Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 29

e — FLAYSEEDTARFF TEH BXPLAND Hoover’s Proposed Increase Based on Two-Year Aver- age Production Cost. By the Associated Press. A statement was issued today at the ‘White House declaring that President Hoover's action in’ increasing the tariff on flaxseed, from 40 cents to 56 cents a bushel, was based on a_comparison of average production costs here and in the Argentine over a two-year period The Tariff Commission conducted an Binvestigation of domestic productlon | costs, the statement said, and fo de- | termine the cost of production in the gentine studied invoices on flaxseed | orts from that country for the vt 926 and 1927. In addition, spe- | cial ‘information regarding the latter | was received from other sour | Furtherf requests fro duties higher than those provided in the tariff bill on | various farm products were Jaid before the Republicans of the ways and means | committee today by members of th House. Shotild any of the proposals meet the approval of the Republican commit tee members they will be offered as amendments on the floor. fany of the farm group members re to be heard by the committe today, together with some Easter Representatives, who are dissatisfied | with various provisions in_the bill and mittee appointed by the group interested in cattle production and | grazing to work for higher rates on live- | stock and transfer of hides and leather | from the free to the dutiable list. | k e increases proposed thus far m group have to do with cot- | ton, wool, casein, figs and flaxseed. Goodner Is Re-elected. | THRIFTON VILLAGE, May 15 (Spe- | cial) —George E. H. Goodner w. { elected president of the Thrifton Sanitary Corporation at the annual | meeting of the organization last night. Other elections resulted as follows: | P. V. Roundy, vice president: H. Roberts, secretary, and T. C. John: i treasurer. E. P. Jinkins was elected | to the board of directors, which also consists of the officers. | First in Vogue SUMMER HATS You'll find our hats em- body. everything you've been looking for and prices are much lower than elsewhere, EVERGREEN SPORT HATS ‘5 Large and Small Head Sizes BARRONS | 1317 E N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. O, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. 1929. re oy & “JAY WALKING HAS | Officials Consider Whether It Is Advisable to Arrest Pedestrian Violators. Enforcement of the pedestrian control regulation, which forbids walkers to dis- obey electric traffic signals at intersec- tions controlled by these devices, will be considered by the District Commission- ers at the close of the present educa- tion campaign of the Traffic Bureau | against “jay walking,” it was learned today at the District Building. The Commissioners are watching closely the result of the Traffic Bureau's effort to teach pedestrians to cross treet intersections properly, and are known to be in sympathy with the | But whether | educational campaign. the police should go a step farther and arrest pedestrians who violate the regu- lations is a question which is said to be_puzzling the officials. Before taking any definite action the | Commissioners plan to ask Pratt, super- intendent of police; Traffic Director villiam H. Harland and Inspector E. . Brown. in charge of the Traffic Bu eau, for their views whether the regu lation should be enforced by the arrest of pedestrians. A semi-monthly agricultural maga- zine in Alberta, Canada, has installed a radio broadcasting station from which weather reports and talks on farming broa ILIOUSNESS RELIEVED L_\.. .. 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The city first offered him & house which was later found to | be so restricted that he would be un- ; stock now. selling for 145. have made $10,000 if could have car- ried it.” The inquest into Peters' death, first thought to have been prompted by his | belief that he the prototype of a “drunken Peters” in a Harvard class- mate’s novel, was started when two |able to occupy it for several years. ‘The Women told of giving the man approxi- | city fathers apparently were unable to ! matel; est for them. agree on another sit “SCANDAL SHEET” |z GETS 18 IN TROUBLE silon, national literary fraternity, by | % faculty members. | fer of a plot and house in the outskirts North Carolina Student Members| The alleged indecent matter was pub- lished in the Yellow Journal, perennial of Sigma Upsilon Accused Over Publication. By the Associated Press. CHAPEL HILL, N. 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