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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FriL 'V, MAY 27, 1932 BOARD BIDS AGAIN | ACREAGE INCREASE TOBUY L. 5. WHEAT - CALLED NOMINAL Kansas City Organization Of- | Agriculture Department Com- & fers Export Price for 90,- pares Figures With [\ siwiia” | “iewlivs” || 713 CHESTER HALE By the Associated Press. Agriculture Department officials are KANSAS CITY, May 27.—Through | not greatly concerned over the 7,000,000~ W. B. Lincoln, president of the Kansas City Board of Trade, grain men here | 2¢T¢ increase in world wheat acreage yesterday repeated their offer to pur- | Over last year, as reported by the Inter- chase the entire Farm Board holdings | national Institute of Agriculture in of cash wheat at the price the board is Rome. They say it is not really an in- offering it at the Gulf and Atlantic | crease over last year's plantings. seaboard for export. They pcinted out that the 7,000,000- In again offering to purchase the sur- | acre increase in United States Spring plus, estimated at 90,000,000 bushels, | wheat is found in comparing farmers' | the Kansas City grain bn;endd;mfdml intentions to plant with the acreage . LOEWIS FOX | public statement of the board that the | actually harvested last year, which wes Biate e’ purcnse o g e | Sialy Aariied dns penr, i s now appearing at at a figure 15 to 20 cents below the | heavy abandonment. The average acre- market. age planted in this area in recent years Lincoln characterized the board's is 21,000,000 acres, the amount ex- statement as & gross misrepresentation pected to be sown this Spring 1f inten- of facts. tions are carried out as reported. ¢ *r 0 3 “Realizing fully the depressing influ- | ~ United States Winter wheat acreage ence of Government wheat,” he said, |remaining for harvest on May 1 was Wl o Icla o en “the grain men made numerous pro- (32,277,000, as against 41,009,000 on the posals seeking to get rid of this wheat | corresponding date last year, a reduc- surplus, and the prevailing market price | tion of more than 8,000,000. has governed each offer made. “At no time did the trade underbid on this grain. The effect of this Gov- MANSFIELD PRA'SED ' | ernment surpluf11 ‘has so undermined i Bad only. the PaBhc nttrests and- that Circus Fans' Official Thanks Artist s of the country at heart, so that confi- | T dence would be revived in our markets | £ Lo to hasten the return of normalcy.” Dick Mansfield, cartoonist of “Those e Were the Happy Days” and “Who Re- ’ | SUSPENSION PROTESTED. members?” appearing in The Sunday | _ Star, was praised for his cartoons on | Head of Farmers’ National Grain Cor-| May 15 of circus characters and events poration Defends Updike Co. in ‘a letter from Melvin D. Hildreth, local lawyer and a national director of CHICAGO, May 27 (#).—C. E. Huff, | the Circus Fans’' Association. president of the Farmers' National| The series referred to appeared under oot e e Tt i ey | S eaciiy LIes Tieea the fHis g . . . . as “not o ar- , bu ut | Days.” tter, - sal o e e but ot Depe 21 in Their B.V.D. Swim Suits Chicago Board of Trade suspended the| “I desire to thank you for the splen- Updike Grain Co., a subsidiary of the|did historic cartoon which appeared in Farm Board-sponsored co-operative. the magazine section on Sunday, May Deny.hgd‘tfill Updike officials made|15. Your cartoon is highly prized by false ts as to Updike stock |those who love the circus and will be H! for Heaven’s sake, don’t miss this F- s i e Bomre of ‘Trade cieaety Rhous| mniiets e, 41 4B titeresting aad ;i f Allwool, one witt e el G G o opportunity to see 12 lovely water : e i to the holder of the large majority & ° o C of the stock.” with Hufl, ‘Georse S.| TWO SOUGHT IN ROBBERY nymphs model our brand-new bathing suits B.V.D. Swim Milnor, Farmers’ National general man- suit with fit- eger, and J. P. Florentine, Updike sec- S E R ickes cessori ’ve s ; }r:&nry. holding one. whare earh sna F | Suspects in Taxicab Hold-Up Be- and the slickest accessories you’ve seen on . . ted waist and e ] lieved to Be Soldiers. any beach. And after the revue look at the % ggl’:rodm that this was “for rate conven- o fev 1- . 3 : y " fence.” Skl alns oo s nen, helievedi e ool price tags and see for yourself that no mat- There’s nothing like a fresh, crisp Florentine and Thatcher had their |lowing & hold-up of Malcolm F. Croc- 1 : $8.95 3 trading privileges suspended by the |kett, taxicab driver, of Del Ray, Va. - ter how much you buy, you don’t have to 1 5 dress and a dash of your favorite board. last night. Crockett said the men em- : ST . — ployed him about 10:30 o'clock to drive vim h. f Surf Sh l v h h them to Clarendon, Va. swim home from our Sur op' perfume to help you weather a hot | ELECTRIC SHOW TODAY | &R0, 2 tosciny the river, the | driver reported, one of the men told | Summer day! 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