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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Navy Officers Assigned
To Duty in China.

Comdr. and Mrs. Daniel McElduff
spent the latter part of this week North,
visiting at Philadelphia, Norfolk and
New York, where they went to say
good-by to relatives and friends before
sailing for China. They are expected
to return to Annapolis today, and later
will go to the West Coast and then to
China.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. James c.
Thursday for Philadelphia, where they
will spend month as the guests of Mrs.
Clark's sister, Mrs. Harold Mason,
before going to China, where Lieut..
Comdr. Clark will be on sea duty.
Miss Louise Boyd of San Francisco
arrived Thursday to be the guest of
Mrs. Harrison Colhoun, wife of Lieut..
Comdr. Colhoun, at their home, Wind
sor Farms, near Annapolis.
Comdr. and Mrs. Albert NJ. Penn ar
rived in Annapolis Friday, accompanied
by their two daughters, and are the
guests Of Mrs. PENIS mother, Mrs.
Smith, at the Colonial Apartments, on
Maryland avenue.
The subscription dance given by the
younger officers took place Friday eve
ming at THE Ship" which is in the
new Cooper Apartments, just completed,
on the corner of Maryland avenue and
Hanover street.
Mrs. Harry A. Baldridge, wife of
Capt. Baldridge, and their two sons ar
rived in Annapolis, and are occupying
for a short time a house on Cheston
avenue, Murray Hill. Capt. and Mrs.
Baldridges Oldest son will go on the
cruise this Summer, as he will be
member Of the new third class.
st. Johns College Program
Feature of Weeks Calendar.
Added to the gayety of June week
in Annapolis has been the commence
ment exercises at st. Johns College.
On Sunday afternoon a reception was
given the senior class by Dean and
Mrs. Robert Bacon at their house at
Wardour, and on Saturday evening an
informal dance was given in the college
gymnasium. Monday there was an
alumni dance in Randall Hall for the
alumni, and on Tuesday DR.. and Mrs.
Enoch Barton Carey gave lawn party
at the Hammond House.
Wednesday was graduation day, with
exercises in the morning and luncheon
afterward given by the governors and
board of visitors In Randall Hall.
The tea and lawn party given by Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Valiant at their home
at Wardour Sunday was largely at
tended. Mr.. and Mrs. Valiant were as
sisted in receiving their guests by Mr..
Valiants mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Gordon Valiant of Balti-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Valiant, also
of Baltimore; Mrs. Edmund Taylor and
Mrs: Charles Carroll Dunn. daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. Valiant; Mrs Charles
Doyen, sister of Mrs. Valiant, and
Lieut. Comdr and Mrs Rush S, Fay of
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in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Kann.
Mrs. Fred Rauh of Toledo, Ohio, is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Marks
Mrs. Eugene Schwab will motor to
Erie, Pa, tomorrow, accompanied by
her son, Mr.. Elmer Schwab, to visit her
n-tn-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Grad.
Mrs. M. Fischer has returned to her
home in Buffalo after visiting her SON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

apartment in honor of Capt. and Mrs.
Ferguson and some of the other Of
ficers and their wives of the engineering
and physic departments. The guests
were Comdr. and Mrs. Francis Rock
well. Comdr. and Mrs. Daniel Nc
EldSf, Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. James
c. Clarke and Comdr. Elroy l.. VAN
derkloot. Tea was served by Mrs.
Douglas Howard and Mrs. Howard
Morton.
Comdr. Reuben L. Walker joined Mrs
Walker and their young son Monday,
having arrived on the u. S. S. Utah
Mrs. Walker and son have been occupy
ing house on Martin street, but will go
abroad later in the Summer to join
Comdr. Walker.
Mrs. Clyde Gray West entertained at
tea Wednesday for number of young
girls and midshipmen at the residence
Of her daughter, Mrs. William N. Rich
ardson of Upshur road Comdr. West
has already left the station for sea
duty. Mrs West has taken one of the
new apartments at the Cooper, where
she will reside for the present.
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turned to her home, 27oO Connecticut
avenue.
Miss Jean Block of New York is Wis
iting her grandmother, Mrs. Betty
Koenigsberger, of Mckinley street.
A group of board members of the
Washington Chapter Hadassah gave a
luncheon at the Carlton the past week
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in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Well Of Legation street.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. B. Nordlinger were
In New York the past week to see their
son, DR.. George Nordlinger, of for q
trip abroad. DR.. Nordlinger sailed
Wednesday on the s. 8. President
Harding, to be gone until october. He
will visit Ireland England. France and
Germany. While in New York Mr.. and
Mrs. Nordlinger were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sol Stern.
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Luncheon and Bridge
Party Event of Tuesday

Mrs. N. r. Rosasco, Mrs. Judson o.
Harrison and Mrs. J. w. McNamee
were hostesses at luncheon and bridge
party Tuesday at Casa del Rio, South
River, Md. The guests included Mrs.
w. F. Bergman, Mrs. j. T. Gibbons,
Mrs. j. r. Zimmerman, Mrs. j. O..
O'Neil Mrs. w. B. Elder, Mrs. j. Lester
Brooks, Mrs. w. r. Ryan, Mrs. Thomas
Cantwell Mrs. Oscar Newbold, Mrs. j.
c. Jubb Mrs. r. r. Bowie, Mrs. George
Eiseman and Mrs. Foster Wood.
At a recent Irish-Scotch wedding in
London the bride wore a necklace of
orange blossoms, white heather and
shamrock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
MoDing Time Again For
City Tax Collectors Office

III will soon be moving day again
for the city tax assessor and COL
lector's office. Three times yearly
this happens. The assessment OF
taxes. equalization. and the col
lection each require a diffe-,nt ar
rangement Of the furnitr
For working up the assessments,
desks and tables are placed 50 as
To be convenient for handling the
books and papers. While the equal
ization board Is meeting. they want
n table, and lots OF space In TIE
middle OF the room. Then, when
collection time comes. desks and
tables are re-arranged as a coun-
ter behind the teller's windows.
Rolls for the city taxes are prac-
tically completed. Hulon Sterling,
assessor and collector stated We'd
nesday. "A few payments have al
ready been made, but the r-1l rush
viii not begin until aftc- the new
year.
Valuations are holding I'D well.
Sterling says. The total valuation
Is expected to run something over
ST. 600, 900, or about a mil--on-
dollar increase over last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
WATTSDEFEND
VALLEY LANDS
Wisconsin Governor Ready
To Reply To Wire
From Moody

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Dec. ls-tF'
Governor Kohler Of Wisconsin today
drafted O reply TO a telegram from
Governor Dan Moody OF Texas, who
asked for more considerable before
barring the sale or certain Rio
Grande Valley lands In Wisconsin.
Illness yesterday prevented the gov
ernor from studying the case and
advising the Texas executive OF his
attitude.
At a hearing before the state real
estate brokers board, application OF
the Progreso Development company
Of Hidalgo county. Tens. for q 1880
license to sell Texas real estate was
considered.
Z. w. Watts. president and Cen
eral manager Of the water district In
which the Progreso property is To-
Gated. said the person who buys IN
irrigated land in the Rio Grande
Valley was gambling as irrigation
was essential because Of light rain
fall.
Watts testified citrus fruits could
be grown successfully III the VAL
ley If irrigated. He also said that
only in national periods Of financial
setback, such as In 1922. had there
been a letup in people moving into
Hidalgo county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
East Brownsville
School I'm Program

Children or the East Brownsville
school presented a Christmas pro-
gram Thursday afternoon before
a number Of patrons Of the school.
Teachers in charge Of the enter
tainment were Miss Amelia Camp
bell. principal. and Miss Consuelo
Cayazos. Miss lola Rose. Mrs. Deem
and Mrs. Rogers.
The following program was pre-
scented:
welcome" recitation First
grade.
Safety First PIay--Third grade.
"A Wonderful Christmas" reel
tation-Second grade.
Merry Christmas, First
grade pupils
IF I were An Eskimo" recita-
tion-Third grade. Edgar Garcia.
Signs or Christmas" dialogue
First grade pupils.
Christmas Time" recitation
Third grade.
East Brownsville juvenile orches-
ira numbers:
"Santa's Gif t,"-recitation.
Santa Claus" dialogue-Second
grade.
Christmas song-First grade.
If You Are Good, recitation
First grade.
Silent Night. Holy Night" Choir
us-F1rst grade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

in New Orleans which had not seen
IL for years.
Dixie felt the cold especially. for
II came on the heels Of unusually
warm weather. Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Georgia watched mercuries
drop to the twenties. Only in the
Atlantic coastal states Of Virginia
and the Carolinas was the tempera-
ture seasonal, ranging in the fiji
ties.
Ontario. the eastern states and
New England counted the cost Of
a crust Of ice that levelled many
miles Of communication lines and
scrambled transportation. New
York and Boston among eastern
cities escaped the wintriness from
which most Of the country suffer-
ed. but they wallowed in fog.
The southwest was 50 cold stock
men had q problem In providing
shelter for their cattle. In Texas
a hunter froze 70 death when pitch
ed into an icy stream
Sub-zero readings were so nu-
merous they had to be in the minus
twenties to earn a place in the
news. e co. Mont, cracked in a
temperature Of SO degrees below re-
70. WilliSton. N. D., was only two
degrees less frigid, and Devils Lake
in the same state was 80 degrees In
the red.
Christmas trade over q wide area
was seriously interrupted. In many
middle west cities. including Chi
cago. Milwaukee, The Twin Cities,
Detroit. st. Louis and Chicago, the
weather was held TO blame for
keeping many potential shoppers
indoors.
The general forecast for today
was without cheer, auguring clear
ing skies but continued and-foi
the east-more lei cold.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
BOND ELECTION
DATE SELECTED
Chamber OF Commerce
Directors Are
Elected

HARLINGEN, Dec. le-Date for
o 100000 bond election was set for
JAN Fl at O meeting Of the Harlin-
sen city commission Wednesday
night, at which time q new board OF
directors for the Chamber Of Com
merce was also elected.
$4,000 Of the $500, 900 issue IS "a
oe used for the refunding Of bonds
20 take care Of the following items:
$4,000 for airport; $4,000 for park;
Us 900 paving; $4,000 funding
bonds; and S125. 900 refunding bonds
The balance of the sum, $500 0C
bowers funds for street improvements
i~neinerator. disposal plant, parks and
fire station.
Members OF the board OF dlrec-
tors 10 guide activities Of the cham
Der OF commerce for the new year
were named as follows: B. +. John
son. 3. NJ. Holland, j. F. Rodgers
II. l.. Kelly, r. w. Baxter, LLOYD A
6teinberg. Glenn c. Ferris. T. s
Heron, Clayton, Pritchard, and w
4. Rodgers, Kelly and Baxter were
reelected to the board. and the out
going members are Carl Brown, J
g. Myrick. II. J. Goske, II. L. Star
mes. d. w. Day, T. J. Foster and w
M. Waterman.
The present board Is TO hold It's
last meeting Friday at $50 p. m. al
the Reese-Wil-Mond hotel, at which
time a complete check Of the years
work will be made and turned ovel
TO the n~ewly-elected board.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
SUMMARY

The disturbance over Tennessee
Yesterday morning was central over
the north Atlantic states this morn
ing, followed by high barometric
pressure crested over the Plains
states and Texas, and another slight
disturbance over the far Southwest.
Heavy cloudiness and general pre-
cipitation attended the eastern dis
turbance from the Mississippi Val
ley eastward to the Atlantic coast
Unreasonable cold and mostly clear
weather prevailed throughout the
eastern Rocky Mountain and Plains
states including Texas and the Miss
issippi Valley west Of the Mississ-
ippi River. Freezing temperatures
reached the Gulf coast this morning
and zero readings as far south as
Kansas and northwestern Missouri
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figures, lowest temperatures
last night; second. highest tempera-
lures yesterday; third, wind We
locity at 3 a. m; fourth, precipi-
tafi0n in last "a hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
British Fliers Fall
To Death In Africa

TUNIS, Dec. 19.-lP-Attempt Of
two British royal air force fliers to
fly 5000 miles from England to the
far southern tip Of Africa ended in
death on a North African mountain
80 miles southeast Of here.
An Arab reported yesterday he
had seen wreckage of an airplane
on a slope known as st. Marie
DUET. Searching parties we're sent
out Immediately, but because OF the
wiIdness Of the terrain did not 10
cate the wreckage until nightfall.
it was identified easily as the
Fairey-Napier monoplane In which
squadron Commander Jones-Willi-
ans and flight Lieutenant A. II.
Jankins left Cranwell airdrome at
dawn Tuesday intending 70 make a
nonstop flight TO Capetcwn, South
Africa.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Building Permits In
McAIlen Set Record

McALLEN, Dec. 10 McAllen
building permits have reached q
new high level for any year since
-g26. according to v. j. Eckelkamp,
eitv building Inspector, who has
announced the 1929 totals as OF
december / and the totals for
November, 1929.
permits issued thus far this year
fatal s386,500, as compared with q
total FOR the entire year OF 1923
~ 1865 .235. the statement showed.
November building permits amount
IN sl4.5OO as compared with a total
IN onlv 5000 for the corresponding
reriod OF 1928.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Committee Hopeful
For Zee Bill raVor

AUSTIN, Dec. ls.-oRl-H e
their proposed bill 10 regulate re-
muneration Of county officials un-
der the fee system would meet with
approval of office holders affected
was expressed today by members OF
Senator Pink L. Parrish's committee
which investigated the earnings un-
der present regulations.
The committee yesterday heard
representatives of Sheriffs, aounty
and district clerks, collectors and
assessors, with r.. Neil Campbell,
Bexar county collector, acting as
spokesman
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
DISTRICT COURT
HAS BUSY DAY
z Judgments Granted And
One Divorce Case
Dismissed

sonel FOR the splendid lighting sys-
granting Of q leave to amend, sum
I'D the business done by the civil
district court Thursday morning
Two divorce suits were to be heard
In the afternoon.
4. o. Anglin was given judgment
against w. A. Mckinney with the
power to foreclose on q vendors lien.
In the case Of j. L. Williams VS.. II.
@. r. Ragsdill, debt, judgment was
granted the plaintiff and for de-
PENDANT w. r. Phillip as prayed for
debt and foreclosure Of vendors lien
r.. NJ. Pate was appointed attorney
to represent the defendant cited by
publication.
The divorce suit or Leo Leslie
johnson against Maria Louise john
son was dismissed at the plaintiffs
cost.
The special exceptions OF the VAL
ley Baking Co. Inc, TO Pedro NJ,
Jiminez original petition In a dam
age suit was sustained by Judge A,
NJ. Kent. The plaintiff was granted
leave to amend with the provision
that the amendment be filed on or
before Dec. 20. The hearing On the
exceptions will be conducted Dec.
81.
Suits on call for Friday include:
Hellman Products co. VS.. Bowles,
First National Bank VS.. Kennedy,
American Land Company Of Texas
VS.. L. j. Kutzenberger. ct al. Jas l.
Abney VS.. N. S. Liddell, ct al. First
National Bank VS.. T. p. Walton, Joe
Clark VS.. A. G. H~ousinger. ct al. Col
lice Dozier VS.. Thelma Dozier. Maha-
Ia ShurtS VS.. Huston Shurts, "A. B
Hoffman VS.. M. "A. FARRELL, G. III
Thomas vs.. Valley Realty CO. OF
Texas, Farris Lumber co. vs.. Roddy
tplea in abatement).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Special Services At
Christian Unity

A special christmas Candle" SER
vice will be held at the Christian
Unity center Friday evening nc y
D.. m. in observance or the Christ
mas season. AT the close OF the
service there will be a spiritual bap-
tisrnal service and the blessing OF
the babies. Mrs. Georgia Il. Thomas
teacher at the center announces.
The general public, as we'll as stu
dents at the center, r invited to
attend the service. The center is
located at SOC Elizabeth street.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Panhandle Railways
Expansion Asked

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-QP-
Extensive expansion Of railroad
lines in the North Central and
Panhandle district OF Texas would
be approved under recommended
tions made to the Interstate Com
merce commission today by exam
liner Thomas +. Sullivan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

AUSTIN, Dec. 19-The state labor
department has directed It's dep
uties along the Mexican border TO
discontinue handling wage claims
from Mexicans who live across the
border and work in Ell Paso. Eagle
Pass. Laredo, Brownsville and 9TH
er Texas towns. ii was announced
The service is a free one, ard
deputy labor afficials were notified
that since the people Of Texas
are taxed to maintain II. 1t should
be given only to those living i'm the
state and contributing to its up
keep.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Visitors Are Guests AT
Chamber Open House
Special 70 The Herald)

Especial TO The Herald)
McALLEN, Dec. 19- McAllen
Chamber Of Commerce will be host
70 all tourists and visitors in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley tonight.
when open house" will be held at
the McAllen Visitors Club here,
according 10 an announcement made
today by Secretary Whit Rogers OF
the CONNER organize To-.
"a free street dance will be a
feature OF the entertainment and
the McAllen Municipal Band,
"Gold Medal Band" Of the South
Texas Chamber Of Commerce, will
furnish the music. The entire block
in front of the Casa de Palmas
Hotel will be roped off for this
event. Gordon Griffin, director OF
the chamber OF commerce, viii
deliver the welcome address.
A series OF bridge game Is 20
be started at the Visitors Club.
Rogers stated. games In this SER
les to be played three nights OF
each week. Prizes OF merchandise
given by merchants will be award
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Valley Secretaries
Meet In San Benito

".|T-NIaE - III = u
SAN BENITO, Dec. ia Valley
meeting Of the secretaries Of the
various Chambers OF Commerce
will be held in the Stonewall Jack
son Hotel Thursday, according to
Myron Ward, Harrington secretary.
The meeting will take up the
regular routine business. and In
addition will discuss the Wisconsin
land problem and the immigration
situation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
City Briefs

Ideal Beauty Parlor.-Under new
management, win give Nestle Cir
culine permanent wave with test
curl for $3.50. Ideal special per-
manent wave. for $500. Expert fin
ger waving and manicuring. Mrs.
Matte Younkman, Manager.-Adv.
Steinway Grand piano fer sale
very cheap. 243 Levee St., or phone
122.-Adv. 10.
The Wo0dmen of the World viii
hold q meeting for election Of Off
GERS on Friday at 7:3O. Odd Fellows
Hall, Aaron Turk, clerk. Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

(COnJluueo from page ID
will throw its protecting arms
around the arch-conspirator In this
drama OF guilt and murder, then
why should I prosecute American
citizens jointly charged with Gales
who are not able to secure diplo-
matte immunity from their govern
ment?"
The district attorney also declared
he had nc intention Of resigning,
which had been suggested in some
quarters as one way to clarity the
situation resulting from the closing
Of the consulate.
Several meetings OF business men
have been held and the case dis
cussed. Action Of the Mexican
government has greatly interferred
with the expectation Of goods and
travel through Laredo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
&C. Board Endorses
immigration Stand

HARLINGEN, Dec. l9-The board
Of directors Of the local chamber
Of Commerce held its weekly meet
ing yesterday noon IN the Reese
Wilmond hotel.
Myron Ward. local secretary. sta
ted that the immigration resolution
AS framed by j. II. Canales and &C
cepted by Rio Grande Valley, Inc,
was unanimously endorsed by the
Harrington board OF directors.
An announcement was also made
OF the Wisconsin Good VII Tour,
which will arrive In the Valley
IN February. The tour will stop at
Harrington and Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

MERCEDES, Dec. 19.-Ths
Doctor OF the Lonesome Folk a
play, viii be presented by the mem
bers OF the Mercedes Senior high
school dramatic club, Friday even
ing. Dec. 20, at the Junior high
school here.
Miss Mary Narrod. head OF the
dramatic department IN the Mer-
cedes schools viii have charge Of
the presentation Of the play.
In addition 10 the play the mem
bers or the auditorium club Or 4he
Junior high school will present ar
entertaining drama entitled Doll"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
King George Will
Preside Over Farley

LONDON, Dec. 19.-tP-Prime
minister Mac Donald announced In
the house Of commons today that
King George has consented to pre-
side over the opening meeting OF
the five power naval conference
January q and to deliver the open
ing address.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
CHICAGO WHEAT

CHICAGO, Dec. 19-tP-Lower
prices here for wheat early today
accompanied downturns in Liver
pool quotations.
Opening So to 2 cents down.
Chicago wheat later held nea TO
the initial range. Corn and oats
were also easier, with corn starting
3-8 off to IA up, and subsequent
ly sagging all around. Provisions
tended to advance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
McAIIen Churches
Send Citrus Gifts

TDUWLIWI " WNNW ~~~"
MeALLEN. Dec. 1.-two McAllen
church congregations have shipped
~ifrT,s fruit to the orphans homes
snnnorted BY their respective den
TsrSt Methodist Church has con-
.~shr1ted 40 crates Of fruit TO a car-
ioad being gathered by various
HSefhodist organizations throughout
80 Valley for shipment 70 the
Methodist orphanage at Waco.
Fsrst Christian Church Is gath
.~sr1 40 boxes OF citrus to be sent
y nart or a carload being made
ID for shipment to the Juliet Fow-
ler orphans home In Dallas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
Mercedes Clubs To
Join For Program

MERCEDES, Dec. 19.-Dr. j. G..
Webb and F.. 4. Bennett OF Merce-
deS were the main speakers at the
Rotary Club luncheon here this
week. both giving vocational talks.
Rev. George Sexton, oblate mis-
sionary priest who IS conducting a
mission here was a guest Of the
club and made a talk.
The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs OF
this place will hold a joint meet
ing next Monday at noon. at which
time there will Dc a Christmas pro-
ram.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
N. O.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 19-CF-
There was little trading In the cot
ton market this morning. Traders
apparently waited for the ginners re-
port tomorrow. After opening I'M
changed to 3 points up, prices eased
off slightly on liquidation In ad-
vance Of the ginners report. Janu-
ary trading at 1890. March at IT'S
and May at 17.4l. or 4 to 8 points
down from the opening highs.
At the end OF the first hour the
market was quiet but steady.
January traded down to 1888, ana
March TO 17.18, or 5 TO z points be-
low early highs. At noon the mar
ket was quiet and steady and near
the lows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

KANSAS CITY, Dec. l9-CR-
~. s. ID. A)-Hogs: 5000; is a Csc
higher: top $685. on 200-250 lbs.
Cattle: 1000: calves; 400: slaugh-
ter steers 95O-1500 lbs. 100 a 1925;
cows TBS a 1000; stocker and feed
er steers 9.75 a 1925.
Sheep: 1000; lambs l1.25 a 1850;
ewes $50 a 600.