Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1929, Page 26

26 REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTOX. D. C.. SATURDAY. MAY . 1i,.1929.° VEGETABLE SUPPLY IS ADEQUATE HERE ! | ‘wet weather Fa“s tO Cause} local market in large quantities, berries | presented numerous scenes of activ Shortage of Foodstuffs at Market. | | Weather conditions this week did not materially interfere with the local wholesale trade. It did make conditions ity of the fruit was not to be discounted.” Retailers specializing in fancy fruits made quick purchases, retailing the melons at $1.50 and $2. Larger melons are expected before the last -of th month. Pineapples, product of Porto Rican growers, continue in plentiful supply, the fruit being received in a ripened condition and of splendid quality. Deal- ers this morning quoted 30s and 36s at $5 a crate. Strawberries continue to reach the received from the Norfolk, Va, and Eastern Shore, Md., sections being | larger and more attractive than the! North Carolina stock received earlier in_the season. Best quality berries the past several days sold at $5 and $5.50 a crate, those of ordinary size and condition bringing around $2. One consumer managed t0 get a big supply at the low price of 1.75 a crate. Few nearby berries were | | bushel hampers of North Carolina stock | | selling from $1.75 to $2.25. | Moderate receipts of tomatoes, on-| ions ansl lettuce and light supplies of | e | peppers and celery were reported this | | morning;. Lima beans have not been | plentifci this weck, dealers reported, | and peces continued high. Spring | greens contiuue in fairly plentiful sup- | supply, and dealers had carrots, cauli- | flower and egeplant among their of- | ferings. Municipal Fish Market this week has vity. due, according to dealers, to heavy re- | ceipts of marine products from Potomac River. Chesapeake Bay and netters in the North and South Included among the from Potomac River netters were fairly | large quantities of rockfish of all sizes, rockfish always proving a good seller at prices in advance of those for most other fish from the Potomac and Chesapeake Bav. They were slightly fish received SIMMONS’ SPEECH HAILED IN STREET Traders Are Enthused at At- tack on Policy of Reserve Board. atch to The Star NEW YORK. May 11.—The assertion | frequently made that there is no con- flict between official Wall Street and | only end in a huge rise in commodity | prices, inflation of inventories, and &n artificial -business boom like that of 1919 based on commercial speculation, | which could only end in a colossal smash.” The answer to this by representatives’ Faghion to Save From Ruin Ma-| of the Federal Reserve in New York that if brokers ‘loans were deflated by chines That Ground Grain Centuries Ago in France. PLANS TO PRESERVE OLD-TIME WINDMILLS | $2,000,000,000 the proceeds of the loans | would naturally go te paying off Fed- eral Reserve borrowings. The reduced borrowings under this operation would | be somewhere between $150.000,000 | and $175,000.000. As the present redis- counts amount to $062.000.000,000, such a | Prance. May 11 (#)—Old windmills reduction would bring the total bills|that have ground grain and decorated discounted down t7 approximately | French landscapes for centuries are dis- $8000,000,000, where they would still be appearing rapidly. but fashion bids fair | vell above the fizure of a year ago. to save those that are left, | Speech Pleases Street. Probably 300 mills remain in France. Speculative Wall Street hailed the A few still work, but many are aban- peech of the president of the Stock |doned. Most of the owners are poor, Exchange as “great stuff” and admired | so art. lovers, antiquarians and histo- SAINT - VALERY - SUR - SOMME, |organtzed REAL ESTATE. Dr. Paul Helot of Rouen. It has an office here. The oldest known windmill is “the Mill of the Standard” at Hardifort. near Cassel. where a battle was fought in 1328. The French battle flag was | run up on the mill by the French com- mander, the Duc d'Alencon. The old Moulin de la Galette, part of a Paris dance haM in Montmartre. bears the date, 1295, but the authenticity is doubted. An ancient government tax on wind- mills, collected whether they ran or not. caused the destructior of many Eflls(. Peasants tore them down to avold e tax. MOSCOW (#).—The Soviet govern- ment has decided to take part in the ! international conference on methods of combating counterfeiting. called by the League of Nations for Geneva DOLL BURIED AS HOAX. Pole Feigns Death in Alleged In- surance Swindle. DZIALDOWO, Poland (#).—Hugo Klein buried a huge wax doll with great ceremony—and landed in jail. Klein wanted to cash in on his life insurance policy. so he arranged his own funeral and interred the doll as his own corpse. Impersonating his own brother. he sought to coliect his insur- ance, but the company became suspi- cious and dug up the coffin, Brazil Firms Aid Farmers. SAO PAULO. Brazil (#).—Brazil has more than 100 credit co-operatives or- ganized to loan money to farmers and home builders. sloppy about the market places several times during the week. but it did not interfere to any extent with receipts of commodities. the Federal Reserve over the method of regulating the credlt situation had complete denial yesterday in the speech of President Simmons of the New York 1 to be had this morning. Oranges and Grapefruit. | the courage of Mr. Simmons in throw- | rians are raising funds to buy or sub- |ing down the gauntlet to the repre- | sidize the milis. | sentatives of the banks who have been | An American painter and etcher cheaper this week. due-to plentiful sup- . | plies of other fish Other fish from the Potomac included eels, Herman A. Webster. living in France, | Some of the strawberries received from North Carolina, Virginia and Eastern Shore of Maryland, according to dealers, did not pos the deep red color berries should possess, the lack of coloring being due to want of sunshine. In some sections, it is stated, wet Moderate receipts of oranges and | grapefruit were mentioned in Govern- | ment reports the past few days. Some of the oranges were particularly large, but all the large ones were not particu- larly juicy, many consumers showing a shad. herring. perch. catfish carp and croakers. Catfish and croakers cheapest of the several varieties, were offered the retail trade at pound. Carp sold at 10 cents, eel 12 cents and perch at 15 cents 2 pouit Roe shad were offered at 60 cents and Stock Exchange. delivered in Chicago. Not only did Mr. Simmons attack the | policy of the Federal Reserve for keep- | ing money rates high. but he empha- | sized its failure to curtail brokers' loans | and maintain an equilibrium in money ving for over a year to keep stock peculation in check, and, so far, with indifferent success. vice president of the newly formed | ‘Socicty of Friends of the Old Mil preference for the smaller ones. Small g D Al iex yereviguoted arnund‘h"'ks at 35 cents for the Friday and ;. . ol week-end trade. | i fruit seliing | Ty 4 o6 flounders sold at 10 cents and ‘While receipts of grapefruit were re- | Small ones at 5 cents a pound. Butter- ported only moderate, it is stated, deal- | fish. cllnvfl- from Exmore. East coast of ted. mands at prevailing prices. Much smail | While bluefish, alco from that section R fruit continued to be received during e . o Poultry Receipts Heavy. the week. Medium size fruit sold at 4 | [€aqY =ale &b 28 cents Cod. hagflr:rk An occasional high fide during the | and $4.25 a box. the small fruit selling { ¢l oF haccock. samon, Boston week was mentioned in reports received | low enough to enable r tailers to di - - cale. Crab Supplies. at Municipal Fish Market, but the tid; as low as 8 to 2 Hard crabs seem to be coming back did not seem o have had an on the fishing indust v ‘i sale e ?f&?ér?”nf‘ most s[?(‘r\§< of fish having 0to ithelo lown, " Penters idoftins belleve |(crialinetiny (foany)lendery: reached here from various section: they wiil cver be as cheap as they were | One of the questions asked by Mr, Poultry receipts continue onl; long before the war, however, although | Simmons refcrred to the deflation of heavy and the demand for Spring |ready sale at 20 cents a quart. The the price has dropped from $12 a bar- | call market loal It has been sug- chickens has gradually increased since | Cslifornia fruit. alway of uniform |rel a few years ago to $5 and $6, and | gested from time to time that the Fed- the first arrivals of the springers from | quality, 11-pound lugs. brought around ealers think they soon will be selling | eral Reserve {s working toward a reduc- poultry raisers early in the Spring. | 8! Dealers also had blackberries of | even cheaper. | tion of such loans of $1,000,000,000. Dealers are anticipating heavy demands | first quality from the Rocky Point, N. Soft crabs have been fairly plentiful | According to Thursdar's statement eI the month. the demand usually | C., neiehborhood to offer at 20 cents a | the past few days. coming from points | these loans were $5.551.000,000 on May being heavy for the Docaration day hol- | quert, and retailers made prompt pur- [ along the lower Potomac and Chesa- |8 Suppose we wished to deflate call g hen thousands of persons spend | chases. Alligator pears, bananas and | peake Bay and their tributaries. They |Market loans by, say. $2,000,000,000.” the a Grapes were other fruits offered the | sold from S1 to 82 a dozen vesterday. |said Mr. Simmo hat is ‘there in Prices of most mea retail trade this week Crabmeat has been plentiful through- | the United States right at this minute Lamt 5sin mreater demand at this = Texas shippers supplied increased |out the week, selling from 25 cents a | into which $2.000.000,000 could be pro. season than any other time of the ' quantities of green corn the past few pound for the dark meat to 60 cents a | ductively and safely invested?” Almost vear, according to dealers, while steaks Some of the vegetable was re- jpound for the choice lump from the |CVery one would agree thatthe artificial | ind roacts always are in demand, A ccived in splendid condition and found | Biloxi, Miss.. neighborhood. injection of any such sum of monev r also has been rea lo 2t §2.75 a bushel basket of this into commercial business could about 50 cars. Some. not in such good | CLEVELAND PARK Several changes in butter prices were | condition, was offered at much lower | registered during the weck, the latest | prices, Owner Will Sacrifice 3520 30th Street N.W. being a downward frend. A decidedly | New $14,750 firm condition of the egz market was received in fairly large quantities. but | reported throughout the week, prices supplies were nothing like heavy. showing a slight advance. Packers. Florida stock, double-head barrels chiefly in the West, are continuing the Spaulding Rose. sold mostly at $8 a Storing of the proguct of the hennery, barrel. Liberal supplies of old stock | Ao 5N it is reported. and probably will con- | potatoes. chiefly Michigan Rurals, 150- ¥ Bloc est of Conn. Ave. tinue to store them until the weather | pound sacks, were quoted at $2.50. Gompletely Detacted gets too warm or prices get too high. Many string and stringless beans of i Retailers were on hand yesterday and | inferior quality reached the local mar- Newly Decorated again early this morning looking for | ket this week. the condition of some 7 Betrooma supplies for their week end trade. all |of the supplies being such that accept- | ol being desirous of getting first pick of lance was refused. Prices ranged from at commoditics, and wholesalers were able | $2.50 to $3. selling mostly at $2.75 a Open Firepiaces to supply their demands at pric | bushel Cucumbers came Front and Reas Porches Lot 140 Feet Deep The above features and many others make this property an out- standing buy. Drive out Con- necticut Ave. to Porter St., turn west to 30th St. and house, or phone Cleveland 6641. tially the same as those T lentiful supplies and were offered as f%g'z’erda'- Jow s $1.25 & basket, choice stock sell- Open from 10 A.M. until dark Sunday LOOK—$12,500 7542 12th St. N. (at_Alacka Ave.) weather did interfere with the gather- ing of vegetables. but the interference was not sufficient to cause a shortage Criticizes Banks. b5 an also cast reflections on the policy | 5! of commercial banks in piling up an | from nearby States told of 3 10 —ter: planting, especially corn, and late crons SesmEats abbronraanar sdsaroon: | B of that popular vegetable are antici- {g § men approximating $14.500,000.. 000, or 25 per cent of their total re- sources. He agrued that it would be better judgment for these banks to have more of their resources in stock market loans than in securities. He pointed to the fact that while the later frequently were sold at heavy losses. a deflation of herries. both from California and 60 per cent in stock market loans took Virginia, were offered the retail trade | this week, the Virginia stock being ex fairly | ceptionally fine quality and finding For, Sale England Sth St An Address of Distinction The charming co-operative apartment homes in this ex- clusive building deserve vour first consideration. There remain only three: A Duplex of seven rooms and two and two apartments of four rooms and bath. Im- e inspection is invited. * * * Enter Cr cent Place at 2100 16th Street Adams 9900, M. and R. B. WARREN One Block from 16th and Columbia Rd. EW and delightful in architecture and in- terior finish, these homes contain eight rooms, handsome tiled bath, with extra lavatories and toi- lets on first and second floors: breakfast and sleeping porches, beauti- ‘ul firfiplace!. }Iardwood floors afld "im. Complete modern kitchen, hand- somely landscaped yard, fine garage and many ex- ceptional features reveal- ed only by inspection. . continue high. or phone SEMI-DETACHED BRICK 8 Rooms, 2 Bathe, Hardwood Floors, A.M.I.: Builtin Garage No Trades—Terms if Desired H. L. ENGLAND 923 15th St. N.W Main 2676 registered this potatoes this weck have been REWARD!!! Yesterday afternoon T inspect- ed twelve houses suggested to me as outstanding bargains. One especially struck my fancy. The ideal arrangement of its six rooms. its perfect condition, a large back yard and the neigh- borhood all appealed to me. The owner says. “It must be sold.” You will be rewarded with a house conservatively $1500 un- derpriced if you can meet the re- quired terms of $500 cash and $60 per month. Price $7,350. Be sure to see 537 Quincy Street N.W. (Open for Inspection) Robert W. Savage 717 Union Trust Building . Main 6799 | | A SUPERIOR HOME With large grounds, located in the beautiful development of North Woodside, Md. ) 8 rooms 2 baths 13,950 Convenient Terms ing higher. Today's Wholesale Prices—Jcbbers’ { Increased receipts of squash proved a Prices Slightly Higher. good seller at $2 nlfi;atn. tl’l\“qicgst; su‘ps- .~ One-pound prints, _44ad5; | plies of peppers selling as high as_$5. b, 45 omea siore packed, 30831 { Cabbage were plentiful. prices depending Eggs—Hennery, 33a34; fresh selected, | entirely upon size and condition of the 32a33; current receipts, 31. e : 232; vegetable. S e Other Vegetable Receipts. toms, 25a28: Winter chickens, 42ad5: A Receipts of _asparagus continued e " | heavy throughout the week, much of Foung, upplies coming from South Caro- 46a48; fowls, 33a34; Leghorns - TOOS! 20; S, . keat 3 Mnswmold?'figa‘?;!k l%:']rssgd 5 “Turkeys, | lina, Eastern Shore of Maryland flg 35240 Winter chickens, 45a48: Spring | Delaware. Prices ranged 1r014n5°$ o chickens, 50255; fowls, 36a38; Leghorns, | And $2 for small sizes to 84 it 35; capons, large, 50a33; small, 45a47; | the long green product. the latter stock ducks, 32a33; keats. 80a1.00. coming chiefly from Maryland. i Liberal supplies of peas continue to come from North Carolina and Vir- ginia, taking the place of supplies that have been coming from Florida and Mexico during the cold season. Five- peck nampers from the Norfolk, Va.. section, large-pod varietie: were of- | fered_this morning at $2.50 _and_$. 23a26; lamb, 30a32; pork loins, fresh hams, 26; fresh shoulders, Smoked hams. 25 smoked shoulders 17; bacon, 22; lard, in bulk, 13a13’: in ‘packages, 14a14 : Live stock—Calv 8. Appearance of Tom Watson water- melons, product of Florida growers, this week gave the fruit market a distinct Summer appearance. The first ship- ment, a carload of 960 melons, were of | uniform size, weighing 28 to 30 pounds, | and were in demand at $1.25 and $1.50, the cheaper price being for lots of five | or_more. “Not only were the wmelons of uniform ize,” remarked a dealer, “but the qual- $500 Cash $100 Per Month _Shapiro = 1] [o[c———[olc———[a|[c———o[c———|q] 15; Spring lambs. Experienced REAL ESTATE SALESMAN —Wishes permanent connection, Address Box 300-V, Star Office Ezhibit Home 1736 Irving St. N.W. Open Until 9 P.M. 1225 Ridge Rd. An opportunity for the discriminating Home Seeker to secure this cozy bungalow with its refined surround- ings at an unusually attractive price. 8,250 With Terms You Can Meet Five large rooms and sleeping porch, with modern bath, hard- wood floors throughout, massive fireplace, hot-water heat, abundant choice shrubbery and garage to match house. Open for Inspection Daily and Sunday Motor finln::lh St.. tarnin, a Ave. to the District Line st o o Georia Ave.. n a short 112 miles to the Stone En- et Narth Waodside onthe left. Themee to 1225 Ridse Road: 5 Woodside Construction Co. Phone Silver Spring 109 [——[ojlc——i|m|e——]alc—om Corner West of Ith VILLA of Old Spain with spacious living room, library, dining room and kitchen on first floor; three master bedrooms and .two beautifully equipped tiled baths on sec floor; attic, hack stairway, maid's room and bath in basement, two-car pwlt-in garage. Oil burner, Kelvinator, screens, weather stripping and awni Beautifully landscaped lot 5t Priced Right L. T. Gravatte Realtor Evening Phone Georgia 2900 ANNOUNCEMENT HARRY F. BIEBER (Formerly with L. W. Groomes) 4500 Seventeenth St. N.W. Open Sunday 15 2:30 to 5:30 | | Is now located at his new office 1734 K St. Sales, Rents, Loans and Insurance LEWIS W. PIERCE is associated with MR. BIEBER Messrs. Bieber and Pierce will be pleased to meet their friends and clientele at the above ad- dress. o |——lo|———|ojc————jn/c——— a|——/o[————]a] 927 15th St. Main 753 e A New House A New Triumph Inspect - 538 Madison Street N.W. Outstanding architecture in an all brick house that is equipped with all the latest conveniences and improvements. g Telephone National 7169 “Better Homes In America“ Visit this Charming New Home Sunday! One of the most beautiful homes on today’s market "34th and PORTER A Great Value! A Delightful Location! A NEW corner resi- dence in Cleveland Park. Detached — brick Note These Features and stone construction, tile roof, 9 rooms, 3 baths, cold storage room, elec- tric refrigerator, oil burner. Brick garage for two cars. Combined frontage of 207 ft. on two streets. Shade trees and beautiful shrubbery. < Open Sunday and Daily Until Nine P.M. N L Sansbury Nat'l 5904 Convenient Payment Plan Hardwood floors Breakfast porch A tully equipped kitchen Brick garages Exceptionally deep back yards Two squares from 14th St. cars Four bedrooms Cedar closets Full length mirror closet doors Tiled bath with shower Pedestal lavatory and built in tub Electric refrigeration See this completely furnished model home at Over-Lee Knolls Containing all the refinements generally found only homes for the larger purses. Complete tile bath with built-in fixtures; cedar closets, a model kitchen, elec. side-lights, open fire- place = everything cnmplctm and most attractive]y furnished by W. B. Moses & Sons. Can be sold completely furnished and ready for immediate occupancy for well under $10.000.00, $23,750 mn Then realize that structurally it is as superior 354 as it looks. Large Exceptional floors, e, D. C. shade trees tuyvesant St., Chevy Ch (Just East of Chevy Chase Circle) attractively landscaped lot with neighborhood. Weatherhest ,shingles, oak baths, artistic lighting fixtures, hot-water heat, screens, clectric reirigeration, open fireplace, garage *14.500 PLCT—Drive out Connecticut_Ave- Chase Circle and ezst on Broad Come Out Sunday The Thrift Building Co. Union Trust Bldg. M. 6799 (Or Any Broker) To reach property—Cross Key Bridge, turn right on Lee Highway and drive approrimately 42 miles to “Exhibit Home" sign on left. REAL M ACE ESTATE Evans Bldg. Nat. 8413 e e e TO nue 1o G Branch Ro TERRELL & LITTLE, Inc. 1206 18th St. N.W. Phone Decatur 2112 1418 Eye St. N.W. Owners—Builders L""""———“T""’“"—"'—"-—-——"’“—‘—‘—‘——'———TT——————————_—