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The Washington times., 1931-03-24

Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes
heads the list Of patronesses
for the Elizabeth Somers Glee
Club Concert, which will take
place Thursday night in Barker
Hall at $50 o'clock.
Other patronesses are Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. Ro-
bert Lansing, Miss Hettie P.
Anderson, Miss Jane Bartlett,
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly,
Miss Catherine Benson, Mrs.
Daniel Borden, Mrs. Thomas
Edwin Brown, Mrs. William
Lincoln Brown, Mrs. Evaline N.
Burgess, Miss Frances E.
Chickering. Miss Dorothy Cog
geshall, Miss Jean Dean Cole,
Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs.
William Knowles Cooper, Mrs.
E. E. Danley, Miss Louise David
son, Mrs. Charles D. Drayton,
Mrs. Harold E. Doyle, Miss
Eleanor Eckhardt, Miss Alice
Edwards, Miss Estelle Foster,
Mrs. Margaret R. Fox, Miss
Lois Gates German, Miss
Elizabeth Haney, Mrs. Will
liam Hurd Hill, Mrs. Harry
E. Hull, Mrs. William E.
Humphrey, Miss Imogene Ire
land, Mrs. William Butter
worth, Miss Marion Peabody.
Also Mrs. Arthur K. Jones,
Mrs. John Blake Kendall, Mrs.
Irving w. Ketchum, Mrs. A. H.
Lawson, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
Mrs. A. Chambers Oliphant,
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, Mrs.
James Craig Peacock, Miss Elsa
Peterson, Mrs. Woodbury. Pull
sifer, Mrs. Albert H. Putney,
Mrs. William M. Ritter, Mrs.
John T. Schaaf, Mrs. D. A.
Skinner, Mrs. William Adams
Slade, Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl,
Miss Lucy Clarke Street, Mrs.
Joseph M. Stoddard, Mrs.
George Winchester Stone, Mrs.
Huston Thompson, Miss Pearl
Waugh, Mrs. Ben Temple Web
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
TeaLaunChes
Membership
Campaign

The members of the Woman's
National Democratic Club en-
tertained at get-together
luncheon yesterday to meet in
formally and to discuss matters
of interest to the club, especially
the drive for new members
which will open today and last
a week.
At the Luncheon
Among those at the luncheon
were Mrs. Lester Pollock, Mrs.
Samuel Herrick, Mrs. George
M. Eckels, Mrs. Edward A. Stu
art, Mrs. Edward B. Melgs, Mrs.
Charles Warren. Mrs. Burton
K. Wheeler, Mrs. H. E. c, Bry-
ant, Mrs. Frank Bright, Miss
Ruth Oberly, Mrs. Luke l. Will
son, Miss Agnes Winn, Miss
Charl Williams, Miss Iinogene
Howell, Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs.
w. w. Cook, Mrs. Robert Ian
sing, Mrs. Lewis j. Battle, Mrs.
Edward Keating, Mrs. Daniel
Roper, Mrs. ROBERT Il. NODle,
Mrs. A. A. Jones, Mrs. John B
Kendrick. Mrs. Rose Yates For
rester, Mrs. Ogilvie Shumate,
Mrs. Claude r. Porter, Mrs.
Rosa M. Mulcare, Miss Mary
Edith CoulSon, Mrs. Edward K.
Campbell, Mrs. w. w. Hubbard,
Miss Genevieve H. Brown, Mrs.
M. A. j. Markley, Mrs. Rufus
w. Weaver, and Mrs. Joseph c.
Trimble.
Tea Opens Drive
The membership drive will
open with tea this afternoon
when former Governor Nellie
Tayloe Ross, vice president of
the Democratic national COM
mittee. and Mrs. Charles Ham
lin will make short talks. The
officers and members of the
board of governors will be pres
ent. The clubhouse will oe
open every afternoon during
the driIe and tea will be served.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24

Supper Dance HOSt
Henry de Castro was host to
a small group at the supper
dance at the Club Chatecler
last evening.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
Will Sponsor
Princeton
Concert
Mrs. P. J. Hurley and Mrs.
Arthur N. Hyde Head List
for GIee Club Recital on
April 7

Mrs. Patrick j. Hurley and
Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde head the
list of patronesses for the
Princeton Glee Club concert to
be given on Tuesday evening,
April 7, at the Mayflower.
Among the patronesses are
Mrs. E. Naudair Simons, jr,
Mrs. Brainard H. Warner, Mrs.
Luther Reichelderfer, Mrs. Vlr-
ginia White Speel, Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, Mrs. Coy O..
Dove, Mrs. H. Lee BoatWright,
jr., Mrs. John B. Benney, Mrs.
j. Harry Covington, Mrs. Mon
cure Burke Berg, Mrs. Lawrence
A. Baker, Mrs. William l.. Beale,
Mrs. Philip Marshall Brown,
Mrs. R. H. A. Carter, Mrs. Wal
ter F. Chappell, jr., Mrs. George
Rowland Chase, Mrs. John w.
Childress, Mrs. John L. Dewitt,
Mrs. A. McCook Dunlop, Mrs.
G. Thomas Dunlop, Mrs. Alfred
P. Dennis, Mrs. Andrew B. Du-
vail. Mrs. Hubert F. Fisher,
Mrs. William j. Flather, jr,
Mrs. Franklin w. Fort.
Among the PatrOnesSes
Mrs. Albert Morgan Gilbert,
Mrs. Leroy Golf, Mrs. Spencer
Gordon, Mrs. Warren j. Haines,
Mrs. Maxwell Hamilton, Mrs.
John H. Hanna, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. Samuel H.
Kaufman, Mrs. R. M. Kauff-
mann, Mrs. John D. Fitzpatrick,
Mrs. David Lawrence, Mrs. F.
Brecke Lee, Mrs. James H.
Lemon, Mrs. G. Reber Little
hales, Mrs. Breckenridge Long,
Mrs. George B. Mcclellan, Mrs.
Malcolm S. McConike, Mrs.
Charles A. McKenney, Mrs.
Frederick D. McKenney, Mrs.
CORTLAND Nixon, Mrs. Clarence
L. Parker, jr., Mrs. David Pot
ter.
Other sponsors Nameu
Also Mrs. David A. Reed,
Mrs. Edmund D. Rheem, Mrs.
Lynn Rutter, Mrs. John Selby,
Mrs. Emmons S. Smith, jr.,
Mrs. Charles S. Stock, Mrs. T.
A. Scott Thropp, Mrs. Joseph P.
Tumulty, Mrs. c. T. Tittman,
Mrs. Floyd Waggaman, Mrs. En-
nails Waggaman, Mrs. Elwood
o. Wagenhorst, Mrs. George c..
Warner, jr., Mrs. Lawrence
Waters, Mrs. John j. Whelan.
Mrs. Victor Whitlock, Mrs. John
F.. Wilkins, Mrs. Wilton j. Lam
bert, Mrs. A. A. Jones, Mrs.
James F.. Mitchell, Mrs. Walter
E. Hope, Mrs. Hampson Gary,
Mrs. Edward Clifford, Mrs.
Charles Russell Train, Mrs.
Frederick w. Vile, Mrs. Mark
Sullivan, Mrs. Charles V. Whee-
Ter, Mrs. Charles H. Butler, Mrs.
Martin Proctor, Mrs. Arthur c..
Lambert and Mrs. Charles Brad
ley.
X X
Motor to Augusta
The minister of Hungary,
Count Laszlo Szechenyi, and his
daughter, Countess Alice Szec-
henyi, accompanied by her
finace, Count Bella Hadik, mo-
tored over to Augusta, Ca, yes
terday from Aiken, S. c., where
they are stopping at the Pal
metto Inn.
y X y
Comdr. and Mrs. Herbert o.
Roesch have returned to their
home after a short visit to
Capt. and Mrs. John H. Newton
at their quarters in Annapolis.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
Returns from Europe

Mrs. j. West Roosevelt will
arrive in New YORK today on
board the lie de France from
abroad. She has been spend
ing the winter in Budapest,
where her son, Nicholas Roose-
velt, is the United States min
lister.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
Society Ag0g at N/edd1ng
Of Earl of Lincoln

among the notable group OF
American women who have
worn the strawberry leaves Of
an English duchess, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Banks, of New York and
New London, Conn. Her mar
riage to Lord Lincoln was solem-
nized at the Banks apartment
at the Hotel Lexington in New
York last evening. Earlier in
the day the couple had slipped
down to the Municipal Build
ing and obtained license, the
bride giving her age as "a and
the groom as 23.
Summoned by Phone
The select group of wedding
guests we're hurriediy sum-
moned via the telephone by
Mrs. Banks and at 8 o'clock the
knot was tied by the Rt. Rev.
Arthur w. Brooks, of Long
Island. titular bishop of Sardis
and the ecclesiastical admins
traitor of the Apostolic Episcopal
Church in this country. The
bride was unattended, and John
Monks, Sd, of New York, was
best man.
Immediately after the cere-
mony Lord and Lady Lincoln
left for their honeymoon, their
destination a secret. It is un-
derstood, however, that they will
sail in about six weeks for
England.
Interviewed by cable in Lon
don, the Duke of Newcastle de-
clared himself delighted with
the match and revealed that he,
at least, had known of his sons
desire to marry the pretty
American girl.
x **
Goes to Long Island
Miss Norvell Munford has
gone to Garden City, L. l.,
where she is the guest of Mrs.
Grafton Dichman.
Recently Miss Munford was
the guest of her brother-in-law
and sister, Comdr. and Mrs.
Augustin Beauregard, at her
their home in Annapolis, Md.
Return to st. Marys
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman Cross
Slingluff, who have been spend
ing the winter in Washington
with their son-in-laW and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. james
Brown Monfort, have opened
their home at st. Marys, Nd,
for the summer.
X X
Will Sing Old Songs
Additional attractions at the
performance of IN ellie the
Beautiful Cloak Model" tomor,
row evening will be songs OF
the gay Nineties, sung by a
professional quartet, with spe.
cial numbers by Mrs. Lowell
Mellett and Mrs. M. S. Adams.
costumed in the period of that
day. Mrs. John Fremont Will
have among her guests Mrs
Rush ore Patterson, Mrs
Mark Reid Yates. Mr.. and Mrs.
Deering, Brigadier General Hor'
ton and Col. M. S. Buckley
Mrs. Longworth is taking a
party of IL, and others who
will have friends with them
are Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Wadsworth, Mrs. Tracy DoWS,
Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold NoyeS,
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Put
nam, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hewitt Myers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Thropp, Mr.. and Mrs
Dean ~Acheson, Mrs. Charles
Edward Russell and Wilbur
Underwood.
Mrs. Aaron Baldwin, of Yon.
kerS, N. Y, has as her guest at
the Martinique Miss Virginia
Larned, of Staten Island and
Miss Etting Smith, Of Yonkers'
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
Hostess at
Dinner

The Secretary of the Treas
ury, Andrew w. Mellon, enter
tained at dinner last evening
in his apartment on Massa-
chusetts Avenue.
Mrs. David A. Reed acted as
hostess for the Secretary. The
other guests were the British
Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lind
say; the Minister Of Sweden,
w. Bostrom; the Chinese Minis
ter and Nine. WI, Mrs. Patrick
Hurley, Mrs. Robert P. Lamont,
Senator and Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, Representative and
Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr., the
Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Wilbur Carr, the AS
sistant Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Arthur A. Rallan-
tine, Mrs. Guy Norman, the
Director of the Pan American
Union, DR.. Leo S. Rowe, Mrs.
McCook Knox and David E.
Finley.
X X X
Gets Fraternity Post
Thomas j. Frailey spent the
weekend at the University of
Penns vania, Philadelphia,
where he attended the meeting
of the national council of the
Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity. Mr..
Frailey, formerly a national
councillor, was elected national
vice president of the Alpha Chi
Rho Fraternity at this session
of the council.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
S0Gety Leaders Sponsors
For Glee Club Concert

ster, Miss Emile Margaret
White, Mrs. Luke L. Wilson,
Miss Mary Jane Winfree, Mrs.
Charles Wood, Mrs. Herbert c.
Woolley, Mrs. Charles Will
Wright and Mrs. Fred E..
Wright.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
VIEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE NATIONAL CAL
Dinner Given
For Amelia
Earhart

- - - ~ - 49,
Noted AViatrix and Her HuS-
band Are Guests at Dinner
Party for Large Group Of
FIierS
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Put
nam, the latter perhaps better
known as Miss Amelia Earhart.
were the guests of honor last
evening at a dinner given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene L. Vidal
and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Collins
to a large group of civilian
aviators and executives of the
Washington Airport.
The Guest List
The guests included Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Williams, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Pomeroy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Whipprecht, Mr..
and Mrs. F. v. Tompkins, Mr..
and Mrs. H. S. Meyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Moran, Nathan San
gree, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Cox, J. B.
Bayard, YandeS Wheeler, Mr..
and Mrs. v. r. Lucas, C. E.
Steele and Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Thada.
Meyers Go South
The chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board and Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, accompanied by their
daughter, Katherine, left Satur-
day for Palm Beach where they
will spend the next two weeks
before returning to their home
in Washington. They will be
joined by their debutante
daughter, Elizabeth, who is
student at VaSsar, the end Of
this week.
Also in the party were Mr..
and Mrs. William Hard who
will be the guests of the Meyers
during their stay in the South.
Dine and Dance
Major and Mrs. Vernon D.
Olsmith entertained a party at
dinner last evening at the
Shoreham Hotel, the company
remaining later for supper dan.
cling, The guests included
Capt. and Mrs. F.. J. Fletcher,
Major and Mrs. w. N. Grubcr,
Major and Mrs. Horace Fuller,
Major and Mrs. Simon Bolivar
Buckner, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Thomas Crystal, Major and
Mrs. John Mcdowell. Mrs. R.
w. Welshmer and Tajor T. j.
Camp.
Pupils of Mrs. Robert D.
Heinl will give their annual
spring recital at the Maret
School Thursday afternoon.
X
Home Economics Dinner
The Home Economics Women
in Business are giving a din
ner this evening at the Dodge
Hotel. The guest Of honor and
principal speaker will be Miss
Mary A. Lindsey, who will talk
on THE Restoration Project at
Williamsburg and the Williams
burg Inn" Covers will be laid
for 30. Miss Marie Mount, Of
the University of Maryland, is
chairman of the committee on
arrangements.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Hillard,
of Wilkes-Barre, are guests at
the Mayflower on their way
home from Old Point Comfort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Lee
Washington have joined their
daughter, Miss Helen Lee Wash,
ington, at Camden, S. C.
X X
Mrs. Child to Wed
The marriage of Mrs. Maud
Parker Child, of New York and
Southern Pines, N. c., to Ed
mund William Pavenstedt, Of
New York, will take place on
March 81 in New York.
Mrs. Child was formerly Mrs.
Richard Washburn Child. Mr..
Child was the United States
ambassador to Italy prior to
the appointment of John w.
Garrett, the present ambaSSa-
dor.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
for
BetrOthed Is
Given
Miss Margaretta Wright Is
Hostess for Loranda Proch-
mix, Who will Wed Francis
l. SpaIding Thursday


daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Price Wright, enter
tanned at luncheon today in
honor of Miss Loranda Proch-
mix and her fiance, Francis
Lecompte Spalding, whose mar
riage will take place on Thurs
day. Miss Wright entertained
her guests, including number
of out-of-town friends of both
Miss Pfochnik and Mr.. Spald-
ing, at the National Woman's
Country Club.
Supper Dance Guests
This evening the bride-to-be,
who is the daughter of the
Minister of Austria, Edgar
Prochnik, and her fiance, will
be the guests in whose honor
Miss Belle johnson will enter
tain at the Club Chantecler
supper dance. The guests will
include members of the we'd
ding party.
X k'*
Will Join Parents
Captain and Mrs. Charles
Russell Train will be joined at
their home on Q Street early
next week by their two sons,
Cuthbert and Middleton, who
are students at Princeton.
Captain Train is at present in
Porto Rico with the President.
Rear Admiral Henry H.
Hough. of Washington, is at
the Weylin Hotel in New York.
Maj. Gen. George D. Squier,
U. S. A., is spending the early
spring season at st. Augustine.
x X
Are Given Reception
Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Atwill,
the latter formerly Mrs. Doug
las Macarthur, were the guests
of honor at a reception given
yesterday at Sherry's in New
York by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sanderson.
At the SeashOre
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Behrend
are spending some time at the
Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic
City.
Will Close Apartment
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose is
planning to close her apart
men in the Mayflower the first
week in April and will leave
for Kansas City to spend the
remainder of the spring season.
Mrs. Loose has recently pur-
chased an apartment, following
the sale of her former residence
and has reserved one Of the
large suites for her own use
at such times when she feels
inclined to revisit her former
home.
At the conclusion of her stay
at Kansas City she will go to
Sea Rocks, her pleasant sum-
mer estate near Gloucester,
Mass, where she maintains her
hospitality to summer visitors
to the North Shore. She will
return to Washington in the
fall.
X X
Supper Dance HOSt
Henry de Castro was host to
a small group at the supper
dance at the Club Chatecler
last evening.
The Washington times., 1931-03-24
FOWlerS Will
Go to Palm
Beach
Plan to Leave Monday for
Home Purchased This Win
ter; Will Remain Through
out Easter Holidays

Accompanied by their daugh-
ter, Miss Dorothy Fowler, a
debutante of next season, Mr..
and Mrs. John E. Fowler will
leave Washington Monday for
their home in Palm Beach.
They plan to remain through
out the Easter holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fowler pur-
chased this winter the former
Joseph B. Elwell estate at the
smart and exclusive Florida re-
sort. They bought the place
in December and spent the
Christmas Holidays making
slight alterations and establish
ing their household. Later they
closed the house and returned
to Washington.
A Beautiful Place
The estate, one of the most
beautiful in Palm Beach, over
looks Lake Worth, situated be-
tween Whitehall and Royal
Palm Way. The residence It.
self is in the Italian mode and
the grounds, more than an acre
in area, are gorgeous with rare
palms and tropical plants.
Elwell, whose murder several
years ago in New York was
one of the most sensational
unSolVed crimes of many years,
occupied the residence until
shortly before his death. Later
it passed into the hands Of
John M. Demarest, of New
York, and still later H. C.
Bartholomew.
Visitors Are HOnOred
Mrs. w. w. King, wife of DR..
King, of the United States Pub
lie Health Service, entertained
at luncheon at the Shoreham
Hotel yesterday in compliment
to several out-of-town guests.
Those present included Mrs.
Carol Fox, Mrs. William Ken
nedy and Nine. Faure, all of
Philadelphia; Mrs. Cutter, of
Seattle and Mrs. Kings sister,
Mrs. Edwin Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rodier
and Miss Sadie Rodier, of
Washington, are in Atlantic
City, stopping at the Seaside
Hotel.
Give Dinner Party
Col. and Mrs. Lewis S. Chap
pelear entertained a company
at dinner last evening at the
Shoreham Hotel in honor of
Mrs. E. A. Graft, of Chicago.
The guests included Maj. and
Mrs. Frank Kennedy, Maj. and
Mrs. Fabian Pratt and Col. Will
liam Lay Patterson.
Returns from Europe
Mrs. j. West Roosevelt will
arrive in New YORK today on
board the lie de France from
abroad. She has been spend
ing the winter in Budapest,
where her son, Nicholas Roose-
welt, is the United States min
lister.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
CLAIM HOOVER
NAVAL SUPPORT
Ordnance Chief Rallies To
Support OF Battleship,
Says Not Obsolete

WASHINGTON. Feb. III. tP-
President Hoovers support for en-
actment Of TIE naval construction
program nc this session was claim
ed today by the senate sponsors Of
the 500. O00. 1000 construction bill.
They renewed pleas to republican
leaders for privileged status for this
legislation.
The bill was recommended By
5ecfstary Adams 70 carry out In
part the ship building required 10
bring America up TO its strength
under terms Of the London naval
limitations treaty.
House republican leaders decided
20 sidetrack IL for this session but
met demands Of navy advocates In
tho house for action on both the
construction bill and the sac. 900 900
~battleship modernization measure
which already has passed the senate
overwhelmingly.
The republican steering commit
tee has refused TO be Judge In the
dispute I'm the -3nate ais 10 whether
the naval construction bill or the
Casper OIL embargo legislation Ia 70
Get the right az way. Chairman
Hale Of the senate naval committee.
IL going to the floor with a motion
70 take up the naval bill AS soon as
the pending relief dispute Ia set
tied. Senator Capper. republican.
Kansas. author of the oil embargo
bill Il prepared to undertake a sim
liar step. The issue probably will
be thrashed out on the floor.
Defends B~attleships
With the session drawing nearer
the March 4 adjournment. advo-
Gates OF the oil embargo are open
ing a drive for action In the house
too. Aside from the drought relief
and veterans aid legislation. there
Is slight prospect for action on 9TH
err general legislation in the re-
naming three weeks. leaders agree
unless II be on the naval construct
ion bill. The administration vir-
tually pledged itself 10 this last
summer, In agreeing TO the limita-
tons upon all classes of naval ships
embodied III the London treaty.
From a navy expert. meanwhile,
came "a strong defense or the bat
tleship which has been condemned
as obsolescent bv house members
who feel that spending $4,000 900
on modernization three OF these
craft would be a waste OF money.
Rear Admiral Leahy. chief of the
ordnance bureau or the navy de-
partment. said he vas "out of
step" with those who believed the
end OF the hattleship was fast ap-
preaching because OF airplane ef-
fectiveness.
Let us suppose that the air
plane could wipe every ship off the
sea-" he said which would be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Truck
Markets

+. q. 3 shipping point infcrma-
ton reported tuesday Feb 10.
Lower Rio GTande Valley points
Cool, partly cloudy.
Cabbage. Haulings moderate
Light wire inquiry, demand SLOW
market dull. Carloads and III mixed
car FOB usual terms few sales
round type u. ). No. / medium sizes
lettuce crates 1886; bulk per ton
S3-9. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track very few sales
round type U. S. No. 1 medium sizes
lettuce crates 60-7oc; bulk per ton
$7-8. Some shipments rolled un-
sold. Truckloads cash to growers
bulk per ton mostly $500. Open
ing Wednesday-to growers s5-6 per
tom
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry. demand limited
market dull. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms-crates
sl20-l25; cash track best packs
$l.l0-l.l5, fair lower.
BeetS: Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry. demand slow. market dull
Carloads an IN mixed cars FOB usu-
al terms-crates sl.15-l25; cash
track best packs S1.10-115.
Spinach-Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry. demand limited. MAJ
ket weak. In mixed ears FOB usu-
al terms-bushel baskets Savoy type
40-50c.
Carlot shipments OF entire United
States reported Tuesday. Feb. 10.
Cabbage: Texas los, Florida 81,
New York 80. Wisconsin 5. total y.
S. 1855 cars.
Spinach. Texas l0s. California 4,
total u. S. 109 cars.
Mixed vegetables. Texas 10. Lou
siana 8, Florida IS. total U. 8. 1876
cars.
Grapefruit. Texas ls. Arizona /.
Florida l25, total u. 5. ia cars.
Oranges. Texas ? California 9o
Florida i52, total U. S. 253 cars.
Carrots: Texas %. New York rs.
California 81. total u. s. 81 cars.
Beets: Texas z. total u s. z cars
Lower Valley shipments toward
ed Wednesday morning. Feb. II.
Grapefruit q. oranges l. mixed
vegetables SO. cabbage l03. beets C..
carrots rs. parsley 2. turnips 2. to-
tai pa cars. Total movement 10
date this season: Fruit 2266. vegc-
tables 1851. total 1897 cars: to same
day last season-fruit 1851, veTe-
tables 5o0s total 1853 a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
Will Rogers Quips
$4,000 In Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Feb. ll.-lPi
Will Rogers breezed over q good
portion Of Arkansas yesterday and
after six performances In four cities
his flip quips we're found 10 ha e
added approximately sl3. 700 10 the
drought relief fund. Yesterday be-
gan AZ 5 a m for him and ended
shortly before midnight
Before coming TO Little Rock. the
Oklahoma sage had spoken al rus
s~ellvflle. Conway and Hot Springs.
The program for today calls sor
visits 70 Eatesville. Paraaould.
Jonesboro and Forrest City. The
tour vii be concluded tomorrow with
performances 81 Helena. Stuttgsrt.
England, Pine Buff ard Texsrkana
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

MEXICO CITY. FEB. li-P-
The Federal District public charit-
lee Monday VII open seven res
taurants IN various parts OF Mex
leo City at which the poor IAN OBJ
tain meals for ten centavcs-abour
a nickel.
The meals win consist OF soup.
rice. frijoles and bread. The char
tiles headquarters viii send meal
tickets 70 the poor who must pre-
sent them when they order meals