Wheat and Produce Prices in Early 1923 Market Report
The Bureau of Markets reports week ending April 7 1923 with declines in grain prices due to liquidation and weak cash markets. Chicago May wheat down 1 percent closing near 1.30 dollars. corn down 1 percent to 58 cents. Wheat and corn futures vary across Minneapolis Kansas City and Winnipeg with spring wheat and oats mixed. Livestock prices rise for hogs and steady to mixed for cattle and calves. fat lambs fall. Hay remains strong on light receipts. feed markets show decline in wheat and corn feeds. Dairy products show steady butter and weak cheese. Wisconsin prices edge higher on improving weather. Minneapolis cash prices show wide ranges for wheat corn rye oats and barley. live stock and dairy markets close with regional price listings.
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Washington, D. C
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Kansas City
Winnipeg
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New York
N. Y
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Young Americas
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Crop Insurance Proposed by Joint Commission Push
Washington reports a resolution by Rep Sinclaire to form a joint commission to study creating a government crop insurance system. In London, fourteen Sinn Feiners were released from British prisons on government orders, believed to be the last such prisoners convicted in this country.
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Washington
Sinclair
North Dakota
London
Alien Day Bill Wins Deportation for Violators
Washington reports the House passed a bill by 222 to 73 authorizing deportation of aliens convicted under narcotic or Volstead acts. Prohibition advocates hailed it as enforcement progress, while critics warned of overreach and juror fears. Representative Graham called it monstrous. Representative Walsh opposed the push for stricter enforcement.
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Senate
Graham
Pennsylvania
Judiciary Committee
Immigration Committee
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Representative Mann
Illinois
Oil magnate kills colonel at his Oklahoma home
Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Beck, head of Fort Sill aviation, was shot to death at the residence of oil operator Jean P. Day in Oklahoma City. Day is held by a deputy sheriff pending investigation. R W Dick issued a statement saying Beck was found with Mrs. Day in her husband’s presence after entertaining guests.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Paul W. Beck
Postfield
Fort Sill
Jean P. Day
Day
R W Dick
Biome
Miners Press U S Probe Before House Labor Panel
Union representatives urged federal investigation into the coal industry as they pressed for action at a House labor committee hearing. John Brophy of United Mine Workers cited low workdays and high profits, calling for a reorganization and restriction of speculative mine openings to curb instability and rising prices.
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Gallup
M. C. Mechem
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Washington
Brophy
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Pennsylvania
National Coal Association
Tidewater
Quality wheat and better farming practice urged nationwide
The Spring Wheat Crop Improvement Association argues for focused, high quality wheat production. It warns that expanding acreage without improving methods harms prices and insists on maintaining superior hard red spring wheat standards to keep Minnesota and surrounding states competitive.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
First quarrel splits happy bride from cook in feast tale
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a bride lamenting quarrel with her husband and cook as a humorous domestic vignette. The note closes with a jibe about art and eyes. It also claims James Fennimore Cooper wrote 70 books in 30 years.
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James Fennimore Cooper
Dr. Cyrus Northrop Dies at Home in Minneapolis
Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president emeritus of the University of Minnesota, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Minneapolis home on Monday afternoon. Born 1834 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, he graduated Yale in 1857 and taught rhetoric there before leading Minnesota from 1884 to 1911. Funeral services were held Thursday at the First Congregational Church.
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Minneapolis
Cyrus Northrop
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Northrop
Ridgefield
Conn
Yale
Yale University
Northrup
First Congregational Church
Air Express Crash Kills Six Over French Village
Air expresses bound for Paris and London collided above the village of Thieulloy, seventy miles north of Paris. Six people including pilots two passengers and one mechanic died as the planes fell flaming to the ground.
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Paris
London
Thieulloy
Grain Growers to Compete in Major Markets Within Ninety Days
Chicago reports U S Grain Growers plans to enter the largest markets within 90 days. C H Gustafson, president, says the sales company under the parent organization will operate like the Committee of Seventeen. Consignments will be offered to regular commission houses with bills of lading. Streamlined operations aim to save about $15,000 in rent and lower salaries.
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Chicago
Grain Growers Company
Martial Law Declared in Nicaragua After Plot
Managua Nicaragua President Chamorro and cabinet proclaim martial law after discovery of a plot against the government. Thirty four liberals are charged with a conspiracy to assassinate the president.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Chamorro
Army Equipment Thieves Sought at Camp Dix
Detectives hunt a band of about 50 men suspected of looting a Camp Dix warehouse of equipment worth about $200 000. The raid targeted government army supplies.
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Camp Dix
100000 Soldiers Seek Handwork in Land Development
Washington reports the interior department has received more than 100000 applications from former service men seeking employment in land development projects, according to Secretary A. B. Fall.
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Washington
Interior Department
A. B. Fall
Woman Dead After Tornado Near Des Moines
A tornado struck a small farm district about 20 miles northwest of Des Moines Iowa killing one woman and causing property damage in the thousands of dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Danish Communist Leaders Arrested in General Strike Effort
Copenhagen reports several Communist leaders arrested over alleged plans to trigger a general strike in various provincial towns. They are imprisoned in an undisclosed location.
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Copenhagen
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