Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1947 — Page 5

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n to $100 a year pproved by the , cost of living

federation will

180 & year for a master’s de-

about $1 million boosts would be yd allotments of y the legislature statewide teach-

lemands, if met, depends on.the \ll teachers’ pay bear.

s its tuition dise

cent, according teachers federa~ xtra cost to the ount to $446,000, 1 an 85 per cent likely. Such a ds would reduce 204,000. at Once

's lay their new e the board, Mr, iso will demand t now up to the 1 pay scale be , once, : ll seek to have \de effective by. ew school year

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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1047 — Welfare Worker Pressure |

: . 4 i . T bin Snel boy i onan

Is Aimed at Director

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that ha had no previous welfare

experience, no training and had not taken merit examinations,

Friction between the department

and other social agencies is noth-

F ing new. But for the first time,

other agencies are becoming more outspoken in their criticism. x 8 ONE

because

they got up in arms & back when a proposed

fare survey was dropped county commissioners sald Mr. Wooden had not presented suffi-

clent reasons’ for the survey when

the tion dropped like a bombSppropeis circles, Persons inchild" welfare rememdepartment repeatedly had delayed procedure

he ted ‘an appropriation, The commissioners’ refusal of

shell in‘ welfare terested in pered that the welfare

longtime welfare Worker called the Marion county department the “most poorly run in the " state.” Executives of other agencies try diligently to gloss over this friction they need sesamin rtment. = Bu Jub We ders few weeks

child welafter

child welfare work in Marion county, Whenever it falls short or mishandles a case, it means extra work for other social agencies,

FOR THIS Rendon, Other agencles protest what" they allege is a “Penny wise-pound foolish” economy in the department. From his

$356,131.87 back to the county unspent with a statement calling attention to his economy. Many of his workers feel the county will save money in the long run if the department handles more of its oases better, instead of trying to set up a record of economy by skimping. Another frequently heard criticiolsm is that the department overcrowds the Guardian home to save money on foster homes. The home has now been unlicensed for several Years,

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CHECK PLANS—Going over working blueprints for the four star ‘modular home for the Indianapolis Home Show are (left te right) Merritt Harrison, president of the Indiana Society of Archi. tects which designed the house; James L. Kingsbury and. Charles D. Ward, supervising architects for the project; Edward D. Pierre, architect and co-ordinator for the Home Show, and M. Carlton Smith, a member of the design committes. :

The state welfare department will not license it as long as it is overcrowded and in need of modernizgation,

» y » THESE complaints, however, are secondary. The real discontentment is the widespread feeling that the two men in the top welfare posts

| in getting » survey started untli, ©, = 0 oy are not qualified for

| a previous appropriation lapsed. | Gossip was widespread that Mr. Wooden, though on record as fayoring the survey, had given only “lip service” to the request for the child welfare survey because he did

pot want it, ¥ » ~

JUST ABOUT the time the eritjcism was waxing hot the welfare department again asked the com. of Welfare Board.) missioners for an appropriation for en a child welfare survey, This time, Bandits Get

however, Robert A. Adams, presiden of the welfare board, and not Mr Wooden voiced the request,

over Mr. Wooden's head but mere

Wooden's the appropriation was threatened him with a .38 caliber They took the cash from

granted this time.

The county welfare department is|the cash register and drove responsible for 80 per cent of the|he said.

the job. Detractors say the job is too big for a director whose salary the federal government will not supplement because he is not recognized as qualified and an assistant who

directing complex social work. NEXT: Discrimination Policy

$100 ‘At Service Station

Bandits held up the Hoosier Pete Mr. Adams says he did not gO service station at South and Virearly today and took ly to supplement his request. Al- $100 and two packages of cigarettes. though he said his request was no; Eugene more eloquent or detailed than Mr. Stevens st., attendant, said the men

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in the fieldhouse. The students sang treasured Easter hymns, prayed in sile and listened to their choir,

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walks the world these days.

the immortal, the ‘forever, ,|ern Christian thought?

“Kenneth Latourette, Yale,

The world will continue to grow phy the spirit, word and power of

This is the hopeful note Dr, Wil~ liam A. Shullenberger struck today Kite Building

for assembled Butler university students at their Easter convocation | Winners Named

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“We live in a world and a universe where ‘truth c¢rushed to earth shall rise again,’ ” said Dr, Shullen3 bereger, pastor .|Christian church. He said further: “Truth and constructive service are the two sturdy feet on which the characteristic Christian thought These give implementation to a gospel that is both relevant and realistic. But when Easter comes to bid us take the long look into the eternal, how does that strike step with our mod-

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firms that Jesus has been more potent in the affairs of men across the last 14 decades than ever before. Christianity's prevailing thesis is the transformation of this world

the gospel.”

Three boys from Scfiool 60 took top honors in the kite building con~ test sponsored by Rauh Memorial public library. The winners announced today were George Rich, 3540 N, Meridian st., best constrcted kite; Ronald Allen, 3216 Kenwood ave, most attractive kite, and Richard Wertz, 116 E. 27th st., most unusual kite, Two girls won prizes. Rose Ann Woods, 3668 N. Pennsylvania sti. entered the smallest kite, one from a postage stamp, and Caren Colburn, 114 E. 33d st., won a prize for the small kite. Runners-up were Jack McKeen, 3015 N. Pennsylvania st.; Tommy Sims, 3008 Kenwood ave., and Don-

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timony goncerning several hours | after his cornfield capture, after

Teen Slayer Sticks To Accident Story (Continued From Page One)

timony. It took more than a half hour to go through 3000 pages of shorthand records of the trial thus far. Price was especially vague in tes-

the shooting Det. 6 near Shelbyville. He insisted that at least nine statements in “his confession were incorrect and pointed them out, F He also maintained that he signed the confession while his hands were handouffed behind his back and demonstrated for the jury how he bad signed. Accident, He Maintains

He stuck to his assertation 'hat the shooting was accidental, and that he shot the trooper while aiming at a tire, “The taking of the car was hot accidental?” Mr. Wall queried, referring to the stolen car he was driving at the time of the shooting. “No sir,” Price answered quietly. “The taking of silverware and other articles was not accidental” Wall continued. ? “No sir,” Price replied. . “And the shooting of the officer wasn't accidental either, was it?” the prosecution counsel roared. “Yes sir, it was,” Price said. Attorneys for both sides are guessing that the case will go to the jury by next Wednesday. It may be delayed longer, however, if the defense enters experiments on shooting bullets through windshields which it is conducting, Girls May Not Testify It was still a mystery today whether Vera Hornback and Mary Ward, bobysox sweethearts of the defendants who are also charged

Schumacher SHI In Mayoral-Race |

Rumors circulated during the last two days that John A, Schumacher, city council president, intends to withdraw. his candidacy for the G. O. P. mayoralty nomination, were denied emphatically by him today. “I want to dispel all. rumors and predictions about my candidacy,” he said. “I announced my candidacy March 17 and filed my declaration March 20. I am confident I can be nominated. and elected mayor. I am in the race to stay. Under no circumstances will I with draw.” : Mr. Schiimacher pointed out that an organization sponsoring his. candidacy had been formed and that his campaign headquarters will be opened in‘a few days at 108 E Washington st. (third floor). Elected Club President Louis Rainier, president of the Rainier Furniture Co. and head of the North Side Business club, has been elected president of the Schumacher-for-Mayor club, Other officers are: Richard Munter, president of - the Kay Furniture Co.; Hall Cochran, attorney, Mrs, Arthur G. Kraeger, G. O. P. worker, and Hiram D. Keehn, attorney, vice presidents; Thomas C. Batchelor, attorney, secretary, and Barrett M, Woodsmall, real estate man, treasurer.

Dies at Car Wheel

Lee Bohnert, 65, of 242 N. State ave, died of a heart attack today while driving. his car in the 4100 block on E, New York st. Police said he pulled the car to the curb and died shortly after.

tify. Defense counsel will not commit themselves on the - question, The girls are awaiting separate trial. The trial was resumed this morning after a recess caused by illness of four jurors. The jurors were taken to their hotel rooms. One was placed under physician's care and three others

Debate May Follow Austin Statement (Continued From Page One)

that the navy’s ‘knowledge and advice” is available to all free peoples whose independence is threatened. He denied that the navy's forthcoming cruise to Turkish waters is intended as “a show of force.” Whether Mr. Austin will touch off general United Nations debate on Greece and the Middle East was not yet certain. Much depended upon the attitude of Soviet Delegate Andrei Gromyko. ; ‘Russia thus far has remained officially silent on the so-called Truman doctrine, although American spokesmen before congress repeatedly have named fear of Russian

President's program. , The United Nations, as members of congress have noted, has the subject of Greek security threats specifically on its agenda and has at the moment its own commission in the Balkans investigating the trouble between Greece and her Bulgarian, Albanian and neighbors.

with news from Athens that the

. | British have agreed to turn over

$4 million in military equipment to Greece. Mr, Truman's program was launched because of British decisions to halt financial aid to Greece and Turkey March 31 because of the heavy drain on the British budget. It also coincided with a new flare-up in Greek violence. Athens dispatches reported that Greek government forces had killed 46 alleged guerillas in operations in southern Greece, . In congress preparations were being made to bring the President's proposals to a vote before the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow.

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