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Compromise to Lift Old Age Payments Average of 77 Pet. iy «tw Associated Press Benefit payments to 3 million persons now receiving old age and survivors insurance will jump, probably on October 1 or Novem ber 1, from about $66 million monthly to $117 million under the compromise social security expan sion bill. The House-Senate conference committee released figures yester day showing how the agreement they have reached would increase by an average of 77 Va per cent payments now being made to re tired persons or to survivors of Insured persons.. Congress may send the social security expansion bill to Presi dent Truman this week. If so, the larger benefit payments will be effective in checks the beneficiaries receive around October 1. If final action on the legisla tion does not take place until after July 31, the increases will not take effect until November. Here is the table released by the conferees showing how monthly benefits will be increased: u a re- His prl- if a re- His pri tired per-mary bene-tired per-mary bene •on now fit Jumps son now fit jumps gets to gets to $10 $20.00 29 52.80 11 22.00 30 54.00 12 24.00 31 55.10 13 26.00 32 56.20 14 28.00 33 57.20 15 30.00 34 58.20 16 31.70 35 59.20 17 33.20 36 60.20 18 34.50 37 61.20 19 35.70 38 62.20 20 37.00 39 63.10 21 38.50 40 64.00 22 40.20 41 64.90 23 42.20 42 65.80 24 44.50 43 66.70 25 46.50 44 67.60 26 48.30 45 68.50 27 50.00 46 68.50 28 51.50 If such a retired person has a wife 65 or over, she gets a sum equal to one-half his benefit. The widow of an insured man, over 65, gets three-quarters of his benefit. A deceased insured worker’s children also get benefits—the[ first child three-quarters of the father’s primary benefit; and each other child one-half. Summer Camps Giving Courses in Bike Riding By the Associated Pross NEW YORK.—Youngsters at tending camps this summer are learning how to ride a bicycle. Camps throughout the East are co-operating with parent groups and the Bicycle Institute of America in launching a recrea tion project designed to deduce cycling accidents throughout the year. _ This summer, for the first time. Instruction in bike riding and bike safety is included in the play time curriculum of these camps. The move stems from increasing requests from parents who have youngsters in the 5-to-10-year age group. The camps plan to teach bike maintenance, as iyell as bicycling itself, through the integration of this phase in their arts and crafts periods. Tea Is Biggest Earner Of Dollars for India By the Associated Press CALCUTTA, India.—Tea is at present India’s biggest earner of foreign exchange, according to S. K. Sinha, chairman of the central tea board. He said tea exports last year were worth 770 million rupees, of which 110 million represented dollar earnings. India, he said, is the largest tea producing country in the world. D. C. Firm Sells Jeweled Tiara Queen Marie Wore on U. S. Tour Queen Marie’s tiara—now a collector’s item. The diamond and sapphire tiara that Queen Marie of Ro mania wore on state occasions during her American tour in the 1920s has been sold by the Wash ington jewelry firm of Bartz & King, Connecticut avenue and M streets N.W., to a New York dealer, a representative of the firm said yesterday. The tiara, in which a large blue Ceylon sapphire stands out amid numerous diamonds of two carats and larger, was the property of Marie’s daughter. Princess Ileana.; Her mother gave it to her as ai present in 1931 when she married! the Archduke Anton of Austria. The tiara was made 125 years ago for Nicholas I of Russia. He gave it to Marie, Princess of Prus sia and it was inherited by the wife of Alexander II. She passed it on to her daughter, the Grand Duchess Marie, who married the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria. The grand duchess gave in in turn to her daughter, Marie of Romania. The jewelry firm would not re veal the purchase price of the tiara. It was described as “a col ector’s item.” Fishing Boat Reports Sighting Mystery Sub By the Associated Press ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, July 22.—The captain of a foreign fishing trawler has reported sight ing a submarine which appeared to be Russian off Newfoundland July 12. His story was told today by the Sunday Herald, a weekly news paper. The Canadian navy at Ot tawa said its intelligence branch also received the report several days ago and that it is investigat ing. The skipper, who left two days ago after taking on supplies, was reported to have told naval au thorities the submarine surfaced in the early morning fog less than 100 yards from his trawler at a point off the Grand Banks about 410 miles east of this city. The submarine dived hastily after being on the surface only about 10 minutes. The captain ob served no American or British markings on its hull. The Herald said the captain re ceived the “fright of his life.” And commented, “In view of the serious situation in Korea, any thing that Russia might have in mind for this side of the Atlantic would not be to the advantage of North America.” The nationality of the captain was not stated. This was the first report of a Russian submarine off the Atlan tic Coast, though unidentified sub marines were sighted off New Brunswick earlier this week and off Novia Scotia some weeks ago. However, last March the United State’s Navy reported radar and sonar contacts with objects be lieved to be “one or more foreign submarines” off the North Cali fornia coast in the Pacific. The Sunday Herald story said a number of British and Ameri can submarines were in the North Atlantic, at the time the mystery craft was sighted. A Canadian Navy spokesman at Ottawa said, however, that immediate checks’ with London and Washington showed no British or American submarines were in the area at the time. Legally there is no bar to the novement of submarines anywhere in the seven seas, so long as they •emain outside territorial waters. Movement without permission in side Canada’s territorial waters— that is within the three-mile limit —would be regained as an un friendly act, liable to be met with i military response. Game About Game Scarcity KHARTOUM, Sudan (£>).—The official Sudan Monthly Record re ported that “game is evidently less scarce in the Raga area than be lieved,” but added: “ A girl was bitten in half and a fisherman had his leg nearly severed by a hippo potumus at Lake Nyubor, and a lion walked through Tonj within a few paces of the bed in which the headmistress of a girls’ school was sleeping." 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A spokesman at the Army’s GHQ said that “the Far East com mand asked the Department of the Army for certain troops. The Department of the Army has des “We’re not allowed to say just be sent to the Far East command in Tokyo. “We're no allowed to say just what kind of troops we ll be send ing, whether it’s artillery or in fantry or service troops; we can just say they’re combat troops.” Chicago is 5th Army headquar ters. The territory includes Illi nois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minne-. sota, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas,1 Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota/ Wyoming and Colorado. Hoarding is foolish. Despite the fighting in Korea there is no immediate prospect of food ra tioning or shortages. Don’t hoard. (West German's Right to Defend Own Soil Implied by McClov By the Auociattd Pr»n FRANKFURT, Germany, July 22.—American High Commissioner John J. McCloy said tonight “it would be very difficult indeed to deny the Germans the right and the means to defend their own soil” in the event of attack from the East. Mr. McCloy said, however, that he opposed the re-creation of a German army. He did not explain by what other means he felt the Germans could take part in the defense of West Germany. He made his statement in an interview prepared for the Na tional Broadcasting Co. Mr. McCloy was asked: “Should there be an attack on Western Germany, will American troops defend the country without the help of German military contin gents?” The High Commissioner replied: “There are no German military contingents in (West) Germany and we are not establishing them. I suppose there would be very many Germans who would be pre pared and anxious to defend Ger many in the event of an attack, if given the opportunity. “I am not talking now about the rearmament of Germany or the creation of any sort of offset to the Communist-inspired Volks polizei (People’s Police) of the Eastern zone. I am opposed to I the re-creation of a German army. But in the event of an attack.! such as took place in Korea, I believe it would be very difficult indeed to deny the Germans the. right and the means to defend their own soil.” Mr. McCloy also was asked if the; Car Gets the Bird ROCKFORD, 111. (JP).—F. P. Dursch went to a garage to get his car to drive to Chicago. He discovered that sparrows had built three nests on the undercarriage, and that they were occupied by very young birds. Dursch post poned his trip until he could figure out what to do with the tiny tenants. How to Live Long Secrets of longevity as given •by a 105-year-old Australian are to give up smoking at 50, strenu ous exercise at 60, work at 75,1 cricket at 90, race track visits at 95 and gardening at 100. The United States was without a navy from 1783 to 1789. Western Powers were ready to permit the establishment of a West German federal police “com parable to the paramilitary East ern force.” Program Sped Up. He replied that the question was being considered “purely from the point of view of the necessity for it as a police measure—and not as a military or paramilitary force.” The High Commissioner said the Americans are speeding up their program to combat sub versive influences of the Commu ; nists among 5.4 million youths in | the American zone. 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