The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1927, Page 3

PAGE EIGHT _ BY 9 MILLION Efficiency. Continues to Im: prove—New Makes Many Recommendations ~ Washington, Dec, 6— —Contin< ued efficiency of the postal service, that part of the government in most | intimate touch with all the people, ¢ was indicated today in Postmaster General New’s annual President Coolidge, w!.:ch recited that the operating deficit was cut by approximately $9,000,000 for the year. Laws ‘When regular overseas air trans- portation shall have been demon- strated as practicable and safe, Mr. New told the president, the postof- | fice department would endeavor to be among: the first to use such fa- cilities in mats | air mails to foreign countries. He asked euth- ority to inaugurate such service un- i \ der four-year contracts after ad: vertising for bids. Bo cg “There is still dissatisfaction on the part-of some classes of mail | users aver changes made i:t 1925,” he said. “The readjustment of post- age rates to the classes of mail and rendered the: | | ° the services m is al- \ ways a difficult matter, especially | when suth readjustment .pplies to business conditions established an | \\ der rates of long standing. The \ changes made are still ynder consid- ! \eration by the congress and the de- | artment.” ; Rate Readjustment Needed | A comprehensive plan for an equit- | ble readjust ent of postal rates, e postmaster gener:] said, would submitted “at the appropriate e. epott on the cost o% hand- various:classes of mail dur- ing~1927 will be made to congress, for use in connection with legisla- tion for change of rates. « Postal revenues for the year to- taled $683,121,988, an increazc of $23,302,187, or 3.53 per cent over 1926. Audited expenditures totaled $714,577,491, an increase of §34,- 878,438, over 1926. The expendi- tures included transfer of $15,072,. 032 to the retirement fund which in previous .years was not recogn asa cash expenditure. Exclusive of that amount, audited expenditures totaled $699,505,459, an increase of but $19,801,406 over 1926. After ad- justments . for obligations carried oyer from the previous year and for obligations outstanding, expend- wes } itures totaled $712,036,704, making |’ an operating deficit of $28,914,716. | pilagnsit a year Hh ‘ made postanas r general for legislation to.improve the postal ser- vice. These included provision to carry into effect the president’s views providing for the classifica- tion of postmasters at first, second, and third class offices, and repeal of the four-year.term of office. Approval was renewed of a gen- eral plan of government ownership . i erees Rakes 3 the Lode of rey usiness: ment, as distingui from the leasin, item. 7 was given in the report. - the period of development planes flew 15,667.530 miles, carried 298,- 517,760 letters . with remarkably small loss, and demonstrated the feasibility of commercial aviation. ‘The rural delivery service was ex- nded di and is now | mat Tp cent. of all | Janting in the United States was ti: timately delivered to rural-route pa- ns, Newspapers and icals in the mails increased cain art - a ed ue “WIS DERIcrT | Santa Claus insurance for hundreds of poor Philadelphia kiddies— that’s what the fair co-eds of Temple University provided when they took to. toy-making. Here you have pretty Katherine Moyer, of White Haven, Pa., with an armful of undergraduate-made joy which tho stu-|. dents are to distribute on the Yuletide. | ON MOTOR ROW Whippet Averages 44 Miles an Hour . Running continuously for 48 hours covering a total of 2,148 miles at an average speed of 44 miles an hour is another endurance and stamina rec- ord- added a few days ago by a Whipp+t Collegiate roadster to the long list of outstanding accomplish- ments of this car. This new mark was set in an endurance demon- stration staged at Pipestcne, Minn., affidavits of official observers at- testing the truth of the latest: rec- performance. ‘ The start of the remarkable en- durance test was made at Pipestone ‘after M. J. Meeker, well known at- alterations were made at any time from start to finish. in Stamina Test|Chrysler Announces Most Powerful Car , Walter P. Chrysler and his en- gineers present today what they declare is the most notable car Chrysler has ever produced—the new .112 horsepower Imperial “80.” It is the most powerful standard motor car in America, as well as Chrysler's conception of “the finest that money can build. Overall length of the luxurious new Imperial is 191 inches. The long springs, anchored in blocks of live rubber, and the special Chrys- ler rubber mountings at the front and rear of the engine contribute to a restful softness and comfort -| panied the Whippet driver keeping torney, personally locked and sealed hippet’s hood and also sealed the speedometer. At the conclusion of the test 48 hours later, Meeker agnin inspected the seals and declar- pected the engine at the end of the 8) the engine at the end of 1 journey and said there had been no additions or alterations. . During the entire 48 hours dis- interested official observers accom- H. B. LOVE Doctor of Chiropractic Palmer School 3-year graduate Examination Free Eltinge Bldg. Bismarck, N. D. accurate check of the mileage and '|fuel and oil consumption. Despite the high rate of speed maintained to average 44 miles an hour, the fuel consumption checked at 25 miles an hour for the 2,148 miles, At the completion of the run the rs and driver signed affi- davits thatthe Whippet ran contin- uously for 48 hours, covered 2,148 miles, averaged 44 miles an hour.and consumed 87 gallons of gasoline and 12 quarts of oil. Mercer County Lig- nite, lump size, $3.85 delivered; four inch » size $3.60 delivered. Phone 11. Oceident Jaun Hernadus, driver of the . Elevator Co.—Adv. in its remarkable stamina) Whippet ts re 2 test, declared in his affidavit that he = alone drove the car the entire time = and that no repairs, adjustments or y y Tonight! “and gt the experts! tactic in bidding — fale | ‘way to.signal for a lead! Thewe are the cards; THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, of riding that arc outstanding even| ity to examine und drive this new among the wosld’s most distin-) model.” guished fin® motor. cars. There are five Chrysler-built Lahr Co. 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