Chicago Grain and Produce Market Report May 28
Chicago price snapshot shows May quotes for corn beyond 1.71 and 1.65 with September at 1.63 percent. Wheat steady to higher with oats rye mixed. lard ribs and bellies listed along with turkey products. Turpentine steady in Savannah and St Louis grain futures quoted for May to December contracts. New York markets show stocks bonds and currencies steady with cotton firm. New Orleans cotton ranges noted.
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New York
Chicago
Ill
Kahn Denies Paris Speech Referencing Debt Settlement
A May 28 AP dispatch from New York states Otto Kahn of Kahn Loeb and Company denied making any reference to a debt settlement in a Paris speech issued on his behalf.
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Kahn
Paris
The
Associated Press
New York
Otto Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Company
Det
Prohi Officer Seabrook Sought for Pittman Killing
Randolph Murdaugh obtained a warrant for federal prohibition officer Alonzo B. Seabrook arrest in Beaufort County for the death of J. G. Pittman a trapper and fisherman near Coosaw. Pittman was shot after a confrontation aboard his launch as officers searched for contraband liquor. The coroner found ten bullet holes and seven bullets remained in Pittman. Seabrook claimed immunity and was allowed to travel to Charleston. Pittman’s body was sent to Brunswick Georgia.
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Beaufort
Randolph, Murdaugh
Hampton
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Alonzo B. Seabrook
Beaufort County
J. G. Pittman
Coosaw
Murdaugh
J. B. Meeteer
Charleston
Seabrook
Hall Island
Pittman
W. A. Campbell
J. J. Williams
G. D. Carter
United States
L. B. Padgett
Brunswick
Gas Explosion Entombs 71 Men at North Carolina Mine
Eight miles northwest of Sanford North Carolina a gas explosion trapped seventy one workers at the Carolina Coal Company mine. By late afternoon only five or six bodies were visible and none recovered due to fumes and a shaft fire. Governor McLean coordinated with the Bureau of Mines while dispatching engineers and contemplating troops for relief.
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Carolina Coal Company
Sanford
N. C
Gov
McLean
Frank Page
State Highway Commission
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Gov. Megan
Page
Tennessee teacher says he does not believe the monkey theory
John T. Scopes of Paducah Ky says man and all animals descended from a common stem but he has never seen or read a scientific statement that man descended from a monkey He accepts modern evolution but did not teach it as fact in class He will face a July trial in Rhea County Tennessee as part of the Dayton antievolution case.
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Lexington
John, T. Scopes
Paducah
Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
University of Kentucky
Tennessee
Rhea County
University of Illinois
Moultrie Meigs Road to Get New Bridges
Moultrie Ga May 28 Bridges of modern construction will be built along the Moultrie Meigs road to the Mitchell county line using bond money. The project approved by the bond commission has started with the first bridge over the Little Ochlocknee River near Colquitt’s section. The highway will be upgraded to first class, with county road crews handling the work. Meanwhile the Moultrie Little River road project nears completion and is expected to finish early in June.
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Moultrie
Moultrie-Meigs Road
Mitchell County
Sam Harrell
Board of County Commissioners
Little, Ochlocknee River
Colquitt
Meigs
Moultrie-Meigs
Little River
King Estate Tax Breaks Records in Texas Inheritance
Austin reports the largest inheritance tax paid in Texas from Mrs. H. M. King estate. The Santa Gertrudis ranch holdings near Kingsville amount to about 1,200,000 acres with extensive cattle and other assets. Trustees plan to keep the estate intact as a 10 year trust and five year extension for bequests. Caesar Kelberg of Kingsville, trustee appointee, toured to discuss compliance with Texas laws with state officials.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
H. M. King
Santa Gertrudis
Kingsville
Estate Stays intact for Four Score Years Under One Owner
According to Kieberg the great estate has remained intact for 70 years and with a stipulation of 10 more years it will have been held together for four score years under one ownership.
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Kieberg
State highway audit completed and being printed
Atlanta May 28 The audit of the State highway department by a certified public accountant with highway board members is finished and now being printed.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
State Highway Department
Certified Public Accountant
Highway Board
Secretary Weeks Undergoes Gallstone Operation
Boston May 28 Secretary of War John Weeks underwent gallstone surgery. The operating surgeon reported Weeks condition was good following the operation.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
John Weeks
Weeks
Moroccan tribesmen hesitant to fight French forces
Paris May 28. The French command in Morocco reports a rise in Riffan regulars in the enemy front line but says tribesmen allied with Abdel Krim resist joining battles.
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Prenat
Paris
Morocco
Abdel Krim
Copper Company Resumes Dividend Payments
Inspiration Copper Company directors resumed dividend payments of fifty cents per share. The payout is due July sixth to stockholders of record on June eighteenth. Previous dividends were paid in January 1990.
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Associated New York
Inspiration Copper Company
Payne Reelected Chairman Of Parks Conference
John Barton Payne was re-elected chairman of the nation conference on state parks in Skyland Virginia. The executive committee was empowered to pick next year’s meeting location with invitations received from California Tennessee and Arkansas.
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John Barton Payne
Skyland
the Nation
John Payne
California
Tennessee
Arkansas
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