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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
WHEAT VALUES DROP
TO new LOW MARKS
Break at Winnipeg Is Followed
by Renew-Selling at
Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, May 31.-Wheat values
dropped early today to new low record
prices, owing to sharp setbacks in price
at Winnipeg yesterday, while United
States markets were closed. In a gen.
eral rush of selling corn, oats and rye
today also went under previous bottom
levels Breaks in the Winnipeg wheat
market were attributed here to predic-
tons that German import duties would
be raised and to further rains beneficial
to Canadian crops.
Opening 134 to 35s off, Chicago wheat
later held near to the initial range.
Corn started l to 214 lower and after
ward fluctuated irregularly. Provisions
likewise tended downward.
Although selling out on the part of
owners of future delivery contracts was
much in evidence today in all grain
pits here, buying became broader on
the downward swing of prices, and
checked declines before values tumbled
as far as either at Winnipeg or Liver
pool. Buying here was based largely
on the ground that the price downturns
had been too fast and were unwarranted
in view of recent drastic declines.
1t was pointed out also that the Liv-
erpool cash wheat market today showed
no such severe setback as did quotations
on future deliveries there. Much of
the buying of wheat futures in Chicago
was for previous sellers, who were in a
position to collect profits. Much SELL
ing came about through stop loss Or
ders, because of severe declines at Win
nipeg and apparent dearth of impor-
tant new export business in wheat from
North America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
COTTON PRICES FIRM
! . IN EARLY TRADING
Covering and Commission Buying
Bring About Gains
at Opening. sE
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 31.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance of
to IL points, with the active months
selling 10 to Is points net higher during
the early trading on covering and local
or commission house buying promot-
ed by overholiday reports of rains and
overfows in the Southwest, and firm
Liverpool cables. The advance met a
good deal of realizing, and, after selling
up to 1882, new october contracts re-
acted to 1883. Trading was only mod
erately active, with the market quiet
ut the end of the first half hour.
Private cables reported covering,
trade calling and Bombay buying in the
Liverpool market on the Texas rain
news, but said the advance had met To-
cal selling on disappointing election re-
suits.
The market lost its opening advance
later in the morning under realizing
and liquidation, which appeared to be
influenced by weakness in the grain
markets and the unsettled tone of the
stock market. october declined to
18.45, with active months generally
selling about to points net lower be-
fore the end of the morning. At mid
day the market was quiet, but rather
steadier with the active months ruling
2 OF points above last Wednesdays
closing quotations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
DECLINE IN CURB
-IEN
PRICES CONTINUES
EYeH
Heavy Selling Follows Ad-
vances at Opening-Many
5,l,r Issues Drop.
BY HARRY II. BECKER.
rial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, May 3l.-EXcept for
extraordinary activity and strength In
utility issues for special reasons, prices
on the curb exchange today resumed the
decline in progress before the Memorial
day holiday.
The initial features were 9-point
Jump in Allied Power IL Light, most
of which was subsequently Cancelled,
and enormous buying of American
Super Power new. A block of 11,400
shares of the latter came out at the
start followed by one of $4,000 shares
and several OF 5000 each, with the
stock making a new high well across
81 and retaining most of the improve
ment after the activity died down.
New Highs Recorded.
In fact, shares of the various units
expected to be included in the invest
ments of the new holding company
planned under powerful banking spon--
Sorship were in considerable demand
and new highs were attained by the
American Super Power old stocks both
of which are being split up, and Buffalo,
Niagara & Eastern, while most of the
others advanced sharply. Electric In
vestors, which rose IL points Wednes-
day, climbed 7 points additional and
United Gas Improvement was up more
than before midday.
Despite their buoyancy, the utilities
did not prove good leaders and failed
to stem the flood of selling which hit
the high-priced industrials severely and
carried number of other speculative
shares to new lows. Deere g. Co. drop
ped ID points before afternoon. estab
fishing a new 1929 bottom, and Libby
Owens Glass also sold lower than before
on the break. So did American Cigar
& Machinery, a comparatively inactive
stock, and Gable and Radio Tube and
American Department Stores, in the
low-priced class.
Moving against theatrend, ST. Regis
Paper, which holds the controlling in
terest in certain utilities sought by the
Commonwealth Southern group, climbed
half a dozen points before meeting
prof1t-taking. Hazeltine was another
strong exception and there was a re-
covery of points in FajardU Sugar,
which touched 100. Zenith Radio,
which was heavily sold a few days ago.
was steadier, as were Hiram Walker,
United States Gypsum, Aluminium, Ltd,
and j. c. Penney. Minneapolis &
Honeywell advanced to a new high
record.
Aviation stocks which were most
sensitive to pressure included Fokker,
Western Air Express, Bliss and Doug
less. -Bement-Pond developed spe-
cial strength. Bendix Aviation was
transferred to the Stock Exchange. The
old Bendix was less active.
Oils and Automobiles.
Mixed movements were witnessed
elsewhere. In the automobile division
Durant made new low, while the Ford
stocks were moderately higher. New
mont Mining in its group reacted to the
preceding close after opening points
higher, while the oils were heavy as a
rule. Vacuum, after recovering its divi-
dend on the initial transaction, eased. |
Standard Of Indiana held close to its
record low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
Bodied Hair May Kill His Art.

G. Boruchoff, the Russian artist who
has received a certain distinction for
his pictures in human hair. fears that
the bobbed hair fashion may kill his
art. He needs long strands for his work,
and the supply of these is becoming
shorter and shorter. At first glance
Boruchoff's pictures are said to be in
distinguishable from oil paintings. He
blends the various shades of hair on his
colors. His canvas is a piece of silk or
linen cloth, and his brush fine knit
ting needle. His method of weaving
the hair into the cloths, he says is SINH
lar to that used in making the famous
Gobelin tapestries. Boruchoff started
producing his pictures at 10 years of
age when apprenticed to a hairdresser,
and while war prisoner in Germany
he spent his leisure in practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
"Farewells" of the World.

If you should happen to visit the
Philippines and make any warm friend
ships among the natives, they will upon
your departure walk up and rub their
hands on your face. You may not I'M
derstand this, but it is their way of say
ing an affectionate "good-by." The
Hindoo will PROSTATE himself in the
dust at your feet while the Burmese will
bend low and say Hip, hip" Some of
the South Sea Islanders will rattle their
bone necklaces. Some other islanders
will shake their own hands three times
The Japanese will make some depre-
ciating remark about his own home and
hospitality and express his personal re-
gard in few well chosen words. Some
of the American Indian tribes will
thrust their spears into the ground as
sign of their confidence. The Fiji
Islanders will hold aloft two red feath-
ers, crossed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
Family Hikes Far for Job.

How Scotch miner and his family
had walked more than 1900 miles in
search of a job was revealed recently
when George. the 12-year-old son of
Philip Reynolds of GLASGOW, decided to
leave the hiking party and explore for
himself. Hearing that work might be
had in London, the family. including
Mrs. Reynolds and the children, rang
ing from an infant of nine months to
George, walked nearly 400 miles to the
city only to be disappointed. They
liked back to Hamilton, near Glasgow,
then trudged nearly 300 miles to Dom
caster, England. where a reported job
could not be found. Back to Hamilton
they started, but on the way George
disappeared at Bowling. The rest of the
Reynolds returned to Hamilton and
started a search for the boy, who turned
up at Paisley, having made a circuit Of
nearly 800 miles alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
GRAIN PRICE
DROPS ONLY SLIGHTLY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 31.-While the
drop in grain prices on the Chicago
exchange has been reflected on the To-
cal grain exchange to some extent,
prices on nearby grain having declined
less than cents a bushel from last
week, trading has been very light.
Prices here, of course, follow closely
the trend of the big market in Chicago,
although the low figures on that market
have not yet been recorded here.
1t will be some time, probably early
July, before the heavy movement of
bumper grain crops starts. At present
the storage elevators here are only about
40 per cent filled, but it would not take
long for wave of shipments to the
seaboard to fill the bins to overlooking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31

on occasional load of bulk fat shorn
lambs, 11.50a12.0o; early top, 1925;
Springers, 15.0oa16.00; fat ewes. 6.0oa
$50.
Following quotations on shorn basis:
Slaughter classes, Spring lambs, good
and choice, 15.25a16.35; medium, 14.25a
1925: Gull and common, 12.25a14.25;
lambs, good and choice, 90 pounds
down, 1l.50a12.50; medium, 10.50a11.75;
Gull and common, 8.00al0.50; medium
to choice, 91-100 pounds, 10.25a12.00;
ewes, medium to choice, $50 pounds.
down, 60oa7 so; Gull and common, 2.50a
500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May 31.-White
potatoes, 100 pounds, 1.00a1.40; new
potatoes, barrel, 2.75a5.75; yams, bushel,
150a2.0 90; sweet potatoes, bushel, LISA
225; asparagus, dozen, 1.00a300; beets,
crate, 1.25a1.40; beans, bushel, 75a200;
cabbage, hamper, 5oa65; carrots, crate,
cucumbers. bushel, 1:25a3Oo; corn,
bushel, 1.25a2.50; kale. bushel, 3oa5o;
lima beans, bushel, 2.50a300; lettuce,
bushel, 40a75; onions, crate, 10Oa2.75;
radishes, 100, 1.25a2.00; spinach. bushel,
25e65; tomatoes, crate, 100a3.75;
apples, bushel, 1.25a2.75; grapefruit,
box, 2.25a3.75; oranges, box. 2.0oa4.00;
strawberries, quart, 5al0; watermelons,
25a60.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry-Spring chickens, pound,
32a43; Leghorns, 2Sa35; thin and poor,
25a28; old hens, 32a34; Leghorns, 26a
40. old ROSTERS, 18a20; ducks, 20a28;
guinea fowl, each, 5oa11o; pigeons,
Fegs~Receipts, 2,731 cases; native
and nearby firsts. free cases. dozen,
3Oa3oH: current receipts, 2oa22.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 42a4512 prints, 46a47; blocks,
45a46; ladies. 35a38; rolls, 33a35; store
packed 80: dairy prints, 33a34; process
butter, 38a39.
Hay and Grain Markets.
Wheat-No. 2 red Winter, garncky,
snot. / .O2: May delivery, l.O2.
Corn-No. 2 export, May delivery. no
quotations; No. yellow, domestic, spot.
i 90 nominal; cob corn, 500.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, spot,
Sass, nominal; No. 3 white, domestic,
spot. 52a53, nominal.
Rye-Nearby. 90a95.
Hay-Receipts, II tons. While hay is
arriving here in limited quantities only,
tits more than enough for the demand
which is being supplied mostly by truck
from nearby points, few carloads be-
ire received. There is not enough bust
ness passing to establish prices on the
various kinds on merit at range OF
1200al6O0 per ton for timothy or clover
hay.
Straw--No 1 wheat, 12.ooa12.5o pei
ton; No. oat, 12.50al3.00.
\ President D. F. Kelly of the Fair esti-
mates the current years income in eX-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
French Women Take Up Boxing.

Women In France are taking up box
ing with a vegeance. They are follow
ing the style called La Savate," in
which they kick with their toes as we'll
as fight with their hands, and at times
the matches get very rough. A femi-
nine boxing tournament may be held
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
Varsity Women Pass Golf.

Woman students of English univer-
sites are not strong for golf. This was
ems golf match was proposed. It was
found that it would be difficult to raise
teams Of more than four good players
at either oxford or Cambridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31

President D. F. Kelly of the Fair esti-
mates the current years income in eX-
cess Of 81 share.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31
CHILDREN OPERATE
FARM ON CAMPUS
Model Plant Reflects AgricuI-
turaI Activities of Shen-
andoah Valley.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va, May
pa fullnedged farm is flourishing
in the heart of this little college town.
1t is on the Shepherd College campus,
its farmhouse, barn and fields covering
one acre of land.
Built and operated by children, it
reflects in miniature the agricultural
activities of West Virginia.
The project started as a garden de-
signed to attract boys and girls to the
campus as material for West Virginia
teachers taking Summer courses. 1t
offered the student teachers an oppor-
tunity to test educational theories and
gave the children chance to learn all
the lessons of the schoolroom while
they played.
In time the garden became a COM
posite, model farm of all the farms in
the Shenandoah Valley. The children
learned arithmetic as they measured off
fields and computed fencing. They
learned agriculture as they planted
seeds and cultivated, harvested and
marketed their crops.
Engineering Plays Part.
Elemental engineering played an i'm
portant part in the construction Of
frothy and turbulent Town Run to make
an 18-inch waterfall.
When the farmhouse and barn were
erected the children figured the arith-
metic of actual construction and the
formulate for concrete. Under the guild
ance of teachers, they wrote for infor-
nation on numerous subjects, and each
letter had to be dramatically correct,
with perfect spelling and punctuation.
A carpenter and stonemason were
called in to advise the children in the
erection of buildings. The barn is a
frame structure, large enough for the
youngsters to work in. and is repro
duction in detail of model barns on any
West Virginia farm.
House of Limestone.
Made of limestone, the house has
six rooms On the first floor Is living
room, 8 by 9 feet: dining room, by
The ceiling is 51a feet above the floor.
The living room contains a fireplace.
There are two bedrooms on the second
floor, in which the ceiling is 4la feet
high. Equipping the house has been a
study in home economics.
Much remains to be done on the
farm this Summer. There are carpets
to weave, chairs and furniture to be
made, fences and buildings to paint
and crops to be grown. All includes
the calculations of quantity, price and
efficiency.
In experimenting with crops to deter
mine which can be produced best the
children are learning something of the
geography of their State. Most Of them
range in age from to IL years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-31

Trade unions of Britain are reported
to be uniting for a wage movement
which will raise the standard of living
in the next year or two.
The Washington times., 1929-05-28
Veteran Leaves $l,7OO
TO Umbrella Man,
NowSought

IIAG GERSTOWN. Md MaN1Fze'
Search Is being made here for
John r. Goodman, an umbrella
mender. also known ss Deiker.
who is heir to an estate Of be.
tween $500 and si,7oo bequeathsd
to him by. a man he befriended
many years ago.
Robert Mitchell s.. who died
March 2s at the soldiers Home
at Hampton, va, LETT the money
to the umbrella man.
Mitchell said Goodman gave
him few pennies once when he
needed them and he was the only
friend he ever had.
Goodman is believed to be ply
ing his trade in this section.
The Washington times., 1929-05-28
TAKONA FL ANS
FOR PAGEANT

TAKoMA PARK, May 27-The
general committee in charge of
arrangements for the annual Fourth
Of July celebration has adopted a
theme for the pageant parade
which. will accompany the celebra-
ton. The theme was written by
G, Leonard Boyer and is entitled
The. Melting Pot"
The outline presented by MFR.
Boyer portrays the United States
az a giant cruclble in which the
citizens OF today have reached
their present state OF enllghten.
ment. The pageant. which is essen
italy for the children, begins with
the discovery OF America by
Columbus, AMI ends with Boy and
Girl Scouts. The theme Is new as
far az parades have gone In TakonIa
Park and it Is believed II will
create considerable interest.
The Washington times., 1929-05-28
MUSICAL F { 7 {
ARRANGED

In answer to a cali BY Congress-
man Oscar DePriest, a committee of
50. meeting at the Wheatley ~
last night. organized a committee
of 500 to arrange for a aspeople's
musical festival at the Washington
Auditorium Friday, June 2l, begin
ming at s y. m.
Plans and subcommittee were
outlined by group consisting OF
DR.. Alphonso Harris, Mrs. Julia
West Hamilton, Thomas C. Cor
rothers, John e. Bruce and A. D..
Pinkett, with NeyaI IL, Thomas as
general chairman.
The movement is part Of the
program to raise 100000 for the
National Association for the Ad.
vancement of Colored People. The
festival is to include high school
orchestras children's voices. negro
folksongS and other features.
The Washington times., 1929-05-28
B0TANIST TO LECTURE

Dr. A. IL. Reginald Butler, OF the
University OF Manitoba. will speak
on 1.-The Production and Discharge
of the True Basidiospores Of
TilIetia Trit;ci" before a special
meeting OF the Washington Bo-
tanieal Society tonight at S:i5
o'clock in room AZ, New National
Museum. The lecture viii be illus
trated
The Washington times., 1929-05-28
TAKONA COURT
LACKS JUDGE

TAKoMA PARK, Md, May 2s.-
1t has been learned that the town
of Takoma Park Is without a police
judge and has been so since satur.
day night, when the term Of Sam.
uel r. Kyle expired and he was
not reappointed.
This state Of affairs will continue
until June 3 when at 4 special
meeting It il expected the mayor
and council will make a recon.
mehdation to Governor Ritchie.
Those who run afoul of the law
must be taken to Rockville for trial
until the appointment OF a new
justice here.
FaRntaheA anavfn1enta foe rent In All
The Washington times., 1929-05-28
HeTOUCHEST TIRE
in the WORLD

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vehicles Actual records kept on over five thou
sand vehicles equipped with Firestone Cunn-Dipped
Tires in all classes of service, in every part of the
country, show savings which mean at least 331s%
more mileage
The Washington times., 1929-05-28

Furnished apartments tos rent In all
sections of Washington can be easily
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to Iast nRSA
The Washington times., 1929-05-28

Firestone Cum-Dipped Tires are the
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We shall welcome the opportunity to show you
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The Washington times., 1929-08-10
VA. DEMOCRATS
CLOSE RANKS

With the Virginia Democratic
primary out of the way, the regular
line Democrats are effecting a
permanent organization for a mill
tant campaign, facing the general
election to be held November S.
John Garland Pollard, of Williams
burg, is the regular Democratic
candidate, and DIR. William Mosely
Brown, Of Lexington. is the regular
Republican Cannonite coalition"
candidate.
j. Murray Hooker of Stuart, who
is the permanent chairman of the
Democratic State cntral committee,
is in Richmond. and has announced
that he would place in charge and
as secretary of the Democratic
headquarters o. v. Hanger. of Am
herst. Hanger is clerk of the State
senate, and has been in charge of
many headquarters for the Demo
Gratis in the last decade. He was
secretary of the campaign forces
that nominated and elected the pres
sent governor, Harry Flood Byrd,
four years ago.
Hanger will have as his aids the
managers Of the headquarters of
Pollard and Mapp. 1t is expected
that headquarters will continue in
those centers used by Pollard in
the primary, as they are WE'LL
organized. and little additional work
will have to be done.
All Of the Democratic leaders are
satisfied with the vote polled last
Tuesday. and say it was more than
expected, as there was really no
issue at stake in this primary
fight. Four years. when nearly 175,-
600 ballots were cast in the Byrd
Mapp fight. tax segregation, bond
issue, and other matters pertinent
were great issues, and the fight was
warm, while this time there was
little interest manifested in any
part of the State, except where
local contests were had, and then
the interest was only in the local
candidates.
The Washington times., 1929-08-10
CALHOUN PLOT
CASE PUSHED

The wheels of justice today began
to grind in another direction to
avenge the alleged plot to extort
$4,000 from Capt. and Mrs. C. C.
Calhoun. The District Grand Jury
has virtually completed it's study
of the case and Government attor-
neys are preparing to press charges
against the five accused before
United States Commissioner Need.
ham C.. Turnage.
OF the five accused in black
mail scheme, only one remains in
jafl-Mrs. Anna NJ. Hillenbrand, a
nurse. She was unable to raise the
$4,000 bond demanded for her re.
lease when she was arrested Wed.
nesday.
Others accused by the Calhouns
are w. Clark Noble, internationally
known sculptor, and his wife, Mrs.
Emile Noble; James F. Bird, an
attorney, and Stephen A. Armstrong.
The Washington times., 1929-08-10
IS GIVEN
RACE TEST

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Aug. 10 U.N.S).
The drone of an aviation motor on
which are based Americas hopes
for triumph in the Schneider Cup
air races on the Thames in London
this fall. was heard on the Severn
yesterday when Lieut.. Al williams,
crack naval pilot, flying the tiny
Navy Mercury racer in the cup event
tried out it's powerful 1,5OO.horse-
power motor.
Interest in the diminutive craft
was high and a crowd lined the
river as the naval flier TAXED up
and down in preliminary tests I'd
determine the bouyancy and maneu-
Verability of his new craft.
Williams explained the racer was
untested as yet. but indicated expec-
tationS of its exceeding the world
speed limit of S1S- miles an hour in
the fall races.
The Washington times., 1929-08-10
Gen. Winthrop s. Wood
To Be Retired for Age

On the thirtieth of August Brig.
Gen. Winthrop s. Wood. assistant to
the quartermaster general of the
Army, holder Of the silver star cita-
tion and the Distinguished Service
Medal. viii retire from active duty
because Of his age, War Department
officials announced today. No sue.
cessor has yet been named.
He became assistant to the quar-
termaster general February /, last,
upon the retirement OF Brig. Gen.
William e. Horton.
General Wood was born In Wash
ington and was appointed to the Mill.
tary Academy from the State Of
Maine. During the Spanish-Ameri-
can War he served against the Span.
ish forces at Santigo, Cuba, was
seriously wounded and received q
citation for gallantry. At the out.
break OF the World War, he was
placed in charge Of the general supply
depot at JeffersonvillA, Ind, and was
later sent to France as quartermas.
ter Of Base Section No. 6, A. 3, r.
He improved and developed the serv.
ice of supply at his stations and was
later given the Distinguished Serv.
ice Medal for his work.