Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1924, Page 10

BILLION INVOLVED INCRAN ADVANCE . Gain in Wheat Now 30 Cents Per Bushel—Flour Is Also - Moving Upward. 7 the Associated Press. “Upwards of a billion dollars has been #dded to the speculative values of the 1924 grain crops of America and the Canadian Northwest in recent weeks as & result of the 30 cents a bushel in- crease in wheat prices in the United States and the 42 cents a bushel jump in Canada. which have pushed crop prices to new records for this year. wheat, which touched §1 for the day, nipeg was up to $Li0% of 4t%e. All cercal September corn were quoted here ye terday at new high prices for t crop. Speculative trading on the board of | trade on Wednesday reached its high- est since May I, with an gregate of than 110,000,000 | bushels of all grains, | 000,000 bushels were ture delivery was around Corn Highest in Years, advanced from gaining 4 advance pt an futures ex mo of which 69,- wheat fc Six weeks 0,000 bushels a day. | July to § No. corn has ks and cash $1.16%; | s est in several Years. at 61 cer are up 10c of la 87c, a gain of same time. December corn, new crop which this fall, sold % 9, and Yesterday, on th crop of o 13 in about six wee corn broux | and | » brought bushel at the representing Dot 1 the | country, was considered by grain men theoretically to have added over $500,000,000 to the farmers bank ac- counts. ROAD BOND ISSUE UP. Arlington Commission to Discuss Plans at Meeting Tonight. CLARENDON, Va, July 18.—The gton District Good Roads Com- sion will meet ton rthouse to continue its delibera- tions, having in object the formula- tion of plans for a road bond issue in the district. The committee on procedure au- he las of Ashton Park Lane, to recom- the committee re mittee of the o am into shape, will be the before the road prog order of business ting tonight. It is believed that the commission will then take under consideration i to be included in the proposed development. STEPHENSON ON TRIAL. '| Fourth to Face Jury in $37,000(} “Cannon Ball” Express Robbery. PETERSBURG, Va, July 18.—The trial of Joseph' H. Stephenson ot Richmon( and Western t December, heg: rge courthouse fo Marshall Peterson terd yes- money clerk of the n Ri ss Company olk, testified that he turned the money. $37.000 in mutilated cur- rency, consizned to the Kedoral Re ¢ 'Bank at Richmond, over to Ste . who was in charie of the car, on the morning ot the Foster, ank Merhout, who pleaded ¢ whose sentence was held of the othe who was tr ire zuilty, up _pendin J. Fred Re found _guilty years in the Longmire, who w LUMBER PICKING UP. Slight Recovery Is Reported in Midsummer Let-Up. national softwood lumber The Flour Joins With the advanc ot wheat flour have taken an prices were lifted 20 cents vesterday to best Advance. in wheat, prices | ent. a barrel | known | June 9, and at _£1.00 for The poor the s ospect fe bushels on 1 in the | uched $5.10 s = are re what price FRENCH Favorable Trade Balance Shown | During Past Six Months. Bpecial Dispatch to The NEW YORK, July P of 3,117, orts aggregated ad a total value « as compared with an unfavorable bal- | ance of 000 francs for the corre- | sponding period of 1923 WHEELER TO SPEAK. Senator Will Plead Cause of La' EXPORTS GROW. | t showed a t of Inde- tional Lumber Manufacturers’ ciation, but production, hipme and new busi ubnormal. On the other ived in greater Volume | roduction and The expansion o and the decrease in| T Shipments are tond | brium in the indust of the larger ing that are almost on u par with nro- duction and new business somewhat greater nts were James L. | prohibition fly , dur- | burth man to face the | T PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY LISTS SCHOOL TRUSTEES Capitol Heights, Edgewood, Silesia and Other Communities Get Appointments. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 18. School trustees appointed in Prince Georges County include: Bladensburg School—Baxter Denny, Alfred R. Lee, T. Howard Duckett. Hyattsville — Dr. Paul S. Herring Charles W. Clagett, G. Sherman Spire, W Capitol Heights—G. A. rill, John E. Weast. liam H. Vanneman. Adams, John Edward N. Carmody. . Colvin, Ed ng, Charles A. W T Patterson, B. Ga College ferro, Meade, William ¢ Branch—W, R. allant, J. S. McCoy. i. N, Crider, Mrs. lus Roby. Land- orge Peffer, . P. Buck, evier. Patuxent— 1, Mrs. Robert L. Ha dy cer. Croome- . , Arthur B. Duley, C. W. Nottingham—Oden Beall, dsor, Bernard Downing. Gar- Boteler. Benjamin m ph S. Perrie, L. Nelson Terrie, ard Richard Brookrid Burroughs, Milton E Vindsor. Hickory Grovs Cornell, J Gardiner, W. —Charles B, Bos- H. C. Davis. Ac- G. AL Jo: . Richard B. es.” Friendly— Millard Thorne, Tippett—Thomas | ; ndsor, Bernard W. shington—J. G. C. ort, Austin L. Adams. William_ Clifton, Wilmer v Witt. Pine Grove—Pope , Clifton Tarmon, William 3 e—A. 'W. Bean, A. Randall. § e B. E. R: Bradbury ¥ Oscar Raba, Townshend, M. Bowie. W. rs. 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The Pint Za-Rex jug makes a gallon, or 16 big glassfuls of Thirst Quench crs. Insist on seeing the name Za-Rex on the label to avoid synthetic substitutes in similar jugs. ZA-REX FOOD PRODUCTS, INC. BOSTON, Mass. District Line | drink_ “Walter Leaman—Za-Rex Selling Agent 945 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D. C. Camp Springs—Charles Moore, Sam- uel I, Sweeney. Upper Laurel—Ar- thur 8. Harrison, Mrs. Thomas D. Roberts, John W. O'Brien. Willls— Lewis Wootten, John T. and William Flester. —Lower Laurel—Henry M. Scott, Mrs.” C. J. Halverson, Frank Taylor. Brandywine—Dr. R. Early Baden, William Herbert Lusby, I. H, Sasscer, Jr. Cheltenham—Hammond Tippett, Charles Rawlings, George A. Brady. ' Oxon Hill—Mrs. George E. Hunt, Samuel B. Cox, W. D. Fowler. Allentown—George A. Seilner, . L. Wilcox, R M. Padgett. St. Barnabas— Charles B. Grimes, Elbert Pyles, El- wood Phelps. Fort Foote—R. Walter Brooke, Cleveland Kerby, Owen Thorne. Huntsville—J. J.” Crowley, F. ' F." Nally, Edward Magruder. 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The child, with irents and brother Daniel, was spending a vacation a: the summer home of the grandparent at Island Heights, N. J.~ The body was recov- ered early this morning. i Penguins, alone of creatures, walk about land, as man do all feathered upright on C——— As EBONITE “Strings"" to a Stick, So It Winds Around the Gears Do It TODAY Have your Transmission and Differential (rear axle) filled with EBONITE and note the difference. Lubricates, conserves power, stops noise, grind and wear. Tt insures a constant pro- tecting ribbon film of pure oil at every contact point. It CUSHIONS the gears. At dealers’ in five- pound cans, and at service stations from the Checker-board pump, - only. 'EBONITE (1T’ SHREDDED OIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS ANJ DIFFERENTIALS *| has “about ' 3,000,000 acres of wheat ,[about 60 per cent more than COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY ATLANTA, July 18.—Eight melon- Browing states are expected to ship 37,659 cars this season, according to the bureau of estimates here. Of this amount Alabama is expected to account |for 1,938 cars, California, 1,824; Florida, 6,941; North Caro- lina, 1,288; South Carolina, 4,042; Texas, 6,930, and Georgia, 14,384. SEATTLE, July 18.—Soaring prices for fancy milling wheat, the advance in which has been 19 cents a bushel in thirty days, have been followed by an increase of $8,10 per barrel for best patent flour by Puget Sound and Columbia River mills. Similar in- creases have taken place in bakers' flour and there has been an advance of $1 in mill feed. LINCOLN, Nebr., July 18.—Nebraska this year, which promise to produce Jast year's' crop, although the acreage is somewhat less. HOUSTON, July 18.—The state oner of ‘agriculture places | tion of Texas corn at 67 per cent and the decline in acreage this year at 12 per cent. The crop was ruined in some sections by hot, dry weather. NEW ORLEA. July 18.—Rice (LI LI LTI LI DURANT “Just a Real Good Car” LI L L L LTI L1 &% Y It’s restoring that fluffy X 452 refresh and renovate. L, & satisfaction. 202030 <& 7222 which they had when you bought them—and before they became crushed down with use. The “Manhattan Way” is a restorative, not an abusive way—and your Blankets will wear longer—with greater satisfaction—if you let us ‘When they go back home they’ll be packed immune to moth invasion. ‘The cost is immaterial compared with the Phone North 3954—We’ll come promptly Manhattan Laundry Service Co. Plant, 1346 Florida Avenue—Phone North 3954 Branch Office, 2506 14th St.—Phone Col. 5596 stocks in this state July 1 were the smallest on record, amounting to only 303,000 bags. June consumption, however, was low. 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