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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-11
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Sept. IL. fAP)-fU. s. ID.
A.)-Hogs 1000 including 5000 direct.
active; 5-i0 higher: pigs and light lights
i5-25 up. i90-240 lbs. 6.50-5.7o. top 0.T0.
250-320 lbs. 5.e0-6.50 i4o-iS0 lbs. CAS-
$50: pigs 5.50-6.00. packing sows AS
500: best 70 $50.
Cattle $500: calves TOO: cleanup mar
ket. c>sirabie fed steers and yearlings
steady: plain short feds and grassers
easy. vealers strong TO so higher: other
classes mostly steady: best available
medium weight beeves e2s and yearlings
els early. Slaughter cattle and vealers:
Steers. 60o-i500 lbs. T.50-io.i5: common
ond medium 6o0-f3c0 lbs. 425-7.75:
heifers. 550-s5o lbs. 7.50-e.75: cows.
= 25-6.75: bulls (yearlings excluded)
tbeefl 4-35-5.50. veaiers fmilk fedl 0.oO-
100: medium 7.oo-s0o: stockar and
feeder steers. 500-io50 lbs. 5.s0-7oo.
Sheep $4,000: killing classes fully
steady: nothing lone on feeders: native
lambs 67s-7.o0: few T25 70 hackers.
strictly choice kinds absent: q loads
choice rdahos 765. SLAUGHTER sheen and
iambs Lambs 90 lbs down. es0-775:
ewes e0-is0: lbs. f2s-7.50: feeding
lambs 5o-75 lbs. 525-5.75.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-11

CHICAGO. Sept. III. tAPl-wheat
prices averaged higher and corn lower
early today. Reduction OF 100000
bushels IN the official estimate OF
do. este spring wheat producticn had
a strengthening effect. Corn was in
fiuenced by tall OF probable heavy
deliveries on September contracts.
Opening unchanged TO "a ND, wheat
afterward rose all around. Corn started
az 3-s decline 70 Is advance and later
held near the initial range.
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What Is thought 10 be the fast
est Gamers in the world was re-
gently displayed before the French
ACADEMY ~ Science. The machine
Is able = AXE p~hotoErap' OF ac-
tic which lasts orly l-l00,000th
Of : second.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-11

NEW YORK

NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Sept. IL. ~tAP)-After
another small rally at the opening.
stocks again slipped downward today.
with chemical. utility and railroad
shares leading the decline.
Allied Chemical. Reading n East
man broke about 3 points. while Atchi-
son, international Telephone n
American Telephone lost 2. General
Electric finally dipped through It's old
bear market low OF 36 and joined West
inghouse. American a. Foreign Power.
International Harvester. Pennsylvania
Baltimore a. Ohio and Southern Pacific
in recessions Of l 10 I Ia. U. s. Steel.
after rising q point. lost its gain. Ameri-
can Can was steady. but General Motors
DUPLICATED its June bottom.
Trading was light in volume. both on
the brief upturn and IN the ~suoseuuert
reaction. Call money renewed at ] IL
per cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-11

LIQUID OR -AiLETs

LIQUID OR -AILETS
Relieves . Hea1a : or Neuralgia
In 30 minutes, checks q Cold the
first day. and ~hecks Mf'aria In
three days
666 Salve for Baby's Cold
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Canning Will Hurt
Market, Hall Says
fBv Sfaff Corresnondertl

FbN SUN tUTTtSNONuFFIT
MERCEDES. Sept. 1l.-Excessive
home canning over the country may
be expected to hurt the market for
fresh fruits and vegetables. accord
ing TO Frank Hall. Valley manager
OF the California Vegetable union.
Many Housewives bought cheap
fruit and vegetables during the sum-
mer and canned them. he said.
He does not fear a rush OF VAL
ley citrus fruit to the early market
because prices are not favorable.
NEW CITIZEN
HARLINGEN-Born. TO Mr.. and
Mrs. J. c. Baker. a girl. at the VAL
ley Baptist Hospital.
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NEW YORK. Sept. IL. (AP)-Cotton
opened steady. 5 to 8 points lower
under overnight selling orders which
seemed 20 come partly from the south
and some local or commission house
selling promoted by relatively easy
Liverpool cables.
December declined 20 6S4 and March
10 TIL under the initial pressure. but
the comparatively small offerings were
taken by trade buying n covering
with prices later working back within a
point or two or Yesterdays closing
quotations. The market at the n of
the first half hour was rather quiet
with the zone about steady.
Liverpool cables rcDorted that on
tinentai and Bombay liquidation IN that
market had been absorbed By trade
calling and covering and said there had
been mode--te sales of cotton cloths
to the con t'@nt and the Argentine.
The rsllv from the oucusnT decline
carried the market about 2 "a 4 no,nts
net higher. with December selling M 70
SOL and March "a f7i. but the demand
tapered off et these figures and the
market eased again later in The morn
ing under renewed liquidation which
seemed tn be COUPLED with some fur
Their southern selling ~ hede'rr. Prices
lost their gains but after selling hack
70 about the onen'ng quotations. hei@
fairly steady late IN the rno-n'ng. a.
midday TIE market was within a nrs~.
or two either wav OF YESTERDAYS CLOSING
quotations. with December selling
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Activities in Corps
Lessen During Holiday

The Ambassador of Italy and Donna
Antoinette de Martino will entertain
the members of the embassy staff at
dinner New Year evening.
Donna Antoinette will not receive on
New Year day but will be at home Fri
day afternoon, January 8.
The Ambassador Of Cuba and Sonora
de Ferrara, who are spending the holi-
days in their Havana home. are ex-
pected to return to Washington the
middle of January.
The Ambassador of France and Mime
Claudel will be hosts at dinner New
Year evening to the members of the
embassy staff and their wives.
The Minister of Switzerland, M. Marc
Peter, Is expected to return this eve
ming or tomorrow morning from Boston,
where with Nine. Peter they spent
Christmas with their son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Georges Peter.
Nine. Peter will join the Minister here
on Tuesday.
The Minister of Sweden and Mime.
Bostrom are in New York. where they
went for Christmas with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs Wollnar
Sixten.
The assistant military attache of the
French embassy and Nine. Lombard
have cancelled their engagements owing
to the death of Maj. Lombards father,
NJ Leon Lombard, in Paris. Maj. Lom-
bard received word of the death of his
father Christmas day. Nine. Lombard,
mother of Maj. Lombard. died some
years ago when Maj. Lombard was on
duty at this post during previous as
signment.
Evening star., 1931-12-27

drama, and who each year appears in
the presentations. even assisting in the
direction of the personnel in certain of
the major episodes.
For the guest performance on Mon
day afternoon Mrs Davis is unable to
be present and Mrs. Chindblom will be
assisted IN receiving the guests of honor
by Mrs. Carl Rasmussen, wife of the
pastor Of Luther Place Memorial
Church. Among the guests of honor
will be groups from the Louise Home,
Epiphany Church Home, Presbyterian
Home, Baptist Home, Lutheran Home
for the Aged, Walter Reed Hospital,
Gospel Mission. Florence Cr!ttenton
Home, the Swartzell Methodist Home
for Children, and "Hillcrest," the Wash
ington City Orphan Asylum.
There may be a few remaining guest
cards for the Monday afternoon presen-
tatiof uncalled for at the church Office,
and individuals or groups desiring to
obtain them are asked to apply to the
church Office at the corner of Four
teenth and N streets at the hour of
the presentation.
All the regular presentations, this af-
ternoon and evening and Monday and
Tuesday evenings, are open to the pub
Lie. Doors open one hour before each
presentation and the public Is asked
to bring an offering which will go
toward helping the poor and needy in
the Capital City this Winter.
Evening star., 1931-12-27

tContinued From First Page.)
Proehnik, Miss Diana Rowland. Miss
Julia Zimmerman, Miss Edith Carlisle,
Miss Louise Breckenridge, Miss Emily
Moore, Mr.. Jack Burke, jr.; Mr.. Peter
Kerr, Mr.. Stuart Wyeth, Mr.. Frederick
H. Brooke, jr.; Mr.. Blair Lee, Mr.. Rev.
erdy Wadsworth, Mr.. Jack Bingham,
Mr.. William Dabney, Mr.. Henry @.
Rowland, jr; Mr. Frank S. Hight, jr,:
Mr.. William Davis, Mr.. Thomas c.
Moorhead, Mr.. Adolph Hoehling, Mr..
Swager Shirley, Mr.. Hugo Osterhaus,
Mr. F. Lewis Bartlett, Mr.. Thomas Lin.
pitt, jr.; Mr.. Alden Mcdaniel Mr..
Roscoe Dillon, Mr.. Goodwin Dillon.
Mr.. G. Bowdoin Craighill, jr.: Mr.
Stewart Voegtlin, Mr.. Edward Shippen,
Mr.. Charles Wilson, Mr.. j. Wister
Meigs, Mr.. James Thackera, Mr.. Fred
erick Wright, Mr. Murray Preston. Mr..
Mccain Smith, Mr.. James j. Davis, jr.;
Mr.: John F. Finnerty, Mr.. Barry
Mohun, Mr. Bruce Howe, Mr.. Calderon
Howe and Midshipman Richard Madel-
horn.
Miss Bessie Kibbey entertained for
her cousin, Miss Juliet kibbey, in
honor Of Miss Martha Morrow and
Miss Louise Tittman Miss Kibbey is
home from Bryn Mawr for the holi-
days.
Among others who arranged parties
were Mrs. Tuekerman, Mrs. Ralph
Worthington, Mrs. H. Rozier Dulany,
Mrs. John Philip Hill and Mrs. Pearson.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Miss Dorothy Albert
Will Become Bride
Of Mr.. H. J. Curtis
Engagement of Miss Helen
Taylor and Mr.. Hanford
Announced.

Mrs. Gertrude Albert of Wardman
Park Hotel announced the engagement
OF her daughter. Miss Dorothy Albert,
to Mr.. Howard James Curtis, at a
luncheon yesterday at Wardman
Miss Albert is the niece of the Com
missioner General of immigration and
Mrs. Harry e. Hull. She was graduated
from George Washington University
last June, where she played a prominent
part in student activities. During her
senior year she was editor of the uni
versity Hatchet and president Of Alpha
Delta Pi Sorority.
Mr.. Curtis is the son Of DR.. and Mrs.
Harvey L. Curtis of Chevy Chase. Md,
and Is at present a student in physics
at Yale University, where he is study
ing for doctors degree
NO date has been set for the wedding.
The engagement was announced on
Christmas day Of Miss Helen S. Child
Taylor, daughter of Mrs E. Walton
Schultze and DR.. Bruce l.. Taylor, TO
Mr.. Wesley Grafton HantOrd. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Hanford.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. o. Bull of Queens
Chapel road. Prince Georges County,
Md, announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Mary Catherine, to Mr..
James Audrey Jordan of Cambridge,
Md
Miss Bull attended Friends School
and Gunston Hall in Washington. and
Harcum Conservatory, Bryn MaWr.
She spent a year in Europe studying
voice at ScYola di Eversholm, Florence,
Italy, andTin travelling
Mr.. Jordan was educated at SUave-
ly Preparatory School, Idanassas. Va,
| and Drexel institute Of Technology,
Philadelphia. lie is now in business
with his father. Mr. James Audrey
| Jordan, sr., of Cambridgc.
The marriage will take place early in
February.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tmirie announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Helen Harriet, to Mr.. Gordon Fairfax
| Contee, son OF Mrs. Con.ee and the
late Mr. Richard SnoWden Contee.
The wedding will take place in the
Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Norman announce
| the engagement CT their DAUGHTER
Nettie to Mr.. Benjamin Brctzfelder.
No date has yet been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1931-12-27


Eormick, Miss Sylvia Meredith, Miss
Louise Harrison Gwynn and Miss
Christine Ekengren.
Following the tea Mr.. and Mrs.
Scully entertained at buffet supper
for their daughters house guest, Miss
Elinor Ryan, granddaughter of the late
Mr.. Thomas Fortune Ryan. There
were 40 guests, including the debu-
tante's aides and their escorts.
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Cecil Perry
entert aimed at tea dance yesterday
afternoon at the Mayf1ower, when they
pres Nted their daughter, Miss Isabel
Tracy Perry. to society. The arrange
ments for the debut were unusually
charming. The ball room was gay with
holly the orchestra hidden behind
poinsettias. The buffet table was
banked with red roses and white setvia.
The debutante received with her
mother in the Chinese room, before
a bower of flowers She wore a gown
straight lines with a short cape trim
med in sable and she carried yellow
roses. Mrs. Perry wore a black chif-
fon velvet gown trimmed in white
Chiffon
Assisting Mrs. Perry were Mrs. Isabel
T Nash of St. Louis, Mo-, grandmother
of the debutante, and Mrs. wallace
McKaig of Cumberland, Md, her aunt;
Mrs George Ellery Wood, Mrs. Henry
Il, Classic, Miss Mary Addison 1ngle
Mrs William Charming Johnson, Mrs.
Moncure Burke. Mrs James E. Gan
non, Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe and
Mrs. Harry Freeman Clarke.
Assisting Miss Perry were Miss Cecil
err
Stuart Birdsall, Miss Eleanor Calvert,
Miss Margaret Calvert, Miss Polly Foot,
Miss Lucille Elliott, Miss Mary Eliza
beth Macarthur, Miss Patricia Rids-
dale, Miss Evelyn Walker, Miss Jean
Woodson, Miss Sidney Thompson, Miss
Elizabeth Henning, Miss Alice Emery,
Miss Catherine Hoover, Miss Louise
Hoover and Miss Betty Hoover.
The chief of protocol, Department of
State, and Mrs. Warren Delano Rob-
bins entertained at dinner last evening
in their home for their debutante
daughter, Miss Helen Robbins. and
their son, MIR. Warren Delano Robbins,
jr., and Mr.. Edward H. Robbins, stu
dents at Harvard University. There
We're 36 guests and the company later
attended the second meeting this sea-
son of the Dancing Glass at the Mont
gomery Country Club.
Mrs Hamilton Wright will present
her daughter, Miss Leslie Wright, to
society at tea Tuesday afternoon In
her residence, at zoos Massachusetts,
avenue. Miss Wright, who returned
from school in England last Summer,
IS a granddaughter of the late Senator
William Drew Washburn and the great
niece Of the late Mr.. Elihu B. Wash
burne, former Secretary of State and
one time Minister to France.
Miss Carolyn Payne, debutante daugh-
ter of the Assistant Secretary of War
and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, will be
the guest in whose honor Mrs. Moseley,
wife of Mai. Gen. George Van Horn
Moseley. will entertain at luncheon to-
morrow.
Miss Olga Craven, debutante daugh-
ter Of the chief co-ordinatof Of the
Navy, Admiral Thomas T. Craven, and
Mrs. Craven, will be the guest In whose
honor Lieut.. and Mrs. Harold n. Hol-
Evening star., 1931-12-27

Upper left: Miss Leslie Livermore
Wright, daughter of Mrs. Hamilton
Wright and granddaughter Of the late
Senator william Drew Washburn, MAX
ing her debut Tuesday at a tea, when
there will be 200 guests.
Center: Miss Carolyn Chantry, debu-
tante, whose parents, Comdr. and Mrs.
Allan Chantry will give a tea for her
tomorrow at the Chevy Chase Club.
Miss Chantry is a Vassar College girl,
at home for the holidays.
Upper right: Miss Kate Hyde Scully,
whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Augustine Scully, presented her at a
tea yesterday.
Lower left: Miss Mary Preston Glib
son, daughter of Mrs. Morris Ernest
Locke, wife of Col. Locke, u. S. A., and
grandniece of Mrs. Edward Douglas
White, whose late husband was Chief
Justice of the United States.
Lower right: Miss Evelyn Walker,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Walker, who was presented in November
and Tuesday was a guest at the lunch
ecn which Mrs. Cabot Stevens gave ut
the Mayfiower for Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam. ALI photos by Bachrach.
Evening star., 1931-12-27

Maj. Gen and Mrs George Van Horn
Mosely are now established in their
new home, 1924 R street.
Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet and Mrs.
Fechet have with them for the remain
der of the holidays their daughter, Miss
Katharine Fetchet, who surprised them
Christmas morning by her unheralded
arrival from Detroit, where she has
been for two months
The judge advocate general OF the
Navy, Rear Admiral Orin G. Murtin
and Mrs. Murfln have with them for the
holidays their sons and daughters, Rev.
H. c. Eaton of Bryn Mawr, Miss Cliri-
bel r. Eaton, dean of women at Union
College; Mr. John Eaton and Miss
Elizabeth Eaton, and Mr.. Earl Kilburne
of Virginia.
Mai. Gen. Stephen Q. Fuqus and
Mrs. Fuqua we're joined for Christmas
and the holidays 'by their son, Cadet
Stephen o. Fuqua, jr., who came from
the Military Academy at West Point.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Benjamin F.
Cheatham have with them for the hol-
idays Lieut. Cornelius Peter Van Ness
who came from the Marine Barracks
at New York Navy Yard. Inc engage
ment of Miss Virginia Cheatham and
Lieut. Van Ness was announced by
Gen. and Mrs. Cheatham in June.
. Mai. Gen. Hugh A. Drum has re-
turned to Fort Hayes, near Columbus,
Ohio after spending Christmas in
Washington. Mrs. Drum and her sis
ter, Miss Reaume, who accompanied
him here, will join him at Fort Hayes
January 5. Miss Anne Carroll Drum
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Drum. at
tends the Visitation Convent in WASH
ington. where she Is member Of the
Junior class.
Miss Reaume chaperoned group Of
young people yesterday afternoon at the
annual tea dance which is given by Of
ficers of the Army War College in the
Officers Club for the resident and visit
ing cadets from West Point and the
,nidshipmen from Annapolis. In the
group with Miss Reaume were Miss
Ruth Ellen Patton Miss Nancy Ordway.
Miss Carroll Drum. Miss Marion Too
nev. Miss Olga Cannon. Cadet Charles
Henry White jr Midshipman William
'Trapp, I'd: Mr. Richard Trapp and Mr.
Raymond Ordway.
The commandant of the Army War
College and Mrs. William D. Connor
will return to Washington tomorrow
from Memphis, Tenn, where they spent
Christmas.
Mrs. Connor will entertain at tea to-
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Mrs. Gam Receives at Party
/: Introducing Miss Schully

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1931-12-27
sRecert;on to Be Held
At Congressional Club

The New Year reception CT the Con-
gressional Club will be held from 3 to 6
o'clock at 200l New Hampshire avenue.
Mrs. LecnidaS c. Dyer. Missouri. the
president, and the executive board will
receive, assisted by tie Chai.men of the
various committees cf the organization.
They are Mrs. William A. Ayres. Kan
sas; Mrs. Tilman B. Parks. Arkansas;
Mrs. Carl G.. Backmann. West Virginia:
Mrs. John T. Buckbee. Illinois; Mrs. G.
w. Norris, Nebraska; Mrs. Edward
Dixon Hayes, Missouri; Mrs. William N.
Roache, jr.. New York: Mrs. w. w.
Chalmers. Ohio: Mrs William I. Nolan.
Minnesota; Mrs. Edward w. Pou, North
Carolina, and Mrs. William E. Evans,
California
In the evening there will be dancing
from to 10 O'Clock.
A matirce card party. preceded by
luncheon at l O'Clock. VII be held Mon
Gay. January ( Mrs Edward w. Pou
is the chairman. Among those enter
tanning are Mrs. Edwin s. Brouseard.
Mrs. Joseph Mansfield. Mrs Jchn H.
Smithwich and Mrs Fred Dennet.
The club will hold a dance Tuesday
evening. January 5. from 9 to II
O'Clock. These popular parties are ar
rarged by Mrs. William I. Nolan. The
Congressional Club will hold its regular
business meeting Wednesday, January
g. at 1890 o'clock.
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Mrs. Hoover Expected
To See Presentation
Of Other Wise Man
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Continued From First Page)
formance Of DR.. Van Dykes world-loved
legend, which tells Of Artaban the
Median. Of Ecbatana, who saw the
star in Its rising and set out to follow
1t, but who did not arrive with his
brethren at the manger- cradle in Beth
lehem.
For the past three or four years one
Of the roles OF the dramas climax has
been played by Jane Davis, daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Jimmie" Davis,
and now that Jane is too large to play
her original" role Jean Davis will ap-
pear In her place this season, but Jane
has won another role for herself.
Another congressional girl" who has
taken part every season since 1925 Is
Miss Ruth Childblom, daughter Of Rep
resentative and Mrs. Chindblom Of
Illinois, who for two years was president
Of the Chapel Players, which Is so largely
responsible for the production OF the
Evening star., 1931-12-27
Gen. and Mrs. Moseley
In New Home on r Street
Miss Katharine Fechet Arrives From Detroit to
Spend Remainder of Holidays
With Parents.

morrow afternoon for d group Of young
people.
Mrs. Delaney, wife of Brig. Gen. M.
A. Delaney, has arrived at the Hotel
Martinique from Columbus, Ohio. Gen.
Delaney will Join her in couple Of
days and take up station at the War
Department. He has just returned from
the Philippines, where he wss on duty
with the Governor General, in charge
Of public health and sanitation.
Col. and Mrs. william c. Harllee have
with them for the holidays their son
and daughter, Midshipman John Harl-
lee and Miss Ella F. Harllee, q student
at the Madeira School.
Col. and Mrs. Thaddeus H. Brown
will return to their apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel in day or two from
Columbus, Ohio, where they spent
Christmas with relatives
Maj. and Mrs. Thomas A. Dobyns,
jr., are visiting the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Dobyns, in
their home in Maryland for the Christ
mas holidays. Maj. Dobyns Is stationed
in New York.
Lieut. Walter F. Christmas, U. 8. NJ,
who has been ON duty in the Philip
pines, and Mrs. Christmas are SPEND
ing the holidays with the latter's par
ents, Col. and Mrs Morris X Barroll
in their apartment In the Kennedy
Warren.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Christmas made the
trip back to this country through Eu-
rope, stopping in Paris to visit the lat
ter's brother, Mr.. Lawrence Barroll, for
six weeks. They are on their way to
Annapolis, where Lieut.. Christmas has
been transferred to duty.
Capt. Morris K. Barroll, jr., u g. A.,
and Mrs. Barroll will give up their
apartment in the Kennedy-Warren the
end OF next month and will leave for
their new post at Chicago the first OF
February.
Midshipman Phillip w. Garnett is
spending his holiday with his parents,
and has as his guest Cadet Edwin Simp-
son Hartshorn, jr., whose parents, Col
and Mrs. Hartshorn, are on the West
Coast.
Midshipman Eugene Bennett Fluckey
is spending the Christmas holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. N. Fiuckey.
at 1922 Garfield street. They also have
with them another son, Mr.. James
Snowdon Fluckey, student at Prince
ton
Midshipman S. Francis Zeiler has ar
rived at his home from the Naval Acad-
emy to spend his Christmas leave with
his parents, Mr., and Mrs. David zeiler.