The St. Louis Star and Times from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 3

ST.LDUIS STAR FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1933. ST. LOUIS STARdimcs Youthful Calf Raisers Exhibit at East Side Yards ASKED PROBE OF BIG SHIP REPAIR CHARGES IN 1930 CHANGES BREWING IN 'HIGHER GRADE' POSTAL JOBS HERE PARK'S FOUR CITY UTILITY OWNERSHIP giLLS INTRODUCED Presented in Senate Life In-jarance Regulation Measures Offered in House. U. S.

Board Head Says Matter Was Under Supervision of Fleet Corporation Chief. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. U. P.

Rear Admiral H. I. Cone, now-head of the Shipping Board, testified today before the senate committee investigating ocean mail contracts that he had investigated the relations of Henry Herberman, president of the Export Steamship Corp. and Capt. R.

D. Gatewood of the Emergency Fleet Corp. and found a "serious in 1930. Heavy charges for repairs to ships that Herberman was interested in. made under Gatewood's supervision, attracted his attention and he callrci the matter to the attention of the then chairman fthe board.

T. V. O'Connor. Cone said. O'Connor, he said, told him the matter was under investigation by the Department of Justice.

Herberman admitted on the stand that he bought a California ranch owned by Gatewood's father-in-law. A. Patiani, and retained the latter as manager. V. W.

Hughes, chief of the division of investigation in the Department of Justice, te.iified that he prepared a report on the matter in February 1930. W. Rufus Jackson Says He Receiving 'Requests' for Demotions. A number of changes in the supervisory staff of the post office department here are contemplated by V. Rufus Jackson, newly-appointed postmaster.

JacVn, a Democrat, replaced A. J. INliChener, Republican. Jackson revealed today that he has discussed the matter with some of the present employes in the "higher grades of the supervisory staff and they have turned in written requests for reduction in rank in order that others may be appointed in their places. "I cannot at present announce the extent of the changes contemplated," he added.

"My recommendations will have to be approved by department heads in Washington. "However, the forty-four branch post office superintendents in St. Louis have not been asked to make written requests for reductions, because at this time no changes among these superintendents are contemplated." Revisions in the higher grades of the staff are customary in the event of a change in administration, Jackson explained. "Postmaster General Farley's administration has been making a determined effort to reduce the post-office deficit." he added. "I am undertaking to rearrange the supervisory personnel here in a manner that will promote greater efficiency at a reduced cost." The executive staff, Jackson said, includes two assistant, postmasters, a superintendent of mails and eleven assistant superintendents of mails.

The postmaster asserted that, though he has received from employes a large number of written requests for reductions, "they do not by any means equal the number of requests received for promotions." Rrdare oor selling rosti employing sales-producing Want Ad In the felar and Times. Advertisement, Bt a Staff Correspondent. CITY- ct- 20 bills designed to aid Missouri of less than 75,000 Ration in erecting and operat-- their own utilities were intro--ed'in the senate today by Floor der Donnelly at, the request of rs Park. A block of administration bills to more protection to life in-nce policyholders was intro-ced in the house by Floor Leader voting. his message to the leg-future the governor, in recommending measures along this line, motioned the recent troubles of the iouri State Life Insurance Co.

"hie utility measures, part of G5v Park's relief program, will, is hoped, enable smaller towns pay for electric light plants, gas -'ants, waterworks and sewer sys-solely from revenue. At present, towns of less than 000 are limited in the amount of indebtedness they can incur. For a reason, many communities 'ound a legal barrier to financing tfceir own utilities. The new bills, however, provide that indebtedness so acquired shall not be construed as coming within the provisions of legal limitation. further, the bills provide that only a majority vote, rather than a two-thirds vote, kall be required to Kue bonds to finance municipally-cracd utilities.

Under the new bills, the bonds arc to be sold to the federal government under the terms of the $3,303,000,000 public works program and paid for out of revenue of the plants. One of the principal insurance bills provides for compulsory registration of policies issued in Missouri and deposit with the insurance superintendent of cash or securities to the net value of the policies. At present, it is optional with the wmmx "mhr sm wl Ll. v. By a Staff Photographer.

Miss Louise Parkman, 18 years old, of Aledo, 111., is shown at the right above with her yearling Angus, "Morgan," which won the grand championship at the Producers' Livestock Commission Association's tenth annual calf show yesterday at the National Stock yards. Above at left, Miss Helen Brown, 18, of Aledo, with "Tubs" CITY ASKS AMENDMENT TO DELINQUENT TAX LAW City Counselor Hay and Charles J. Dolan, former special tax counsel for the city, appeared before Gov. Park at Jefferson City yesterday and requested an amendment to the law which provides that property on which 1933 taxes are not paid must be advertised by the collector for sale in November, 1934. The city believes there should be no change in the present system, which permits a five-year period to elapse before the collector brings suit for delinquent taxes.

By a Staff Photographer. ROGERS WILL companies whether they register INSIDE LAUNDRY WORKERS TO BACK STRIKING DRIVERS MAYOR OF KENNETT HERE SEEKING U. S. POWER PLANT LOAN hour and can be distributed in a town ot the size of Kennett for an additional cents. "These are rosy prophecies," said A.

Z. Patterson of Kansas City, attorney for the company and its principal spokesman. "In the first place, the municipal company will not have 90 per cent of the business, as estimated by the city, because it will have to compete with the util says: ity. "We are bound to continue operation, to protect the investments of our stockholders. If our revenues from Kennett were taken away, the company would lose more than 10 per cent of its net revenue.

"Loss of this revenue would make the company unable to pay its interest charges and would eventually put it into receivership." Union Members Vote Not to Return to Fiants Opposing Organization. FT. WORTH, Oct. 20. To the Star and Times: Vice President Garner, Postmaster General Farley, all the Democrats in Washington that amount to anything.

Gov. Ferguson and everybody were in Ft. Worth yesterday for the opening of racing and to attend Amon Carter dinner. Twenty thousand or 30.000 people at a beautiful race track in a state where the horse was responsible for making it what it is, is a lovely sight. Texas is full of Democrats, full of resources and full of confidence.

Yours, I II II Members of the Inside Laundry for Men with less money but still with good taste! (my their policies. Superintendent of Insurance O'Malley has declared that registration would give him authority to restrict the kind of investments made by the companies. Another bill provides that capital, nrplus and reserves of insurance companies can be invested only in United States, state or municipal bonds or real estate securities backed by first mortgages. A fourth bill contains numerous restrictions on the types of investment that can be made by insurance concerns. It prohibits one company from owning stock ih another life insurance company or making loans with stock of other insurance companies as collateral.

It provides that not more than 10 per cent of capital and surplus can be invested in any one real estate, enterprise and it limits the investment in home office buildings to the actual necessities of the company itself. The measure definitely requires that any bonds purchased by insurance companies must be at least live years old. Another measure granting the insurance superintendent authority to conduct an operating receivership of companies in managerial or financial distress is scheduled to be introduced Monday. i nnn Copyr'sVit 193 Workers' Union have agreed not to work at any plant employing nonunion laundry drivers, Alfred H. Schwoerer, president of the inside workers' group, said today.

About 1,500 inside workers met last night at Hibernian Hall, 3619 Finney avenue, and voted against declaring a sympathy strike in support of the drivers in their dispute with the laundry owners, Schwoerer said. However, he explained, they decided to support the union drivers to the extent of refusing to return to work at any plant that does not settle with the drivers and recognize the drivers' union. Both drivers and inside workers are idle now as a result of the closing of the majority of large laun Tells Public Works Advisory Board This Is Town's Only Hope for Low Rate. Mayor Paul C. Jones of Kennett, told the State Advisory Board of the Public Works Administration yesterday that Kennett's only guaranty of low rates for electric power is establishment of a municipal plant.

He spoke at a hearing held by the board on the application of Kennett for a $103,500 loan and a $36,500 grant from the PWA for a municipal electric plant. Kennett, which is in Dunklin County in southeastern Missouri, has a population of 4.000. Present at the hearing, which was held in the offices of Col. Hugh Miller, state engineer for the PWA. in the Buder building, were officials of Kennett and representatives of the Arkansas -Missouri Power which now serves Kennett.

"For several years," said Mayor Jones, "the people of Kennett have been wanting a municipal electric plant. "We are positive that such a plant can furnish electricity cheaper than we are now paying. It could also give us more satisfactory service and reduce the amount paid by the city for street lights, power for the municipal water plant, and so on. Last year more than a third of the city revenues were paid for power for these M. L.

Crist, engineer of the firm which planned the municipal project, declared that electricity can be generated for l'i cents a kilowatt said they also had agreements with the drivers. No Employes Dismissed. Roy S. Rauschkolb, spokesman for the St. Louis Laundry Board of Trade, today asserted that none cf the employes who were thrown out of work when the plants closed had been discharged.

Rauschkolb explained that it would be impossible for the laun dries and linen supply firms, fellow- ing the strike of drivers at several HUGH BANCROFT, HEAD OF DOW, JONES, KILLED SELF plants. dries to operate witnout arivers on According to Schwoerer. the in- jne streets. side workers' union has 3.050 mem "The fifty-eight laundries and linen supply companies which have closed feel that they have acted in the best interest of the community," a statement by Rauschkolb asserted. "The only other alternative, that of acceding to labor's demands, would have meant ruin to bers, out of 4.500 workers employed in the city.

Wage Scale Rein? Drafted. A tentative vase scale is being drafted by the inside workers' executive committee but has not been finully approved by union members. (XMASSET. Oct. 20.

P. Hugh Bancroft, president of Dow, Jones and publisher of financial papers, was pronounced suicide yesterday by Medical Examiner George V. Higgins. Bancroft died Tuesday night at his Cohasset 'state, and it was at first announced 'hat he was the victim of a heart Mack. Dr.

Higgins said Bancroft entered forge house on his estate, closed windows and the door, and start- fire in the forge. He died as a rult of the fumes. Schwoerer said the scale, when ne maustrv. rpariv frr nrrzrrtt tirir Ihp Rauschkolb took issue with a statement made yesterday by Daniel J. Murphy, vice president of the In-' tcrnational Brotherhood of Team-: stcrs.

Chauffeurs and Helpers, that the average wage paid to drivers is $15 a week. Laundries pay a 1 18 Beautiful CA minimum ot sis a week and linen supply companies pay a minimum of $25 plus commissions, Rauschkolb said. MULLAKPHY FLORISTS CARL M0NTAG. EX-MAYOR OF MASCOUTAH, BURIED PHONE COLFAX 1 1 :sr.O NORTH GRAND Reduce our sfllln costs bv employin; sales-producing Want Ads in the Star and Times. Ad vert ispfnrnt.

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