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of of of ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1953 ST. LOUIS POST- DISPATCH 3 A SPIRIT REKINDLED IN CITY. H. F. BAER SAYS AT C.

OF C. DINNER St. Louis 'on Threshhold' of Great Accomplishment, He Asserts 'Complacency Is Our No. 1 The metropolitan city is in the midst of "the St. Louis Explosion," indicative of the civic progress under way on various fronts, Howard F.

Baer, vice chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce, said last night. of at Hotel JefferAddressing, the annual dinner son, he explained the description in this way: "It is explosion, or perhaps a spontaneous expression, of the dynamic spirit which has always underlain our historic city, which has been evident in all the labors of those who have worked SO hard to make St. Louis flourish. "Now it is rekindled, reactivated in the minds and almost, people. it It seems is an to me, explosion of all of the spirit which will make St.

Louis an exciting place to live in, a profitable and pleasant place in which to do business, and a source of pride for generations of our citizens to come." Leading up to his conclusion on the new prospects for civic advancement, Baer, president of A. S. Aloe said: "It seems evident to me that a fresh and exciting era lies just ahead of us. Somehow the air is alive with new energy, expanded opportunity and great promise for the future of metropolitan St. I believe we on the threshold accomplishments which will effect favorably the lives of generations of St.

Louisans to come." Baer did not list the developments that led to his conclusion, but it was obvious that he was referring to such things as the organization Civic Progress, and its plan to call for a big city bond issue, and to the pending action, proposed by a Chamber of Commerce committee, for immediate steps to alleviate traffic conditions. His statements, Baer conceded, might be "startling" because St. Louis thinks of itself as "a conservative city." He continued: "We have a tendency to say about ourselves, even more than others say it of us, that we move too slowly, that we are lethargic, and our business and civic institutions will not take chances for our common good. We say that our leaders are indecisive and non Mighty "Now sometimes we must admit that all of this appears to be true; that we have the a appearance of neither moving rapidly nor seizing the initiative when we ought. But I subiit that this is a mighty community, and though slow in arousing, it rolls with a mighty force when the spirit has moved and when the needed action is finally and surely indicated." If the new spirit is kept alive, results can be expected within a few years, and even within a few months, Baer declared.

He cautioned: "Complacency is our No. enemy." "Some of us," he added, "may have to give up pet ideas and others may even have to make some sacrifices for the common good. have be business statesmen enough to look at what is best for our business and civic community in the long run." Baer suggested that St. Louis might be compared to a engine which, even though standing still, has its pressure up and enormous power in its boiler, "waiting only the hand of the proper engineer to send it on its way." "On Our Way," Smith Says. Continuing the train analogy, George C.

Smith, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said in a speech which followed that the St. Louis locomotive is already on the move. This is nonetheless true, he declared, even though at present the engine "may be hauling a heavy, loaded freight train on a side track." "The right leadership in St. he said, "can put it out on the main line, full speed ahead. That's where we are go- Missouri Illinois Forecasts storms in and Missouri: Showers centrandets afternoon with scattered showers elsewhere; mostly cloudy tonight with showers in southeast; tomorrow partly cloudy; cooler in west and central tonight and over the state tomorrow; low tonight 30 in northwest to 45 in southeast; high tomorrow in 40s in north to around 50 in south.

Illinois: Showers and mild this afternoon; showers ending and becoming a little colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; somewhat colder; low tonight 30 to 35 in northwest to 35 to 40 in southeast; high tomorrow 34 to 38 in north to 38 to 45 in south. Weather in Other Cities (Observations for high for 12 previous hours; low for previous hours.) Rain. High. Low. Atlanta Bismarck, N.Dak.

Boston Chicago Cincinnati Crumbia, Mo.Denver Detroit Fort Worth Kansas City Little ROCK, Ark. Los Angeles Memphis Miami Minneapolis New Orleans new York Oklanoma CityPhoenix, Ariz.Pittsburgh Portland, Me. St. Louis City Airport Washington, D.C. Winnipeg Revenue Agents Testify Revenue agents MARTIN L.

CHARLES H. MALMESBURY, fore House Ways and Means into income of Carroll E. Mealey, ury's alcohol tax unit. They 897 in income from 1946 through his tax ing, and I think we are on our way." Smith, reviewing the recent past, quoted statistics in support of his assertion that persons who persist in being pessimistic about the future for St. Louis "will be mighty lonesome and completely wrong." The area's last three years, he said, have been the largest in St.

Louis history in terms of new industries and expansions. He reported an aggregate of more than $650,000,000 for the three years, including a 1952 total of $208,753,124 in value of newly established plants and expansion of existing facilities by manufacturing, transportation, commercial and public utilities concerns in the metropolitan area. "In population," he said, "our rate of at the last census, as compared with other principal metropolitan areas, stood seventh, exceeding the rate of growth for such areas as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago, Buffalo, Milwaukee, New York, Boston and Pittsburgh, in the order named. And we made this showing without expanding our boundary lines." Confidence of Investors. Smith said "outside interests" have demonstrated confidence in downtown real estate by their recent acquisition of important office buildings.

He added: "'This confidence results from an awareness of our community progress, often and usually more appreciated by outsiders than by home folks who too close to the forest." H. J. Klingler, vice president and group executive in charge of car and truck divisions for General Motors discussed traffie problems. Klingler, who was a Chevrolet executive in St. Louis in 1924, urged citizens, to support programs modernizing and improving street and highway systems.

He suggested that toll highways afford an excellent means of financing superhighways across the nation. Optimistic about business prospects, Klingler predicted the automobile industry will produce 6,833,000 passenger cars and trucks this year, compared with about 5,200,000 in 1952. He said the industry will "welcome a return to competition." Earlier, at an interview, Klingler said he was doubtful the size or horsepower of American automobiles would be reduced. "I don't think," he said, "the American public is ready to adopt the so-called European type of car. They kind of scare you to death -you feel as if somebody is going to run over you." Entertainment at the banquet was provided by a cast of 52 Municipal Opera and St.

Louis Symphony Orchestra performers who presented a Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical Festival. Kenneth G. Schuller directed the group. OLD BUILDING ON SIXTH STREET TO BE RAZED FOR PARKING LOT A 62-year-old building at 807. North Sixth street, on a site once owned by Samuel St.

Louis pioneer and Inventor, will be razed to make way for a parking lot. Dr. William G. Swekosky, dentist whose hobby is the study of old buildings, said the five-story structure was built in 1891 by F. M.

Colburn, who purchased, the site from Hawken's After. a succession of owners, the building was sold in 1951 to Julius Cohen, president of Central Hardware who is having it wrecked. Hawken, inventor of the "Hawken Rifle," a favorite weapon of pioneer trappers and hunters, came to St. Louis in 1822 and built his home on the Sixth street site in 1848, Dr. Swekosky said.

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Louis earnings tax was upheld as a lawful exercise of the city's taxing powers today by Circuit Judge William B. Flynn. Judge Flynn dismissed a suit brought last September by Local 688, AFL. Teamsters' Union. It contended the law was unconstitutional and sought an injunction against collection of the tax.

The tax has been declared to be of vital importance in carrying out the recently proposed broad program of civic improvements. A committee of St. Louisans told senting Gov. the Phil movement M. Donnelly last week the tax should be made permanent for this reason.

Judge Flynn said the state enabling act, which grants the city the right to assess the tax for the period ending April 1, 1954, did not violate any provisions of the Constitution relating to special or local laws. Neither the state enabling act nor city ordinance enacted to put the are arbitrary or discriminatory, the court said. The tax is imposed uniformly on all classes and is within the territorial limits of the city, he added. Judge Flynn said the suit's contention that the legislation had been passed in violation of rules of the Legislature and Board of Aldermen had not been proved. He pointed out that both bills had gone through regular committee channels.

The absence of any provision in the city charter for an earnings tax does not invalidate city ordinance, he ruled, catcathe the state grants the legislature delegate constitution, taxing authority to political subdivisions. The suit was filed by Walters, a member of the teamsters' union, who sought to enjoin his emplover, Shapleigh Hardware from withholding the of 1 per cent his pay. The tax went into effect Sept. 1. FORMER ST.

LOUISAN KILLED IN CANAL ZONE MANEUVERS Pvt. Clyde J. Garrett, a former St. Louisan, was killed in an accident in Army maneuvers at Panama Canal Zone, Jan. 27, his sister, Mrs.

Maxine Mitchell. 2566 Palm street, has been informed. Pvt. Garrett was killed when he handed a rifle to another soldier and the weapon was accidentally dis. Pvt.

Garrett charged. old He was and entered military service, attended here about school a in year ago. Kennett, Mo. Burial will be there. Pvt.

Garrett Mrs. Spreckels Marries Again. PALM BEACH, Feb. 5 (AP)-Charles Munn married Mrs. Dorothy Spreckels, San Francisco sugar heiress, at the home of County Judge Richard P.

Robbins yesterday. Mrs. Spreckels was married in 1934 to Jean Dupuy. member of a French publishing family, and was divorced in 1940. She married Andrew G.

McCarthy of San Francisco in 1941 and was divorced six months later. Munn previously was married to Mme. Jacques Alles. She died in Paris two years ago. 69 TRUCK PLATES REPORTED SOLD, NOT IN RECORDS 1949 Licenses.

Could Have Been Disposed Of for $10 to $200, Say Officials. By BOYD F. CARROLL Jefferson City Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 5 Testimony that at least 69 truck license plates distributed to various branches of the Motor Vehicle Registration and License unit in 1949 were sold but not accounted for was given today before the House committee investigating the Department of Revenue.

Sgt. Herbert D. Brigham, in charge of records at headquarters of the State Highway Patrol, told the committee that an inquiry he made indicated that 150 of the truck license plates issued in 1949 were not accounted for as being sold. Brigham said he later determined that 69 of the licenses were renewed in 1950, indicating they had been sold the previous year. The plates could have under been, sold $200, schedules.

A motion calling for investigation of operations of the Department of Revenue branch office on Big Bend boulevard, in Maplewood, was adopted by the committee at the instance of Representative Edward W. Garnholz of Richmond Heights. Garnholz, a a a a a a a member of the committee, said there were no specific complaints against the St. Louis county office, but that he offered the motion because some of the unaccounted for 1949 truck licenses had been sent to the county. The motion requested that Gov.

Phil M. Donnelly extend his investigation of the Department of Revenue to the Maplewood office. It provided that, the Governor failed to honor the request, the committee would go into operations of the county office. Investigation of the licenses for which no fees were transmitted to Jefferson City is hampered by the destruction of approximately 300,000 applications for truck licenses for 1950, Sgt. Brigham The commitee is seeking to establish a motive for the removal of the applications.

Prosecution would be difficult in the absence of the applications, officials have indicated. Several of the 150 plates for which no accounting was made were shipped to the St. Louis and St. Louis county offices of the Revenue Department, it was learned. Former State Representative Richard M.

Webster of Carthage, for the said destruction of the truck application records for 1950 might prevent discovery of an irregularity where a license plate was in a branch office, fee retained, and no record of the transaction transmitted to Jefferson City. The House committee yesterday began its attempt to establish responsibility for reported destruction of the truck records apparently without compliance with the Department of Revenue Law. which authorizes destruction of such records only upon order of the State Director of Revenue. S. M.

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WEW 770 kcs. 14-Cent Rise in School Tax Rate To $1.15 Recommended by Hickey Finance Committee of Board Indicates Approval Must be Authorized by Voters. A school tax rate of $1.15 on each $100 of assessed property valuation, representing an increase 14 cents over the current rate of $1.01, was recommended today to the Board of Education's finance committee by Superintendent of Instruction Philip J. Hickey. Members of the committee, which is headed by H.

M. Stolar, indicated general approval of the proposed rate, which is based on estimated expenditures of 472,013 to operate the school system for the next two fiscal yearsthority to levy the present $1.01 tax rate, approved by voters, in 1951 as a temporary measure, expires May 15. If a new rate is not authorized, the tax figure reverts to the basic permitted without an election. The proposed new rate is 26 cents more than the basic levy. Presenting the recommended increase, Hickey said a $200 yearly increase in the maximum salary of teachers is contemplated.

About one-third of the school system's 3000 teachers are at a maximum salary, which would be increased from $5400 to $5600 a year. Figures prepared by Mervyn FINED $300 ON RECKLESS, DRUNKEN DRIVING CHARGES Virgil F. Carroll, an electrician, 1300 block of South Boyle avenue, was fined $200 for careless driving and $100 for driving while intoxicated today by Police Judge James H. Connor. His driver's was suspended within the city limits for 30 days.

The charges grew out of an accident in the 4100 block of Manchester avenue Jan. 23. Judge Connor also imposed fines totaling $200 on Edward Peterson, a carpenter, 2300 block of South Eighteenth street, for careless driving driving while intoxicated. Peterson's license was suspended days in the city limits. He was involved in an accident at Seventh street and Lafayette avenue In the court of Judge John Lee Waechter, Roy Hunott, 2000 block of Farrar street, received fines totaling $115 for driving while intoxicated, going through major stop signs and failure to have a city vehicle license.

Judge Waechter also fined Alfred Knoblock, 4200 block of DeSoto avenue, a total of $145 for speeding, leaving the scene of a minor accident, and failure to halt at two intersections. All the defendants pleaded not guilty, MESSENGER OF SCIENTIST FOUND KILLED WITH ICE PICK NEW YORK. Feb. 5 (AP)-A messenger Dr. John R.

Dunning, atomic scientist who did much of the work in producing uranium 235 in pure bomb form, was found dead last night with an ice pick in his heart. The victim, James Doyle, 55 years old, was sprawled in a rear hallway Manhattan found, residential building. Dunning is Dean of Columbia University School of Engineering. Police gave no indication that Doyle's death was connected with his work. Neither did they announce any clue to the killer or the motive.

Doyle was married and had two children. U.S. TAX AGENTS RAID 3 KATZ DRUG STORES: 1800 Cases of Liquor Seized! -Sales Without Wholesale Stamps Alleged. E. Wiethaupt, secretary-treasurer of the School Board, show that the proposed tax rate would be one cent less, of $1.14, if the teachers' increase were not granted, Wiethaupt's estimate of expenditures for the next two years indicates that the annual school budget will rise to a record high of $25,057,429 next year, and that this figure will be exceeded the following year, when expenditures of $25,414,584 are contemplated.

This year's budget, a record to date, is $24,611,521. The new tax rate, if approved, would not affect an additional 4-cent levy charged taxpayers for retirement and interest payments of school bonds. No increase in this tax is planned. If the new rate is approved, total school tax bill paid by taxpayers would be $1.19 per $100 valuation. The proposed rate, it is estimated, would produce 000 year for general operations of the school system.

The tax proposal will be submitted to voters at the April 7 city election, and the finance committee will seek to enlist the aid of school patrons and parents groups in support of the measure, Stolar said. -United Press Telephoto. WEBB (left), St. Louis, and Philadelphia, testifying besubcommittee on their inquiry former head Treasreported Mealey received 1950 that did not appear on returns. -Associated Press Wirephoto.

CARROLL E. MEALEY DUTCH CONSUL HERE ASKS FOR FLOOD RELIEF DONATIONS Local contributions for flood relief in Holland are needed, Fred C. Eberle, Netherlands consul here, announced today. A local committee to handle donations was being formed today with headquarters at Church World Service Center, 3146 Lucas avenue. Clothing and bedding contributions are being accepted at the service center.

Financial donations should be sent to the Netherlands Consul General, 360 Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111. Those who wish to contribute through CARE should send their donations to the New York office of CARE, 20 Broad street, ice help defray, expenses, Mrs. Earl Deane, of the agency in St. Louis, said. The Dutch Embassy in Washington advised persons worried about relatives in Holland to communicate with The Netherlands Red Cross at The Hague.

LUTHERAN SYNOD AUTHORIZED TO USE CHANNEL 30 FOR TV The Federal Communications Commission today authorized the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, at Clayton to use television channel 30. The station will be construction at Concordia Seminary, operated by the Lutheran Church. The synod, which operates radio station KFUO, said it would run its television station on a no basis. The application by the synod was left unopposed with the withdrawal of an application by the Empire Coil Co. of New Rochelle, N.Y., on Jan.

29. Fourteen Government agents raided three Katz Drug Co. stores today, seizing more than 1800 cases of liquor. The agents of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Bureau had search warrants and warrants for the arrest of the liquor department managers, charging with selling liquor in wholesale quantities although they did not have wholesalers' tax stamps. Simultaneous raids were made at 12:30 p.m.

at the Katz stores at 700 Locust street, 7401 Man-4 chester boulevard, Maplewood, and 6150 Natural Bridge road, Pine Lawn. Four agents led by Paul Wilson, head of the division in the eastern Missouri district, made the raid on the Locust street store, arrested Leo Feldman, department manager. He estimated his department had 1000 cases of liquor on hand. All the liquor was seized and sales were stopped. Later the dis-' tilled spirits were to be hauled away in moving vans and placed in federal custody.

Other agents, who raided the Maplewood store, arrested Leon Friedman, who estimated he had 425 to 450 cases on hand. In Pine Lawn, the agents arrested department manager Sam Abrams. His had 400. to 500 cases, he. reported.

E. N. Ahlfeldt, assistant director for the division in this area, said the raids were the result of a year's investigation, during which agents witnessed sales of liquor in wholesale quantities at the stores. Some sales were made to dealers for resale, he reported. Although the Katz stores have retailers' licenses, they do not have wholesalers' stamps, which cost lacked' year, he said.

They also the wholesale dealers' basic permits, he added. S. A. Francis, district manager of the Katz stores, said: "To our knowledge there have been absolutely no violations of any sort." Under federal regulations, a sale of five gallons or more is regarded as a wholesale transaction. A case of fifths is 2.4 gallons and a retailer can sell legally two cases of fifths.

A case of pints is three gallons. Selling distilled spirits withouta wholesalers' stamp is a felony, punishable by a fine ranging from $100 to $5000 or imprisonment ranging from 30 days to two years. CLAYTON TO VOTE TOMORROW ON $690,000 SCHOOL BONDS A $690,000 school bond issue will be voted on in a special election tomorrow in the Clayton school district. A two-thirds majority is required for approval. Polling places will be open from 6 a.m.

to 7 p.m, in the following elementary schools: Bellevue, DeMun, Glenridge, McMorrow, Maryland and Meramec. If approved, the bond will finance expansion of McMorrow School, construction of kindergarten at Glenridge School, a cafeteria at Maryland School, development of a three-room school at Clayton Field and remodeling of Clayton House for administrative offices. No school tax rate increase will be needed to finance the issue, school officials, have said. OLD LAW SAVES DENTIST FROM PATIENT'S REVENGE YUKON, Feb. 5 (AP)An old Oklahoma law making it a crime for a patient to pull a dentist's tooth discovered yesterday and just in time.

Dr. David Harris was about to let the highest bidder do the thing everyone has thought of at dentisme or taste of another his own give medi- the cine. He would have allowed the bidder to yank his ailing wisdom tooth for charity. He was saved from the ordeal -the result of a rash Christmas promise someone found the old statuthen JOSEPH PULITZER IN BARNES HOSPITAL FOR OPERATION Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the Post-Dispatch, entered Barnes, Hospital yesterday for an operation to relieve a stomach ailment. The operation will be performed by Dr.

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