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FRIDAY, APR. 13, 1951

County Council Moves To Pare $260,521 In Emergency Bids

Approval of Road Repair Program, Some Pay Raises Likely to Be OK'd

By JOHN V,. WILSON 'y, Swinging a sharp economy ax, the County Council moved toda b r ) y to whittle down. $260,521 in emergency appropriation requests. But with a general fund balance of $342,542 on hand, the

Council is expected to grant some pay raises for county employees and approve a road repair program.

salary increases at the opening

Local Couple Wed 50 Years

Mrs. Huglfes Mr. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes

. will celebrate their 50th wedding Councilmen generally were sympathetic toward requests for anniversary with an open house

at their home, 2953 McPherson

session yesterday. Officials cited| & replacement for two machines St., from 2 to 6 p. m. Sunday.

the need for fatter pay checks to| found missing when he took office keep personnel from leaving for| Jan. 1. . higher-paying jobs. Two weeks ago the State Board

County officials are seeking a| Of Accounts reported the dis-(anq Hollis, both of Indianapolis, total of $119,902 to ease the “des-| appearance of equipment from sng Lloyd, Dallas, Tex. pi ge

grandchildren.

the Recorder's office. But Mr. Alford said the type-

perate” wage situation. $100,000 For Gravel

Another big request—for $100, 000 was made to buy gravel as a stop-gap measure for highway repair. Since the amount would come from the highway fund, the request is expected to be approved —at least in part. At present, the fund totals $967,000. Leo White, county highway supervisor, warned that his 1951 budget has been depleted to $18, 000. He said the sum would finance repairs for only another four weeks. If ‘his request is not granted, he declared, the road repair program would come to a standstill. “We need every bit of the request to put the roads back in condition after the serious winter weather damage,” Mr. White said. Councilman Ronald M. Mannon said he believed Mr. White “has the biggest job of any county department.” Partial approval of the requests was seen after Council President Howard Morse admitted the county has a surplus of $342,542. Earlier, he had said there was “no money at all.” {

Big Drop In Surplus

But Mr. Morse pointed out that if all of the requests were approved, the surplus would drop | to only $65,542 by the end of the year. | Sheriff Smith called for approval of requests to buy two] dog pound trucks and to hire four deputies to man them wo. curb the serious rabies problem in the county. “The dog situation this year is really terrific,” he said. “Al-| ready this year we have received 108 letters on the situation, but) we haven't enough men to make! the runs.” | He said city dog pound officials agreed to co-operate in the cam-| paign. Deputies would pick up| stray dogs and quarantine them] in the pound. |

to now.”

Councilmen turned a skeptical eye toward a request of County Recorder Harry B. Alford for $525 to buy a typewriter and an adding machine, He admited under questioning the typewriter would serve as]

William Foley, Ex-Editor, Dies

Began Career on Sentinel Here in 1902

By United Press CHICAGO, Apr. 13 — William!

Foley, veteran newspaperman and retired night editor of the Chicago | Tribune, died yesterday at the age of 78. Mr. Foley died of a cerebral] hemorrhage following two months

in a hospital. [ He started in journalism sn the Indianapolis Sentinel in 1902, where he became telegraph and, city editor, and moved on to a re-| porter’s ‘post with the Pittsburgh Post. He became editor of the Lafayette, Ind. Courier in 1907, but returned to the Post the next year to serve as night editor and city editor until 1912. Mr. Foley came to Chicago in 1912 and was night editor of the Inter-Ocean and later of the Chicago Examiner. He joined the Tribune staff in 1914 and worked there 32 years. Surviving are his wife, two stepdaughters and a stepson. Funeral services will be held Monday. REDUCE YOUR OWN RENT by taking in a desirable roomer. It's easy through a Times “For Rent” ad. Before you know it, other nice people will be paying you rent! Phone RIley 5551 to place your ECONOMICAL Times Want Ad!

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They were married Apr. 13, 1901,

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They have three sons, Garald

Mr. Hughes is a Spanish-Ameri-

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Pam Paterson’s Spring Prize

4 Win

By ART WRIGHT Four grammar schodl pupils earned their way to the semifinals of The Times Spelling Bee last night. The best spellers at the two preliminaries last night were:

At Northwestern Community Center-—Marie Jeter, 13, School 42, and Anita Lanier, 13, School 42. At 8t. Paul's Methodist Church —Helen Baker, 13, Holy Angels and Charles . Koehler, 13, Holy Angels. The last of the first round prelimfnary spelldowns will be held tonight at School 24, at 908 W. North St. Pupils from schools 4, 17, 24, 40, 63, and St. Bridget’s will participate. Officials are: Pronouncer Willow Prince Jones; judges, Robert Conley, Mrs. Charlotte Meyers, Mrs. Perry Hopkins, Mrs, Alma Bolen and Wilma Mae Johnson.

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Way to Spelling Bee Semifinals

|and Recreation Department will |be in charge. | A second round of spelldowns (will be held next week in those [centers which did not spelldown {to two finalists in the first round. The two winners from each center and two finalists from each {of the nine townships will meet in {the semifinals at 7:30 p. m. Apr. 27 in the World War Memorial auditorium. =~ *

Finals on Apr. 28

The finals will be held at 1 p. m. Apr. 28 In the War Memorial. The champion speller will repre-

sent this area in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. May 25.

time, in addition to competing in the National Spelling Bee, he or

she will go on sightseeing tours, visit man

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Sees Vicoy for Truman RFC Plan

McFarland Says Vote

Will Be ‘Very Close’

WASHINGTON, Apr. 13 (UP) Ernest W.

Senate vietory today ; dent Truman's plan to put the RFC under a single administrator. :

The Arizona Democrat said the outcome would be ‘very close’— possibly decided by only one or {two votes. The Senate was ex {pected to vote late today. The plan to dissolve the 5-man ‘board of the Reconstruction (Finance Corp., will become ef{fective Apr. 30 unless the Senate |“vetoes” it today by approving & resolution by Sen. Homer E, Capehart (R. Ind.), to kill the . plan. Sen. Capehart nigst muster |49 votes for his resolution to. carry. ;