Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 28

1 ‘REAT b3 P4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 105840 , SATURDAY,: MAY 4, 1929. - READ F@TATE.’.. LARGE FISH SUPPLY IS RECEIVED HEREf noon and this morning retailers were out in large numbers looking for su | plies of best quality producs. Prices this morning continuing at about the same as prices quoted yeserday. Today's Wholesale Prices—Jobbers’ Prices Slightly Higher. Bultc —One-pound prints, 46a47; tub, 4515046; store packed. 30a31. | making the market weaker. Bushel paskets sold at $3 and $3.25. | Light receipts of carrots, beets and| squash were reported most of the week, | I supplies of cabbage and peppers being | |only moderate. lin at §1 al and were quolcd Eastern Shore 1L0YD GEORGE HITS - PEACE PACT DELAY quantities of asparagus, Delaware grow- " |e1s sending smaller quantities. Hzrd and Sofl C(aba Also Winter Spring greens have been fairly plen- jtiful most of the week, some of the Assails Conservatives for | Spring chickens, 40a | Leghorns, 30232 20; ki ung, Plentiful—Berry Shin- ments Increase. 50256 capon: ssed—Turki t5aab: Spring chickens, fow's, 36a3g; Leghorn 35:" {spinach being shipped-in stock from |the South. Kale, turnip and mustard salad have sold around 75 cents most of the weck, the spinach and cabbage sprouts bringing around $1. A e eamtonsteitb bt | Failure to Seize Opportu- _ nity for World Amity. nicipal Fish Market the past fow eays preserted a scene of activity such s prevailed years ago, fish coming from various sections in such larg> quantities that the market was virtually glutted. One feature of years ago that was re- newed involved the cutting of herring for packing and offering of herring roe ' , 45247; 33: keals, & fresh kfllnd Beef, 22a2 23a26; lamb, 30a32; pork loin: fres h hams, resh shoulders, smoked shoulder: in bulk, 13a13'z; ducks, 32a veal, 33a3: 20; o7 in Calves, 15; Spring lambs, |ter and egg markets were reported by | dealers. ~ There has been but little { change in butter prices during the week {according to reports, while ez prices | have increas Higher T e of eggs is said to have | resulfed from decreased receipts and the taking of eggs for storing. Gov- ernment reports indicate that more By the A | _ EDINBURG, Lloyd George fated Pre Scotland, May 4 —David night at . big Liberal meeiint here 0adeast to 27 other gatherings, attacked the Conservative government on the ground that it was neglecting opportunities to eslablish world peace. ow did Sir Austen | peats it and reaffirms it, with what ulti- | Chamberlain | | the largest party in the mext Parlia- ment, but Lloyd George has made it | quite’clear that he expects to hold the balance of power, and there are those who think that in the uncertainties \Ahl(‘h would follow a close run between Conservatives and Labor, Lloyd George might again be summoned to form a government. Liberals urge their traditional doc- | trines on free trade, taxation of land ! val . State purchase of coal mining royalties and so forth, but it is the Lloyd + George unemployment pledge which holds th> floo: Conservatives and Labor attack it and challenge it. Some of the old guard Liberals throw cold water over it. Lloyd George re- mate result only the ballot will show. Pledges Jobs for Idle. | “The work put in hand.” he pledges, | “will reduve th> terrible figures of the workless in the course of a single year to normal proportions and will, when completed, enrich the nation and equip | it for competing successfully with all! its rivals in the business of the world. These plans will not add one penny to DIVORCE CURB MOVE IS SEEN AS FAILURE New York Times Says Presby- teries Vote Against Propoced Stricter Code. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, May 4—The New York | A¢ A two-(hirds majority vote of the Times said today that efforts to make | presbyteries is necessary to_change the he_rules of the Presbyterian Church | form of government of the Presbyterian regarding divorce as strict hose of | Church, | the Protcstant Episcopal Church have | failed. Presbyterian ministers by action just taken will not be prohibited from per- forming the_marriage ceremony for | persons who ‘have obtained divorce be- cause of “willful desertion.” An overture sent to the presbyteries the country by the Presbyterian | General Assembly in session last May | in ‘Tulsa. Okla, will be answered “no” at the General Assembly to be held in | 8¢, Paul, Minn., beginning Ma “Up to today, 133 pmbunn: “had mwm-d *“no” and only 45 had voted Ten presbyterics took no action. the overture is lo TIME SAVING AMERICA MAKES FEW TIMEPIECES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 4—The United States is importing watches at the pres- ent time from four countries. Switzerland dominates the market. During January 98 per cent of sl watches,and clocks entering the United States were the product of Swiss work- manship. A statement by the New York Trust Co. points out that the output of Amer- ican watch factories is “considerably below” their capacity. while jmports have grown from $3,387,000 in 1914 to ! $14.163,000 in 1927 [] Washington's Distinctive Finest .+ Homes for In-Town mfl n hlP y lgar l\ Discriminating Buyers than a million cases of eggs ha continue to lead the|but in storage thus far this seas The berries are being | decrease of something like 40.000 cas transported here from North Carolina |compared with last vear's storing principally in motor trucks, small quan- | Very little changes in prices of meats tities of 1t N toming in express cars,|were reported this week, those asked th! and the Norfolk ber are coming ; morning being about what they w by boat and truck. It is said that mosi | the first of the \\M‘k and Lord Cushenden receive the great offer from President Hoover?” he added. “Instead of accepting right away, they said they must do this, that and the other. When the angel of peace com the Conservative government must scru- tinize its clothes in case there should be poison concealed in its folds. LIBERALS URGE MERRY FIGHT. Strawberries fruit m: —— MEAT IMPORTS BARRED Inish Free State Bans Shipments | | national or local taxation.” | | 1 ased, according to deal- not plentiful enough to enough to justify the Winter interesting we at ‘a price low ng packing them for Probably the most From South America. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, May 4 (). —The ministry of agriculture of the Free State today issued an order barring South American meat from admission into this country. The action was taken, it was said, because of “diseased” con- dition of meat offered for' import. There was already in existence an order prohibiting import of any meat European countries, and the min- | said to be preparing an order to become effective shortly extending the prohibition to still other countries. During the year ended December last the Free State imported meat other | than bacon valued at £376,339. This came principally from the Argentine. ware fairly but | Wet and Dry Reprcsematives in | Illinois House Declare Probe Action “Thought Out.” Biloxi lhn at retail as low as boxes, some of the best stock retailing as high as 20 conts a quart box. Deal- the berries this we re about | p as they probably will be at any | time during the scason. Blackberries #lso reached the local | et this splendid | condition, le. First ‘Crabmeat also was plentiful Miss., packers supplied the meat was m'<¢ in dem at 50 cents. Spe Hampton. V season, have become more plentiful and | cheaper, seliing around 50 cents a pound the past few days. np continued high of the week. iana. much larger than ction, were quoted at take pleasure in announcing that James E. Orr- Mr. Oscar P. Court arc now associaled with onr LMOST surrounded by some of the finest es- oA tates in America—secluded yet so quickly and easily reached from the business section of Washing- ton—this desirable in-town residential community of distinctive homes is certain to meet every require- ment of the most critical home secker. i The homes are not only beautiful, modern and varicd in design but complete in every detail. Although but fifteen minutes’ drive from downtown, Woodley Park offers every advantage of a suburban environ ment. Being highly restricted, every home owner is fully protected from unwelcome encroachments s dropping Iater in the 's prices depended entirely condition of the fruit. Other Fruit Reccipts. Oranges and grapefruit are being re- | ceived in moderate quantities, Florida nges being of particularly fine qual- ices ranged from Grapefruit sold at those in _this 35 and 40 cent Sturgeon, promising to become extinct | al years ago. have been caught ix ased numbers th's wesk and offer low as 30 cents a pound, the cheapest ce quoted the past few yea Potcmac River fishermen . this week largely increased their output of va- Tinus varieties of fish found between Alexandria and Point Lookout, the sar being true of fishermen operating nets at points on Chesapeake Bay. Shad Two Squares West of Connecticut Ave. at Cathedral Ave. Sample House 2927 28th St. Open Daily Until 9 P. M. Prices as Lotw as $16,500 b $3 1nd $3.50 a box. Heavy receipts of bananas, quoted at | Sales Department WARDMAN 1437 K St. N.W. Main 3830 N. L. SANSBURY CO., Inec. 1418 Eyc St. N.W. proved | growers in the Norfolk, Va.. section are | reported selling most oi their ber: ot he vines, the buyers having to do LEGlSLATORS ASSAIL the shipping. er BplEHL Thotieands of crates of the fruit heve | ¢ i arntitotTaver BIugRCAnHGErErsl reached here in motor vehicles the past | DE KlNG WHITEWASH € radl | . coming in quantities that practi- | LONDON, May 3 (Canadian Press).— lly glutted the market, prices dropping | | Over the length ‘and breadth of the r as low as $2 a crate of 32 quarts. One country Liberals are battling for a re- It is "\pr‘("”d that re- truckload of the berries came from turn to power in the general elections ipts will be much heavier the latter | North Carolina through a driving rain on May 30. With Lloyd George at their part of the month, when cheaper prices | without any covering to protect the head, they are waging such a merry should rule. Supplies the past few days it from the water, a local dealer fight as has not been scen for years. | on the lower P reported, lowering the price of the fruit | From Lane’s End to John O'Groats, to the amount of approximately $150. Sir Herbert Samuel leads a motor pa- | The berries were so_plentiful and rade, from constituency to constituency, | ilers sold them | BY the Associated Press while Lloyd George dashes with the 15 cents for two| CHICAGO, May 4—Two State legis- | vigor of & Gladstone in Midlothian, | 1ators, a wet and a dry, united yesterday | It 35 not that Liberals expect to have in declaring the recent Kane County | grand jury investigation of the killing {of Mrs. Lillian De’ King during a_dry | raid was ing but a well thought | out whitewash Both Representative Michael Tzoe | and Mrs. Rena Elrod are members of 1 the House committee which will inquire into the affair at Aurora next week. | Mr. Igoe said he would propose that Circuit Judge John K. Newhall be sub- | poenaed to appear before the legisla- tive body and explain proceedings in his chambers which resulted in with- drawal of demands by friends of the De King family that State’s Attorney | George D. Carbary be removed from | direction of the grand jury probe. Mrs. Elrod, who voted against a ref- | erendum on the State liquor law, de- | e ¥ . nounced the “whitewash” and ' said e iy o‘,h’:hreffi,,:"";a‘:‘omen beside Eugene Boyd Fairchild, | d herring, among the leaders of the |large and of first quality. and retailers | ¥ho obtained the liquor on which the . were fairly plentiful the |sold them all the way from 10 to 40 |I2id was issued, should be prosetuted. ce shad selling around ts a dozen. Honeydews, pineapples, | Fairchild was the only one indicted, ling at 15 cents a|grapes, alligator pears, apples and pears | Reputy Sheriff Roy Smith, who killed | lightly below $2 | were among the other fruits dealers had | Mrs. De King. and Joseph. her husband, per hundred. The herring were plenti- {to offer the retail trade. | being “no billed” by the jury. | ful and cheap enough to Justify cealers | There has been no sarcity of com. | — l packing quantities of them. modities in the vegetable market this i jury Both shad and herring roe , vegetables of all varieties having | st S g I““mes Sk | #ood scllers this weck, there always |been received in fairly large quantities| DAYTON, Ohio, M < (@).—Two being a good demand for the former. | from nearby and distant places, Be- |Small children of Mr. fl“d Mrs. Frank | Choice roe this week sold around 50 |cause of the lateness of the season and | Carder were burned to death, another | and 60 cents, the especially large roes hcavy demands from various parts of | Child was perhaps fatally hurt and the bringing as much as 75 cents. Herring | the country, Florida potatoes are not | Parents were severely burned when an | Toe sold at §2 a gallon of approximately |so_ plentiful, and higher prices have | esPlosion in a coal range destroyed thelr | 10 pounds. \ru]cd the past few days. This morning | lome at Lebanon, Ohio, last night Rockfish, perch, catfish, croakers, | the best stock brought $8 a barrel. Ce— trout and blucfish were among other | It is expected that the first Georgia varieties of fish received from Chesa- | Potatoes of the season will appear in peake Bay and Potomac River, netters. | the local market the coming week. Re- Catfl<h cheapest of the several varietiess| ceipts soon will become hcavier, ac- | low as 5 conts a pound. white | cording to calculations of local dealers Where Else in the Northwest Can You Find a Beautiful New | Rockfish and |and prices probably will decrease. Old. i bluefis h were offered at 25 cents and | Crop potatoes were not-so plentiful this speckled trout brought around 20 cents. mommg dealers reported, and they | | were offered on the country line at 75| Meat Prices Firm. | cents and $1 a bushel. Spanish mackerel and red snappers, Lima beans, string and stringless | - received from North Carolina shippers, | 22ans and peas have been more plenti- | - brnn:m 25 cents a pound most of "“,‘rul and cheaper this weck, Florida and | Fish from the North included | South Carolina growers furnishing most | < for only $8,950 B’Wt’;n mackerel at 15, haddock at 5, |Of the:vegetables, California and other | fillet of haddock at 15, fillet of sole at | States sending fairly liberal quantities. | and | Liberal supplies of cucumbers received | $ .50 59= monthly 4 Sold Last Week Only 2 Left! 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