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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-23
WASHINGTON
EGGS AND POULTRY

Daily report on Washington egg and
poultry markets:
prices paid shippers-F. o. B. Wash
ington)
By the U. s, Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics, Washington, D. c., Tuesday,
October %. 1884.
Eggs-Market steady to firm. Receipts
Of fancy quality. ,eggs very limited.
graded eggs; " cents on U. s. Gov
eminent graded white extras. large, and
l cent on U. s. brown extras, large.
Current receipts, 81 to 20 cents; hen
merry whites, "a to 81 cents. Government
graded and dated white eggs: U. S.
extras, large. 42h to Ash cents; u. S.
extras, mediums. IS cents; U. S. stand
ards, large, 36h cents. Government
tras. large. 3s cents: U. S. standards,
large, 26 cents.
Live Poultry-Market generally steady
on chickens and fowl. Easy to weak on
turkeys and guinea fowls. Fowl: Colored:
large, II to Is cents; mediums, IA to is
cents: leghorns, IL to IL cents; ROSTERS,
to cents. Spring chickens: Plymouth
Rocks, over pounds, II to IS cents;
under 8 pounds, IS to is cents; mixed
colors. IA to Is cents; leghorns. IS to Is
cents. Turkeys: Old toms, IA cents;
old hens, is cents; spring turkeys, 10
pounds and over, 20 to II cents. Guinea
fowl, 1% pounds and over, 70 to 80 cents
a pair.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Apples-One Washington arrived; 2
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Bushels: Supplies liberal; demand
light; market steady. Virginia, Grimes,
U. S. No. l, "a inches minimum. $50
75c; 21a inches minimum, S1@1,25; ~
inches minimum, $1.25@1.S5; Staymans,
u. s. No. 1, IA inches minimum, $50
S5c; IN inches minimum, $1@1.25; 2N
inches minimum, $1.35 @1.5O: 8 inches
minimum, $1.65; Delicious, U. s. No. 1,
IA inches minimum, $1@1.15; IN inches
minimum, mostly around $1.2S; Yorks.
U. S. No. l, IA inches minimum, IS a
Use; IA inches minimum, 9Oc@$1; ~
inches minimum. $L15@1.25;. Black
$3.50; inches minimum, $3.50.
Cabbage-One New York arrived; un-
broken cars on track. Supplies mod
crate; demand light; market steady.
mestic flat type, 5O@75c; New York,
SO-lb. sacks domestic flat type, mostly
around Use.
plies moderate: demand light; market
steady. New York, % crates washed,
AT dozen, $1.25@1.5O.
Grapes-Table. No carlot arrivals;
broken and l unbroken car on track;
all other grapes. no carlot arrivals;
no cars on track. Eastern stock: Sup
plies light; demand light; market
y.
baskets, u. $. No. i. Table Niagaras,
12Q13c; 12-quart climax baskets, Con-
cords. 45c.
Lettuce-Two California arrived;
car diverted; broken and unbroken
cars on track. Western stock: Sup
plies moderate; demand light; market
steady. California, Western crates,
Iceberg type, As dozen, $2.5O@3.
ontons-one Indiana, 3 New, York.
broken cars on track supplies
moderate; demand moderate; market
slightly stronger. Michigan and New
York, 5O-pound sacks. Fellows, U. S.
No. 1, sOc@$1, mostly 81. fair con-
dition, 75c.
Peas-No carlot arrivals: broken
and i unbroken car on track. Sup
plies light; demand light; market
steady. California, bushel hampers
Telephones, $2.509S
Potatoes-Four Maine. : Pennsylva-
MIA, New York arrivede 2 broken and
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DOWN
ON IRREGULAR
CURB LIST
BY THEODORE KOsLOW

NEW YORK, Oct. % G.N.S0.
The curb market showed no clear
cut trend through the greater part
of today's session, with the con-
flicting group movement in evil
dence, rejecting the diverse fac
tors in the general trade situation.
Utilities were generally lower,
in a continuation of the selling
which had broken out in the clos
ing minutes Of yesterdays trad
ing. Electric Bond and Share,
American Gas and Electric and
United Light and Power A were
among the issues to drop below
previous closings, in contrast to a
gain of 3s in Consolidated Gas OF
Baltimore to 64B.
Specialties were mixed. One OF
the features was the changing
hands of a 1000 share block Of
Ford, Ltd, at 10b, unchanged
from it's previous close. Losses OF a
point each we're sustained in Ler-
ner Stores and Pepperel, as
against gain of 1A points in
Glen Alden Coal to 23la. Alec
hols ruled firm, with Dist1llers,
Ltd, up "a at 2212, and Distillers
seagrams up 70 at 14Ts.
There was rather heavy selling
of Canadian gold shares. Teck
Hughes eased 1s to 3B, and
Wright Hargreaves was down rs
at 8, both of these issues being
featured by the sale of large
blocks of stock running up to
1000 shares.
The table:
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Oct. % G.N.S).-Hogs-
$4,000; 5000 lower; top, $500; bulk,
S.. 4O@5.SO; heavy, $1,000 5.s5; medium.
$5.S0@59O; light, $5.4O@575 light
lights, $4.25@5.25 packing sows, $50
$50; pigs, $S.5OG45O; holdovers. 5000.
Cattle-11, 900; steady. Calves 5000;
steady. Beef steers, good and choice,
5000; common and medium, $4QS;
yearlinss, $7@9. Butcher cattle:
Heifers, $4@775; cows, $2.5O15; bulls
$2.5O@4; calves, $4Q7; feeder steers
$4@ SIS; stocker steers, $3.50 q 5 !:
stocker cows and heifers, $2.75@4.75.
Sheep-12, 900; steady. Lambs $6.25
@6.75: common, $500 $50; yearlings.
s45O@5.75; feeders, S596.25; ewes,
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BUFFALO

BUFFALO, Oct. % SD.-Hogs,
500, followers none. Practically MOTH
ing done; asking fully steady bidding,
weak to loo lower. Few 185-20O
pounds, sold $5.90@6; holding 21O
pounds, above $40 and 225 pounds, $6.25.
Cattle-1O0, all commercial. Mixed
yearlings, steady. $S.25; common kinds,
around "a, low cutter and cutter cows,
$1@2.25.
Calves-CommerciaI so. government
none. Vealers unchanged. Good to
choice, IS; common and medium,
$5.25@7.
Sheep-10o. Lambs strong to 15c
higher; few ewes and wethers, $675;
and weights, 100 pounds and better,
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CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct, % UN.s).
Hogs-Receipts LOO: market active
prices steady; top 1915.
Cattle-Receipts $50; market slow
and steady; no good cattle on sale.
Calves-Receipts 500; good calves
fairly active: medium and out grades
slow; demand not as active Monday.
Sheep-Receipts $500: good lam BIS
active prices strong to 10c higher;
top, $50.
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able on general property.
This method is favored by the
National Association of Real Es-
tate Boards as means of forcing
the widening Of the tax base.
Seven States already have an over
all limitation on general property
taxes and six have initiated cam
paigns to widen school costs.
This latter move is toward re-
lieving communities and cities Of
much of the school burden and
placing it on the State with its
greater facilities for taxing forms
of wealth beyond reach of the
community.
There is promise of higher
tax rates on real estate in the
District for the coming year,
however.
The District Bar Association is
launching a study of the present
form of realty encumbrances in
the District.
This question, which is even
now being studied by special
committee of the association,
may cause the realtors of the
city to take sides against each
other.
There are those who think the
present method of foreclosure
under the deed of trust system
is sufficient to meet all require
ments. Others will favor the
old-fashioned mortgage which
necessitates court foreclosures.
There is one thing that can be
said for the mortgage-it elm
mates the possibility of litigation
after the foreclosure, which is
something that the deed of trust
has not yet done At any rate
there is something else for the
realtors to worry about,
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PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, Oct. % IN.SD.
Hogs: 500; followers, 1850; standstill;
salesman quoting 1S025O-pound weights.
$3.50 a $40; other weights nominal.
Heavies. $55O@6; medium. $5.9O@6.1O;
light, s5.5O@6.1O: light lights, S. a $50;
packing sows, $4@4.75; pigs, $3.50
ATS.
Cattle-SO: nominal; Quotations based
on grassers) "steers (9OO-11OO poundsl.
good, $5@65O: "heifers $3.50 $50
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The dedication of the Depart
ment of Justice Building next
Thursday, under auspices of the

District Bar AS
ISOLATION, W i'll
be the most
elaborate cere-
mony Of it's
kind ever staged
by the local bar
group and will
rank second to
none in dedica'
ton ceremonies
of Government
buildings.
More than 81
900 persons are
expected to at
tend the cere-
mOninc urhinh
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pounds), good, S4@450: cows. good,
S3@3.5O; *bulIs, good beef. $363.6O.
Calves-1Oo; steady; vealers, good and
choice. $S@S.5O.
sheep-3OO; slow and steady. Lambs
go pounds DOWN, good and choice.
S6.5006.75: yearling wethers, good and
choice. $4.5O@5; aged wethers, medium
good, $2@3: ewes, good and choice
$2.25 62.50.
(*Not extreme limit of grade.)
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NEW YORK WOOL

NEW YORK, Oct. % I.N.SD.-wool
quiet; domestic fleece, unwashed, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. 22@31c; domestic
pulled, secured basis, 4S@sOc; domestic
Texas. clean basis. 58075c; domestic
territory, clean basis 55@77c
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mand of the
p e o pie for a
greater distribu-
ton Of tax costs
as a vital ele-
ment of real eS-
tate relief.
OF the IS
States, Is have
taken as a cen
trail point Of
their campaign
a proposal for
a constitutional
or s t q, t u tory
overall limita-
ton upon the
total rate levi.
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tee, has had his group hard at
work for weeks planning details
of the ceremony. F. Regis Noel,
bar association president, and the
officers of the association are vice
chairman ex-officio of the COM
mittee. The hardest work, how
ever, has been performed by a
little group headed by Aubrey
Bogley and Henry SchWeinhaut
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will begin at 3 p. m. and end
within an hour.
President Roosevelt will attend
in person, although he will not
speak. The diplomatic attend.
ance will be practically complete.
The beautiful courtyard with
the fountain in the center has
been deliberately decorated with
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Promptly a t
t he appointed
hour, the Pres
ident, his Cabi-
net, the "little
cabinet" an d
the diplomats
and other dis
t / n 6 u i S h e d
guests will be
on the stand,
a n d Solicitor
G e eral j.
Crawford Biggs
will introduce
Homer s. Cum.
mings, the At
torpav Genoro1
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The Attorney General will pre-
sent the guest speaker, Scott Lof-
tin, president of the American Bar
Association, and the Navy Band
will play.
Prior to the dedication the guest
speaker will be honored with a
luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel,
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evergreens and
seasonal flowers
and seats have
been provided
for guests and
the Navy Band,
which m a k e S
it's first ap-
pearance before
t he President
of the United
States.
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j. Spaulding
Flannery, gen.
eral chairman
of the dedica-
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NAVAL STORES

NEW YORK, Oct. % GN.sD.-Pe-
troleum weak; crude Pennsylvania, 217
@ 255; linseed oil. per pound, 81 car.
lots; turpentine quiet, 5214 rosin, steady,
common, $40.
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DEMANDS GROW
FOR REALTY
TAX CUTS
BY DICK BAKER

Legislatures in IS States Of the
United States, meeting in the near
future, confront the inSistent de-
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WASHINGTON STOCKS
SALES

Potomac Electric Cons. SIS,
$1,000@105; $1,OOO@105: $1,000
@105; $1,000@105; $1,000@105.
AFTER CALL
Washington R g. E., pfd., go
100; 5000.
Capital Transit Co., 10@277s;
1@27B.
Potomac Electric 51a pfd., 80
112.
Annapolis & Potomac R. R. IS,
$1,000@78H.
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Bar Set to Dedicate
Justice Building
and composed Of younger lawyers
with plenty of spare energy.

All addresses will be short, &C.
cording to present plans.
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The District Bar Association is
launching study of the present
form of realty encumbrances in
the District.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-21
La Guardia Denies
Veterans Right to
March for Bonus
TOday's Parade Is Off ;
Protest Refusal
of Permit

NEW YORK.-The Workers Ex-
Servicemen's League was denied the
right to march from Union So. to
Columbus Circle Saturday evening,
April IA. A permit was understood
to have been granted but was not
forwarded to the proper commit
tee. This is in line with the Roose-
welt policies of last year when every
attempt was made to discourage To-
cal organizations from recruiting
and organizing the rank and file
veterans to go to Washington to de-
mand their back pay and repeal the
Economy Act. This year, due to the
increasing hardslips in the ranks
of the veterans and the workers and
the determination of the veterans
and workers to fight for relief from
their misery, they are also demand
ing unemployment insurance as
stated in bill H. R. 1898.
All organizations who are sympa-
thetic to the veterans cause are re-
quested to send letters of protest
to Mayor LaGuardia and Police
Commissioner Organ demanding
that the veterans be allowed to pa
rade without police interference.
Send delegations to Mayor LaGuar-
dia demanding hands off the vet
Grams.
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Protest attack on
"DGiIy'' in Court
Tuesday, April "a

NEW YORK.-In an attempt
to stop the Daily Workers ex-
posure of labor spy agencies such
as the Bergof Agency, a group
Of professional stool pigeons of
the Sherwood Detective Bureau
have brought libel charges
against Harry Raymond, the
author Of today's article.
The charges were made by a
notorious spy, named George
Williams, who operates out the
Sherwood Bureau, 1857 Broad
way, and whose strike-breaking
activities the Daily Worker re-
Gently exposed.
Raymond will answer the libel
charges Tuesday, April "a, at 10
a. m. in jefferson Market Court,
425 Sixth Ave, when he will ap-
pear for a hearing.
Workers should protest this
Shiny attack on the Daily Worker
by packing the court when the
case comes up for a hearing.
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money came FROM" said BergOff
rubbing his hands.

money came FROM" said BergOff
rubbing his hands.
Here before me was a contract
which proved conclusively that
Red" Bergoff, as he is commonly
called, received $737, 60236 from the
greedy traction bosses in the year
1920 for sending in gangs Of strike
breakers and thugs to break the
streetcar and subway strike.
Il wish I had another job like
that" said the thug leader. Il
made over million that year in a
few months" Whether he paid in
come tax on a million dollars Mr..
Bergoff did not divulge.
But what are you doing today?"
I asked.
Admits He Hires Thugs
Bergoff admitted that he was the
one who sent Eddy Gatti. we'll
known gangster, Samuel Binder,
Murray Freidland and Charles
Kinda to Philadelphia to break the
strike of the S. K. F. Industries
workers. He also admitted that he
was at present trying to clear Gatti
Of charges of defling strikers
homes, for which Gatti was arrested
and held in $4,000 bonds.
why l got Gatti out of Jail
some years ago." declared Ber-
goff. (Gatti is the gangster who was
hired by the notorious George
Williams and Max Sherwood to
work for the ParmeIee System
during the recent taxi strike.-H.
r.
The old strikebreaker SHE'D clear
OF talking about his activities in the
year of 1916, when he had his license
revoked for swindling deal.
Bergoff admitted that he was doing
some work on the Barry K. Thaw
murder case, but failed to tell how
he was told to get out of District
Attorney Jerome's Office when he
came around with some phoney in
formation.
Connected with Nat Shaw
Have you ever had any connec-
tons with Nat Shaw, the old friend
Of Nozovitsky and Sherwood, who
tried to put the red-baiting forgeries
over on the Passaic textile mill own
ers?" I asked.
SHAW only worked for me once, ,
Bergoff said, trying to evade the
question. IF he ever worked for me
after that I didn't know it,"
The facts of the matter are. how
ever, that the notorious Nathan
Shaw worked for Bergof on many
occasions. Shaw was arrested on an
Adams Express Co. job while work.
ing for Bergoff. In 1929 Shaw
worked for Bergoff and aided him in
supplying gangsters strikebreakers
for Standard Oil strike.
TerrOrized Telegraph Boys
Bergof then unwittingly. bv a
slip of the tongue, let it be known
that he was the one who was
sending thugs around to union
meetings of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph boys who are try
ing to organize for a fight for better
conditions.
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3OOGOIdDuStLOdge
JObleSS March on
Welfare Departm't
Force Relief Department
To Grant Immediate
Relief

NEW YORK.-Despite a full mo-
bilization of police and Salvation
Army spies, more than 800 iobless
single workers from the Gold Dust
Lodge marched on the Home Relief
Bureau at Spring and Elizabeth SITS.
Tuesday. Not receiving satisfaction
there, they marched on the City
Welfare Department at so Lafayette
st. There they forced Deputy Com
missioner Stanley H. Howe to meet
with a delegation of II, hear their
demands, promise to investigate
their grievances, and grant them
immediate relief.
Laurie maintains an elaborate
spy system by giving better food to
his stool pigeons by feeding them
three meals day, although the
other workers are fed only two
meals. CThe city pays 80 cents a
day for each worker in the flop
house,
The marchers' delegation of II
workers presented the demands of
the Gold Dust Lodge to the Depart
ment of Welfare, demanding three
meals day and decent food for all
in the flop house, the right to or
ganize and the recognition of the
workers committee, workers control
of all funds, no forced labor-all
work to be paid at union wages, in
creased appropriation by the city
and the endorsement of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill by
the Welfare Department.
Major Laurie, in answering the
charges of the workers, upheld the
spy system, refused to grant cloth
ing to the men, and stated that he
had specifically requested the open
ing of a Jim-Crow flop house in
Harlem to which he sends all Ne
groes.
Welfare Commissioner Howe was
forced to grant immediate relief to
all the men who marched on his
office, and promise a complete in
vestigation of the Gold Dust Lodge,
promising answers to all the mems
demands when they return on Sat-
urday morning.
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Says He Was a Good
Friend of GOmpers and
John L. Lewis
By HARRY RAYMOND

81 made over a million dol
lars breaking strikes in the
year of 1920" Peter L.
Bergoff, self-styled king of
the strikebreakers and labor
stool pigeons, boastfully asserted
yesterday in his office, at 2 Column
bus Circle.
He sat there behind big polished
desk, vain as peacock, obviously
proud Of long years of service as a
rat for the capitalist class and
leader Of gangsters and sluggers.
Accompanied by Leo Settler, our
efficient staff photographer, was
led into the presence of this arch
scoundrel by a suspicious looking
person, obviously Bergoff's body
guard, who stood watch at the
locked door in the front of the Of
flee.
How did you make the million
dOliars?" 1 ventured. who paid
you this money!"
Immediately the gang leader went
to his safe and pulled out a stack
of documents.
Look at that" he said. He pro-
duced a contract signed by repre-
sentatives Of the Brooklyn City
Railroad, the South Brooklyn
Railroad and the COney Island
and Gravesend Railroad Company.
There's where some of the
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waltz couple.
I DRAMATIC MUSICAL RECITAL by
Brownsville Br. F. s. U featuring John
Boyington, poet-dancer and Charles Entin,
Violinist at Comrade Levins 796 New Jer
sey Ave. Admission 25c.
ENTERTAINMENT and DANCE, Savoy
Mansion, 1922 goth Ave. $3.50 p. m. Aus
pices American League Against War and
Fascism.
HOUSE PARTY, 50 Graham Ave. Aus
pices Walter Rojek Br. I. L. D. Admission
l5c. Refreshments and entertainment.
GALA Festival and Dance, Entertain
ment at Bridge Plaza Club, Rodney and
So 5th St. Given by Social Youth Gull
ture Club and Bridge Plaza Club.
FIRST ANNUAL Concert and Dance
given by Brighton Local of Alteration
Painters Union at 1900 Coney Island Ave.
CONCERT and Tea Party given by Al
fred Levy Br. LID. at 1913 Sheffield Ave,
8 pm All proceeds towards prisoners re-
lief
DANCE, Negro Jazz Band, Gala Enter
tainment at American Youth Club, A07
Rockaway Ave. Auspices: Prog. Community
Center, East Flatbush.
Astoria
DANCE and Entertainment given by As
toria Unit Sect. 10 at 1920 Astoria Ave.
Refreshments. Adm. Csc, 8 pm.
Sunday
HIKE to Palisades Park. Millinery
United Front Committee Meet foot Of
Dyckman Street Station, Broadway
Seventh Avenue IRT subway, at am
JOHN REED CLUB FORUM. John How
ard Lawson, on Fellow Travellers and
Marxist Criticism" at the John Reed Club,
430 Sixth Ave John wexley, chairman.
OPEN FORUM-"Three Years Of Scots
bcro." Speaker, David Schrifman 1923 E.
18th ST., p. m. Tom Mooney Branch,
1. L. D.
SYMPOSIUM: SCHOOLS and the Crisis
Speakers Blanche Hofrichter, Jules Metz,
and Isidore Begun. United Front Sup
porters. II W. 18th Street, p. m.
FLAG INAUGURATION and Banquet,
Concert, Dance. Italian Workers Center
233 E. Tenth St. lis p. m. Five-course
dinner. Contribution 40c; after 5 p. m,
15c
SPORTS CARNIVAL and DANCE. Amer
lean Youth Federation, 144 Second Ave,
$50 p. m. Boxing and wrestling between
A Y. F. and fremont Progressive Club.
Followed by Dancing. l5c admission.
UNITY THEATRE. 24-26 E. 23rd St.. pre-
sents "Credo," Death of Jehovah" "CIass
Collaboration" Broadway, 1888" 9 p, m.
Admission 35c.
DAVID A. SIoUEIRos lectures on 1.-THE
Art CT the Working Glass" Lexington
Hall, 1o9-11 E. 116th St., 2 p. m. open
Discussion Admission free.
DANIEL CARTER, lectures on "Tuelve
Years Of Fascism in Italy" Fordham
Progressive Club, West Burnside Ave,
Brcnx. $40 p. m. Admission 10c. I'm
employed free.
SPRING FEVER FRoL1c. Engdahl
Room, 27o0 Bronx Park East. Refresh
ruente aud entertainment Admission 10c.
Unit 3. Section Is. Sunday night.