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o. 8. M. c.. and Mrs. Chester Fordney,
daughter of the hosts.

Mrs. Clark, wife Of Rear Admiral
Frank Hodges Clark, and first national
vice president of the National League of
American Pen Women, will entertain
at buffet luncheon tomorrow in her
apartment at the Dresden, in honor OF
Americas noted woman composer, Mrs.
H. H. A. Beach of New Hampshire.
Sharing honors with Mrs. Beach will
be Miss Elena De Sayn, violinist, Of this
CITY; Mr.. Walter Kramer, composer and
editor, and Mr. John Powell, composer
and native Virginian.
Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Beach are fellow
pen women, and in honor of this fact
number Of the national officers of the
league are among the invited guests,
as well as persons of importance in the
music world of Washington.
Col. and Mrs. Louis s. Chappelear,
VINO make their home at the Shoreham,
VIII give a small reception this after
noon in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Chappelear Hall of st. Louis, Mo.
Maj. and Mrs j. Clinton Tribby en-
tertamed at dinner and dancing last
evening at the Army and Navy Country
Cluo: Their guests were Lieut.. Comdr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Soule Gantz, Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs Thomas Ke.liher,
capt. and Mrs. Richard F. Lussier,
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Turkish Envoy TO Fete
Visitor From Hungary.

The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr..
Ahmet Muhtar, will entertain at tea
December in honor of Countess
Bethlen Of Hungary.
The Ambassador of Cuba and Sonora
de Ferrara were the ranking guests at
dinner last evening of Col and Mrs
M. Robert Guggenheim, who enter
tained in their home, in Georgetown,
in compliment to the formers mother,
Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim of New York.
Others in the company were the Min
lister of the Irish Free State and Mrs.
MacWhite, the Minister of Egypt, Sc
sostris Sidarouss Pasha; the counselor
of the Danish legation and Nine. de
Wichfeld Assistant Attorney General
and Mrs. Charles B. Rugg, Maj. Gen.
Stephen o. Fuqua, U. S. A, and Mrs.
Fuqua, the military attache Of the
italian embassy, Col. Pennaroh; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman and
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson.
The Japanese Ambassador and Nine
Debuchi will be the honor guests this
evening at the private view Of an eX-
hibition of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings to be held in the galleries
of the Home Construction division of
Sears, Roebuck and Company at 1l06
Connecticut avenue, at o'clock.
The retiring Siamese Minister, Mai
Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara, left
Washington today for New York pre-
paratory to sailing for his new post in
Paris. The Minister was host at dinner
last evening, entertaining at the May
flower, when his guests were the Am
bassador of France and Nine. Claudel,
the Belgian Ambassador and Nine. May,
the Minister of Greece and Nine
Simopoulos. the Minister Of Austria and
Nine Prochnik, the Minister of the
Netherlands. Jonkheer Van Royen; the
Undersecretary of State and Mrs Will
liam R. Castle, the newly appointed
Minister of Siam, Phyra Subarn; DR..
Stanley F. Hornbeck. Mr. j. Theodore
Mariner, Mr.. and Mrs Richard South
gate, Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman, Mrs. T.
A. Shone, Miss Mary Patten, Mr.. and
Mrs. william E. Goodman, Luang Chara,
second secretary Of the Siamese lega-
ton; the third secretary and Nine.
Mitradarm, Mr. r. F. Miller, Mr.. Muir
say Sheehan and Mr. Maxwell Hamilton,
The Minister of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs. Louw will entertain at
dinner this evening at the legation.
Mrs. Herridge, wife of the Minister OF
Canada, will be at home tomorrow after
noon from TO 7 o'clock.
The Minister and Mrs. Herridge enter
tanned at tea yesterday afternoon for
Mr. Edward Thompson, Canadian tenor
of the Metropolitan Opera Co, who sang
at Mrs. Lawrence Townsends musicale
yesterday at the Mayhower.
Senator and Mrs. Hugh Black of
Alabama have leased the home of Mrs
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800 to 800

Wakefield Sofas.
Love Seats.
Hayden Sofas.
Mirrors, fine reproductions
OF Colonial, Chippendale,
Louis XIV, Louis XVI,
Directoire and Empire
influence.
Governor Winthror Secre-
tarys.
Duncan Phyfe Console e
Tables.
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SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Hoover Entertain
Cabinet at Dinner-First Lady
Attends National Symphony.

Sally Burch, at 3021 Forty fifth street
having moved from Wardman PARK
Inn the latter part of November.
The new Senator from New Jersey
Mr. william Warren Barbour, has ar
rived in Washington with Mrs. Bar
bour and is at the Mayfower Hotel
Senator and Mrs. Barbour will be
Joined in Washington shortly by theii
three young children. Elizabeth, 9;
Warren, S, and Baby Sharon, who Is Z
weeks old.
Representative and Mrs. Frank Muir
ply of Ohio have returned and are
in their home, 1884 Poplar lane.
Representative Norton L. Lichten-
walner of Allentown, Pa, and Mrs
Lichtenwaler have taken an apartment
at the Shoreham for the Winter.
Comdr. Zenshiro Hoshina, assistant
naval attache of the Japanese embassy
was host to a small company at lunch
con yesterday at the Carlton.
The Commissioner of the District
Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, and Mrs
Crosby entertained at dinner last eve
ming in their home on Massachusetts
avenue. Inc guests nCIuQeQ Assistant
Attorney General and Mrs. Seth w
Richardson, Gen. and Mrs. Frank T
Hines, Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Thorpe an6
DR.. and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin.
Miss Ekengren Formally
Presented at Tea Today.
Miss Christine Ekengren, daughter oi
Mime. Ekengren and the late Wilhelm
A. F. Ekengren, Minister of Sweden tc
Washington, is being presented to g
small but exclusive group of Washing.
ton society, resident and official, this
afternoon in her home at 2l39 Wyoming
avenue
Assisting Nine. Ekengren and her
daughters will be younger members Of
society, including Miss Janet White
Miss Mary Macarthur, Miss Kitty Poe
and Miss Elsie Tuckerman.
At the tea table will be Nine. Bos.
from, wife of the Minister of Sweden
and Nine. Bachke, wife of the Minister
of Norway, also Mrs Hollister Chap.
man, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs
Henry Aspinwall, Mrs. John P. Jack
son, Mrs. Robert Hinckley and Mrs
Joseph H. Bradley.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Randall
Evening star., 1931-12-03

The major general, commandant of
the Marine Corps, and Mrs. Ben H. Full
Ter were hosts at dinner last evening"
entertaining in compliment to the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Ernest Lee Jahncke. Others in the
company were the commandant of the
navy yard and Mrs. Henry Varnum
Butler, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Archi-
bald L. Parsons, Capt. and Mrs. Frank
d. Berrien, Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane,
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Navy Yard Officers
Change Date of Dance.
The officers of the navy yard COM
mand will give their second dance OF
the Winter series Monday evening, De-
cenber %, in the sail loft at the yard,
at $50 O'Clock, having changed the date
from Tuesday evening, December 20, as
was announced earlier in the season.
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Capt. and Mrs. Nicholas n. Cobbs
Capt. and Mrs. Myron Wood, Capt
Thomas J. Jackson, U. S. A.: Lieut.. E.
P. Forrestel y. S. NJ; Lieut.. Patrick
Craig, U. S. A; Lieut.. Alexander G.
Stone, U. S. A; Lieut.. and Mrs. Oliver
K Robbins, Lieut.. and Mrs. Vernon
Lowrey Mr.. and Mrs. Bertrand Trenis,
Mrs. Robert Turner Darrow, Miss Mary
Ruden and Miss Elizabeth Harrison
Owen of Newport, Ark
Miss Owen is Mrs. Tribby's niece and
guest in their apartment in the West
chester.
Capt. Lloyd w. Curtis, U. S. N, re-
tired, with Mrs. Curtis is staying at
Wardman Park Hotel for the duration
of their visit to this city. Capt. and
Mrs. Curtis came here from Point
Pleasant, N. j., where they are now
making their home.
Capt. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs will
entertain at tea in their home at 3311
Rowland place this afternoon from s
to 7 o'clock In honor of their debu-
tante daughter, Miss Winnie-Fred ia
cobS. Assisting Mrs. Jacobs will be Mrs
George CalVer, Mrs. Edmund D. Alny
Mrs. Richard K. Turner, Mrs. Henry
D. F. Wallace, Mrs. Lyman F. Perry
Mrs. H r. Thurber, Mrs. Stephen
Dougherty and Mrs. William Chambers
Continued on Third Page.
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$50 to SIS

NJ h o g any P e m broke
Tables, inlaid.
Mahogany Lowboys.
Wing Chairs.
Mahogany Lowboy Desks.
Colonial High back Chairs
in mahogany.
Easy Chairs in a variety of
colorings.
Persian Sarouk Rugs, scat
ter sizes.
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Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi-
dent general of the D. A. r., and the
national officers of the society are
patronesses for the benefit card party De-
cember II, which is being arranged by
the clerical staff Of the D. A. r. The
proceeds will be used for Christmas
boxes for the poor. Mrs. Hobart has
loaned her reception room in Constitu-
ton Hall for the event, given to bright
en- the Yuletide for the less fortunate.
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so to $40

Genuine Mahogany Center
Tables.
Marble-top Coffee Tables.
Louis XIV Rose ewood
Tables.
Mahogany Sewing Tables.
Open Armchairs.
Slant-top Desks, cherry and
maple.
Genuine Mahogany Desk
Chairs.
Mahogany Benches.
Console Card Tables IN
magic.
Butterfly Tables.
Screens with old print deco
rations.
Brass Andirons.
Genuine Mahogany Console
Card Tables.
Hand-woven Hook Rugs.
Persian Sarouk Rugs, scat
ter sizes.
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IS to 800

Governor Winthrop Desks
in mahogany.
English Club Chairs.
Library Tables.
French Provincial Secre-
tarys.
Block-front Chests, fine re-
productions in mahogany
or maple.
Louis XIV Benches with
genuine needlepoint OF
Aubusson tapestry.
Carved Piecrust T a b1es
genuine mahogany.
Convex Mirrors with gilt
frames.
Nest of Tables.
Easy Chairs in leather.
Persian Sarouk rugs.
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will entertain the members o!
the cabinet this evening. al

TIME President and Mrs. Hoover
: will entertain the members Of
I the cabinet this evening at
: l. dinner, the first of the official
State functions to be held this
season. The company at dinner will
not be limited to members of the cabi-
net and their wives, but also will In
clude guests from out-of-town. Ad-
ditional guests have been asked for a
program of music which will be given
in the East room after the dinner.
Mrs Hoover will occupy a box this
afternoon at the second OF the after
noon concerts of the National SYM
phony Orchestra, Hans Kinder, con-
ouctor and will have several guests
with her.
Mrs. Hoover accompanied the PreSi-
dent to the opening session of. the
Conference on Home Building and
Ownership last evening.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Hagner will be the scene OF . gay de-
butante dinner this evening, given In
honor Of Miss Helen Robbins, Miss
Carnealia Perrin and Miss Mary Preston
Gibson, buds of the season. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander B. Hagner will act as
hosts for the elder Mr.. and Mrs.
Hagner.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Representative and Mrs. Frank Muir
ply of Ohio have returned and are
in their home, 1884 Poplar lane.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

The Minister of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs Louw will entertain at
dinner this evening at the legation.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Continued on Third Page.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Comdr. ZenShiro Hoshina, assistant
naval attache Of the Japanese embassy,
was host to small company at lunch
con yesterday at the Carlton.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Senator and Mrs. Hugh Black Of
Alabama have leased the home of Mrs
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Representative Norton L. Lichten-
walner of Allentown, Pa, and Mrs.
Lichtenwaler have taken an apartment
at the Shoreham for the Winter.
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Christmas Suggestions
Handily displayed

Silhouettes, a fine assort-
ment of historical and hc-
tional subjects with antique
gold frames.
Floral prints, handsomely
framed.
Cigarette and decorated
boxes, representing a group
of books with an old print
on the cover; others with
ship prints, all done in COL
ors, by hand.
Book ends in a wide as
sortment of decorated sub
jects, old prints, ships, floral
decorations, maps and hg-
ures.
Footstools, mahogany or
maple.
Domestic Scatter Rugs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, April 20 (C.P.A).-
After recovering a dollar bale dur
ing closing trading last week, cotton
prices made a further slight advance
today, with May selling at 1924.
Price fixing by mills in advance of
first notice day a week from tomor-
row, combined with less active May
liquidation by cooperative associations
exerted a Steadying influence during
early trading. Later in the session,
weakness in the stock market and a
decline IN rubber to lowest on record
together with a setback in wheat, eaSed
both old and new crop months on the
local exchange.
Prices. however, we're confined within
the limits OF 10 points and the feature
of trading was a further increase in the
May discount under new crop deliveries.
May sold SO points under December, or
more than IL points per month for the
seven months carrying charges.
The Farm Board has reversed its poll
icy of a year ago when extensive hold
ingS in the May and July deliveries were
used as a lever to advance near months
about &c over distant positions. This
year, holdings in May are being released
in advance of notice day and replaced
by the purchase of December, which
has caused a steadily increasing spread
between near and distant months.
Spot interests. with hedges in May
have been purchasing May contracts at
| a full carrying difference and shifting
the hedge interest forward In other
words, the Farm Board Is carrying
| hundreds of thousands OF bales OF
hedges for individual firms at a very
profitable discount, but at considerable
expense to the Government.
The certif1cated stock which was
1920, 900 bales six weeks ago q nov
1nNzZEM AnAlaAza ~ aanani.a 100 ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
CURB IRREGULAR,
WITH TRADING DULL
Early Furry Reflects Better
Tone of Week End, but
Fails to Continue.
BY JOHN w. COOLEY,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, April 20-The Curb was
quiet and slightly irregular today After
a furry of early activity, when the
somewhat better tone that had devel-
oped late Saturday served to influence
some covering, the market lapsed into
a stupor.
A few Specialties, mostly in the higher
priced brackets, turned upward, but as
a whole the list was content to hold
small fractions either side of the pre-
viouS close. Oils suffered from group
weakness, Gulf making a new low and
Vacuum trading at approximately the
bottom. Cities Service ruled under IT,
Particular points of strength included
Parker Rust, Great Atlantic & Pacific
and Aluminium of America. Mead
johnson. however, reacted rather sub
Stantially, although the volume was
small. Deere dipped moderately to a
new minimum. There was also some
pressure against Noranda, Pilot Radio
and Columbia Pictures. Marion Steam
Shovel, an inactive, rallied 3 points.
Utilities struggled against the Specu-
lative apathy that was the outstanding
characteristic of the entire market
Electric Bond g. Share made a good
start with an opening sale above As,
but quickly Sagged back to Saturdays
final level United Corporation war
rants rallied about a point.
Call money renewed on the curb at
per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
STEEL DEMAND PEAK
PASSED IN MARCH
Orders for Sheetings Now Lead
Market, With Auto Pur-
chases Slow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURGH, April 20.-Fabricated
structural steel sheetings have been so
heavy in the last 80 days that this
outlet for steel may still be considered
the steel induStry'S best customer,
while automobile trade buying of steel
has continued so light that 1t Is one
of the poorest customers.
1t is impossible to draw up list In
sequence of the steel tndustry'S GUS
toners to show the respective standing,
on account of various complications.
Thus in a technical sense tin plate Is
by FAR the best line of all. Tin plate
production just now is at an annual
rate we'll in excess of total production
in the best tin plate year, 1929, but
this is partly seasonal and partly due
to tin plate being a law TO itself. 1t
never suffers in depression as much
as other lines of steel consumption.
Tin plate simply has one big loss,
about two-thirds of its export trade.
Tin mills are now running at close to
IS per cent
The poorest line Of steel consump-
ton is in dwelling house construction
and general work on the farm, there
being hardly any of either. Statistics
or estimates of slowly rising automo-
bile production afford no comfort TO
the steel trade. 1t is pointed out that
the production is nearly all Ford and
Chevrolet, light cars, and the Ford
Motor Co. makes q good bit OF steel
itself.
The peak rate in steel production so
far this year fell at about the middle
of March, at around Sc per cent OF
capacity, as recently ascertained for
December 81, 1880, the March average
being SAX per cent and the closing
rate So to So per cent. while this week
may be estimated at 81 to 81 per cent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
GAIN IN RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING hopeful
March Report Partly Offsets Show
ing in Previous Month in
Contracts Awarded.

BY the Associated Press.
Contracts awarded for building as
recorded by the F. w. Dodge Cor
poration, showed a sharp increase in
March over February because of sea-
sonal influences.
Excluding public works. the totals
awarded for residential and non-resi-
dental building in March in 81 States
east of the Rocky Mountains repre-
scented 37,542, 900 square feet of floor
space, as compared with 28,Os2, 900 in
February, 52,ss9, 900 in March of last
year and 81 ,633, 900 In the peak month
of 1923 March contracts were 40.8
per cent higher than the previous
month.
Non-reSidential building was re-
sponsible Tor failure of work in March
to make a more satisfactory showing.
Residential contracts were larger than
a year ago, totaling 22.lS0.000 square
feet, against 2o,7l3,0oo, an increase Of
TT per cent.
AS residential work is the backbone
of building, the March gain Is held
to be encouraging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
RELIANCE-EAT0N AXLE
MERGER APPROVAL VOTED

CLEVELAND, April 20 (P.-Final
approval was voted today to a merger
of the Reliance Manufacturing Co. Of
Massillon with the Eaton Axle & Spring
CO. of Cleveland. Stockholders repre-
senting SO per cent of the Reliance
common shares voted the approval
unanimously.
Under the terms of the DEAL Eaton
Axle acquires the assets and liabilities
of Reliance, $l,500,000 concern, and
will exchange five shares of Eaton stock
for each four shares of Reliance.
To compensate for a difference in
the companies dividend rates, the meet
ing of Reliance officials and Stockhold-
erS, which was held in Cleveland, voted
a special dividend of 16 % cents a
share on Reliance common stock, pay
able May to holders Of record April IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
MARYLAND TOBACCO PRICES.

BALTIMORE. April 20 Especially -
No sales of Maryland leaf tobacco were
reported this week, with receipts of 154
hogsheads being held for offerings next
month. Stocks in State tobacco ware
houses are low, only 3,845 hogsheads re-
manning and the market holds steady
to firm at the following quotations per
100 pounds:
Inferior, 6o0a1o.oo; sound, common,
10 .00a22 90; good common, 2250a32 90;
medium, 32.5Oa4O. 90; good to fine red,
40.50a53.00 fancy. 53.50a5400. Sec
ondS-Common to good common, 1925;
medium, 2500a35 90; good to fine,
35.50a4500; ground leaves nominal;
upper country Burley, 7.00a40.00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, April 20 up UNITED
States Department of Agriculture
Hogs, $4,000 head, including $4,000 di-
rect; slow; 5-10 lower than Fridays
average; bulk, 150-2l0 pounds, 765a
7.s0; top, 7.85; 22o-3l0 pounds, 7.o0a
TO; pigs, 7.25a7.5o; packing sows, 600
a6.40; light light, good and choice, 140-
: 200 pounds, 7.65a7.85; medium weight
200-250 pounds, 7.30a7 IS; heavy weight,
250-350 pounds, 6.75a7,4o; packing
sows medium and good. 27550o pounds,
6.o0a650; slaughter pigs, good and
choice, 100-l30 pounds, 7.25a7.65.
Cattle-14,000 head: calves, 1000;
fed steers steady; yearlings steady to
IS higher, light heifer and mixed year.
lings showing most upturn and activity;
killing quality medium to good, best
medium weight and weighty steers stop
ping at 800 early; she stock most steady:
vealerS strong and bulls easy. Largely
steer and yearling run. slaughter cattle
and vealers-Steers, good and choice,
100000 pounds. 7.75a1o.0o; COOL 100
pounds, 7.75a9.75: l,10o-1 300 pounds,
7.50a9.50; 1,300-1 500 pounds, 7.50a9.50;
common and medium. COOL 300 pounds,
575a7.50; heifers, good and choice, $50
$50 pounds, 6.75a9.75; common and
medium, 550a7.25; COWS, good and
choice, 5.00a6.00; common and medium,
4.50a5.00: low cutter and cutter, 3.25a
4.25; bulls (yearlings excluded, good
and choice Cbeef), 4.00a5.00; cutter to
medium, 335a4.40; vealers milk fed,
good and choice, 7.75a9.0o; medium,
6.00a7.75; Gull and common, 4.00a6.00:
stocker and feeder cattle, steers, good
and choice, 500-1 $50 pounds, 6.75a8.00;
common and medium, 5.25a6.75.
Sheep-27, 900 head: bulk run on di-
rect billing; early trading very slow;
most bids $3.50 lower; bulk desirable
fat lambs held at 950-9.75; sheep
scarce: weak to Is lower: lambs, 90
lbs. down, good and choice, 90o-975;
medium, $3.50 90: 81 to 100 lbs, medi-
UNI to choice, 785-96o; all weights,
common, 6.75-8.25; ewes, 80 to $50 lbs,
medium to choice, 3.00-4.25; all weights,
Gull and common, 1.50-3.25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
Grain Market
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 20.-Grain prices
underwent early setbackS today as a
result of reports indicating general
breakup of drought. Material enlarge
ment of the amount of wheat on ocean
passage counted also as a bearish
factor.
Opening at u cent of to Aa2s up,
wheat afterward continued TO sag.
Corn started unchanged to "a down
and subsequently declined all around.
Rain and snow, both in United States
and Canadian wheat territory, more than
Offset talk of continued good North Amer
lean export demand, with fresh early up
turns in Liverpool quotations. Bears
laid stress on weakness of Argentine
markets and on the fact that supplies
ahoat for Europe totaled 45,432, 00O
bushels, against $1,000, 900 and 1894,
600 at this time last year. Russian adj
vices of delayed sending because of I'M
favorable weather and owing to short
age Of draft animals and feedstuffs
were apparently ignored.
Closing prices ct Liverpool came ear
11Hv than HaHnkofnRm IN aarnaank nj hnm