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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
176 VETERANS JOIN
VICTORY POST, NO. d

The initiation of 176 veterans of the
World War in Victory Post, No. f. the
American Legion, the largest number
ever received by a local post at once,
featured the meeting last night of that
post in Woodmen's Hall, 935 Grant
place.
Included among those who joined
were Capt Taylor Branson. leader OF
the United States Marine Band, and 81
of his bandsmen The meeting was pre-
sided over Past Comdr. Ernest B.
Lyons, with the Victory Post Drum
Corps in full attendance. Deputy Con-
tToller of Currency F. G. Await and Col.
Robert S. Of1ey, Finance Department,
U. S. A, were also among the new men,
bers taken in last night. One member
OF the post brought in 43 new men,
bers. The large increase in member
ship is due to the intensive membership
campaign which is being conducted by
the Department of the District of Co.
lunbia in the hopes of capturing the
national trophy donated by Henry D.
Lindsey. first temporary commander of
the American Legion.
Department Comdr Harlan Wood
presided during the initiation and adj
dressed those present Other speakers
included Post Comdr Ernest B. Lyons.
Past Department Comdr. Amos A. Fries.
Mr.. Await. Walter o. Woods. treasurer
OF the United States, member of the
post: Post Comdr. L. E. Atkins and
Past Comdr. Daniel J. Donovan of Vim
cent B. Costello Post, who composed
delegation from the post, the other
members of which were Past Post
Comdr. Thomas S. Mason and Finance
Oficer W. E. Spicer. They reported
that to date Vincent B. Costello Post
had sos paid-up members in the cam
paign.
Department Comdr. Wood announced
that the campaign will close tomorrow
night. when the return will be for
warded to national headquarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

whv he had written it--for nearly three
hours TO a small group. The talk, Y
advertised. would have drawn thousands.
Shaw al u continues to write for
The stage. but It is a diff1cult task to
get him TO talk from one
IT, TOOK LONDON manv years OF hand
clapplng 10 get curtain speech from
him. He believes the glory OF the foot
lights belongs TO hard-working actors.
Royalties satisfy him. He doesn't ap-
prove Of authors hanging around after
the last curtain TO talk about how kind
everybody f1as bcen.
however. when the HritiSr csESoC st
a>1 iSeo rna ren ano per no.! REQ Ms.
W1i,ens riofe sion' 10 ne gro nf
ears ATE, H. Gas i1r>L lrcQGcNn "a Ns~
= "> 81 5l.siSten' $40 en"e or ne niyht
~ "a. d:est rehesI:a, largely com OIL
nnc1ie:y aear no,oe.s, Ao~isc ano
l.oIled tor l4.e auL..oc. Saw 4Aaliy
appeared. Ladies and gentlemen" he
said. good night; come again; come
often
Sybl Thorndyke wasn't 50 successful
the first night of st. Joan" in London.
She tried to drag Shaw from the wings
Then she urged the house to keep up
the applause-she would persuade him
to come out She came to the foot
lights for a moment to say he would
come, but as she was saying 1t. Shaw
fed from the stage door for home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
TO MEET HERE MARCH 4-8

The third annual session of the Ma
tional INSTRUMENTATION Ministerial
Alliance of America. which will con-
vene here March to s. at the Florida
Avenue Baptist Church. will be COM
posed OF two ministers from each of
the 48 States, appointed by governors
and of ministers elected by ministerial
alliances from the different States.
The session will be addressed by Cows.
Weaver of Nebraska. Dillon of New
Mexico and Hammill Of Iowa. and
Raoul Lizaire, charge d'affaires Of
Haiti.
Wednesday afternoon the delegates
will visit the Lincoln Memorial Gene
terry, the Frederick Douglass Home and
the Lincoln Memorial Building. At the
cemetery a brief memorial service will
be held in honor of the late Judge
Robert H. Terrell. Attorney Almond
W. Scott will be the principal speaker,
At the Douglass Home brief pro-
gram will be rnedered. Rev. DR.. c. L.
Fisher of Birmingham will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
CANVAS DECLARED
LATELY RETOUCHED
Restover Testifies "La Belle"
eaintinr Was Worked On
in PAST ST. MoHfns

50 lac E.ssoC.4 ed Pres.
NEW YORK, February 27.-Stephen
H. Piechetto, restorer of paintings at
! the Metropolitan Museum OF Art, de-
clared in Supreme Court here yesterday
that Mrs. Andree Lardoux Hahn's por-
! trait, La Belle Ferroniere," had been
retouched within the last six months.
Mrs. Hahn. plaintiff in the 100000
SANDER of title suit against Sir Joseph
Duveen, because he said the picture
was not painted by Leonardo da Vinci,
previously had testified that the paint
ing had not been retouched since 1t was
given to her as a wedding present soon
after the World War.
After studying the picture carefully
Piechetto said the eyes were not mates,
but that there, was no physical basis
for believing that the right eye had been
restored.
Articles written back in 1920 by Mrs
George E. Powell former music and art
critic of the Kansas City Star. were
read in court today while Mrs. Powell
vas on the stand They indicated that
in Kansas City the paintings origin was
questioned before Sir Joseph made his
statement. Mrs Powell said that Mrs.
Hahn called on her at the Star office
and told her she had Leonardo, but
that she heSitated to write about the
picture, because she found 1t "awfully
hard to believe that real Leonardo
might get away out to Kansas City"
She said she told Mrs. Hahn she
should have the picture "expertized" by
Eastern critics, and that Mrs. Hahn left
her in huff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
BERNARD SHAW REMAINS FIRM
IN DECLINING TO VISIT u. S.
Noted Playw right Fears America Would
MAKE Such Fuss Over Him Life
Would No, Be Wor,h Living

cste aro o, nj" :,.ttiH0F o. cn"s:
Ma rA ni1l :.S,ialiy mn. ~ ssEls-
led Will a pC.G CaiQ.
Answering an invitation 10 parrlci-
pate in a Tudor pageant, Shaw replied
Il have somehow impressed the public
as remarkable young man but now
that ! am over 10 and a good deal the
worse for hard wear. l find all sorts
OF youthful activities pressed on me.
You must let me Off the only pageant
expect to attend henceforth is nv
funeral
Listed as Great Ora wing Card.
What drawing card Shaw would be
a commanding platform presence and
fine voice with just pleasing trace
of Irish brogue. He is trenchant and
vivid and never fails even daring the
brefest Of talks 20 give play to spar
king Irish wit and humor
Il am a typical Irishman," Shaw
says. MY family came from Hamp-
shire" Hampshire is good old Eng
lish county. But the paetrnal an
cestor Capt william Shaw, left Eng
land in 1859. and all the Shaws since
his day have married Irish women, so
C. B. s." is probably more Irish than
many Americans are American.
A Shaw lecture in London draws pack
ed houses, although never advertised
Each Autumn when Shaw winds up a
series of Fabian Society lectures, police
are on hand to keep order among crowds
fighting for a few returned ticket. These
talks used to be given in the old Ma
tional Sporting Club at Covent Garden.
Now they are held in the larger Kings
way Hall. The great Albert Hall would
BE- more suitable to accommodate the
;hrongs. but Shaw wouldn't hear OF it.
He prefers to talk to small audiences,
Interesting Brief Recital
just before the production Of Saint
Joan" in London, this writer heard
Shaw talk about the play--how and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
THE WEATHER

District Of Columhis Cloudy tonight,
tomorrow rain; not much change in
temperature; gentle northwest. shifting
70 east, winds
Maryland--Cloudy tonight: tomorrow
rain; not much change in temperature;
moderate to fresh north, shifting to
northeast, winds.
Virginia - Cloudy. followed by rain
Dwight ann tomorrow: slightly co.oe!
ont2n': r1odals,a rorl1cssG zinc,
T'Hsi r.raials ins,ra ing c,oUoin",
}. COS nv ioilo~aG nv laln ontortow 400
N south norton oni2n; sHgn,iy co'"e,
.on'Ghs In eAt.sms cast potion.
records for "a Hours.
Thermometer a pm, 46: 8 pm,
AZ; IL midnight, At; am, 43; 8 am,
40: noon, So.
Barometer a pm. 1891: 3 pm,
1888: IL midnight, 1882: am, 1895;
am, $3.50; noon, 1926.
Highest temperature, 50. occurred 1T
noon today. Lowest temperature. 40,
occurred at 7:35 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest. %.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Todav--Low tide, 5:07 am and SOS
pm; high tide, 1850 am. and l1:13
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. SAC am. and
6:2l pm; high tide, 1874 am. and
ll:57 pm.
The Sun and Noon.
Todav--Sun rose 6:44 am: sun sets
5 So pm
Tomorrow rises 6:43 am; sun
sets $50 pm.
Moon rises 1915 pm: sets 8:52 am
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset
Weather in Narions Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

!''NrC". Tscr".ty ". aarns- G
.ol4Aw is rcotiag from lils lAoors OK 2.
new three-act play. THE Apple Cart,
the announcement of which brought
him new invitations to visit the United
States, but Shaw resolutely sticks to his
decision never to set foot in that hust-
ling. bustling land which Worships lit
erary lions.
At u Shaw fears Americans would
make such a fuss over him that life
wouldn't be worth living. Years ago
when he would have gone to America
he had to work as hard as a CoCkney
cart horse. Now he is rich and famous
Every year Americans tempt him TO
cross the Atlantic, but all fail.
Impresarios who try to sign him for
lecture tours ruin their chances by the
sheer magnitude of their offers. Great
bags of gold dangle before him. but
Shaw lectures only for causes" not
money. He persistently refuses Amer
lean offers because he knows that the
large fees offered for his appearance
would mean vast audiences in great au-
dtoriunS where his sense of apprecia-
ton Of his audience would be negligible.
Noted as Fine Public Speaker.
Shaw probably is one OF the finest
public speakers living. but his subject.
or the purpose of the meeting that
draws him, must arouse his interest or
his sympathy. Good business man that
he is, Shaw never accepts a penny for
his lectures.
The American who can organize A
Fabian society might still entice him to
America. but the New York society
hostess who offered him $4,000 TO cross
the ocean, dine with her. converse with
her guests for an hour or so and take
the next boat home If he wanted to
won't land Shaw. though he lives as
long as Methuselah himself.
Here in England Shaw is deluged
with invitations, pleas and demands
that he be present at all sorts Of pri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
1923 BILLS STARTED
ALONG PATH BY HOUSE

By the Associated Press.
Members of the House to date have
sent 1928 bills on their way through
the legislative machinery during the
Seventeen Congress. During the first
Sessi~ 14'43 bills were introduced,
and during The short session, which will
end on March q, $3.50 have been in
troduced
OF this number. only 2,7l6 have been
reported by committees TO date. One
of these vas an omnibus pension bill
embodying settlements for several hum
dred individuals
In addition to the bills. $40 House
resolutions, 429 Joint resolutions and
SO concurrent resolutions have been in
trOduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Air Mail Flight Postponed.

MARSEILLE, France. February 27
P>.-Lieut Comdr. Louis Paris. who
has been planning an experimental air.
mail flight to South America, announc-
ed today that he had postponed the
attempt until March 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26

sections Of the United States. this
Valley with the Hastings. Florida.
section providing the major part or
the extra-early shipments or March.
April and May OF each year. The
Lower Rio Grande Valley Potato
Growers association. a cooperative.
handles the major part of the pro-
duction in this section.
The average annual paintings In
this one section IN the past four
years have been 900 acres. re-
curing an annual average az 207.-
600 bushels Of Red Triumph seed
potatoes. all or which are Dur-
chased in the North. principally in
western Nebraska. The average
annual production is 10000 bush
el5 or approximately 1870 cars.
These. you understand. are early
potatoes. and due to the fact they
r harvested before reaching ma
turity the yield l. less than i'm these
sections producing mature pots-
tees; also the amount AZ seed
planted Is approximately 100 per
cent greater than in the northern
areas where the late or matured po-
tato is produced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26

early potatoes are confined almost
entirely TO the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Of Texas, Florida, with small
shipments from the Imperial VAL
ley Of California. Shipments start
In early March and continue to
May, when the early producing
areas Of Louisiana. Mississippi,
Georgia, Alabama and South Caro-
lima start their movements. Practi-
cally all seed potatoes used by the
extra-early sections are purchased
in Nebraska. Minnesota and Wis
consin, the shipments of seed DO
tatoeS In 1928 aggregating over q
500 cars, supplying a profitable
market for great numbers or north
ern growers.
The acreage Devoted to extra
early production increased from
32.630 In 1925 to $3.50 in 1928. and
production increased from 3.650.O0C
bushels in 1925 to SSH 900 bushels
in 1923. AS a result Of the heavy
production in 1923. combined with
competition from foreign produc-
ing sections, the acreage to early
potatoes "a decreased this year 80
per cent. according to the estimate
issued by the department OF agri-
culture on May 3.
Growers In foreign producing sec
tons. who are competing with the
Florida and Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley producers of extra-early pota-
toes. have available almost unlimit-
cd supplies of cheap labor. Their
land values are low. as are their
taxes. and the standards of living
among the laborers far below the
American standard. In fact. Amer
lean producers OF extra-early po.a-
toes are compelled under the pres
ent tariff rate TO compete with
the cheapest labor In the western
hemisphere. and Ii Is very obvious
that the industry cannot he placed
upon a profitable basis unless ade-
quate protection Is granted.
I desire 10 call your attention TO
the fact that the Lower RIO Grande
Valley Of Texas Is one Of the prin-
cipal extra-early potato producing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26

ago still favoring the month just
closed.
Heavy Industries Hold Up
THE so-callsd heavy industries
as a whole held up we'll as COM
rared with March and easily ex-
ceeded the records they made In
the same month a year ago. Be-
cause az the good showing made by
most OF the factory industries and
especially the heavy lines. iron and
steel related lines such as automo-
bile manufacturing. agricultural
implement and machine tool max
ing and electrical attachments. par
ticularly merchandise specialties OF
the latter such as refrigerators. led
most other industries In volume
end speed Of output.
an the cotton industry the one
and twc-fifths cent drop in raw
material prices plus weather con-
ditions tended TO reduce sales Of
cotton goods and produce in April
a marked contrast with recently
preceding months when sales and
shipments we're heavy. The YEA
Their was bar 10 activity in most
apparel lines. this including shoe
manufacturing and sales. In coal,
buving and mining both receded.
and there was some curtailme1t in
the nut-ut ard sales ar paper and
furniture.
Fruit Fly TeIt
High water in streams. fear Of
floods. disastrous wind storms. the
imposition Of a quarantine against
the Mediterranean fruit flv in cen
trail Florida. damage by frosts 10
fruit crops in California. SHOWS In
carly Nav IN the central west and
northwest. continuance cf strikes
ct textile mills in several south
ern states. a sharp break of six
cents a pound IN prices OF copper
with sympathetic weakness in 9TH
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26
EXCHANGE AT RIO
GRANDE CITY SOLD

RIO GRANDE CITY. MAY INN
The Starr Telephone company RS
disposed rf itS interests Ln this
county 70 the Texas A~-Srrtate1
Telephone company whnH~ h~-@l
quarters are ~ san Antonio
g.. VI Balm and c. W May repre-
Sented The new company in tna
transaction here and the transfer
IVES made and effected May 1n
Martin Cnvarns. manager fnr the
starr Tclerhcne ins hrrn retained
rs the manager for the nv com
rnr-.
One q the plans e III. nrw cnn-
Germ IN to rebuild the present rilrt
and make a number re i-rrosr-
ments. This work IN scheduled fn
bc-tn " about sky d1vx
This is the third hnldlnrr that fhn
TEXAS Associated Tclcnhcnr corr
many has acquired IN thr Valley. rF
they ovn both the E~myrnrrdvilia
and In Ferla exchange.
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Continued from mage one)
given free flights. We know that
the company was obligated in no
way 10 US and We thoroughly ap-
preciate their donation and feel that
it PLAYED no small part in the sue
cess OF our convention" Dr. 70. NJ
Works stated.
Another feature of the meeting
tina came in for much favorable
comment was the films Of scientific
nature. The Can't film was shown
several times. This was loaned hv
the National Cancer society. ~ was
shown Wednesday and THURSDAY az
the school building.
DR.. Scott presented two films one
dealt with the heart and the other
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26

er non-ferrous metals and weak
ness in wool prices with buying 81
this product naturally slowed. were
among the more prominent local
drawbacks to fullest activities In
various sections.
The available statistics or trade
distribution for April show a gain
in mail order sales of 4 per cent
over March and Of 1877 per cent
over April a year ago. Chain stores
on the other hand. while showing
a decrease Of ten per cent from
March registered an increase OF 88
per cent over April. 1923. The two
lines combined showed a decrease
Of five per cent from March hu:
a gain Of 10 per cent over April
last year.
THE large increases in mail order
house sales in the face Of declining
prices for most farm products may
perhaps be a reflection Of the evo-
luton of the mail order line. into
chain organizations themselves
whereas the chains proper are now
comparing with large totals a year
ago. this tending to reduce the in
fluence Of the starting OF new
stores
Store Sales Gain
Department store sales for April
showed a gain Of 26 per cent over
April a year ago when a decrease
Of a. per cent was shown from
April. 1927. Increases were report
ed over last year in all but two az
the federal reserve groups. and out
Of 464 stores. 228 reported gains
v a year ago.
Remarks anent the high level OF
activity in March and the first
quarter seem hardly necessary now
but 10 may be remarked that re-
turns OF net earnings by reporting
concerns for the first quarter show
Cd a gain in the aggregate of o
per cent over the like quarter OF
1928.
While a few lines OF automobile
manufacture decreased in April so
many new made records that a
daily output a little larger than
the peak daily aggregate of March
scanned possible.
Building permits In March and
I'D to April 10 in two boroughs OF
Greater New York were for a rela-
lively small number Of large ho-
tel and apartment house structures.
the idea being to obtain permits
before a new law regulating this
type Of building i enacted. The
total estimated value of these struc-
lures was SO enormous as to swell
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26

the returns for New York City and
the country as a whole and show
an increase instead Of the decrease
from a year ago earlier shown in
both New York and the country.
New York Booms
"a belief prevails that all this
permitted for building will not
eventuate. but the New York total
in April gained 222 per cent over
a year ago. whereas the rest Of the
country showed an increase Of only
81 per cent.
"Swelled by the March and April
filing at New York. the total for
the country for four months shows
q gain OF 1876 per cent. New York
gaining 81 per cent " a year
ago, while the total at all other
cities has dropped IS per cent be-
low 1923.
The present debacle in wheat
prices dates from about the MD
die OF April following a statement
by a western senator that there was
40. OOO.O 900 bushels OF wheat In his
state that would have to be ex-
ported or otherwise taken rare of
before the new crop arrived. In
the last half OF the month the
prices of current options broke II
cents. on criticism Of some current
price fixing ideas and the favor
able advices from the growing crop.
Wheat at Poor Figure
IAN effort to get the railways 20
reduce rates TO meet a so-called
emergency and induce free export
or old crop wheat while successful
enough so far as the railways were
concerned. only seemed to accen-
tuate the weakness in the wheat
market and between May l and 9
another break of IL cents occurred
on which the cereal fell OF the
lowest price in four years. AS the
situation stands at the moment OF
writing. wheat prices are 80 per
cent below a year ago while the
worlds visible supply Is about the
same percentage above 1923. Pop
ular estimates Of the American crop
are for a yield 3 to z per cent above
last year and the worlds acreage
in winter wheat Is larger than last
year by possibly 5 per cent"
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stand. and especially In view Of the
fact that the potato growers from
the Lower Rio Grande Valley Of
Texas to Maine and from the At
lantic to the Pacific will be SER
iously handicapped unless the po-
tato rate is increased from the
present rate of so cents per 100
pounds to at least so cents per 100
pounds.
The northern potato growers are
confronted with competition from
Canada and other British possess
ions: but the southern growers.
especially those Of Florida and the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. where
the so-called "extra-early' potatoes
are grown. are confronted with even
more serious competition from
Cuba. Mexico, the Bermudas and
the Canary islands. In recent
years the competition Of this for
eign production has been felt keen
". Imports have increased stead
ily. the records OF the U. s. depart
mcnI OF COtnIIleTC1 llidl III
1925 the imports of potatoes from
Cuba. Mexico. the Bermudas and
the Canary Islands. practically all
Of which may be classified as 'ex-
ira early" were 5.560.131 pounds.
Imports from the same sources in
1928 we're 12.744.608 pounds. an in
OF approximately 100 per
cent.
During this same period there
has been a steady decrease in the
price received by Florida and Texas
growers, the figures Of the U. s.
department Of agriculture showing
the following average paid TO grow
ers. 1926. S2.705 per bushsl; 1927.
si.765: 1929. s121 per bushel. The
major part of the 1929 extra
early crop has been marketed. and
the average will show some increase
over the low established in 1923,
and reports from Atlantic seaboard
points indicate there will be a ma
terial increase in imports.
The areas producing the extra