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Daily News from New York, New York • 70

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Daily Newsi
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New York, New York
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70
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who receives more than $2,100 BOARD URGES ce JPaaiw (Gn These JoseDh Cornelius Rathbornes he, the society polo player she, the lass who says "damn!" when she means it believe again if at first you don't succeed. So they returned in the maxim about trying to the World's Fair yester- Despite the fact that they CO TEACHERS TO ACCEPT CUTS By LOWELL LIMPUS. The Board of Superintendents officially requested New York's 38,000 school teachers last night to solve the educational budget problem by cutting their own The Superintendents submitted a voluntary pay cut schedule in which most of them were listed for a 10 per cent, reduction and asked others to take cuts ranging from 2.5 to 15 percent. They hoped thus to produce a $4,000,000 saving and preserve most of the educational services which the Board of Education has been threatening to abolish. Kindergartens Come First.

The money contributed by employes of the Board will be used to preserve kindergartens, crime prevention work, trade school training and adult education, in that order, Dr. Harold G. Campbell, Superintendent of Schools, declared. Everybody in the system, including custodians and clerks, year was asked to co-operate, the money to be deducted in ten monthly installments, beginning with the September payroll. Employes receiving less than a year were asked to contribute 2.5 per up to $4,000, 3 per up to $5,000, 3.5 per up to $10,000, 5 per up to $15,000, 10 per up to $25,000, 12.5 per and $25,000 and above, 15" per cent.

The nine members of the Board, eight of whom receive $12,500 each, voted to accept the reductions themselves. Dr. Campbell's salary is $25,000. The Superintendents' salary cut ended a bitter stalemate over May or LaGuardia's request that they join other well-paid city executives in such a reduction. Their continued refusal had aroused the resentment administration leaders and city officials.

Individual Pacts to Be Signed. Every teacher will be requested to make the donation and individual agreements must be signed with each one who consents, according to educational authorities. The anticipated $4,000,000 will be realized only if most teachers contribute. It will be applied to the $8,300,000 educational budget deficit, resulting from the Legislature's cut of $5,300,000 in State aid and in the city's refusal to grant a $3,000,000 increase over last year. The Board of Education originally scheduled expenditures of $152,243,934 for the year 1939-1940.

Air-Conditioned! "I Downstairs Store '1 VtSTJ World's Fair police in helping my wife and me out of a rather unpleasant and for all the efforts made on the part of the employes of the parachute jump trying to release us safely." Later the Rathbornes met Mayor I.aGuardia and Whalen in the Terrace Club where they chatted and laughed over the incident. Other pictures on page 30) 1 ilk I Mk I if mom OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT TILL CASUAL BRIM day afternoon, and went up in the same parachute jump in the amusement area where they were stranded 100 feet high for more than five hours until 4:40 yesterday morning. "We decided to do this again just to show we hadn't lost our nerve," said Rathborne. Her 'Greatest Thrill. "It was the greatest thrill of my life," laughed the vivacious Mrs.

Rathborne, who told Jerome Zerbe, photographer it was none of his damned business when he inquired whether she was Itathhorne's wife. That was earJv iNKWHlmi.l Jordan Mott (seated), vice president of parachute ride, tells jS'ews reporter Guy Richards of safety devices on ride. yesterday while they were dangling in mid-air and identification was impossible from the ground. Business was brisk at the parachute jump as a result of the marooning of the Rathbornes and the rescue attempts that attracted a crowd of close to 10,000. Within a short period, between 2:15 P.

M. and 4 P. customers increased more than 600 per cent. Several of the chutes were closed for a brief time because of their exposure to a high wind. By the time the Rathbornes went up at 6:30 P.

all were again in operation, however. Sends Whalen Thanks. One of the first things Rathborne did yesterday when he arrived at his otfice in the Chrysler Building from his hornet in Old THE SWEETEST THING TO SEND HOME FROM NEW yORKf CANDIES FROM CHRAFFTl5 f) f-sJ? were stranded for five hours in the parachute jump at the Fair, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cornelius Rathborne came back for more yesterday.

They're leaving platform after a jump which took less than a minute this time and didn't pack the thrills of their previous experience. NEWS foto) Westbury, L. was to write a note to rover Whalen, president of the World's Fair Corporation. "Although we have not met as yet," he said, "I had the pleasure of surveying your handiwork most of last evening from a rather lofty, if somewhat precarious, perch, and I want to take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation for the courtesy shown by your "AMERICA'S SMOOTHEST WHISKEY" naturally makes th smoothest drinks. Say "Green yov buy and give your palate a treat.

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