authorized their business

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