Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 24

2z POSTAGE CUT AIDS AR WAL VOLUNE Glover Reveals Amount Doubled in Recent Months, but Loss Is Increased. By the Assoclated Press. Decrease of air mail postage rates | from 10 to 5 cents an ounce has dou- bled the poundage carried, but cut re- turns to the Govern postal efficials see little hope of ever operating this business without a loss. This was the recent testimony, made to take care of air mail transportation this fisc: ear. Glover said under the old rate 214,000 pounds of mail were carried by planes last July, and that the figure jumped to 419,000 pounds the following month, when the 5-cent rate took efl placed the loss to the Governi from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 a year, and t while the receipts e equaled those under expense went up, as more mail was carried man_Anthony of the subcom- mittee said he understood many of the air routes had become profitable, and asked why the Government should | continue the busin Glover replied P been granted the Postmaster General by Congress to reduce the rates paid air mail contractors after they had been in effect two years, and that s this period expired on January 1 many operators now making money would be called in for conferences on possible reductions. He said that in the first set up of the service operators bid the maximum of | $3 a pound but he thought bids would be lower when new routes are advertised | a for. While reduced rates paid contractors and an increase in the passenger busi- ness eventually would cut down the Federal expense, Glover said that he Was afraid the air mail never would be a self-supporting proposition for Uncle sam. “If is the same way with the han- dling of mail by railroads,” he added. HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET Satirical Play, Written by Frank Mullen, Shows Daily Labors. Approximately 200 examiners of the Interstate Commerce Commission ‘held their annual banquet and play last night in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel. “Lewlock Bell, or the Travails of an Itinerant Examiner,” was the title of the satirical drama, touching upon the daily labors of the examiners. Frank Mullen is author of the play, the presentation of which has been an annual affair with the examiners al- most since the commission was formed. It was staged under the direction of R. N. Trezise. Ulysses Butler, chief examiner, acted as toastmaster at the banquet, and T. Leo Haden was chairman of the committee on arrangements. All the commissioners were present. They are Johnston B. Campbell, Balthaxer H. Meyer, Clyde B. Aitchison, Joseph B. Eastman, Ernest I Lewis, Frank Mc- Manamy, Thomas F. Woodlock, Richard V. Taylor, Ezra Brainerd, jr.; Claude R. Porter and Patrick J. Farrell. U. S. POSITIONS VACANT. Government Needs Multigraph and Mimeograph Operators. ‘The Civil Service Commission an- nounced today that until January 22 it will receive applications for positions of multigraph operator and mimeograph operator in the department service in this city. Entrance salaries range from $1,260 to $1,400 a year. Full information may be obtained at the office of the commission, 172¢ F street. CANADIANS ARE HOSTS. MR RV | Club Will Hear Traveler and EXM‘ plorer Wednesday. | The Canadian Club will be host to Capt. Milton J. State, traveler and ex- plorer, at the Mayflower Hotel Wed- nesday evening at 8 o'clock, when he will give an illustrated lecture on “Can- ada From the Atlantic to the Pacifi Capt. State is ‘well known in Canada and the United States. He is a vet- ent in half, and | | added, and had drawn the attention of WHTING PREDETS | AERAL POCRES |Commercial Aeronautics Ex- pected to Become Part of Industry During 1929. By the Associated Press. | Commercial aeronautics promises to 0 integral part of and transportation nion of Secretary | i sing the Government's program of co-operation for the coming year in the fleld of civ tion, the Secretary predicted a number of im- nts, including the extensions of s, increased installation of lights her air navigation aids and the perimental works of the Bureau of al rds g manufacturers to | improve power plants and increase sta- | | ility | “ommercial aeronautics in the | Tnited States has been definitely re- | moved from the realm of experimenta- n and established as a fact,” id. we can best visi s of the industry, available st: granted 200 pilots | udent pilots in training; | orts of all classes numbering 1,600; | ating; 45,000 miles flown aaily; 35.000 pa: air mail averaging about month; 6,900 miles of in operation, with an dditional 4,600 miles proposed for the | future; production of aeronautical ment expected to double the 192’ put valued at $21,000,000.” The aviation field s continuing to attract a large amount of private capi- | tal for new enterprises, the Secretary some of the country’s ablest men. In view of the situation, he declared that | he Commerce Department had planned | enlarged program for the early months of 1929 to guide the promotion | and regulation of commercial flying. | Woman Gets Narcotic Term. CHICAGO, January 4 (#).—Miss June Bo whose arrest grew out of the investigation of the slaying of Arnold Rothstein, New York gambler, was sentenced to serve a year and a day in prison following conviction in Federal Court on a charge of violating the anti-narcotic laws. Federal agents, who found documents in Roth- stein’s effects indicating he financed a ring of narcotic dealers, raided Miss Boyd's apartment here and seized a filled with the drugs. For colds, grip and flu take alotabs TRADE MARK REG. Relieves the congestion, prevents complications, and hastens recovery. 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