Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1936, Page 7

Cost of Food Puts Capital High Among Expensive Cities Except for those persons whose dietary needs can be satisfied with apples and white bread, Washington s among the most expensive cities in the United States in which to buy food, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics disclosed today. And the white-bread-eater who in- | sists on butter will find he has lost | his advantage. In only 5 of the 62 | cities surveyed by the bureau does but- | ter cost more than or as much as it did in the Capital last October 13— 41.9 cents & pound. If you are a lamb-chop fan, you | will find it cheaper to wait for your | supper until you are in Boston, Bridge- ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, port, Conn., Fall River, Mass, Man- chester, N. H. Portland, Me., Provi- dence, R. I, Buffalo, Newark, N. J,, New York City, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Rochester, Scranton, Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Peoria, Spring- field, Ill, Minneapolis, Omaha, S8t. | Louis, St. Paul, Jacksonville, Birm- {ingham, Memphis, Mobile, Dallas, | Houston, Butte, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Portland, Oreg., San Prancisco, Seattle, Binghampton, Cedar Rapids, Sioux Falls, Wichita, Jackson, Miss.,, Knoxville, El Paso, Oklahoma City, Tucson or Spokane. In the Capital at the time of the survey, the average was 38.2 cents a pound, opposed to & United States average of 35.2 cents. Jackson, Miss., is paradise for the man who likes his lamb chops—27.3 cents a pound. Sirloin steak is cheaper in §5 cities than it is in Washington. Only 5 of 62 cities top Washington in the price of pork chops. If it's a roasting chicken you are after, the butchers in 51 cities from Portland, Me., to Honolulu, T. H. can give you more for your money than you ¢an get here. And while the District's average bread price of 8.2 cents a pound is greater than the figure -in only 23 cities, wheat flour for the home-baker 1s almost & luxury at 5.4 cents & pound. It costs 5.9 cents in El Paso, 5.7 cents In Honolulu, 5.5 cents in New Haven and 5.4 cents in Jacksonville. Every- ;nm else it is cheaper than in Grocers in 42 cities will sell you potatoes more cheaply than in the Capital. But only 12 cities have apples been underselling Washington’s, where the price is 49 cents a pound. Nor- folk and Richmond, in a famous apple State, charge 5.5 cents and 5.8 cents, respectively. The 40 miles between D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1936. here and Baltimofe boosts the apple price to 5.5 cents. Vitamin D in the form of orange juice comes high in Washington. The average price for oranges in the coun- try is 37.8 cents a dozen. In Los An- geles, it is 15.6 cents; in Washington, 43 cents. The Capital's price is ex- ceeded only in Columbus, Ohio; Bridgeport, Cedar Rapids, Providence, Detroit and Richmond. Even cahbage is costly in Washing- ton—4 cents a pound. Only 14 cities charge more than this, with Dallas leading at 5.5 cents. San Francisco is 5.4 cents, but Los Angeles, not so many miles away, ‘sells cabbage less dearly than any place in the United States—2.4 cents. NAZIS DEBATE PURGING BIBLE OF JEWISH MOSES Parents Complain Children Puz- zled by Discrepancy in Teachings. BY the Associated Press. COBOGNE, Germany, November 7.— * A7 Nazi parents here are debating the question of whether to strike Moses from the Old Testament because he was a Jew. The official Nazi organ, West- deutscher Beobachter, recently pub- lished letters from parents complaining their children were puzzled at being taught in religious classes to revere Moses and elsewhere to despise him because he was a Jew. The newspaper agreed editorially that the confusion of youthful minds necessitated a prompt remedy. -4 PUBLIC ENEMIES Joose IN Washinglon DoesThis Affect YOU? Certainly! Beeause ... Yum;tfl!yujoya-edwie-yuhw“whde!.-lleq children, are hungry! You amd yeur loved omes can’t be contented-ean’t even be safe- whien €rime is looking over your shoulder! You-can’t complacently sit back when siek pe o pl e are sulfering and comtagion menaces you at every turn. You—can’t be gay, when some of your neighhers are desperate for Pespair makes people tragic and dangerous. Hunger, Crime, Disease, Despair-immune to bullets, respeet only the forces of organized Social Welfare-trained workers know how to fight them. Hospitals, Boys’ Clubs, Family Welfare organiza- tions, Orphans’ Homes, Settlements, Health Agencies kold the lines against them . .. ' Your Community Chest (and its 65 Welfare Ageneies) | “They S L et Must Be Ai'rested!” ) We Need ‘All-of Washington’-Citizen Volunteers to Share in the Hunt! We have a trained force of 7,000 Volunteer (unpaid) Citizen “sleuths” who, for the next two weeks, will tramp the streets of Washington recruiting help from YOU! DOLLARS — are the “Ammunition® $1,969,000 is the minimum sum with which the 65 Com- munity Chest Welfare Agencies can do the job ade- quately. Washington grows larger every day—its human needs increase in the same proportion—that’s why we need this minimum goal of $1,96%,000. The Community Chest has proven its place in Wash- ington. Its great work must go on! These Public Ene- mies must be “arrested”! It can only be done by those who feel the age-old compulsion to share what they have, with those who have not! Be a C-Man! Give to Washington’s Community Chest, freely, generously, whole-heartedly! Greet the solicitor who comes to your door with a smile and an open hand. Make your contribution and know it will be a power- ful link in shackling these four menacing public ene- mies—Hunger, Disease, Crime, Despair. Suburban Washington Joins Fight! The Social Service Leagues of Montgomery County and Prince Georges County, Maryland, the Boards of Public Welfare of Arlington and Fairfax Counties, and the Alexandria United Chari- ties of Alexandria, Virginia, have this year joined with the Wash- ington Community Chest in a cooperative campaign for funds for welfare, relief and character building purposes in Greater Washington. Under this arrangement residents of Suburban Washington may meet their dual obligations to their home com- munities and the District of Columbia. Pledge Cards for the designation of funds to any one of the subur- ban agencies, or to the Washington Community Chest, or to both may be obtained from the Community Chest solicitors in Wash- ington or the local solicitors in the suburban areas. CARLETON K. LEWIS s Washing- Further details will be pub- : lished in the suburban col- umns of the Washington news- y Papers and in the suburban | Goa/-*1.969.000 '__ch;.ebervl * to 24* i tew’s organized Army of Attack! Chair. Sub. Camp. Committee . ; GIVE Once a year allthe l,ear