Growers Blamed for Wheat Advance in Chicago
In Chicago on January 11 officials of the National Association of Retail Grocers argued that wheat price rises and bread costs stem from farmer-led supply and demand. They disputed that grocers profit from prices, urging focus on farmers. Federal inquiry official questioned who earns the margin, as bakers and millers report narrow profits while wheat remains high.
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Chicago
Hugh
National Association of Retail Grocers
Fr. Connally
San Francisco
Sol Westerfield
St Louis
Westerfield
Clyne
Board of Trade
A. P. Husband
Millers’ National Federation
Albert L Harkins
Proposal to bar intermarriage of whites and negros in DC
Washington January 11 Representative Clark of Florida urged a bill to prohibit intermarriage of whites and negroes in the District of Columbia arguing it serves both races. Madden Illinois opposed it as crime legislation. House rejected sending it back to committee and passed the measure 235 to 60. The article notes Harvard astronomers classifying 200,000 stars in a vast stellar spectrum project.
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Washington
Clark
Florida
House Today
District of Columbia
Madden
Illinois
Mann
House
Harvard University
Harriman Widow to Face $500000 Suit in Federal Court
In New York on January 11, Mrs. Donald Harriman, widow of the late railroad financier, will appear before Judge Hand as a defendant in a seven year old suit for $500,000. Plaintiff Henry Melville Walker alleges loss of commissions stock and expenses tied to a bond sale in London connected to the Portland Nehalem and Tillamook railroad, now Pacific Railway and Navigation. Several defendants have died. the court has substituted Mrs Harriman as a party.
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New York
iMre
Donald H. Harriman
Rai.road
Mr. Harriman
Portland, Nehalem and Tillamook Railroad
Oregon
The
Pacific Railway and Navigation Company
Henry Melville Walker
London
Harriman
Mrs
Effort to Settle Ohio Strike Under Way
Eastern Ohio coal operators meet in Wheeling to plan talks with federal conciliators Daniel J Keete and Hywell Davies aiming to settle the 15 000 miners strike. President Woodford says former workers may be offered jobs and evicted from company housing if they refuse work. Ramsey mine in Jefferson County resumes with sixty veteran miners and first coal shipped in eight months. Nearby mines prepare to reopen as Harriman appears as defendant in place of her husband.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Daniel J.keete
Hywell Davies
W. RB. Woodford
Cleveland
Pittsburg Vein Operators’ Association
Ramsey
Jefferson County
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Charles F. Clyne
United States
Whitehall
the Globe
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Ralfe
Globe Clothing CO
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