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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
BOY, CRIPPLED BY WIRE,
ASKS $25, 900 IN SUIT
City Cab Co. and Potomac Electric
Power Co. Named by
William Howard.

A suit to recover $4,000 damages
from the City Cab Co. and the Potomac
Electric Power Co. was filed yesterday
in District Supreme Court by William
II. Howard, minor, through his mother.
Mrs. Agnes Howard, 81 Sherman circle
The suit charged the boy was chippled
as a result of coming into contact with
live wire from an electric light pole
which had been broken and thrown to
the ground through a collision of q
taxicab Of one of the defendants.
The accident occurred November 30
last, and the court was told that the
boy stepped on the fallen live wire,
which burned through the sole Of his
shoe and inflicted burns which have
rendered him cripple. He was repre-
sented by Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
Scot Vacationists Ired.

Scots who took vacation trips to the
coast resorts are waxing warmer than
the Summer temperature indicates 1t
was rumored throughout the country in
the Spring that coast landladies had
been forced to reduce their rates in
order to fill their hotels. When the
arrived they found that the
rates we're announced as reduced" but
were the same as a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow, probably fol-
lowed by local thundershowers in the
late afternoon or at night; slightly
cooler at night; gentle south winds
Maryland and Virginia-Partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow, possibly followed
by thundershowers in the interior to-
morrow afternoon; net much change in
temperature; gentle to moderate south
winds
West Virginia-Partly cloudy: slightly
warmer in east portion tonight; tomor-
row, thundershowers; cooler in north
west portion.
Record for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm. "a: pm, SO
IL midnight, 20; 4 am. 70; 8 am, T6
IL am, 81.
Barometer-4 pm, 1882: 8 pm,
1892; IL midnight, 1896; am, 1896;
am, 29.99; IL am, 1899.
Highest temperature, 95, occurred at
12:45 pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 10, occurred at
S. 80 a m. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 10l; lowest, IA.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today-Low tide, 9:56 am. and 9;27
pm: high tide, ISL am. and 3:l6 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1885 am. and
1898 pm; high tide, 3:47 am and
Ala pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose STA am; sun sets,
1913 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises Sis am. sun
sets 7;12 pm
Moon rises 3:08 pm: sets am
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Comparative figures of the monthly
rainfall in the Capital for the first eight
months against the average are shown
in the following table:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
CONSUL IS SENT HERE

Manuel olazabal to Relieve EN-
bassy Attache of Argentina.
Manuel Olazabal attache of the Ar
gentine embassy here, has been APP
pointed consul for Washington from his
country. an Associated Press dispatch
from Buenos Aires said yesterday.
Olazabal will succeed Manuel Gonzales
Durand, assistant commercial attache
of the embassy in this capacity.
1t was explained at the embassy that
member of the embassy staff is usual
ly appointed to serve in the capacity of
consul for Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
DR.. HARMON GIVES TOPIC

A. the National City Christian Church
tomorrow morning the sermon by DR..
H. H. Harmon will be on the subject
The Power Of the Unseen" The eve
ming bells service and the tower chimes
program Is at 7:45.
The n1idweek meeting, at 8 pm.
Thursday, win be IN charge Of Maj.
Guy withers, who will speak On Hard
Times in the Church--How They Help. ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
MRS. AGNES GROVE DIES
Wife of Bureaus Medical Director
Had Lived Here so Years.

Mrs, Agnes b Grove 65. wife of DR.
John w Grove, medical director of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, died
yesterday at her home, 1925 Park road.
after a short illness. She had been a
resident of Washington for more than
so years, coming here from Ireland.
Funeral services will he held Monday
or Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church,
Sixteenth street and Park road.
Arrangements have not been completed.
Besides her husband she is survived
oy son, Joseph N. Grove, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. E. Zelley, Amarillo. Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
So RED STRIKERS
ARRESTED IN JERSEY
Ringleader of Picketing Drive in
Paterson Jailed When He Re-
fuses to Pay Fine.
Bv the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PATERSON, N. j.. August "a
picketing drive to influence dye-shop
workers to join the silk strike in effect
here resulted in arrest of SO Communist
strikers Thursday. They were charged
with diSorderly conduct
The picketers used profane and OBJ
scene language. police testified sang
Communist songs and were blocking
traffic. Fred Riedenknapp, alleged ring
leader OF, the demonstration, was fined
$50, but refused to pay it and was sent
to Jail. OF - vino were fined So each
five paid, and the others were also COM
mittRd to Jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
RETURNS TO PULPIT
Rev. James H. McBroom Ends
Four-Month Leave.

Rev. James H. McBroom, minister of
the Church Of Christ, Fourteenth and
Meridian streets. has returned from a
four-month leave Of absence, which he
spent in Georgia and middle Tennessee
among relatives and friendS, spending
most Of the time preaching fer the
Grant Park Church of Christ in At
lanta.
street and will preach each Sunday at
IL am and 8 pm. and each THURSDAY
at 8 pm.
He will discuss the following subjects
tomorrow: IL am. She Hath Done
What She Could :; pm The Chris
tian Soldier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08

BY the Associated Press
N URBANK, Calf. August g.
- RumorS hereabouts indicate
there may be another air race
- across the Atlantic-but this
time of a distinctly feminine
character
Carl Squier, general manager of the
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, said
last night that Elinor Smith, former
holder of the women's altitude record,
perhaps" plans to span the ocean by
air with the purchase of a fast ship
equipped for distance flying.
The plane, built for John Henry
Mears for trip around the world, is a
Lockheed-Vega high-wing cabin mono
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
Nine Agitators Arrested.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, August 8 (4ot. -
Nine persons, including a Boston girl
described by police as a professional
labor agitator were arrested Thursday
after street battle between strikers and
employees of local fecktie factory which
it took police a half hour 10 subdue.
The agitator was Rose Sullivan. 90
Three other Girls were in the group ar
rested on charges Of breach of the
peace.
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Gets Carnegie Reward.

STOCKHOLM, August tP).-Judith
Anderson. who is IL. has gold watch
and 500 krone toward her education.
She saved the life of a man who was
drowning and received Carnegie re-
ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08

Record rainfall for the first eight
months was:
January, 1882, TOO inches: February,
1884, 6 "a inches; March. 1891, 884
inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches; May
1889, 1863 inches June, 1900. 1924
inches; July 1886, 1853 inches; Au-
gust, 1928, l44l inches
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS. Calf - My
wife and daughter Just off the boat
today from Honolulu, with a ukulele
under one arm and a surf board I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08

friend, Jim Reed of Missouri-and
Jim generally knows what he is
talking about--Says the Government
is in the bootlegging business. Lord.
as far behind as The Treasury is
now, they got to get into something
that pays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08

plane, practically a duplicate of that
used by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
in their record-smashing round-trip
flight.
The plane is in Detroit and Squier
said he understood Miss Smith was
there too, giving it thorough examina-
ton. 1t is equipped with a 550-gallon
fuel tank and is capable of 200 miles
IAN hour
The other woman flyer Immediately
interested in a trip across the Atlantic.
retracing the Lindbergh route. is Laura
Ingalls, A third, Ruth Nichols, who
cracked up some time ago, is recuperat-
ing from injuries received from a cross
ocean attempt.
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- - 49,
der the other.
They claim it's
a great vacation
spo'. They Wis
tied Some of the
big C a t t e
ranches. T j a t
and that hula
stuff would hit
me better than
trying to stand
on my head on
a board.
Saw my old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-08

Italy has ruled that all -four made in
the country must contain 95 per cent
italian wheat
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-09
it's time
 to buy

PROSPERITY is not dead in America it has smpl been asleep dreaming bad dreams dreams of de pression of the fear of spending the deuson Q hoardinq We've been in lethargy from which only real alarm could arouse us.
 But we've heard the alarm now the alarm of stag nant business factories with muted machinery and de porabe unemployment and we're ready now to ge up and put dollars to work.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
MRS. CARRIE T. WILLIAMS
MRS. CARRIE T. WILLIAMS
Of ACE
HALTS HOP

NEW YORK. May 8 G.N.SO,
Roger @. Williams, transatlantic
flier, was arrested at his hotel
here today at the instigation of
his wife, Mrs. Carrie T. Williams,
who is suing him for separation.
His arrest put temporary end
to the rOund-the-wOrId flight he is
planning with Prince Jean Ghica,
Rumanian air minister and cousin
of King Carol.
Williams was taken to the
sheriff's office to be held until
he had posted a $4,000 bond guar
anteeing temporary alimony of
$3.50 a month.
In her suit Mrs. Williams re.
VeaIed that she and her husband
have been separated for three
years although she continued to
appear with him at public func-
tiOnS "tO protect his reputation. ;"
She said she had seen him only
six times since April, 1928, when
he told her, she averred, that he
was leaving land couldn't be
bothered with me any more"
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
GROUND
BERENGAR|A

NEW YORK, May 8 GN.S0-
The giant Cunard liner Beren-
garia, third largest vessel in the
world, ran hard and fast aground
in the fog today opposite Seagate,
Brooklyn, while nosing up Am
brose Channel, through the fog.
The liner carried 478 passengers
and a crew of 900 men.
She is in no danger, officials
made clear. though shipping ex-
perts voiced fear that it may take
several days to pull her off the
mudbank.
A fleet of tugs was hurried to
the scene.
If the tugs and the next high
tide are unable to move her. the
passengers will be removed to
other craft and ferried ashore, it
was said.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
SLAYER
LOSESPLEA

CHICAGO, May 8 GN.S)-
Leo V. Brothers. st. Louis gun.
man, today was denied new trial
on the charge that he murdered
Alfred CJake'D Lingle, reporter
last June 8.
His motion for a new trial was
denied by Judge Joseph SABBATH,
before whom Brothers was found
guilty recently and sentenced to
serve IA years at Joliet Peniten-
tiary.
Judge SABBATH, however, granted
Brothers attorneys a 6O-day stay
and the privilege of filing a bill
of exceptions. Attorneys said
they will take the case to the
Supreme Court Immediately.
Brothers displayed not the
slightest emotion when the judge
made his ruling. Clad immacu-
lately as ever, he maintained the
same cold and rather sullen ex-
preston that characterized his
attitude during his lengthy trial
which attracted nationwide at
tention,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
TRIP To TAKE.
8 DAYS To
COAST
Watkins Party Bringing Back
Scientist in 10O-MiIe Trek
Across Ice, Filler Reports

COPENHAGEN, May 8 G.N.sJ.
Augustine Courtauld, young Brit
1sh scientist, now on his way
over the Greenland ice cap to
Angmagsalik with the watkins
sledging party, which rescued him
after he spent the long winter
months alone at his meteoro-
aogical station, will not reach the
coast for about eight days, it was
revealed today.
Dispatches from Angmagsalik
said that time will be consumed
by the long, arduOus march over
the more than 100 miles from the
point where the Sledging party
was sighted yesterday By the
Swedish airman, Capt. Albin All
Henberg, to AngmakSalik.
CoGlrtanld and his rescuers
probably will be forced to wait
until midsummer before returning
to Copenhagen. The first ship
from Denmark will depart from
here for Greenland on July IL
and is due to arrive at Angmag-
salik on July 81. The ship will
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
TRIAL To TEST
GRAPE CASE

KANSAS CITY, May 8 GN.SJ.
The first action of the Govern
ment in its determination to ascer-
tain the dry law status Of fruit
juice concentrates was manifested
here today in the filing of formal
charges of violation of the ma
tional prohibition act against the
Ukiah Grape Products Company,
of New York.
The charges contained two
counts, one of possession and one
of sale of 10 gallons of specially
prepared grape juice concentrate
capable of being fermented."
They named specifically as de-
fendant Albert Burnett, Kansas
City manager of the Ukiah con-
Germ.
The charges resulted from q
raid on the Ukiah cOmpany's Of,
ficeS here December IL, 1880, &C.
cOrding to Thomas ]. Layson, as
SiStant United States district at.
tOrney, who filed the charges.
In order to expedite a ruling
in the case, which is expected to
settle for all time the life or
death of fruit juice concentrate
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis
May 18 as the day for 4al"'
of the case.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
IS FOUND
BY SENATE IN
CANNON Def
Congress Campaign Activity
Of Bishop May Shatter His
Claim of "NO jurisdiction"

One flaw discerned in the care
fully prepared challenge of
Bishop Cannon, jr., to the legal,
,ity of the investigation of his
anti-Smith campaign funds &C.
tivities by the Nye senatorial com
mittee is being relied upon by
committee members to shatter his
defense.
Admitting a serious legal queS-
tiOn is presented in the bishops
contention that the Senate cannot
regulate election Of presidential
electors, it was pointed out that
this question may be avoided.
In his original call for the
Asheville conventional which
the anti-Smith committee was
formed for the 1928 campaign
Bishop Cannon said It was plan
ned to elect dry Senators and
House members as well as, take a
hand in the presidential fight.
Patterson Sees Flaw
Bishop Cannon, in his state.
ment. admitted the, right Of the
committee to investigate expen6i-
lures in Senatorial elections.
Senator Patterson (R.l Of Mis-
souri,, a member of the Nye COM
mittee, who was elected on a dry
Continued on Page ;, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
DC. HEADSPUSH
COAL FIGHT

Instructions to test the validity
of the District weights and meas.
ures law, relative to sale of coal
by the 2,000-pound unit instead OF
the 2,240-pound ton by haling
a coal murchant into Police
Court, were reiterated today by
the District Commissioners to
Corporation Counsel William w
Bride.
The Commissioner repeated
their order of a week ago after
Mr.. Bride had submitted to them
a supplement to his first report
in which he expressed the opinion
that he had no case against the
merchants. His supplementary
report stated:
"ThiS is supplemental to my
memorandum of April %, 1881,
with respect to the prosecution
Of coal dealers for the sale of
units of 1900 pounds of coal.
Since the date of that memo
randum, the coal dealers have
agreed to sell coal by the ton to
those desiring to purchase by
that unit of weight, although
they will continue to sell units
of 1900 pounds to those who
will contract therefor.
I'm my opinion, this char
Of attitude on the part of
coal dealers has the effF
removing doubt of the
of the sale of a unit
pounds, since the pure
the election either t
by such unit or by
'If the purchs
purchase a >Ur
weight, it CO.
in any -
frauded.'
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
DIR. NICHOLSON
NEAR DEATH

PASADENA, Calf, May
UN.S0.-Fear that death is a
matter of hours for DR.. Albert
A. Nicholson, noted physicist,
was expressed today by DR..
Walter P. Bliss.
"He is sinking fast" DIR.
Bliss said after the Nobel prize
winner suffered a hemOrrhage
and lapsed into unconscious
ness.
He added that paralysis, which
set in two months ago, has grad
ually crept through DR.. Michel
sons whole body.
DR.. Nicholson, who was one of
the scientists with whom DR..
Albert Einstein conferred while
in this country, is 78 years old.
He is best known for his
experiments to determine the
speed of light.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
CRASH
LAID BEFORE
j. s. GRAND
JURORS
Department of Justice Agents
Finish Their Investigation;
Report Is Expected Tuesday

Evidence alleged to disclose vio-
lations of the District criminal
code by Edmund D. Rheem, vice
president, was submitted to the
Grand Jury today.
Assistant Attorney General Nu-
gent Dodds, District Attorney Leo
A. Rover, and Neil BurkinShaw, q
special assistant to the United
States Attorney General, appeared
before the Grand Jury.
They had directions from AttOr-
ney General Mitchell to conduct
any kind of legal proceedings, civil
or criminal" in connection with
the investigation into alleged mis-
management of the affairs of the
mortgage banking house, which
failed last January.
Indictments Expected
Evidence which Department Of
Justice agents have collected in q
prolonged investigation of the af.
fairs of the company have con-
vinced Government officials, it Is
reported, that there is ground for
charging Rheem Luther A. Swart-
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
2 Women Flee Jail
Through Gate AjGT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 8
0.N.S0 Two women, described
as veteran inmates of the Indiana
women's prison here, were being
sought throughout the State to
day, following their escape.
They were Mrs. Gene Stamper,
%. bank-robbing accomplice OF
her husband, serving a 2 to IA
year sentence, and Helen b n,
nett, 81, serving a. term of t.
25 years for robbery. In the
escape they slipped through
rear door Of the prison. T.
was ajar.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
New HaUen Gamblers
Play Their Games
In Cemetery

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 8
QN.S0 Though historic Grove
Street Cemetery, where many of
Connecticut'S great military,
civic, and educational leaders
are buried, is surrounded by a
15-foot stone wall, the barrier is
so ineffective that trustees have
ordered a 5,foot iron fence top
ped with sharp spikes.
The fence was ordered when
It was found that the graves
and tombs were being converted
into card tables for dozens Of
men who scaled the walls with
apparent ease.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
P A |
FACING CHAIR
AS SLAYERS
"Hero" Of Apartment Siege Is
Recovering From Wounds;
His Friend Reveals Killing

NEW YORK, May 9 0NS).
The games up for ''Two-Gun"
Crowley. .<
"Two-Gun" Crowley, the 20
year-old hoodlum, who was so
hard" he thought his first name,
Francis, was sissy"
And for his l6.year-old sweetie,
Helen Walsh.
And for his bull.necked. barrel
cheSted pal, Rudolph C'Tough
Red") Durninger.
Death in the electric chair
loomed today as the almost GER
tain fate of both Crowley, the
"cop killer" and Durninger, the
slayer of a "ten-cents-a-dance"
girl. .s.-.
As for Helen Walsh, her punish.
ment is prOblematical, but it
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The Washington times., 1931-05-08
8 FACE BARRIER
IN NPREAKNESS

PTMLICO RACE TRACK, Md,
May 9.-Only nine starters will
face the barrier tomorrow in the
$50, 900 PreakneSS although it was
predicted some time ago that a
field of 20 starters would go post
ward. This is the smallest Freak
ness field in years. If the track
is still heavy at post time the
number may be cut to seven. The
PreaknesS entries follow.
aTwenty Grand Kurtsinger) 1875
aSurf Board CMcAtee) ..... 1875
Mate &C. Ellis) ............ 1875
Clock Tower (P. Walls) .... 1875
Ladder q. Schaefer) ..... 126
Equipoise (R. Workman -. 1875
Soil Gills (F. ColtilettD .... 126
Aegis ID. Mergler) ......... 126
aAnchors Aweigh (No boy =. 1875
Complete entries for tomorrow
at Pimlico will be found in the
Sports Section.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
X-Rays May Some Day
RepLace Furnace

glass contanier, were quickly re-
vived despite the cold merely by
raising their temperature through
induction with an x-ray.
He told also of the use of rats
in similar test, in which it was
found that they were not only
warmed, hut appeared to be bene-
fitted by the application NJ Ger
tain lengths of rays.
He told of the accidental dis
covery that plant grubs could be
killed by heat induced merely by
bringing the plant within a short
wave electromagnetic field.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Secrets Out! S.
MarneS I

He is II. She is %.
He was her student in the Ia
koma-Silver Spring High School.
Now he is her husband.
Which sums up the romance Of
Lorraine Milliken, Wheaton, Nd,
youth, and Miss Julia Waters,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Waters, of Germantown. Md.
Lorraine recently graduated
from the high school. During his
last year there, he developed an
ven greater interest than ever
4 his bookS-or was IT. his
eacher?
, At any rate, the youth soc
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Rebel Defeat Ends
ReUOLt In PORTUGAL

LONDON, May 8 Q.N.SO.-The
revolt of Portugal'S outlying
islands and territorial possessions
against the central governr4 1t
was broken today with the sur.
render, at Bolama, Portuguese
Guinea, of the last major force
of rebels there, according to an
Exchange Teluotaph dispatch
from Lisbon.
With the fell of the Bolama
rebel garrison to the government
troops, President Carmona's gov
ernment, has successfully put
down rebellious movements in the
Madeira Islands. the Azores, and
Portuguese Guinea.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
u. S. Wheat ShOWn
In Good Condition

A survey Of wheat stocks held
by the grain sterilization corpora
ton between March 1S and April
IS showed a little more than 98h
per cent of it to be in good normal
condition for milling purposes, the
Federal Farm Board announced
today.
The survey was made by the
grain division of the Department
of Agriculture and covered 226
elevators.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08

BOSTON, May 8.-X-rayS may
be used to keep people warm in
the future. DR.. Willys R. Whitney,
director Of research of the Gen
eral Electric Company, told the
Boston Chamber of Commerce in
an address here yesterday.
DR.. Whitney told of an acci-
dental observation of an instance
in which mems blood temperature
had been raised by proximity to
short-wave apparatus.
He described experiments in
which fruit flies which had hiber-
mated, and seemed dead, In a cold
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
Mrs. Gnttis to We'd.
Before Week Passes

HONOLULU, May 8 UN.SJ.
John Mccormick. film director
and ex-husband of Colleen Moore,
film actress, today said he and
Mrs. Janet Gattis, Washington,
D. c.. society matron, will be
married here before the end Of
the week.
Mrs. Gattis' mother arrived
here yesterday,
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
NeW Zealand City
D0maQed bH Quake

LONDON, May 8 U.NS0.-Ad-
ditional damage was caused to-
day by new earthquake shocks in
the vicinity Of Osborne, New
Zealand, it was stated in an
Exchange Telegraph diSpatc h
from wellington.
The township of Tiniroto has
experienced 100 shocks in the
last "a hours. Many families
are camping out.
The Washington times., 1931-05-08
P1ntGges t. :
To Be FL

LOS ANC
Alexander
nate, r.
Monds
Secon'
tacl
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The Washington times., 1931-05-08
THE WEATHER

Fair and somewhat cooler tonight; Saturday
lowed by showers Saturday night. Gentle var
able winds, becoming moderate southerly.
Temperature yesterday: Highest IS; lowest,