Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1929, Page 5

- BETTER DISPLAYS OF FRUIT PLANNED Merchants Also Advised to| Show Vegetables in Promi- nent Parts of Stores. | A campaign of education having for ! fts object the display of fruits and veg- | etables in more prominent parts of | stores is being conducted under the au- | spices of the National League of Com- | mission Merchants. It is contended by | members of the association that more attractive displays of fruits and veg- etables in stores will bring about in- creased business. | Members of the local branch of the | Jeague assembled in the office_of the, W. Charles Heitmuller Co., 923 B street, | ‘Wednesday afternoon and listened to a talk by Paul Findlay, former Wisconsin ! grocer and writer, who appeared as| representative of the league. Findlay's meeting in this city is one | of a number of meetings he plans to | hold in cities in the East. Retailers | are to be urged to bring their attractive displays of fruits and vegetables to the front of their stores instead of relegat- ing them to the rear. The speaker also | discussed the question of more efficient | methods of handling, pricing and sell- ing their fruits and vegetables. Merchants Heed Advice. Local commission merchants who lis- tened to the visitor feel confident that | they will profit by the advice given and | that moie attractive displays in stores will attract attention of purchasers and result in increasing the volume of busi- ness. There were attractive displays of both fruits and vegetables in and about | places of business in the wholesale dis- trict this morning, retailers being out early in the morning to get first pick of supplies. Along the market line there were attractive displays of vegetables from the surrounding country, apples being about the only fruit in evidence there. Receipts of practically all commodi- ties since the close of the holiday sea- son have been more than ample to meet demands at prevailing prices. Slight fiuctuations in prices of numer- ous commodities were reported, a.drop in the price of eggs being one of the most interesting features. Merchants report a fairly good mar- ket throughout the holiday season. Business has not been so brisk the past few days, according to dealers, who as- sert that consumers were living on left- overs from their holiday supplies. Prices this morning were substantially the same as prices quoted the past few days. N Today's Wholesale Prices—Jobbers’ Prices Slightly Higher. prints, 49%%a Butter — One-pound store ~ packed, 5015; tub, 4812850%:; 30235. Eggs—Hennery, 42: 37a38; current receipts, 35; storage, 30a32. Poultry, alive — Turkeys, 35a36; Spring chickens, 30a32; Leghorns, 25; fowls, 28; roosters, 19a20; ducks, 25; geese, 18a20; keats, young, 50a60; old, 30. Dressed—Turkeys, 40a45; Spring chickens, 35a36; Leghorns, 28a30; fowls, 30031; capons, large, 45a48; small, 38a40; ducks, 30; geese, 30; keats, 80a1.00. Meats—Beef, top, 25; medium, 21%%a 23; common, 17a18; veal, 25a27; lamb, 28 pork loins, 24a25; fresh hams, 23a24; fresh shoulders, 18a19; smoked hams, 25a27; smoked shoulders, 17; bacon, 20a22; lard, in tins, 1212; in packages, 1315, Live stock—Calves, 15a16; lambs, 13a 24 Game—Rabbits, No. 1 grade, 25; No. 2 grade, 15a20. Snappy weather: part of the - week drove some of the fruit and vegetable dealers to cover and made it nece<sary for them to take extra precautions to prevent losses from freezing. In front of a number of the houses on B street fires were kept going in stoves on the sidewalks, those who were without such protection moving their supplies inside. Displays of fancy fruits and vege- tables proved as attractive this week as usual, although a few varieties of fruits had disappeared from the mar- ket. Oranges, bananas, grapefruit, tangerines, pears and strawberries were included among the fruits displayed. Strawberries this season have been of exceptionally good size and quality, ac- cording to dealers, but high prices kept down the demand. First picking of the Florida crop sold ®s high as $2.25 a quart, but it was not until prices got cheaper that local dealers were willing to handle them. Some of the choice berries this week sold as low as 75 and 80 cents a quart, some in fair condition selling at slight- ly lower prices. It is said that culls have been exceptionally scarce this season, practically all the fruit being first quality. Fruit Prices. Oranges have been reported in light supply the past week. Supplies have | been greater than the demand, how- ever, and much of the fruit was small. Prices of the Florida fruit sold around $3.75 and $4, the California fruit, not 80 plentiful, selling at $5.25 end $5.50. Moderate receipts of grapefruit, Flor- | ida stock, met a -light demand and | steady market. Medium size, No. 2 Iruit, was quoted at $3.50. Florida tan- gerines, 1 boxes, as to size, were of- fered from $1.50 to $2.75. Pears, box stock from the Northwest, sold at a wide range of prices, accord- ing to size and condition. Cranberries were received in light supply this week, while apples continued plentiful. | Idaho potatoes, larger than home- grown stock, are regarded by certain | Wholesalers as the pride of the vege- | table market, although some fine stock is coming from New York, Michigan | and Texas as well as from nearby Maryland and Virginfa. Dealers re- | ported a light demand and firm market. Idaho stock sold the past few days at $2.75 for sacks of 110 pounds, round | whites, 120-pound sacks, selling at | $1.90. Nancy Hall sweets were quoted | &t $2 a bushel. Lima beans and Spring peas, grown In Mexico, received in the best possible | condition, were offered around $7 a crate, both being good sellers. String | beans, Florida product, sold at $3.50 and $4 a crate. Carrots, top quality. were quoted at $3.50 for crates of 5 dozen bunches, nearby stock selling at | $4 and $5 per 100 bunches, Cut-off turnips, homegrown stock, brought $1.50 a bushel. Norfolk spin- ach sold around $1 a bushel, kale from the vegetable growing section of Vir-| ginia selling at $1.50 and $1.75 & bar- | rel. Florida peppers, more plentiful and cheaper, sold at $8 and $9 a crate the past few day: Iceberg lettuce, grown in Arizona, sold at $3 and $3.50 a crate, while California celery was quoted at $6 and $7. Very light supplies of string beans and squash and light supplies of pep- pers were received this week. String beans, 7 bushel hampers, | found ready sale at $3 and $4, pep- | per crates of squash selling at $5.50 | and peppers selling at $9. Moderate supplies of cabbage, both old and new stock, found ready sale. Onions have been received in” light supplies this ‘week, meeting a light demand that continued the market steady. | Vegetable Supplies. Liberal supplies of caulifiower, Cali- fornia stock, resulted in a weakening of the market, pony crates selling from $1.50 to Texas beets, received in small quantities, were not much in de- mand, dealers reported. and were priced at $3.50 to $4 for lettuce crates of fresh selected, | days. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, . C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1929:° brought $5 and $6 a crate, choice counts selling at $4 and $4.50. Ohio hothouse tomatoes, 10-pound baskets, sold at $225 for small size and $3.25 for the larger ones. Okra, grown in Florida, sold at $5 and $6 a bushel. Dealers had parsiey and radishes from nearby and distant places, the nearby grown under glass _ that_sold, various_prices. according to quality, at Mushrooms have been plentiful this week at $1 and $1.25 a | basket. ‘There no longer is a great demand for turkeys. Moderate receipts from nearby Maryland and Virginia, how- ever, find ready sale at prices slightly lower than those that prevailed during the holiday season. Receipts of chick- ens the past few days have been below normal, and prices this morning were slightly advanced. The advance is be- lieved to be temporary. A further weakening of the egg mar- ket was reported yesterday, prices in the West having dropped 3 or 4 cents. It is expected by dealers that prices will further decrease next week unless blizzard weather appears. Slight fluctuations in butter prices were reported during the week, prices today being about what they were at the beginning of the week. Business at Municipal Fish Market, slow during the holiday season, has picked up considerably the past few Receipts have not been heavy however, due, it is reported, to fisher. men prolonging their holiday vacation season. Marine Products Prices. Florida shippers have supplied fresh shad, herring, Spanish and king mackerel to local dealers, while Bos- ton dealers supplied frozen fish and fillet of haddock that sold at 20 cents. Crab meat, fairly plentiful, sold around 50 cents a pound throughout the week, but was in light demand. Oysters continued plentiful with an increased demand. Shell stock from the lower Potomac were quoted at $2 a bushel, Norfolk stock selling slightly higher. Standards brought $2.25 and | selects $2.50. = i ‘The horse market founded in London ‘Thou- WoobpwARrD & LLoOTHROP bunched stock. - Tomatoes have not been very plen- fifu] this week, Fancy counts, ripesy (Continued From First Page.) a rough ride over the mountains. En- gines O. K. at 2:58 pm. Took on gasoline and food. There was mail in the food bag. Can see that friends are pulling for us. It is very rough. Can hardly write.” | Lieut. Harry Halverson, relief pilot, | wrote a few minutes later: “Capt. | Eaker thinks the left engine is going | bad. Don’t know yet.” | Capt. Eake: later wrote: “Flew from 3 to 5 p.m., Halverson just taken con- trols. Wind terrible, running almost full throttle and making no headway. ‘Des(‘cnding winds roll down from | mountains. Lost from 500 to 1,500 feet | in less than no time. We will do well o get through the night. Left engine | throwing oil. Has covered tachometer.” “Entered by Lieut. Halverson Quesada relieved me at 7 p.m. (Thur: | day). My trick from 5 to 7 p.m. was a mean one. Looks as if things might get worse, Clouds are rolling in from the East at a high rate of speed. | Thank God they are high. The moothest and most favorable spot I ould find is over Brawley, so we are circling it at 3,000 feet. I went nearly over to Imperial and lost about 600 feet and trying my best to gain | altitude. Engines seem to be running | nicely now.” | “Been Up Sixty Hours.” “Entered by Capt. Eaker: 7:26 p.m. Been up 60 hours. Understand we are | soon passing refueling endurance record held by Belglan fiyers. Hope we last | one more hour. Quesada is fiying and | I am sitting in the door with one eye glued on the clock and the other on the | engine instruments.” | “8:38 pm. Quesada and I exchanged | grins just now. Sixty-one hours and | we have hung up a new record, but | what a night to do it in. Got to pump a liltle gasoline so I will have some- taing to fiy on at 9 o'clock when I in 1776 by Richard Tattersall is still | begin my 2-hour hitch.” conducted by his descendants. sands of horses are sold there annually. “Made con- | " Later Eaker entered: Took on tact at 10:50 for nine minutes, 10™ 1™ F axp G STREETS Televisions of smartness for Climes When modern migrators think of the South they immediately think of sports clothes—and just naturally Woodward & Lothrop—the smart place to shop for them. as This season as never before our Southern Sports Mode presents a mode of ous; vibrantly colorful. Tothese migrators we say— ‘Choose sports clothes—choose them in dozens”"—and to right, choose them here. 'QUESTION MARK LOG REVEALS ENDURANCE FLYERS' EMOTIONS 250 gallons of gas. Engines running smoothly. Maj. Spatz flying now. Que- | sada sleeping. Hooe pumping gas. Wind | | has died down a little.” | | 11:40 p.m. Lieut. Halverson wrote: | “Maj. Spatz got another drenching of | | gasoline when refueling ship broke aw He had his rubber coat on but |left " his rubber trousers off. He is | cinariging_clothes now. It looked bad | for a while, but think it's improving. It |is very hazy. Hope Metropolitan Air- | port 15 clear tomorrow.” | Entered by Maj. Spatz: “Bad down | draits at 11:20 p.m. Forced me to| | open motors to 1,600 revolutions. Found nice uptrend near Brawley and we !gamed altitude previously "lost, and ) climbed at 4,000. Throttled back to 1,500 and turned over controls to Hal- | verson. The moon has risen. The air} | is getting smoother and it looks as | though a_hectic day and night might end ok, The gas bath I got caused no discomfort other than getting a bit chilly while changing clothes.” Air Called Choppy. “Little comfort in changing from the skin out at 2,000 feet over Imperial at midnight January 3-4,” Spatz continued. “It is now 2 a.m. and we have been in the air 67 hours. A few comments on the flight so far. First, the ground or- ganizations have functioned wonder- fully. Gas, food. water, oil, batteri mail and newspapers have reached vromptly. * * % The refueling to- day over Imperial by Capt. Hoyt's ship was done in very choppy air filled with treacherous air currents, We almost settied to the ground after getting our load, but weathered the storm. The pilots and crews of the refueling planes | have functioned like well oiled machines / equipped With courageous hearts and strong minds. The crowds at Rockwell | and Metropolitan have done their stuff thoronghly. The motors are still func- | tioniing smoothly and we are all_well | aud happy after a very trying day. Sigi | ing off a%2:10 a.m. January 4 (Friday) “Our old Argosy is like a glider, wrote Lieut. Halverson later. “Entered by Spatz: Relieved by Halverson at 3:30 | Southern they think of color—varied, glori- be fashion- A Smart Ensemble Suggestion—sketched 3-piece Jersey Sports Frock, $35 Stitched Felt Hat, $18.50 Buckskin Peel Oxfords, $10 For Smart Tennis Silk Pique Frocks, $29.50 Crepe de Chine Frocks, $16.50 For Spectator Sports 2-piece Linen Frocks, $25 3-piece Linen Ensemble, $29.50 For Sea Bathing 2-piece Bathing Suits; with smart short coats, For Beach Lounging 3-piece Ensembles, $49.50 SPORTSWEAR, THIRD FLOOR. FOOTWEAR AND $25 and $29.50. Pajamas-and-Cape MiLLINERY, THIRD FLOOR, am. At 5 am., gas getting low, and | changing oil so that oil pray we can run until daylight refuel- | damage,” ing. Missing plug in left motor.” “Entered by Capt. Eaker: calling for gas. Very cold now a feet. Flew from 5:55 to 6:30. on 170 gallons gas at 6:15 am. Black- board ship just came alongside, telling | us will_meet our needs and breakfast ! in the bargain. Major sleeping.” Again the troublesome left motor was reported in the log by Halverson, who “Left motor is not so good. Food, oil and supplies on at 7:15." “I'got a big kick out of going past wrote Liuet. body will be taken to Cleveland im- wrote: a record last night,” Quesada after he had breakfast. wrote Eaker Maj. Spatz recorded ordering more gas, | At 5:50|and a refueling plane to “follow us to t 4000 | Metropolitan Alirport via Cajon Pass Took | With 1 00 gallons fuel, to be passed if | necessary.” e Matthew Andrews Dies. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, January 5| im’r.-—Mstlhew Andrews, chairman of | the board of the M. A. Hanna Co. of Cleveland, died here early today. The mediately. according to his widow, who “Flying near mountains over desert was at the bedside when death came. 5 il do_ no! The 1 wer. “ewi HISTORY OF CITY CLUB Imm’.fli’&"flfi' A ;U | TR ED AT BANQUET acter were stressed by Edward Brashear, S TRAC | the club's vice president. Other ad. dresses were made by Dr. Homer J. | Councilor and H. J. Odenthal, exectitive secretary of the organization. .. . | The banauet, held at club headquar- | ters, 1320 G street. was featured by a program of entertainment produced and acted by club members. ¥ Rudolph Jose, president of the City | o “ Club, speaking before 225 new members of the club last night at a get-together | In Anglo-Saxon times there were no banquet, traced the history of the or- | rabbits in England. aithough the ani- ganization since its development from mal was well known in Spain from the old Commercial Club, and pointed very early days. It was introduced out its growing popularity. | into England by the Normans. Rudolph Jose Tells of Development | at Get-Together Affair for New Members. WoobpwARrD & LLoTHROP 10™ 11™ F axD G STREETS N \LL Women's Coats Greatly Reduced s Dress Coats of Fashion are these which have been so greatly reduced to $95. Of Norma and Majora—both lovely fabrics, and trimmed with the scason’s most fash- ionable furs. The pouch or shawl collar of kit fox, lynx, skunk, beaver or fox are smart notes and’cuffs in new spiral, pointed or round effects offer smart variation. One Style Illustrated WoMEN's CoATs, THIRD FLOOR. New Silk Frocks The Jandary Selling Special $ I O New Spring styles, developed in lustrous flat crepes and sheer georgettes reveal many new touches and chic style notes, smart for Spring. High tones, new necklines and new trimmings emphasize their value. Crisp Spring Frocks, $5 Spring Frocks in gayly-colored prints. Piques, gabardines, batistes and lawn frocks, well tai- lored and smartly styled. Home Frocks, THIRD FLoOR. Beginning Monday—Discontinued Patterns and Floor Samples Whittall's Anglo-Persian Rugs | Reduced 20% 9x12feet $119.75 Were $150 83x106 $171(Q40 Were $138 6x9 feet Were Were $97.50 46x7.6 $43.20 $78 36x63 size 520 Were $25 27x54 size $]2.80 $54 Were $16 You will find it most profitable to make an carly selection—the reduc- tions are for a limited time only, and on a limited quantity-. Rucs, Firte FLOOR. ® CURTAINS AND PANELS REDUCED 25% AND MORE 7 for immediate clearance FRINGED FILET NET PANEL CURTAINS, of fine quality. pair WC]'C $1250 pair. Now, WOVEN COIN-SPOT VOILE CURTAINS, with modern arrangement of shades, colors and wide ruffles. Ecru ground with green, gold, blue or rose spots. Were $16.50 pair. Now, pdir:...0covee...ls oo, 81150 MODERN WOVEN-DESIGN MARQUISETTE PAN- ELS, reduced from $16.50 pair to. .$1 .50 HANDMADE IMPORTED FILET PANELS— 6; were $12.50; now, each........$8.75 5; were $10; now, each ..... .. 3675 BELGIAN LACE PANELS— 6, at $12.50; now, each..... ... 3850 LUSTER LACE FRINGED PANELS— 214 pairs; were $11; now. .. .$7.50 EMBROIDERED NET CURTAINS— 12 pairs; . were $6; now..... ....53450 CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES, SIXTH FLOOR. NET CURTAINS— 4 pairs; were $8.50; now...........% SWISS POINT CURTAINS— 3 pairs; were $8.50; now. 4 pairs; were $7.50; now. . EMBROIDERED NET PANELS— 3, imported; were $5; now. . NET PANELS REDUCED— 6 Fine Belgian - embroidered Net Panels; were $18.75 each; now. . ..$13.75 6 Novelty Net Panels; were $5 each; now, M s i i ek e R And many other lots that cannot be listed. One to six pairs of a kind, all substantially reduced for immediate clearance. %6 oo 8375