France Faces Bread Shortage as Decrees Fail
Paris reports say France cannot fix bread prices or guarantee supply by decree. Measures including banning pastry, reducing refined flour, and rationing wheat failed to prevent shortages. Critics, including Maurice Viollette, argue production and economy drive outcomes, not government mandates.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Maurice Viollette
Henry Cheron
M. Viollette
Unanswered Questions Flood New Regime’s Cost of Living Push
A new regulator confronts a desk piled with documents from a predecessor as demands rise for fewer questions and more decisive action. The piece notes widespread calls to halt debates and focus on production and policy agendas.
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Soa
Cheron
Remaking of Europe Under Way in Albania
AP correspondence notes Entente teams creating a new Albanian state with capital at Goritza. Albania forms a government, army, stamps, money, flag, and foreign ties as French patrols secure the left Balkan front. Local hostility shifts from pro-Austrian sentiment to resistance to foreign intrusion.
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Associated Press
Saloniki
Europe
Albania
Goritza
Gorizza
Shippers Protest 15 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Shippers from Vermont to Texas protested at Interstate Commerce Commission hearings against the proposed fifteen per cent freight rate rise. Delegations from the South and Southwest citing fruit and lumber dealers and New England representatives added to the opposition.
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Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
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New England
State
Allied Industries
Belgian and French Women Endured German Cruelty in Occupied Areas
Reports from Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing describe harsh German oppression in occupied France and Belgium. Cold winter months forced locals to strip woodwork for fuel while authorities barred heating public spaces. Families faced arrests and executions, and a Roubaix chemist linked to a clandestine paper was jailed, his in laws punished and one killed by shock. In Alost a woman loses her locket to a guard who strikes her and sends her to prison.
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Alost
King Albert
Girl Seized Cane Then Beaten by Nuns in Duisburg Camp
A girl deported from Alost endured harsh treatment at a Duisburg convent where two other deported girls served. They were fed sparingly and beaten with canes. The Alost girl wrested the stick from a sister and beat her, was sent to a camp at Sottau, and no further news has been received.
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Germany
Duisburg
Alost
Soltau
Germany plans Baltic annexation asserts confidential pamphlet
A French front report says a German official pamphlet found in Noyon claims the Baltic provinces of Russia are culturally German and should form a single Baltic unity under German control. It argues emancipation of Russian officials would end influence and highlights Protestant identity and economic opportunity as motives for annexation.
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Noyon
Wurttemburg
Bavaria
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Plea Had Punch Outside Eagle Office
Mrs. George Wheelock of Manhattan spoke from a motor car draped with a flag outside the Brooklyn Eagle office to recruit for the navy. She grilled bystanders on enlistment, urged duty over schooling, mocked Broadway patriotism, and denounced I W W influence as disloyal, ending amid cheers for patriotism in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn Eagle
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Northern live stock market shows weakness in May 30
The Union Stock Yards report May 30 notes a poor northern market with mixed hogs and weaker cattle. Fort Worth prices show cattle 15 to 25 cents lower, sheep down 25 cents in Kansas City, while local market remains steady and active. Receipts totaled cattle 267, calves 41, hogs 36, sheep 803, goats 191.
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Fort Worth
Kansas City
Fort Worth Market Report Powers Cattle Hogs Sheep
Fort Worth Texas May 30 market receipts cattle 600 with prices from 5.00 to 12.25 for stockers heifers cows bulls and calves hogs 2500 with heavy and light classes trading around 13.60 to 15.40 lambs 16.00 to 16.75 yearlings 13.00 to 14.00 wethers 12.00 to 13.00 ewes 11.00 to could be culled 8.00 goats 5.00
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Reeves
Chicago Livestock Receipts and Quotations May 30
Chicago livestock market report shows hog receipts at 19,000 with prices from 14.40 to 15.75 for various weights, cattle receipts at 18,000 with native beef cattle 9.20 to 13.70 and feeders 7.35 to 10.25, sheep and lambs receipts 10,000 with wethers 11.78 to 13.78 and lambs 11.75 to 16.00, springs 13.00 to 18.50.
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St. Louis Live Stock Quotation Report May 30
Livestock quotations from St. Louis indicate steady hog prices with various grades ranging from lights to heavy hogs. Cattle receipts are listed with native beef steers yearlings cows stockers and calves, and sheep prospects described as lower with clipped ewes and spring lambs noted.
Livestock Prices and Receipts Report From Kansas City Market
Receipts arrayed by class with price ranges and changes. Hogs 8000 head, bulk 14.85 to 15.65, heavy 15.60 to 15.75, light 14.75 to 15.40, pigs 13.00 to 14.50. Cattle 7000 head, 2000 Southerns, prime fed greens 13.50 to 13.10, dressed beef steers 10 to 12.25, southern steers 7.25 to 12.50, heifers 9.00 to 12.25, calves 8.00 to 13.76. Sheep 5000 head, lambs 14.00 to 16.00, yearlings 12. plus, wethers 14.75 to 16.60, ewes 11.00 to 14.00, stock 7.00 to 14.00.
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Prime Fed
Stock
Cotton Market Report from Liverpool on May 3
Cotton spot markets quiet with good middling at 14.54 and middling 14.25. Sales volume 6 000 bales, including 5 400 American, for speculation and export. receipts 16 000 bales, of which 8 300 are American.
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Liverpool
Market Notes From Liverpool Commodities
Futures closed with May 13 at 994, June options at 12.714 for December-January and 12.62 for February-March. April-May nominal. Stock levels compared to yesterday, last week and last year show deficit this season.
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Ramatuly-Angus Reptoaniee
Shippers Market San Antonio Produce Prices
Jobbers' prices Wednesday to retailers or paid shippers less commission Eggs steady Texas country candlea 30 3ile per dozen Butter steady Texas creamery 82 35c per pound country ere Poultry steady Hens 14 17c per pound old roosters 1112c large springs 26 28c medium springs 28930c small springs ite broilers 3.25 3.40 per dozen turkeys 18 18c per pound ducks 7.00 8.00 per dozen geese 9.06 10.60.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Provision Markets Local Packing House Quotations
Wednesday market quotes show dry salt bacon extra 26 cents per pound and dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 25 cents. Fancy breakfast bacon 49 cents, fancy hams, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds at 25 cents, Pure lard 23 cents, compound 19 cents and American cheese 29 cents per pound.
Reynolds Tobacco asks stockholders for extra capital
Winston Salem report states that R J Reynolds Tobacco Company issues a sued notice to stockholders announcing an increase of five million dollars in capital stock.
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Winston Salem
N. C
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Suit Over Hay Shipments Seeks 56442 Damages
In Houston on May 30, George W Arm strong acting as trustee for Steger & Co sues W L Edmundson Liverpool Hay and Grain Co Wilbur Webb Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Co and Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau in Harris county district court claiming 12020000 pounds were billed and 9500000 pounds delivered a shortage of 2170000 pounds worth damages 56442. An English inventor's safety suit for aviators features parachute pockets and can be broken by wearers with ease.
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Tex
France
Harris County
George W. Armstrong
Steger & Co
W. L. Edmundson
Liverpool Hay and Grain Company
Wilbur Webb
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company
Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau
Local Market Prices For Fresh Produce Inches Down
The wholesale prices for cucumbers and tomatoes fell on Wednesday with cucumbers at 1.50 per bushel, Texas tomatoes at 0.76 and 1.00 per four basket crate, okra at 1.25 and 1.75 per bushel hamper, spinach at 0.75 per hamper, and apricots at 2.75 per crate. No changes were reported for eggs butter poultry provisions seeds or hides.
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Texas
Bermuda
California
Wholesale Produce Prices From Texas Market Ledger
Fresh vegetable and fruit wholesale prices to retailers and shippers listed by item, Texas and California origins, per hundredweight, dozen, crate, or box. Includes onions, okra, cucumbers, lettuce, apples, peaches, apricots, berries, dried fruits, canned goods, coffee, sugar, rice, meats, and seeds with regional variations and tax note.
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Mexican Money Markets Report From San Antonio
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Wednesday showed activity in National Bank notes. Bank of London and Mexico issues provided liquidity as markets absorbed recent price shifts.
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Bank of London and
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London Money Market May Rates Snapshot
London money market reports show bar silver at 37%4, PP money at 3%4, and discount rates across instruments with short bills at 4% to 4% and three month bills at 4% per cent.
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London
Care for Shoes and Harness from the USDA Guide
Washington prompts readers to preserve leather supplies for soldiers and civilians. The USDA leather and paper lab advises cleaning, brushing, and oiling shoes when dry, using warm oil and gentle rubbing, plus linseed or other oils to improve water resistance. Harness care requires tepid washing, neutral soap, thorough oiling while leather is damp, and removal of excess oil.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Cotton goods firm as government orders steady in New York
In New York on May 30 the cotton goods and all cloths for government use remained firm and active. Men's wear was being purchased at second hands to be carried into the spring season with burlaps also showing firmness.
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New York
Agriculture department forms section to curb crop destruction
Washington May 30 The Department of Agriculture creates a new section in the Bureau of Entomology dedicated to stamping out vegetable destroying and defending stored food crops as part of a broader push to boost food production.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Federal Reserve Board Plans Branch Banks Nationwide
The Federal Reserve Board contemplates establishing branch federal reserve banks across the country upon congressional passage of amendments to the reserve act. Early proposals indicate branch banks will be located in Baltimore Louisville and Denver.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Baltimore
Louisville
Denver
New Orleans Rice Market Report May 30
New Orleans rice prices and receipts show rough rice and clean rice holding firm. Receipts totaled 417 sacks rough and 6386 pockets clean with 7 sacks sailors. sales included 52 sacks rough Honduras and 2316 ets Blue Rose with clean Blue Rose at 64 8 percent.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Turpentine and Resin Firm Ledger Fragment in Savannah
Fragmentary ledger from a Savannah firm shows sales and receipts figures for turpentine and resin products. Various entries list percentages, dollar amounts, and product codes like Kapaa and ship- related terms, with multiple cryptic figures such as 388, 709, 1832, and 4348.
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