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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
FARM PRICES GENERAL TREND
CONTINUE MODERATE DECLINE
Fruits and Vegetables Are No Exception
In Downward Movement as New
Month Arrives

fair and not much Of It grades No.
because of scald or bruises. About IL
carloads daily have been shipped from
this section lately. Sales Of Baldwins
were mostly SITS to $1.85 per bushel at
shipping points.
Potato Shipments Moderate.
Shipments Of old potatoes seem to
be decreasing from most sections, but
the combined output Is fully equal TO
corresponding weeks year ago, owing
to increasing supplies from the South.
About one-fourth of the daily receipts
are from Maine Demand for Maine
potatoes is reported slow IN producing
sections Prices were down to about the
lowest of the Spring season. most OF
the March rise having been lost. Total
shipments from the State are expected
to reach close to $1,000 cars for the sea
son if prices hold fairly well. Other
Eastern producing sections are shipping
only in small volume. Local reports IN
dicate only about 200 cars remaining in
Western New York and shipments from
other Eastern sources are rather scat
tering. Prices have held better than
in Maine and growers are receiving 70
to rs cents per bushel from the dealers.
Old Onions Nearly Through.
About three -fourths of the onion
CARROTS leaving in late April were from
Texas. A few cars daily were shipped
from Michigan, New York and Ohio.
California shipments are, beginning,
but the early crop there is lighter than
expected from early estimates. The
Texas crop also seems to be turning
out below expectations and total sup
ply Of early onions may be less than
that of last season. instead of greater.
Carlot arrivals of old onions are
rather light in Boston and Phila-
delphia, but fairly liberal in other mar
ketS for the time of year. Prices OF
Northern onions in good condition
showed an upward tendency near the
end of the month, with sales in New
York of cold storage stock as high as
$3.50 per 100 pounds. The general
jobbing range of Eastern yellow onions
was 81 to SIPS. Texas yellow onions
tend little lower in some Northern
markets, but the general level Is fairly
steady at $1.25 to $3.50 per crate, with
a few tops of 81.
Holdings of carrots are rather heavy
for the season of year in Western New
York and growers as well as dealers
find little demand and great difficulty
in disposing Of their stock. Most OF
the shipments are on consignment and
SO cars were shipped out near the first
of Nav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the ASSOCIaIeu FTtSs.
CHICAGO, May 1-Nitwithstanding
record breaking big deliveries on May
contracts, wheat prices today finished
practically the same as yesterday. APP
proximately 100000 bushels of May
wheat purchased in recent months was
formally delivered to the Government
sponsored agencies, but this had been
known far in advance. Temporary
fluctuations today covered only an ordi-
nary range, and came about from less
spectacular causes, especially conflict
ing reports concerning German wheat
import duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
Washington Produce

Butter - One pound prints, 29a3o;
tub, %.
Eggs-Hennery, 17als; current re-
ceipts. l6.
Poultry. alive-Turkeys. hens. 30;
toms, IS; Spring broilers, 38a40;
Leghorn brokers, IS: Winter chick
ems, 30a32; hens. 23a24; Leghorns. 90;
roosters, l2a14; ducks, Is: keats, young,
75a80; old, 40. Dressed-Turkeys, hens,
35; toms, 32a33; Spring broilers, As;
Winter chickens 38a40; hens, 25a26;
Leghorns. 22a23; roosters, l6; keats,
young, 7oa80; old, So
Meats--Beef, l21za14; veal, l2al4;
lamb. 22a24; pork loins, 81; fresh hams
10: fresh shoulders, IA; smoked hams
20; smoked shoulders, 1912; strip bacon
%; lard, In packages, IL; in bulk, H..
Live stock-Hogs, heavy, 7.00a725;
light and medium, 7.25a7.50; pigs, 7.00a
7.50; loughs, 4.00a5.00; calves, 4.00a
| $50; Spring lambs, l0al2.
Fruits-Strawberries North Carolina
5.O0a8.00; Florida, 7.00a8 90; pineapples
3.75a4.25; cherries, California, 300a
500: oranges, California, 3.25a3.75;
Florida. 3.50a4.50; grapefruit, 2.50a3 so
lemons, 4.50a5.00; lines, per 100, 3.00s
3.25; grapes. Argentina, white. 3.25i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
EARNINGS ARE INCREASED
IN SPITE OF DEPRESSION

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May Ability of the
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light &
Power Co. to report steady increases In
earnings in recent years in spite of the
depression is attracting considerable at
tention in the financial district.
Comparisons of first-quarter returns
over the last four years, including two
years of depression and two fairly pros
porous periods, showed unbroken gains
in both gross revenue and net income
available for stockholders.
Gross revenue was as follows 1881,
$7,793,343; 1880. $7,699,561; 1929, ST.
4o9, 29e; 1928. $6,955, 1926 Net income
after charges: 1881, $2,1S3,705; 1880,
$2,054,997; 1929, $1,908,8sA; 1928,
81 1853, $50.
In each Of these periods the Utility
covered dividend requirements by 2
good sized margin, adding $855,787 to
its surplus in the first quarter OF 1881
and 1891 ,512 in the 1880 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
BUSINESS RECOVERY
DECLARED imminent
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW, YORK, May I've are now
in one of those periods of opportunity
that occur only at long intervals-the
depression has about run its course.
Recovery will probably start not later
than July. possibly by May or June,
says the Brookmire Economic Service.
The service adds: Our business index
for March Is TAT against 74.4 in Feb
ruary. Automobile production. depart
ment stores sales, iron and steel pro-
ducticn, cotton consumption, all show
small increases. Car loadings and vol
ume of construction show small de-
clines. although current indications for
both these items point to an early up
turn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
N. & w. RET1REs MORTGAGE.

PHILADELPHIA, May P.-The
paid off its 5O-year per cent general
mortgage of $7,235,OO0. reducing the
company's funded debt to that extent.
This mortgage was first lien upon the
company's main line from Norfolk to
Bristol, Va, a distance of 408 miles.
The bonds were taken up out of treas
ury funds and no new financing is in
contemplation, the company announced.
The retirement of these bonds will re-
duce the company's fixed charges by
$434, 100 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, May / P.-Potatoes-
Receipts, SO cars: on track, 257; total
United States Shipments, l.035; weak;
trading rather slow; sacked, per hun
dredweight Wisconsin Round Whites.
120a1 IS; Minnesota, l.10al.20; Idaho
Russets No. /, l.50a1 SIS, few LOO; NO.
q. 1.25a1.30; Colorado McClures. Ito:
new stock weak; trading fair; Texas
sacked Bliss Triumphs, 3.25a3.65; me
dunn to small, 2.65a3l5; No. 2, 200a
2.25; Florida. barrel. Bliss TriumphS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, May (R.-Butter-
Receipts, II, 907 tubs; steady; prices un-
changed.
Eggs-Receipts, $4,000: firm, extra
firsts, IT; fresh graded firsts, 16; cur
rent receipts, Is; storage packed firsts
1712; storage packed extras, 10.
Poultry, alive-Receipts. l car, is
trucks; weak; fowls, 17a1812; broilers
32a34; roosters. IA; turkeys. 20a23;
heavy ducks, 20; heavy Spring ducks,
"a; geese, 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
red. $50: rhubarb, per dozen punches

red. $50: rhubarb, per dozen punches,
so: bananas, per bunch, l.50a3.00.
Observation-Disclosures, old, 120-pound
sacks PTS; 150-pound sacks, $50; new,
per barrel, 6.50a7. 90; sweets, per bushel,
l.75a2.00 onions, Bermuda, 200; toma-
toes, Mexico Tugs, 500a6.00; peppers,
2.50a5,00: Summer squash, 3.00a3.5 SO;
peas, 800; string beans, 2.50a4.00; limas,
600a700 asparagus, 2.00a500: beets,
crates, 225; carrots. crates. 2.25; let
tuce, Iceberg, 5.00a6.00; North Caro-
lima, l.25a2 90; celery, 3.00a3.25; spin
ach. 50a75; kale scars; Spring onions,
per 100 punches, 2.00a2 SO; radishes,
per 100 punches. 200a2.50; cabbage,
l,25; eggplant, 5.00a5.50; cucumbers,
hot house, baskets, 2.00a3.00: bushel
baskets. Florida, 4.50a5.5o; endive, Bel
GUM, 225; okra, crates. 800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
U. s. Has $2oo,ooo,ooo in China

SHANGHAI, May / R-American
loans in China. including those to va
rious Chinese governments, were re-
ported today by Carl Remer of the So
cial Science Research Council Of New
York as totaling 5000 900 900 gold. Re-
mer, a professor at Michigan Uniyer-
sity. estimated Japan's and Great Brit
aims investments in China ct $1,000
100000 gold each. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK. May (E').-An opening
advance in cotton on covering, combined
with some trade buying and buying for
an upward reaction, vas followed by
renewed weakness in the market today
under liquidation and Southern selling.
July contracts, after selling up to
1913 on the early demand. broke back
to the low record Of yesterday and were
ruling around 9.87 in the mid-afternoon
market, when the general list was to
IL points net lower
Futures closed easy, "a to 80 points
lower; May, 950a9.51; July. 9.73a9.75;
October, 1005a10.06: December, 10.27a
1898; January, 10,40a10.41; March,
IN NO n "a c,nnt rriiiokt r,niddlifan 5n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
Car Loadings Decrease.

BALTIMORE, May Especially -
Cars loaded and received from connec-
tions by the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad
in the first 20 working days In April
totaIed 1855 .O93, a decline of $3.50 cars
from the corresponding period ID
March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, May [P.-Call
money steady; 112 per cent all day.,
Time loans steady: 60 days, 11aa1M;
80 days, Q; four months, 2a214; five
to six months, 2Aa215 per cent
Prime commercial paper. 2Ha212.
Bankers acceptances unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
TIME MONEY DECLINES.

Time money reached lower level
last week as its change was measured
by the Department of Commerce, but
call funds remained unchanged. In the
totals that follow the average rate Is
given for both classes, for comparable
periods, based on averages from lead
ing money centers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
BALTIMORE STOCKS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE Nav
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Treasury receipts for April 20 were
$3,722 ,62825; expenditures, $52,673,-
470.87; balance, 1914, 039. 092. Customs
receipts for the month to the close lof
business April 20 were $30,9l3,149.29.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01

Fiji has solved its unemployment
problem by the government organizing
gangs for painting and for other public
works, with wages fixed at S2.43 day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, May Following is the
complete official list Of transactions in
stocks on the Chicago Stock Exchange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01

American trucks are being used for
drayage service in Japan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
NEW YORK CURB MARKET s ss:: :: n : : s s::

Note-An stocks are sold in one hundred.snare loss
exceptng those designated by the letter (80s (25Oss
which shows those stocks were sold In odd lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01

Eek dividend Partly tPus 4% STOCK
stock. Plus Plus 10 In
80 in stock Plus 100 stock Plus 80 In
n stock Paid last regular rate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

tic1es about Miss Bow through the mails.
Hunter claims he left Girnau's en-
ploy some time ago because he Ques-
toned his employers motives" said
Capt. Norris Stensland Of the sheriff's
office. He informed us he visited the
Paramount Studios and Miss Bows
home to assure those concerned that
they had little to fear from Girnau's
paper because its circulation was re-
stricted. We plan to question Miss Bow
and studio officials to verify Hunters
statements.
HE also told us he had information
about plot to extort 100000, but we
are not in position to give the tnforma-
ton out at present.
Stensland said Robert Bow, father Of
the actress, had identified a photograph
of Guy Rockwell. former Los Angeles
attorney. as a likeness of one of two
men said to have approached Miss Bow
and Rex Bell, film actor friend of the
actress, with proposition to buy Cir
nau't paper. Rockwell is sought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
MISS PATTERSON SPIKES
RUMOR OF ENGAGEMENT
Daughter of Newspaper Publisher
Is Dumfounded by Report Cir
culated in Orient.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 30.-Alicia Patterson,
daughter Of Joseph Medill Patterson,
publisher of the Chicago Tribune,
emphatically denied here today the re-
port that she was engaged to marry
Peter Grimm, Shanghai representative
of a New York firm.
1T is the most absurd thing ever
heard about" said Miss Patterson upon
her arrival from Kyoto and Nara,
where she had spent several days on
a sightseeing trip.
II met Mr.. Grimm on a trip out of
Saigon" Miss Patterson said," and sat
at the same table with him and two
Englishmen. We four always were to-
gether. I never was alone with Mr..
Grimm excepting for half an hour or
so at Shanghai when we went shopping
I'm simply dumbfounded. can't for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

Of 102 cases Of the malady treated In
city hospitals here in 1929. OF these 81
were ascribed to faulty diet, 40 to alco-
holic debauches or large daily liquor
consumption over a long period and 81
on miscellaneous other causes.
In 1919 DR.. Boggs said, alcoholism
was found to be the cause in only 81
per cent of the cases treated here.
Discovery of the use Of the liver diet
in treating pellagra has marked an i'm
portant step in combating the disease,
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

the chase through streets jammed with
traffic. One robber Communicated q
truck, threw out the driver and drove
away.
After entering the store and going to
different counters, the robbers told
clerks and customers that this is q
stick-up." At that moment a traffic
officer walked into the store. but did
not comprehend that there was
hold-up until one Of the clerks called
to him.
The robbers ran out Of the building,
followed by the policeman, who was
joined in the chase by other traffic
officers from nearby corners.
The dead man was identified as
Clarence S. Cundhh, laborer, formerly
of Eldon, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

the life Of me imagine how such rumor
originated
In Shanghai Grimm likewise denied
the report, saying he had met Miss
Patterson on her return from a big
game hunt In Indo China. He added,
however, that he expected to see Miss
Patterson in Japan before she sails for
home, May z. His home is in st.
Louis, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
Towns Last Bank Closed.

KINSTON, N. c., April 80 P)-
Kinston. a town of 1000 population,
was left without banking facilities to-
day when the Farmers and Merchants
Bank failed to open. A notice said the
bank had been closed by the directors
for the protection Of depoSitors" A
short time ago the city's other two
banks closed their doors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
5000 START STRIKE
British TEXTILE Workers Walk Out
Over Wage Cut.

COVENTRY, England, April 80 (P)
About 5000 workers went on strike
today in protest against reduction by
Courtauld's, Ltd, Of two pence an hour
in the wages Of spinners.
Workers in other Courtauld factories
were reported planning sympathetic &C
ton. The management announced the
wage cut had become necessary to meet
foreign competition in artificial silk and
warns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
BYSTANDER KILLED
IN BANDIT ESCAPE
Woman and Two Men
Wounded as Robbers Flee
Through Traffic Jam.

BY inc ASSOClateu FreSS.
ST. LOUIS, April 30.-One byStander
was killed. a woman and two men were
wounded late yesterday in an exchange
of shots between police and three men
whom they caught in the hold-up of a
shirt store near the Federal Building,
in the heart of the downtown business
section.
The robbers, one of whom was be-
iieved to be wounded, escaped during
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
EXTORT|ON IS SEEN
IN CLARA BOW PLOT
Publishers Former EmpIoye
Alleges Plan to Force
100000.
BY the Associated Press.

by ING ASbUCIdIVU FIt5Ss
LOS ANGELES, April 3O.-After
questioning Allen Hunter former cir
culation manager for a weekly journal
published by Frederick Girnau, the
Sheriff'S Office yesterday announced re-
ceipt of information concerning "a
100000 extortion plot" against Clara
Bow. film actress.
Girnau was in jail, charged with
sending "Scurrilous and obscene" ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

In tombs of an ancient graveyard
discovered by a farmer near the Roman
city Of Ealerium were found many arti-
cles, including mirrors and a bronze
model Of q she wolf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
ALCOHOL HELD CHIEF
CAUSE OF PELLAGRA
In 1o2 Cases, 40 Are Laid to
Liquor, 81 to Diet and 81 to
All Other Sources.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 30.-The
assertion that alcoholism has become an
increasing factor in cases Of pellagra
treated here in recent years was made
yesterday by DR.. Thomas p. BoggS in
an address before the annual conven-
ton of the Maryland Medical and Chi
rurgical Faculty.
The conclusion was based on a study
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

A near-panic occurred during q serv-
ice at Stocksbridge Parish Church, near
Sheffield, England, recently, when the
church bell fell on the roof.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
DEAN RUEDIeER GOES

Dean William Carl Ruediger.
a member of the George
Washington University fac.
ulty since 1907 and dean of
its school Of education since
1912, win spend the first semes-
ter of the academic year at
Cornell University engaged in
research and writing upon edu
cational subjects. During the
second semester he will travel
abroad. devoting cc\ siderable
time to a study of the British
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
PATENT LAW COURSE

For many years Washington
College of Law has enrolled
large numbers of young men
and women employed as mem
bers of examining corps Of the
Patent Office and assistants
to practicing attorneys IL the
city Of Washington. Announce
ment is now made of q we'll
rounded course for the future
patent lawyer, designed to give
to him that which will be Of
the greatest service to him and
his clients.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
SEEK COOPER ADDRESS

American University still is
receiving requests from all
parts of the country for copies
of the commencement address
last June by DR.. william John
Cooper, U. S. Commissioner of
Education. His address on
The Educated American"
stirred nation wide response,
and has caused the university
to print a large supply to have
them available for the demand
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
G0tcheL Chosen
DGy-SchOOL Head

Theodore D. Gatchel has been
made principal of the day
school of Emerson Institute. He
is a native of Washington and
a graduate of Yale, where he
received the degree of Ph.B. in
1923.
Gatchel graduated from Cen
tral High School and was cap
tain in the high school cadet
corps.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11

educational system In Dean
Reudiger's absence, Prof. VIII
liam Cullen French win act as
dean of the school Of educa-
ton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-03-27
u. s. SHOCKING
TO RUSSIA FOR
ATRADE BOOST
WEAKENING MARKETS IN OTR-
Err COUNTRIES MAKE THAT OF
RED RUSSIA MOST IMPORTANT

Washington, March 25.- Facing
a rapidly weakening market in west
ern Europe, South America and the
far east, government trade experts
are giving serious study to soviet
Russia with it's one hundred fifty
million potential consumers.
Two specialists in United States
and Russian trade were questioned
on the subject by the United Press
today. They were asked, on the bas-
is of their reports from Russia and
from factories here, whether tine
treasury's recent embargo on soviet
goods was likely to decrease Russian
purchases here, which last year to-
tailed $3.50, 100000.
One official confidently predicted
that despite Russia's resentment at
| the treasury's policy, the memorable
demands of the soviet five-year plan
for certain types of machinery would
maintain our exports at the 1880
level, perhaps higher The other,
holding the question too involved
to be answered definitely, forecast,
however that purchases Of industr1-
al and agricultural machinery would,
without doubt would be large.
Russian leaders, irked by the e1-
fort Of the treasury to reduce their
exports to the United StateS-only
one-fourth as much in 1929 as their
ed a large share of their purchases
would be transferred to Germany.
Questioned about this prospect,
one official characterized the soviet
statements as merely flirtatioUs de-
. signed to secure better credits here. -
AS the five-year plan reaches Its
crucial stage this year with factor
les going up on all sides, great
quantities of industrial machinery
must be purchased abroad, officials
pointed out. They are convinced the
ability of American factories to turn
} out such machinery in large guam
titles at low prices will cause tbs
soviet government to buy here n
preference to European markets.
Aside from the factory program
I soviet energies are being concentrat
. ed on expansion Of railroads.
Russia is considering the adoption
I of the reavy American type rolling
: stock rather than the lighter Euro
pean models. The soviet recent1,
{ placed an order for a number of EN-
gines with the Baldwin locomotive
4 | works.