Grain Market Week Decline Faces Wheat Corn Prices
U S Bureau weekly grain report shows unsettled market with net price declines. Chicago May wheat at 1.32 1/2, corn at 57 cents. cash No 2 red winter wheat 1.34, No 2 hard winter 1.33 1/2, No 2 mixed corn 56, No 2 yellow corn 56. Northern crop bets exceed expectations, foreign markets weak, demand slow. Livestock and dairy also softer on weaker demand, though hogs rise 10-15 cents in Chicago. Minneapolis grain prices mixed with various grades listed. butter, eggs, and poultry varied in value.
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Kansas City
Winnipeg
Timothy Chicago
Prairie Chicago
Chicago
F. O. B. North Central
Wisconsin
Jet canoeists complete 48 mile Panama passage
H. J. Gresser and W. C. Gardner finished the 48 mile jet canoe trip through the Panama Canal in 10 hours and 55 minutes.
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Panama Canal
Panama
H. J. Gresser
W. C. Gardner
Charles Condition Grave in Madeira Dispatch
London Times dispatch from Funchal Madeira reports former Emperor Charles has developed double pneumonia and his condition is very grave.
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Charlies
London
London ‘Times
Funchal
Madeira
Charles
Reichstag Backs Wirth Endorses Reparations Demands
The Reichstag adopted a Berlin A resolution declaring the reparations commission demands intolerable and praising Chancellor Wirth for his statements on the commission. The move signals strong political support for Wirth amid wartime reparations disputes.
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Reichstag
Wirth
Berlin
Man killed by tornado at Camp Chase near Columbus
One man is known to have died when a tornado struck Camp Chase, a Columbus suburb. Several houses were wrecked according to early reports.
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Columbus
Ohio
Camp Chase
Coal miners strike halts production across 20 states
United Mine Workers call a nationwide walkout with 600,000 miners idle and at least 100,000 non union workers likely to join. 13,000 miners kept at posts to guard property as officials warn of a public wear due to fuel shortages and widespread industrial disruption.
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Lewis
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Lewis
Kansas
Kansas Industrial Court
Washington
Two Treaties Remain Far East Pact Brought Before Senate
The Senate ratified two arms conference pacts limiting great power navies and banning submarine and chemical warfare by wide margins. A third Far East treaty was then presented by administration leaders, with no amendments offered or votes yet recorded.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Wadsworth
New York
Bread Wheat Standards For Farmers And Quality
Farmers should prioritize high quality spring wheat over larger acreage. The piece argues that a mix of diversified crops plus focused wheat efforts yields better profits, and warns that poor grades depress overall prices. It praises Fancy dark Northern as premier bread wheat and urges Minnesota and the Dakotas to maintain strict quality.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Ulster and Dublin Agree Peace Pact in Commons Speech
London was the scene as Winston Churchill laid out a landmark pact between Ulster and Southern Ireland aimed at peace. The plan reworks Ulster police along sectarian lines, sets a special court for serious offenses, enables North South cooperation, and seeks British aid to tackle unemployment in Belfast, easing the earlier Craig Collins pact difficulties.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Craig Collins
Senate ratifies last treaties of arms conference
Washington reports the Senate completed its approval of the final two treaties from the seven. The Far Eastern treaty guaranteeing a new bill of rights for China passed unanimously 66 to 0. The Chinese tariff revision pact received one dissenting vote 58 to 1.
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Washington
Senate
China
Colonial hotel in Nassau destroyed by big fire
A 300 room Colonial hotel at Nassau in the Bahamas was destroyed by a fire that at one point threatened much of the city. Radio messages reported the blaze, which caused damage running into millions of dollars but was later controlled.
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Miami
Pussyfoot Escapes Bomb at Johnson Speech in Green Bay
In Green Bay Wisconsin panic struck Union Congregational church as a bomb exploded among about 500 listeners during William B Pussy foot Johnson prohibition reformer is address on The New India One woman fainted and a stampede danger loomed before crowd leaders restored order and calmed the audience.
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Green Bay
Wis
Union Congregational Church
William B
Pussyfoot) Johnson
Express wreck injures dozen near Halifax Pennsylvania
Twelve people were injured when the Washington express running from Buffalo to Washington on the Pennsylvania lines derailed near Halifax, eighteen miles north of Harrisburg. A coach and five sleeper cars went over an embankment.
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Harrisburg
Washington Express
Buffalo
Washington
Pennsylvania
Halifax
Here
Tex Rickard Acquitted in Schoolgirl Assault Case
New York sports promoter Tex Rickard was found not guilty of criminal assault on 15 year old Sarah Schoenfeld by a Supreme Court jury after about an hour and a half of deliberation. The case drew public attention to the trial.
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New York
George L
Tex” Rickard
Sarah Schoenfeld
Supreme Court
British Laborites Win Byelection Victory at Leicester
Labour candidate Barton defeated Coalition Liberal and Independent Liberal contenders in a Leicester by election securing 14 062 votes against 5 710 and 38 825 for the rivals, signaling a substantial Labour gain in London.
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London
Fast Leicester
Banton
Liberal
Major General Haan Retires After 36 Years Service
Major General William G. Haan, president of the army classification board, retires from active duty ending a continuous military career of more than 36 years.
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Haan
Washington
William G. Haan
Army Classification Board
Army
Army Appropriation Bill Passed by House
The House approved the army appropriation bill without a roll call, authorizing about $288,090,000 to fund military and non military expenses of the war department for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Washington
House
War Department
Flames Menace Famous Shrine at Ste Anne de Beaupre
A large fire destroyed the Basilica of Ste Anne de Beaupre in Quebec killing the famous shrine. The statue of Ste Anne and the relics credited with miraculous cures were saved from the blaze.
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Quebec
Que
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Ste. Anne
Lost and found items on street cars advert
An advertisement in the London Free Press lists lost objects including an umbrella, a white child’s mitten, a Breck Indy's well and other articles from a London Street Railway Company car. The item references the Record subscription and a dental health note from an English physician.
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White Child
Breck Indy
London Street Railway Company
London
Ont
Free Press
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