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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1924
Page
5
Wheat futures softened in early dealings with May at 1.03 1/8 and July at 1.06. Corn and oats followed wheat, opening mixed and finishing with declines, while hogs and cattle markets showed firmness in Chicago led by sturdy hog prices and higher feeding weights.
Kansas City livestock bids show cattle numbers around 6,000 head and hogs about 10,000 with steady to higher quotes. Cattle ranges include calves at 11.75 top mature steers around 10.76 and beef cows 4.50 to 7.50, while hogs move 6.80 to 7.10 for 210 to 300 pound cuts and 5.26 to 6.00 for stock pigs. sheep steady to higher with lambs up 25 cents. Grain prices list No 2 dark hard wheat 1.06 to 1.22, corn 71 to 75, oats around 49 to 49 1/2, rye 62, and barley 70. Closing grain quotes show May wheat 96 7/8 to 97 for July, corn May 41 1/2, July 73 7/8, Sept 75 3/8.
The fragment lists closing the 3s at 99.22 and first 4s at 99.30 with a bid of 99.28. It shows two 4345 and 4445 entries with 106.3 and 100.3, then 444s at 100.12 and 44s at 100.6. A treasury note at 101.14 is mentioned with 4%5.
Marvin Kincannon, 22, convicted of the Decembers attack at Birch hotel in Marlow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary at McAlester after his motion for a new trial was denied. He remained jailed on $20,000 bond, $10,000 for Birch murder and $10,000 for Journegan murder charges. Six co defendants in Journegan murder await trial.
Wheeling April 30 only 45 bodies recovered from the Benwood mine where 111 miners were entombed by a Monday explosion. J M Carpenter, mine general manager, said rescuers penetrated entry eight and located 35 more bodies. Three bodies found beyond the entry but rockfalls blocked the main passage.
The joint meeting of Eli Dorsey and the Legion Auxiliary to plan the local home campaign is postponed. Ben Getzoff, who was to speak, cannot attend. a new date will be announced. Governor Davis to toss first ball for Topeka season opener against Springfield tomorrow in Topeka with state officials attending.
In Lawrence area records a federal trade commission chair is questioned by a commission, while in Douglas County Kansas a public summons by publication targets Cassius M Whirlow and wife as heirs to estate of Margaret Fair. The filing seeks partition of multiple parcels across sections and townships with June 12, 1924 deadline for response.
Washington reports Senate approval of Mellon tax cut with a cap of ten thousand dollars, and adjustments lowering earned income limits. New York Fed Directors cut rediscount rates to four percent effective May first. International chemistry congress slated for Copenhagen in June. Various classified ads and notices follow in the Journal-World.
If another board member sells the property, the listing agent will close all business and represent the owner exclusively in the transaction to avoid any claim for a double commission.
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