Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 27

100 pound sacks, Yellows, U. B. No. 1 mrdtum to large size, 5.50a5.7! Potatoes—Supplies modenhe demand ll(xhl market stead. Michigan, 150~ | pound sacks, Russet Rurals, U. S. No. [L 215, New York, 150-pound sacks, Round Whites, U. 8. No. 1, 2.00a2.15, | Maine.. 120-pound’ sacks, Green Moun< tains, U. S. No. 1, 1.75a1.90. Pennsyl- ‘\ama 150-pound .sn(‘ks Round Whites, USNn11200“ o a Spinach—Supplies moderate; deman rs at Wholesale Market | 1ignt, market steady; Texas, bushel bas- kets, Savoy type, 1.00a1.10; ordinary H 1. quality and condition, 50a75. fleport Quiet Busi- L T T ness Day. D demand light, market dull; East Shore, Maryland, bushel hampers, Yellows, No. 1, best, 2.00; some fair condition, 1.50 e |al.75. " North Carolina, bushel baskets, T Nancy Halls, No. 1, mostly 2.00. Slow and easy was the report of the |~ Tomatoes— Suppiies . moderate, ‘eondition of the wholesale market this |mand light, morning; retailers looking for supplies ‘?Imda 6s, ripes and turning, wrapped. £ : . | fancy count, 2.75a3.50; few best 4.00a | rce, according to reports. Prac EASIODAR S0 PRt every business house in 6s. ripes, wrapped, | choice count, 3.50 | Supplies liberal; d market dull: Florida, 7g- 4.25: choice cor the | Unknown origin, lesale district was open yesterday |fancy count, 4.50; W usitil noon, the retail markets closing at | 83.75. £ o'clock. | String beans- t de- | market steady. Originals: | mand_slow, Dealers this morning had plentiful supplies of foodstufis of all kinds, they reported, but the demand was slower | than usual. Rain early in the morning | was heavy enough to keep buyers away | and the weather conditions, according to, merchants, had their effect upon the market ‘There was the usual atira of fruits and vegetables street commisison house line, while meat | and poultry dealers also were able to | present commodities so as to attract | attention. Continued firm conditions of the but- ter and egg markets were reported, and at Municipal Fish Market dealers had | attractive supplies of marine products. Prices of most commodities were sub- stantially the same as prices quoted at the close of last week's market. Today's Wholesale Prices—Jobbers” Prices Slightly Higher. Butter—One-pound prints, 52a55; tub, B1a52: store packed, 30a35. -Hennery, 42a44; fresh selected, 40a42; current receipts, 38a40. Poultry, .alive—Turkeys, 35a36: Win- ter chickens, 36a38; Spring chickens, 40p42; Leghorns, 30a35; fowls, 29a3t roosters, 19a20; ducks, 25; geese, 20; keats, young, 50a60: old, 30. Dressed— ‘Turkeys, 40a45; Winter chickens, 42a45; Leghorns, 40; fowls, 30a32; capons, large, 45846 small, 36a40; ducks, 32a33; geese, 25a30; keats, 80a1.00. ‘Meats, fresh killed—Beef, 22a23; veal, 25; lamb, 31a32; pork loins, 24a25; fresh hams, 25a26; fresh shoulders, 18al9; | smoked hams, 26; smoked shoulders, 16: bacon, 20a22; lard, in tins, 1312; in packages, 141;; compound, 13'5. 1£AVQ smck—ca)ves, 15a16; lambs, 1312 al4. Fruit and Vegetable Review. The daily market report on fruits and wvegetables (compiled by the Market News Service Bureau of Agricultural Economics) says: Apples—Supplies moderate; demand lgm market steady: barrels, Virginia, U. S. No. 1, 2!; inches up, Winesal slightly M:llded 5.00a5.50; mostly 5.0 boxes, Washington, extra fancy Del cidus, medium to large size, 3.50; fancy, medium to large size, 3.00; extra fancy Romes, medium to large size, 2.50; bushel baskets, Virginia, U. S. fancy Deélicious, 3 inches up, 2.75; U. S. No. 1, 2% inches up, Staymans, 1.65a1.85; 234 inches up, 1.75a2.00; few best, high as 2.35; U. S. No. 1, 215 inches up, Black ‘Twigs, 1.50a1.65; Penn!}lvlma U. 8. No. 1, Black Twigs, 234 inches up, 1.75. Cabbage—Supplies moderate; demand light, market steady; new stock, Florida, 11g-bushel hampers, pointed type, 1.50. lery—Supplies moderate; demand t, market steady; Florida, 10-inch tes, 3-4 dozen, 2.2582.50; ordinary quality and condition, 1.5022.00. Lettuce—Supplies moderate; demand light, market about steady; California, crates, iceberg type, 4-5 doun, 3.508 us few best, high as 4. bushel hampers, Green, 1.50a2.00; few best 2.50, Eggplant—Supplies light slow, market slightly weaker; Florida, pepper crates, fancy high bush, 4.00a 4.50; few best high as 5.00. Peppers—Supplies moderate; demand lh{h market dul Florida, pepper fancy, 3.00a: : mostly 3.00. Squash—Supplies moderate; demand slow, market slightly weaker; Florida, Der crates, fancy, white, wrapped, 00: mostly 3.00. Strawberries—Supplies moderate; de- | mand light, market firm for good stock, | dull for ordinary stock; most receipts ordinary quality and condition: Florida, | pony refrigerators, various varieties, 358 40; 32-quart crates, various varieties, 25a 30; poor to ordinary ‘quality and condi- tion, 10a20 per quart. Peas—Supplies very light; demand | light, market steady; Mexico, 45-pound crates, 6.00a6.50. Beets—Supplies light; demand light, market dull Texas, bushel baskets, kzm(;rhed 2.00; Western lettuce crates, 5 Carrots—Supplies light; demand light, nmarket steady; Texas, bushel baskets, bunched, 2.25; few 2.50; West- ern_lettuce, crates, mostly 3.00. Caulifiower—No early sales reported. Cucumbers—Supplies light; no early sales reported. Oranges—Supplies moderate; demand light, market %wnd) Florida boxes No. 1, 3.50a3.75; No. 0a3.25. Grapefmn-suppnes moderate; de- mand light, market about steady; Flori- da boxes, No. 1, mostly around 3.50; No. demand 12, 3.00a3.25. KEMAL'S HEALTH GOOD. Rumors Meet Official Response in Premier’s Speech. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 5 (#).— Rumors frequently circulated regarding the health of President Mustapha Kemal were met with the first official direct re- sponse today in a speech by Premier Ismet Pasha in the National Assembly. “The youth and health of the Gha: said the premier, “will permit him to serve the country for many years more.” GANDHI IS RELEASED. East Indian Faces Trial by British Authorities Later. CALCUTTA, India, March 5 (#).— “Mahaima” Mohandas K. Gandhi was released on his owh bond today and lowed to go to Burma following his ar- rest by British authorities yesterday in a boycott demonstration. He will be tried upon his return here, Worcester Federation of Women's Church Associations represents 50 or- Onions—Supplies mndenu demand Mt market dull; Michigan and Ohio, The Worsted-tex Suit, ganizations. The $40 THE EVENTNG RTAR, WASHINGTON. BANK STOCK MAKES SENSATIONAL GAIN |George F. Baker Reaps Tre- mendous Profit in First National Rise. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 5.—Last week’s | sensational rise in bank stocks tossed somewhere around $13,000,000 into the {lap of George F. Baker, 89-year-old New York banker. It is understood that Mr. Baker holds about 20,000 shares of First National Bank stock. This stock, up $050 in Thursday's and Friday's tmdmx, closed Friday at $6,500 bid and $7,000 asked. Mr. Baker, widely known patron of |art and a director of nearly a score’ of | corporations, has been chairman of the | board of the First National since 1909. At present quotations the value of his stock in this bank alone is about $130,~ 000.000. The rise of bank stocks during the |week carried a number of banks upward, |including Central Union Trust, Bankers’ ‘Trust, Farmers' Loan & Trust, Irving, Empire Trust and many others. There | were rumors of supposed big underlying pools and’split-ups, as the explanation of this unprecedented activity, but none | of these could be substantiated and of- fcbtl‘ 0( the P‘lrst National definitely IPURE INDOOR AIR No_open_windows—No_drafts COROZONE destroys odors and purifies the air by electricity! COROZONE will help vou do more and better work at your office because the air you breathe is pure and full of live oxygen. denied a persistent report of a reap- portionment of their stock. The Pirst National recently reported surplus and undivided profits of $92.- 884,000, with deposits of $450,360,800. Dividends have been paid steadily at the rate of 100 per cent a year. While the First National is not a member of the so-called Morgan group of banks, George F. Baker was an intimate friend of the elder Morgan and the bank has worked in friendly co-operation with the Morgan interests. Reports of a contemplated merger with the Morgan group were denied. MISS BOOTH DENIES RE'PORT.QF U. S. MISSION Declares She Is Not Planning to Separate American Salvation . Army From British. By the Assoclated Press. ABOARD THE S. S. BERENGARIA, en route to New York, March 5.—Com- mander Evangeline Booth yesterday de- nied a report that she was planning to free the Salvation Army in America, of which she is head, trom British dom- ! ination. “The statement is absolutely false,” Miss Booth said, sitting up in her bed to which she has been confined by sea- sickness since she sailed for home. “It is & wicked lie and to protect my people from this sort of thing I am consider- ing taking up the matter on my arrival. ‘Internationalism in the Army’ was the subject of my last address in London.” — Egypt is becoming a fashionable Win- ter resort for European 1 o TUESDAY MARCH FEDERAL WORKERS' POSITIONS SECURE Vast Majority of U, S. Em- ployes Are Unaffected by New Administration. BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR, Speclal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March B5.—Herbert Hoover moves into the White House and 573,000 employes of the Federal Government begin work under the new chief, ‘To most of these employes their in- terest in inauguration will be im- personal, not personal. The reason is not hard to find. The great majority of | them—a huge army of 550,000—are not affected by any change of administra- tion, even though it be a change of political parties, which is not the case today. Of the remainder, some 18,000 of the more or less minor jobs are con- trolled by the new administration. Of these 18,000 places about 15,000 are first, second and third class post- mn%'l‘rflh\p( Already the civil service has absorbed the fourth-class postmas- ters, but so far Congress has not seen fit to hand over the rest. When they do —and they will in time—there will be - Dy but 3,000 jobs of this group left for a new administration to fill. Most of these 3,000 jobs are in the In- ternal Revenue Bureau, which some one | has said “was created in a hurry, and is not yet under civil service Other positions over w Judges, attorneys and marshals, col- lectors and appraisers of the customs service; supervisors of steamboat in- specting service, commissioners of im- migration, members of the cabinet, Un- ctleemecretl.rks Ambassadors and Minis- TS, But the percentage of Government positions open to “the faithful” is get- ting _smaller after ench election. The Pittsburgh Stopsing at Al pudohnstown and March 10, April 28 SPECIAL TRAIN Leaves Saturday night preceding Excursi D d_fl e v. Washington 3.9 Baltimore (P R),;urnlnl. 30 leaves Pittsburgh East o Liberty 831 P.M., Johnstown Excursion June 28 Pennsylvania Railroad time is coming when the jobs to be passed out will be merely the important heads of the departments and possibly their immedfate assistants. The spoils system is fast becoming a memory—at least in the Federal service. (Copsright, 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) Black Arrives in Cape Town. CAPE TOWN, Union of Mm Africa, March 5 (#).—Van Lear Blac! nm more publisher and avia arrived here today, comple l 'M mile air tour which began England, on Pebrulry 11 Por correct time tune in on Satien WMAL st 7:30 P.M. esch evenfag. During the dsy Frankiin 309 PLATINUMSMITES DIAMONDS Other Precious Stones JEWELERS A oAalincine. Members of Amsterdam Diamond Ezchange Thirty-siz Years at 935 F Street ANNOUNCING phone for FREE DEMONSTRATION in_your home and place of business Domestic Service Corporation 1706 Connecticut Avenue Potomac 2048 William H. 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