New Britain herald., 1930-08-01
ACTION POSTPONED ON DAY PATROLMAN New Police Position Would h.
 cur Added Expense
 MEETS WITH GREAT FAVOR
Businessmen Defeat Trumbull Nine Funeral Services for Mrs. Louie Ryder-Various Claims Made as to Real Hero in Near Fatality.

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 At a special meeting held last eve- ming of the committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to con- sider the advisability of having a day patrolm appointed in Plain vile, it was found necessary to de- lay any definite action on the mat ter for at least another year be- cause of the present financial stand ing of the town.
 All of the members of the cham Der committee were greatly in favor of having a day patrolman appoint ed and expressed the opinion that such a position would prove a great 1 asset to the town. However the | committee made a careful study of the matter and came to the con- clusion that the town is not in a position at the present time to stand the expense that would be incurred.
 AS two members of the commit tee are on the boards of selectmen and finance. the chamber group had | full knowledge as to the financial status of the town treasury and the effect that would be caused on it | by the appointment. It was figured i that the expense for the first year would be at least s3,500. If a day
 patrolman was appointed. it would l be necessary to purchase a car and i pay garage bills weekly. In addi- 1 ton there would be the patrolman's | salary.
 The town has just appropriated | Sl3,000 for q new heating system at the Broad street school and this, together with the present industrial depression and lack of employment. would make the appointment of a 1 patrolman a severe tax on the town. l The committee gathered data from 1 Wethersfield. Pennington and South l ington, which showed that day pa 1 trolmen in those towns have proven worth while. The information given by the selectman and finance board member. together with the data gathered, impressed the chamber committee that it would be impos- sible to have a day patrolman at present and 1t was deemed wise to delay the matter another year. The committee was headed by Deputy Judge Cornelius B. Prior. In Trouble Again James Hughes nine year old boy of Canal street, who has been the source of considerable trouble to all ] the police departments in this vi Cinity. made acquaintance with a l new group of law protectors las i evening, namely, the Naugatuck po- 1 lice.
 At ii o'clock, the boys father was notified that his son was in the custody of the Naugatuck police and he was requested to come to the Rubber City and take the boy home. This makes the sixth police depart ment that has been troubled by the boy.
 Various Stories of Rescue Announcement made yesterday that Governor John H. Trumbull was taking steps to have Carnegie and |. s. government medal award cd to Ralph McGrath, 12 year old boy of East street, for bravery ex- sibited in saving two girl from drowning at Harts pond last Fri day has given rise to various stories making conflicting claims as to who the real hero of the rescue actually was.
 The McGrath boy claims that he saved the two girls, rescuing one after she had gone down for the third time and laid unconscious at the bottom of eight feet of water.
 Today two women and Harry Bull, g. of Hough street asserted that they were the ones that saved the girls from drowning and that the Me Grath boy had nothing 10 do with the rescue. The two women claim that they and their children were the only ones at the pond when the girls were swimming and encountered difficulty.
 They said that they yelled to at tract attention and saved one of the girls. One planted herself on the firm sand while the second held her hand and grabbed one of the drown ing girls as she came up to the sur face from the deep hole. They then took the girl to the shore.
 They further claim that they then noticed that the Bull boy had been attracted by their cries and had dived 10 the rescue of the second girl. He brought her to the surface and carried her unconscious body to the shore with the aid of large un- identified man who had been work ing in the vicinity and heard their shouts for help.
 The Bull boy also claims that the two women saved one girl while he and the man rescued the other. He