St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 8, 1924

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sie cr A ie NN ag a nce a OSE PO aE VS Fe one are BA ee RL Re Ph a ie . sre 4 es : Se wf tae Se eee tee tia Di & ees nie Oe re ee COMIC PAGE APRIL 7, 193 ; , ; —. i Desirable Used Cars — i : oe Autom obile Want Ads printe d in fe 2 11,30 the POST-DISPATCH during March. — - 2 7 MORE than in ALL the other St. a i 343 Louis newspapers COMBINED! 7 LOUIS’ BIG USED CAR DIRECTORY: § The Only Hoening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service gene = - . — ” = — = — ” on - ad ™ -- a . oe on = = —_-- - -~- -_—_—_ “NO. 213. ST. p Ao TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, SHOWERS AND COOLER TONIGHT ; ce ) TOMORROW PARTLY CLOUDY T E M PE RATU RES. 1924—40 PAGES. ————S nee PRICE 2 c ENTS — —[_ ee cD GRAFT CHARGES MADE. AGAINST DUPONT G0. N SENATE HEARING 5 PER CENT PAY INCREASE FOR ee - SALES OF MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS HERE IN - YEAR TOTAL $1,430,964,000 T. LOUIS, merchants and manufacturers had total sales of $1,.430,964.000 in the Muy 31, last, returns, OMWMITTEE TO MARX WARNS MRS. SAALI GOES. REORGANIZE THE GERMANS AGAINST ON TRIAL FOR PLOT. cit i, U. R COMPLETED © “FALSE HOPES” 10 KILL HUSBAND zs | ' ' License Collector Chapman re- Official fore -| ee pas ported to the Mayor today. This And vietoics, ¥: Sheppard Smith, of Mis- Chancellor Says Repara- Farmer Folk in COurtroom = °° 8" crease of $217.27 7.000 ee = sissippi Valley Trust Co.,| tions Experts ‘‘Would and on Jury Panel When Sad opr pee oe Named as the Fifth Mem-| Burden Us to Utmost” Called at St. ber. Cabinet Won’t Sign. of - ~ee2@e dé & 7. . y aici “ CONTROL FCiTY PAVING NDICATED © Contractors Believe the Missouri Willite Co. and Central Paving and Con- ~- ») “© v ending iccording to their tax fiscal year FAiraw’s ACCELERATOR ISN'T WORKING ~~ --.q pres ious Merchants’ business increase Case Is Charles. tomorrow partly | of $71,972,000 over the cloudy and coolcr. | previous year, while manufac- Missouri: | turers’ share was $786,056.000, ' ‘Showers ails an increase of $145,305,000 over the previous vear. These figures are in the LI- for the tonight: partly cooler in cooler tomorrow cloudy; ‘CHAIRMAN GIVES — REPORTS WILL BE DEFENDANT WEARS Department of Justice In- cense Collector's report SER tay’ HE BLEF- THE rr.v iS ve i * (Copyright, 1924, by EL @ Trade Mark Reg. re S. Pat. Office.) | PF ——~ -— Com nveD TOMORROW qe @ WOULD You PLEASE Be So 3 *3 To pee POR AND BLInD WE HAVE sE€ en TER DAYS: —_— => a FT Tap TAP. . tractors who have eee ee BERG (Copyright, 1924.) | MEET MY CITTLS EVEN) NAMING AFTER IT. AND Né&ver Z&P “Ti BiRD W : Kings o>. ee , the Comptreller Until Kine tion Co., * given In the te ‘Jep! 7°58 6161 Mx ple avenue, § Porated June 1 sha beach, The « struction Co. Have Un- derstanding as to Special Price on New Process. RECENT BIDS, ON STREET JOBS CITED | That Concern Able to Elim- inate All Competitors Al- though ‘“‘Willite’ Was Quoted to All at a F ixed Price. That there is an understanding between the Missouri Willite Ce and the Centra! Paving and Co atruction Co., by which the concern is favoured on process” asphait paving Louis, is fhe belict of paving con protested agains! the “Willite process” specification for more asphalt paving on this year’s gram. This belief is promipted, ether things. by the fact that Central Paving Co. seems able to underbid itors on “Willite p tractors point to the incorporation of the two companies as showing a possibile connection bet“ een ther. Charge as to Willite Prices. “Willite,’ as has been told. is a patented asphalt paving process, Which veontractors must pul from the Missouri Willite Co., 6161 Maple avenue, at a fixed price that they claim is so high that it pre- vents compctition with any Pany that may be given a special] pric ‘ than one-fourth of the and Construction Coenyyd pve T- rocess,”’ and con- chase COM - Thr process was introduced he e In specifications following a trip to California last year by E. R. By, president of the Board of Pub- lie Service, and Clinton H. Fisk Director of Streets and Ss wers, Euests and at the expens Western Willite Co. keles. In bids the conet: Botanical. Casticma °veland and Flad avenues Grand boulevard Tow or avenue : and Loughborough from Gravois avenue to Mocllenhoff Central com Dany greatly the on! Was the IKXin- irom (sree street, t} ras underhid other contract: which ; Trinidad Asphalt Manu- acturing Co. of lich Shelby L Heman S president Letting of Contracts Deferred. Tha contr ct r. thos ce amounting to more than §: were to have heen today by the 2 one , ee ‘ . ) * Board of Public Sc rvice, bu the letting Was deferred indispositio; who was Said to he at home wi c0'4 ’ : Hen an h ia ie : a bid wae eccasioned by the igh Dri Pciator’s seat over to the Jeft here sat were could selecting the her. and, jury. Seo the tle sat in raw-boned and swarthys "Twas bout a short distance as the eve trave's i between the woman at the defense and the man she is gcense trying to kill. Central figur 3 . : ~ er . aa Tew ii pe, yt Pk pe hook, Bi eR RE SF it mat ‘ Be a RO = wy Tm r be kit Bilt. va ae ty out “ora a -_ ry ey oe a a CC oe ‘pleaded not guilty at the prelimi- JUNCTION CITY, nary hearing, and her husband said —Camp Funston, the back to him ound for thousands of / " enort as he wanted her to come gr rev ig as land would not prosecut. She has) West soldiers during the World} which the Government is introduc- sritte sult will be ef- writhen, Sng Oe Fenen. Si Se. 4 heen in jail fortwo months, unable’ War, is to become an oats field. i. in Parliament. “I found, to my that the Dupont s a Pree pe es from ee hed the fe icine cp 2 apn cS Pe nae wgien wR tain seal must be Germanv are training Of prohibition of spirits in Nor- Middle way is foreshadowed by a bill , aummiitor it . court and the given in Radio Procrams adoption On the other hand, the the city 35 terms of the new franchise qwill | ‘ have an important bearing on sev- Page re ~ porta earin t " eral features of the plan. Regularly Located Following “The Reorganization Commit the Want Ads witty > htt i Continued on Page 3. Column x Continued on Page 3, (elamn 6. ; oe Say it is significant ia the Missouri Willite Co., the Fess of which aleo is ait agrecinent With $1 Maple avenue. wv a® also in- ~ perated June 16, 1923, with the me Pital stock. divic led im thre approved by the commission before Administration in paying propositions, so that he will the experts’ forts to lower the annual pay- ‘ments. The papers representing | to furnish bond. 'Army tractors are pulling up con- The measure calls for a state l the Governme: “ti re full of| Come back to the courtrot | crete posts and breaking up asphalt | monopoly and reinstatement. S33 ee tee ;| the Government parties are tu ae A we k ase ee _ 5. |streets. Seventy acres will be sown. | the Pergecns jocal option. =—s_—isiG eee ae a, F ' cela n olan le ait = tel Nai a A De a el 4 gots mae ee OO nt 5 ENE ee Se eae — Dead EE arcs — Page 3, Columa 5. don Page 2, Column 6. ~ Continued on Page