St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 31, 1928

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the Sunday Post-Dispaten os? a —— — YESSIR J THEATRICAL - ta, Control Is Not Issue. is no issue on Govern- tro] between him and Mr. .” said Hughes. “Is Gov. fin favor of the building by Ament of transmission electrica! and sale and power’ If so. is Way, we should have distribu- in the future with on Page 3, Column 3. entire | lan- ; and he couid| to | Mplate ai vast Governmental] | new | and a host of offices with | difficulties which adhere in| By the Associated Press. KENOSHA, Wis., Oct. tid- ing atop decorated automobiles |} through a cheering crowd, i Allen-A Co, oF strikers today tion of Kenosha to the station wankee and an indefinite term in onmmagp ms aes to board the House of Correction. It was a repetition of a similar demonstration last night during which cheer leaders chanting “T’.n-j-o-n, U-n-i-o-n” and ‘Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here,” added a touch of the collegiate to this latest development in Nenosha’s labor dispute that has bcen raging since last February. | The 27, including 10 women and a pair of honeymooners, are going to the House of Correction because on civil contempt charges because of their picketing. The money was to recompense the Allen-A Co. for damages suffered through demonstrations. sirixe : | Former COuntess Northesk to Mar- ry Another Englishman. Dy the Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 31.—Announce- '}ment was made today that the | Countess of Northesk, the former ' Jessica Brown, who divorced Lord Northesk recently in Scotland, shortly will marry Vivian Cor- nelius, son of Percy Cornelius, of Windlesham, Surrey. RAIN TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, SOMEWHAT WARMER TONIGHT THE TEMPERATURES a Official forecast fer St. Louis and | WitcH warmer tonight. Missouri: beginning late to- night or tomor- row: slightly armer tonight, ‘nd in »uLheast morrow: morrow eme west and ‘th portion. Illinois: ioudy., th portion colder in ex- ee ens * probabiy rain begin- ing tonight or} yuorrow; slight- lv warmer to- night, and in southeast portion to- morrow: colder tomorrow in ex- treme northwest portion. 5:02. Sunrise Sunset (tomor- row) 6:29. Stage of the a fall of 0.2, Mississipp!, 11 feet Rain) en ; | | wt 4 ' made | ' their way through the business sec- | railroad | a train for Mi:l- | | HOOVER HAS PAID. INCOME TAX EACH Se em Secretary Mellon Answers Query by Burke, Counse] for G. QO. P. National | Committee. By the near ane WASHINGTON, tary Mellon in Oct. 31.- a letter written to- Secre- day to James Francis Burke. e eral conse] for the’ Republican National Committee, said that Herbert Hoover had filed income fax returns for every year sine the enaciment of tne income tax law and had paid his taxes as an American citizen. The reason for Burke's inquiry was not made -clear ‘in Mellon's letter. they refused to pay the fines of $100 each imposed by Federal | Judge Geiger after their convictisn JESSICA BROWN TO REWED |« the a. m., 4° ee ae 46 > &. mM. — 2. tae 1 3 a m ee a: 54 i Se se eas ee WS ee jas ee ee ts J, eS Sareea 58 fe eee i ce HR | a ere 40 3p Mews sees AO | & a. m. a a Oe. an Y caterdav’ * high aS (12 ee de low. os ‘ 7 a IX vic‘nity: Rain be- | CANDIDATE WILL s‘nning late to-| | [THE GOBLINS | night or tomor- | | GET ? row: slightly extreme | aos mereaganasee | headquarters, In the letter, Burke at made. publie the Hoover secretary of . the rted he had person- ally inspected Hoover's returns for the years 1914 to 1925 nd that he today by genera! Treasury asse Internal Revenue Commissi-n- er that the record showed that the returns for 1926 and 1927 the hands of the agent in charge internal reveniu for the usual | checking up. “I have your letter of even date,” Mellon wrote, “inquiring whether or not Hon. Herbert Hoo- ver has filed income tax returns | as ; Yand has paid income taxes as an American citizen under the Federal income tax laws for every since the enactment of the 1913. law in “The records of the Bureau of Internal Revenue show that Mr. Hoover has filed income tax re- turns for each and every year since the enactment of the law, and that he has paid his taxes as an Amer- ican citizen in accordance with | those returns, “T have personally inspe®ted t’ Se : ~ _ x + JEN Fe j te. SHR S Oe ~ b Route * Graf Zeppelin to ‘the French Coast sc 3 9 I "\ a ‘ Oe 1 = — > “=: al - oo > 7 » ge , ice APPROXIMATE course of the German air - liner; on Great Circle — from Lakehurst, N. J., tol MERCHANT SHOT IN STORE HOLDUP DIES OF WOUNDS Nathan Broddon, 65, Fa- tally Wounded at 10 A. M. Today 2317. Cherokee Street. Nathan Broddon, 60 years old, a clothing merchant at 2317 Chero- kee street, was fatally shot at 10715 today by one of two robbers Shortlv he Lutheran Hospital, two he identified a man, was David Velasco, 20, a. m. in his store. before at who said he 1436 Blair avenue, as the man who shot him. Police Sergt. Dalton and Patrol- | man Gunter, stationed a block ‘from the store, heard the shot, companies and his laundryme., friends and customers through | duplicated promissory notes and spurious chattel morigages. Failed to Return Notes. When Jones, whose nichkm “Purity” was derived from advertising slogan sold machinery to a customer cepted notes in he discounted imme an he payment These with banks ater he notes from the men, promising to | destroy Original paper Instead he sold the renewals and keptthe originals standing against he makers. Ser- eral laundrymen testified be Reteree in Bankruptcy Coles that Jones had doubled and _s tripled actual indebtedness, When Jones’ pyramided collapsed, 187 small credit were put out of business. plant on Natural Bridge nu™ was sold in the liquidation of assets to pay part of the liabilities. Loss Set at $1,000,000. General creditors of the received $175,000, about 17 per cent of their claims. Pre- ferred claims to the extent of $40,- Banks and were the claims of subse- the David companies who creditors filed but these were quently reduced. Countirg wreckage of the laundries dealt ‘with Jones, discount fig and excess paper. the net at $1,000,000. Following the bankruptcy of his} oftice engaged in | $80,000 DUE SMITH WHEN company, Jones opened an Third street and selling laundry machinery and sup- commission. Jones was a self-made man proud of it. He ran a saloon the South Side about 17 years ago. Then he got a job as a soap sales- In 1918) he went into business for himself. He is 47 years old. HEAVY BETTING ON HOOVER AT 410 | ON STOCK EXCHANGE | Special to the Post-Diepatch, 'than ' terday the outcome of the 1 wepeerenasrwetes Coolidge Permits Envoy to Londou | to Retire—He Now Is Senate Nominee in New York. the Assoctated Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. dent Coolidge accepted today the resignation of Allanson B. Hough- By | 000—were reported. $1.—Presi- | 14 and 4% to 1 that AMBASSADOR ACCEPTED | NEW ._ YORK, $250,000 on the Oct. $1.—More was Wagered yes- Stock Exchange on election Tues- a betting commissioner said. of it was laid at odds of Hoover would defeat Smith for the presidency. Two bets at 5 to 1—$5000 against 25.000, and $6000 against. $30,- day. Most One immediateiv discernible trend. this commissioner said, was lan increasing timidity of Hoover | money toward the New York State | situation. Heretofore, ton, Ambassador to Great Britain, | even money now the Republican candidate for | was asked and = granted. Now. the United States Senate from Ne» | Hoover supporters are asking six York Smith dollars to their five. . f pursued one of two men they had ' seen run from the place and cap- ‘tured him hiding in a basement ia faundcdry | ace- ; OT | Bot | laundry- | the | ‘the 3460 biock of Indiana avenue. The man, who said he was Ve- laseo, was taken before Broddon on the operating table at the hos- pital. . “Is this the man who shot you”’ asked the police “Yes, that’s him.” Broddon an- | i swered. : Velasco remained silent as h | was led Pore | | Rroddon., laun- |! More than a's ave- | away to the police station. Emmert, son-in-law — of who has a millinery store Cherokee street, saw the run from Broddon's store and identified Velasco as one them. The other escaped in other direction. Broddon lived the rear of the store. Mr: don was in the rear yard when she heard a shot and ran inside to find 7° n at 23 > robbers oft an- in with his’ wife _her wounded husband on the floor, that | ures | loss | the |through his operations was placed | and a revolver near by. A Ne sn ORG a ate in Shop at. Passengers on Zeppelin Dance and Play Cardel” ‘Dr. Eckener Gets First Sleep in 40 Hours After Gale Off Grand Banks Monday Night. By ROLF BRANDT, (C orrespondent of the Lokal An.- zeiger, Berlin.) (Copyright, 1928.) ABOARD GRAF ZEPPELIN, Oct, 30.—Everything is going well and are heading southeast toward the.Bay of Biscay at 145 we is“how i114 p. m., “GreenWich time (5 p. m. St. Louls time), and we 2000 kilometers (1150 miles) Friedrichshafen. It is im- yet just when are from possible 10 say we twill get there. The American naval officers experienced such a gale as we met off the Grand Banks of Newfound- land Monday night. fine now and everyone spirits. Some of the American pas- sengers are eyen dancing, while others are playing cards. Dr. Eck- in 40 hours. today gave up a wonderful thrill. | STORMS 19 HOURS. Brod- | ZEPPELIN FOUGHT | By WILHELM SCHULZE, (New York Representative of the | Ullstein Publications, Berlin.) (Copyright, 1928.) APOARD THE GRAF ZEPPE- kilometers (87 miles an hour), ste: The weather is | is in high | The huge icbergs and the moun- | tainous seas over which we passed | aboard say they have never before | ener is sleeping for the first time | J. LIN, Oct 31.—The Graf Zeppelin | battled bravely with a southeastern | storm from 9 p. m. Monday to 4 Pp. m. yesterday afternoon, ship's ‘time. The storm had a speed of | 80 meters per second (approxi- mately 65 miles an hour). At 6:20 this morning, St. “time, the position of the Graf Zep- a Louis | She seized the weapon ad ran Bi he rhe ioe: i oO ‘ourse Was cries. ditected attention of. the ap-| Set Satece. Sr ow least by northeast and we were proaching police to the fleeing rob- bers. She said her husband had had about $150 in his pockets, but did not know whether the robbers | got it. The robbers presumably entered store on the pretext of ‘chasing a suit of clothes. Broddon (had fallen near a table on which | and on | he had spread ovt a suit for dis- play. HE RETIRES AS GOVERNOR ‘He May Accept Lump Sum or $6000 Annually Under State In- surance System. By the Associated: Press. NEW YORK,’ Oct. 31.—When Gov. Smith leaves State service | on Jan.'1 he will be eligible to | receive approximately $88,000 un- der the State retirement system. Morris & Tremaine, Democratic | candidate for re-election as Comp- troller. addressing 2a luncheon of State and city labor organizations yesterday. said that for the pre- mium which the Governor had been paying toward the retirement fund during his 31 years of public service, he might receive the $80.- 000 outright or he could collect | $6000 annually, the payments to ecntinue to Mrs. Smith after his | death. Premimus of the system, a 5ta: ‘insurance plan, are based on insuUr- All State resenta- . figures. York Rep actuary New ance employes, ‘tives in Congress and municipa! employes are eligible to participate. pure | then making a speed of 40 miles an hour. Most of the passengers slept through the storm. We began to meet with stormy 'weather Monday afternoon when ‘the fog and rain together forced 'us to drive in circles for hours and imade us change our latitude. Now | we have conquered the fog banks | of Newfoundland and believe we have a considerable stretch of good | me ,-weatfler ahead of us. | The first half of the night was inot vary comfortable. The cold, ' together with the tossing of the |ship dampened our spirits some- but tail winds increased our | speed and nullified the small de- | what, we made the so that during ‘tours we made, jexcellent progress oe night. | | ' i } j i j , ’ ; ~~ LEPPELIN STOWAWAY TELLS HOW HE HID AMONG MAIL BAGS UNTIL HE GOT HUNGRY By CLARENCE TERHAUNE, World's First Stowaway to Cross |, ‘ . Atlantic ‘by (Copyright. 1928.) AROARD GRAF ZEPPELIN. Oct. 39. HIS is not my first exper!i- T ence as a stowaway, I stowed away on the maiden yoyage of the Steamer Malolo, from San Francisco to Honolulu, in 1927 I came down to Lakehurst from Rye Country Club last Friday night and I watched in the hangar all night for a chance to board the Zeppelin, Finally the watchman went away from the mail hatch and I climbed up the ladder Satur- day night and hid among the mail bags. ees A ‘a - ee oe . 2a + af a ¥ a. et Sa bs Bi ayo ee “- “ 1 ee 5 Pi z oa aie : * Pes ] at te de A . ~ trast § a sy Be: a e * a ed 2 a po? i o ae a dd Ca ) BY SIRENS ‘i he Fe Traveling Between = and a 60. Miles an ; , j to M. j e Pe By the Associated Press, ee ge TOURS, France, Oct. 3$1.—The Be Graft Zeppelin passed over Tours e.2 at 8:20 p, m. (2:20 p, m. St. Louis “- Toyrs is about 100 silew ates time). from Nantes, where be A crossed inte? igs i ~ northeasterly was blowing she appeared , s making between 50 and 60 — a headel making «a ae a Ben * i '}turing suburb of Nantes, a few min- utes after shops and plants had the day's work. screeched a weltome and dirigible dipped several ' feet then promptly disappeared to ward the east. The Zeppelin had informed Bourget ‘that she expected to | French coast in the 2. about 7 p. m. | closed for | far from St. Nazaire. | way between ‘and is on a direct line to Fried | richshafen. ; The air tiner, hurst, N. das m. (St, to Friedrichshafen. notified rate of 66 miles an hour. By the / ssociated Press, FRO SDRKICHSHAFEN, Germany, 31.—Pians to entertain the crew and passengers of the Graf . this evening have been called off as the air Jiner is not 4 Oct. Zeppelin expected to dock tonight. quate for a landing. le From Lakehurst. By the Associated Press. . LONDON, Oct. 31.—After tw liner Graft Zeppelin ( today completing the first round tri tle by air. Sl ‘a in 1919. ie ieee 34 hours or $¢0 miles more than : Europe. which left Lak+- | Monday at 12:54’ a, ba Louis time) on her journey a the 24 ,fiying field she was traveling at s While the dirigible may redcth Friedrichshafen during the night it was considered doubtful that the lighting arrangements were ade- Average Speed 82 Miles an Hour On the basis of position reperta ~~ | German experts calculated that the es airship had covered 2800 miles in — was covered in the same number ef hours in ber test flight ever These figures gave the airship an average speed of 82 miles an hour, — While the strong winds had ald. _ sg ed the ship, these and the — Sirens a the : hundred Le a, Flying Field previously e4 reach the e vicinity of : Nantes is on the Loire River not xg It lies mid- se Bordeaux and Brest i (en the western coast of France eve nights at sea the gregt gray air- a, > gh am 5 Se. ex. 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