The Kokomo Tribune from Kokomo, Indiana • Page 17

YOU IXVt- NO. 238 Cpnnty Office If orkers' Pay May Be Upped Commissioners Set Salary Pattern, Add 4 New Posts Pay raises amounting to 113,776 mo re than the current aimual payroll tor clerks and deputies in Howard county offices wen approved Thursday afternoon county board of xommto- stoners. Under law, the commissioners determine tie number of worker, needed to each county flee and recommend the salary to be paid case. However. not become offictal until the county council actually appropriates the money In the annual Wdget ordinance.

According to the number of deputies and approved and the nay-scale outlined by the commis- the combined aalaries of office and Center town- iblp assessing deputies will amount to OOMO next year as compared to the 176.404 that 65 employes will receive by the end of this year. Four new were approved by the commissioners. They allowed funds for a part-time worker for the office of Merrill E. Jackson, county assessor, and approved money with which to pay two clerks who will take charge of the registration of voter. A home demonstration agent will be added to the agricultural agent's staff.

Amount of Increase Salaries for deputies and clerks were increased from flOO to $200 "with an increase voted for every courthouse office employe except the clerk In the office of the veterans' service officer. The pay for that individual remained at $1,500. the same amount that is being paid this' year. The greatest increase noted was f.or the agricultural agent's secretary where a Jump from 11,700 to $2,000 was recom- cnr EDITION THE KOKOMO DISPATCH KOKOMO, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1949 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS DISARM RUSSIAN IN U. S.

SECTOR -American military police, aided by a German policeman, disarm a Russian soldier in the zone of Berlin, July 27, after; witnesses said, he and a companion brandished an automatic pistol in a cafe. The MP in right foreground holds pistol. Other Russian fled but was found in hiding in an apartment later. (AP Wirephoto by radio from Berlin) Tentative School Budget Reduced First deputies in the offices of the clerk and auditor were given an Increase boosting their pay from to $2,500. The second deputy in the clerk's office Is to receive $2,000 in 1950 father than the $1,732 now being paid; and the salary of the second deputy in the auditor's was hiked from $1,800 Other, workers In those two off Ices, as well as second deputies and clerks to meir other offices, will If the county Siieroves the pay aeries set commissioners.

of the this means an Increase of from a salary of $1,575 to a 1950 pay rate' of 11.800 a year. Several other deputies now are receiving this year, and for thai, the new rate would mean an increase' oT $100 on the year. The 'first deputy in the office of the' county treasurer would receive $2,400 next year according to the adopted Kale as compared to the $2,310 now received. Pay for the first deputy in the office would be increased from' $2,078 to and the pay for the sheriffs first deputy would jump from $M10 to $2,900. The second deputy in the sheriffs office would receive $2,000 'rather than $1,880 while' the pay of the sheriffs turnkey would remain the fl.700.

Cowparhon with Total payrolls approved for the various offices, as compared to the current budget items for the salar- lea of assistants, are as follows: 7,192.00 10,650.00 6,742.50 5,900.00 3,678.00 1,700.00 9,200.00 420.00 1.800.00 11,960.00 1,800.00 1,500.00 none Approve Pact Paris, July upper house of the French parliament ratified the Atlantic pact, 284-20, early today. The lower house had previously ratified It The treaty now goes to President Vincent Auribl for formal ratification, Court Term Ends; Judge Revokes Clerk 8400 Auditor 13,100 Treasurer Recorder 6,000 Sheriff 6,200 Surveyor 4,000 Co. Agent 2,700 Bd. Education 9,775 Health 420 Assessor 2,750 Center Tp. As.

15,395 Prosecutor 1J800 Circuit 8,440 Veteran Service 1,500 Reg. Voters 2,850 Tropical Storm Tokyo, July A small tropical storm will hit the Shanghai area tomorrow morning, U. S. air force' weather observers said today. Indiana Weather 'Air extreme north, partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and central portion tonight.

Cooler and less humid north portion. Saturday fair and pleasant north and partly cloudy south with scattered thunder- extreme south. Low M-68 sooth. High Saturday 8045, north. 85-80 south.

JSslj JHhaaaB Weather Beport the 24-hour period 'ending at Thursday. Maximum 95; 74. noon Friday: 80. July 29, 1948: Maxmum um. 64.

sets Friday at 8:01 p.m. rises Saturday at 5:42 ajn. Tonight (Fridw): NBC-T Paalta- vallt Bud of America: Tree Grow. ta Brooklyn; Mr Good I. Quia; Henir Wallace on "Depm- 'akm Don't Stop Tnenuehraa." St.

Look Municipal Opera: TUa (Alao TV) Friday Iran Jubilee: Blue Shine Probation The April term of the Howard circuit court closed Friday, but already plans were under way for the opening of the September term on the 12th day of that month. As Judge Merton Stanley dictated the docket-book entry to close tKe term he also designated September 12 as the opening date of the next term of court and set the date of September 6 for the selection of grand jurors and petit jurors for the next trial period. The 'court also completed the commitment papers for William Shine 21, Y.M.CA., after Shine's probation from a fraudulent check conviction had been suspended Thursday afternoon. Shine was convicted of issuing fraudulent checks on March 10 and had been placed on a special probation. One of the probations! restrictions was that he should repay the money to persons whom he bad defrauded with the checks.

Because this payment had not been made Judge Stanley revoked the-probation and ordered the man sent to the state reformatory for a l-to-10-year sentence. Shine also figured. in another court action Thursday. His wife, Ruth Ellen Shine, was granted a divorce and custody of their one child as a result of a divorce- action she had filed March 1 of this year. The hearing of a number of routine cases Friday culminated a five- day trial period that brought the April term to a close.

During previous weeks in July the court bad been in session only each Friday. Good Weather News for Change; Forecast-Cooler The first good weather news to come out of the weather bureau in more than a week appeared Friday with the forecast of "cooler-and less humid." The. weatherman predicted scattered thundershowers for the area Friday night and Saturday with overcast skies. Another good news development regarding weather here also, was noted Friday but the "man in the street" could hardly feel the effects. The noon temperature reading at the postoffice Friday was recorded at 80 degrees, but a high humidity reading kept residents sweltering.

The high reading Thursday afternoon.of.95 degrees dropped only to 4 74 overnight. Light showers Friday morning tended to hold down the mercury but'in- creased the humidity. Berlin Airlift Will Be Reduced Berlin, July and British military governments announced today the combined Berlin airlift wiU be reduced by gradual stages starting next Monday. A joint statement said: "In view of the favorable stock position in Berlin, it has been decided to reduce by stages commencing 1 1949." $19.300 Is Cut From Remiests For Next Tear About 4H cents was pared from next year's proposed tax levy for the Kokomo school city Thursday night when the board of school trustees slashed from the 1950 budget This action dropped the tentative school, levy to within one-half cent of the current $2.24 rate payable ont of locally taxes on gen- j-theboard's'secondmeetingr this week- to work on the school and the members specifically were seeking to reduce appropriations to the point where local property owners would not be called upon to pay increased taxes for school operation. Target; for the economy move was'the proposed 80-cent rate for the special fund covering operational expenses.

The largest single cut came out of a proposed $9,000 allowance for the purchase of land including school playgrounds. This fund was sliced $7,000, leaving $2,000 to be raised by taxes next year. Other smaller reductions included fuel, supply, maintenance and equipment Pension Flan Board -members heard a group of non-teaching'personnel renew a request for retirement benefits, but voted down the proposal on grounds that the cost would be excessive. They pointed out that the school city would have to pay $205,000 out of local taxes over a 15-year period to provide the benefit for 33 em- ployes who now are eligible: Those who spoke in favor of the personnel, public library staff members and building service attention to the fact that a retirement program has been established for who are better paid for their work. Furthermore, the spokes- 15, i).

Heat Deaths Rise through Eastern Area Washington Heard Hit; New England Suffers Drought By The Associated Press Deaths from effects of a late July heat wave mounted today with at least 27 fatalities in Eastern cities. No immediate break in the hot and humid weather was in sight for the area. But some relief came to parts of the Midwest A mass of fresh Canadian cool air moving southeastward brought lower temperatures into the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. It headed eastward into Michigan and northern parts of Illinois and Indiana. But the outlook for further movement of cool air into the sweltering East and South is not good, federal weather bureau forecasters said.

They promised another day of hot and sticky weather for most of the Eastern and Southern sections of the country. the 90's over most of the area from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast for the last record marks for the day in several cities yesterday. Readings of 100 were common throughout New England. Boston's 99 was a record for July 28. 9 Die In Washington persons died in Washington from the heat as the capital baked in 96 degree temperatures.

Some 83,000 federal and District of Columbia government employes were sent home early because of the oppressive heat. The hot weather claimed the lives of five persons in Pennsylvania as the heat wave extended for the llth day. Philadelphia's top mark was 95 and it was 92 in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. New York state also reported five heat deaths, including three in New York City. Two deaths in Albany were attributed to heart attacks induced by the hot weather.

The 95.2 reading in New Tork City yesterday was second highest for the date in the city's history. Poughkeepsie's 96 was the high mark for the state. A brief thunderstorm drenched New York City and knocked out power lines and felled trees in some parts of Queens. Thundershowers brought temporary relief in other parts of the state. Deaths in New England Maine and 'Massachusetts each reported three "neat deaths.

In Portland, smoking and fire building in the Maine parched woodlands was banned for the third time this year. New England has not had a general heavy rainfall foi more than two months. Two deaths were reported in the current heat wave at Baltimore. At least 10 persons were treated for heat prostration. Beat prostrations were reported in other parts of the East, including 14 in, Washington and one in Kearny, N.

J. The Pacific Northwest had pleasant weather. Yesterday's temperatures included 75 at Seattle, the same at San Diego. San Francisco's top was 71. Thunderstorms which swepl northern Connecticut last night caused at least two damaging fires.

One person was killed by lightning Hail damaged tobacco crops for the second consecutive week. Rain fell in other most of the Great Lakes region along the Continental Divide am! in eastern Wyoming and Colorado and western Nebraska. Marquette got a heavy downpour, a fall measuring four inches in six hours. Reds Advance Canton, July dispatches today pictured Communist on tne outskirts of Changteh in the heart of Hunan province's rice bowl. Tom Clark Named For Supreme Court GARY WOMEN CRUSADE APAINST GAMBLING Wearing armbands, four members of the Gary Women's Citizens committee take up posts on sidewalks at Gary, July 28, in protest against gambling and vice.

The committee- chairman said theVomeo would, jot'down observations'at the places at which they were stationed. Left to right: Mrs. George Barnes, Mrs. E. Johnson, Mrs.

Jenkins, and Mrs. Fred Stiilts all of Gary. (AP Photo) ARMED GAMBLING JOINT RAIDED Hands upraised, their faces showing varying degrees of emotion, persons in an armed gambling joint in Maple Shade, N. are shown July 28 a few minutes after New Jersey state police broke into the heavily-armed One hundred and sixty men were arrested and $40,000 confiscated. Police said the spot was officially listed as a plumbing warehouse, but was elaborately equipped for all types of gambling "day and night" including Sunday, according to a sign on a board.

The operators, police said, furnished limousine service for patrons. (AP Wirephoto) Economist Says Steel Can Pay Higher Wages Fact-Finders Are Told Industry Is Highly Profitable New York, July onetime New Deal economist today pictured the steel industry as a. highly profitable one that can easily afford to pay more money to its workers. Robert R. Nathan, former War Production board official, appeared as the third witness, for the.CIO United Steelworkers before the three-man panel named by President Truman to try to avert a steel strike.

Nathan's presentation was loaded with statistics presented to the fact- finders by means of large charts. "The annual rate of earnings of 19 leading companies in the steel industry in the first quarter. of 1949," he told the board, "were approximately 800 million dollars after taxes, which were far above 1948, nearly double the 1946-43 average, and two and one-half times the average of the war years." Workira Have Not Shared But, hi "the steelworkers have Hot shared appreciably in the profitlbility of the steel industry. Nathan said that "under June, 1949, cost and price the industry could pay 20 cents an hour more while operating at 90 percent capacity and still make the "phe- nomenal'profit" which he said it earned in the first quarter of this year. Under the same cost and price conditions and with operations at 15, Column 3) Johnson Informs Solons Arms Aid Will Be Confined io Maferiels Washington, July Secretary Johnson told Congress today that no additional American troops will be.

sent to Europe as part of the military aid program. In a statement prepared for the House foreign affairs committee setting forth the national military establishment's views on-the legislation, Johnson said he wanted to make one point clear." That is," he said, "under this program no United States troops Intimate Friend of President And Solons Called by Probers pital in Indianapolis Friday where are under treatment. In addition to those being treated nothing in it yet at the Riley hospital, five others "There may be in are being treated at their homes here. again today for on matters described hot." ne acitnowieugvu iuui ue fied. He dictated this statement to Catholic, speculation had been that iporters at the capital last night: a Catholic probably would be namea Tirpw as his successor.

When asked about took fast-talking TjnVnen on July this Mr. Truman said religious faith behind closed doors Pearson's column accusing me of do appoint more questioning -nt of cfark, who a Presby- Karl Mundt of South Dakota (a terian. "five percenters" took fast-talking John Maragon Another Polio Case Reported; County Total 16 Another case of infantije paralysis in Howard county, was reported Friday by the board, of health. It is the case of James Graves, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Elmer Graves, 700 North Union street The child was taken to Riley hos- ing," said a person thoroughly fa- wartr atn ar. Maragon, dapper former bootblack who gets into the White House, spent more than an hour with the investigators at a hush- hush session yesterday. Afterward, his secret testimony was rated 'plenty hot-stuff by a Senate source. The Senate group is looking into allegations of the use of influence in the awarding of government contracts. Maragon calls many top government officials and Congress members by their first names.

He listed Truman's military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, as one of his good friends. "We got some plenty hot stuff from Maragon.

It was interest, miliar with what went on at the r3SS S3.A& "ark, who as plenty nf rtakntu (a terian. He said he picked Clark because Pltai in inqmnapoiiB xiiuajf eight other Howard county cases hush-hush session. Maragon himself said that "honest, there is He added: a couple of vceiva. At first Maragon flatly denied Flashing Safely Lights Planned For All School Buses -State Law Although a new state law requires that school buses be equipped with red flasher lights fore and aft as a safety precaution for along- the-road-stbps to load or unload children, trustees'in Howard county say that they have not been informed when they should comply with this measure. Senate No.

7, submitted by Bruce Lane of Bainbridge and Palmer Edgerton of Jonesbpro, provides that all school buses in the state must be fitted with such' lights. The new law is expected, to become effective before school opens this fall. But W. W. Lindley, superintendent of county schools, said Friday that his office has not been notified officially of this new law and that township'trustees have not yet made arrangements for these safety precautions.

The flasher lights are to be wired in so that they will blink during tbe periods that the "hacks" are halted to pick up. or let out passengers, according to the law. fine provided in the statute if the measure is not carried out. Lindley said compliance would be made as soon as the law becomes effective. Sen.

McGrath Offered Post In Cabinet If He Accepts, Democrats Will Be Without Chairman Washington, Truman announced Thursday selection of Attorney General Tom C. Clark for the Supreme court and Senator J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island for Clark's cabinet post. He told a news conference ha offered both men the appointments at a private interview that morning and his guess is that both will accept. Clark indicated he would take the new post; McGrath said he wanted the weekend to think it over.

If McGrath accepts he will have to resign from the Senate. He also most likely will have to give up the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. William M. Boyle of Kansas City, paid executive vice chairman of the national committee since April 21, probably will be a main contender for the chairmanship in that event Republicans will pick a new chairman here August 4. The President announced the appointments in a most casual manner and in response to a question near the end of his news conference.

Beads Atomic Fledge Earlier in the conference he had read a formal statement about recent secret meetings on atomic energy. The statement appeared" to-be a pledge that he will not give the British the latest-atom bomb know-how without the consent of Congress. There have been reports that the British want the The President said present agreements between the United States, Britain and Canada providing for cooperation, in exchanging atomic information and on raw material supplies are "limited in scope and duration." "We, therefore, intend to explore with the United Kingdom and Canada some of the basic questions underlying any determination of long-range policy in this field," be said. During a lull In the Interview, reporter asked quietly whether the President was near a decision on the court vacancy created by the death July 19 of Frank Murphy of Michigan, himself a former attorney general. Mr.

Truman smiled, put his hands behind him and said lust as quietly: Yes, and 111 tell you his name if you want to know." As the surprised reporters lifted pencils to notebooks, he announced he bad offered the justiceship to Clark at a morning interview and had asked McGrath to accept the attorney generalship. He said both were so surprised that they didn't answer, but promised to do so in a few days. He that he had been before the Sen- said Clark was very much sur- will be sent abroad to employ the equipment we will provide. 'This military assistance program is- solely an equipment and a technical and training assistance program. The only United States personnel involved will be a strictly limited number of technical and training specialists to assist and a.dvise the participating countries." Johnson led off a parade of the armed services' big guns supporting President Truman's drive for (Continued on Page 13, Column I) Tlenty Hot' Stuff that he had tte gaid Tumed UP DunnCf ate's special investigations subcom- prised.

mittee. An hour and a half later O-JrerCent neOnnq he acknowledged that he had testi- Smct fied. He dictated this statement to Catholic, speculation naa oeen mat Washington, July repor ers a the capital last night: a Catholic probably would be named tors investigating the activities of as his successor, men asked about (Continued en Column S) Ctork Since Justice Murphy was member of the investigations sub- committee) and asked the senator Wadded APPOINTED TO SUPREME COURT Atty. Gen. Tom Clark answers telephone congratulations, July 28, at Washington, shortly after President Truman announced that he has asked fhe 49- year-old Texan to become a justice of the Supreme court to succeed the late Justice Frank Murphy.

The President said he asked Sen. Howard to fake the attorney general post. (AP Wirephoto) only thing he considered. He added he doesn't care whether a man is a Jew, Catholic, or Baptist, as long as he is qualified. Mr.

Truman is "a Baptist While on this subject, a reporter sought to obtain the President's opinion on the controversy between Francis Cardinal Spellman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt over i federal aid to schools. But Mr. Truman ducked that one, saying it was well taken care of in the press.

Both Clark and McGrath are relatively young for their new posts. Both are in their 40's. Clark, who will be 50 September 23, Is a native of Dallas, Tex. After studying at Virginia Military. Institute and the University of Texas, be served in the infantry In World War I and then resumed the practice of law.

He entered the Justice department in 1937. He took office as Attorney General June 29, 1945, after serving as assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division. He was a leading campaigner for the Truman ticket last year. McGrath, who ran the last Truman campaign, is a native of Woonsocket, R. I.

He is only 45. He went to Providence collega and Boston university; was TJ. S. District Attorney for Rhode Island six' years before serving almost three terms as Governor. He resigned the governorship October, 1945, to become solicitor general of the IT.

S. and resigned a year later to run for the Senate. He is serving his first Senate term. A Catholic, McGrath's name had been mentioned for the Supreme court along with. Senator (D-Wyo), another Catholic.

He was named chairman of the Democratic National Committee October 29,1947, to succeed Robert E..