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Death Notices

BoRNW.AssER. MAUD FUNK = Beloved
S alls q Th Gs9Ts June B9Tns "a passed
funeral home. 1918 n Ala bS ama St. f Fri-
day AFTERNOON and evening. June 10. The
remains rem y vii be taken ,to New Albany.
o'clock Sunday afternoon. June "a
KARCH. CAROL JEAN-Beioved little
daughter OF Ernest and Lillian Karch.
age months. Funeral Saturday. June
Il he ' rssi6s me dfa1pTsday June II.
Lillian A. Whistler. 1910 Gale St.. Q o. M
Friends invited. Burial Crown Hill Gene
tery; Funeral under direction of MOORE
LARSH. MRS. NINA E.-Beloved mother
OF Mamie Larsh. passed away Thursday
B6oYASAN er MSRr9 at s5e TANNER
D, N. Friends invited. Friends NAV cal
az the mortuary any time after D. m.
MOUNTAIN. HARRY M-BeIoyed bus
3and Of Nell Burke Mountain. father Of
Roy Mountain. died at his home. son n.
notice later KIRBY-DINN Service.
NUDING.- SAMUEL o.-Beioyed husband
{. johnson. Virgil Nu6ing. Mrs. Frank
AFFORD OF indianapolis, Mrs. George r
King Of Hamburg. n. =, and Raymond
at residence. 52e \. Bancroft street les5
June Il. Funeral Saturday. June IS z
2. m. az residence. Burisl Memorial
PARK cemetery. Friends invited.
SMITH. JAMES MIER-FatheT OF Jerome
Milo Smith. passed away at bis home, 2sz
miles southeast 81 New Palestine, Thurs
day morning. lao q. m. age Is years.
residence. Intsrnsnt Cunningham csn ne
terry IN charge OF MAX HERRLICH &
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EIGHT JOIN FACULTY
New Professors Are Added to staff
at De PAW.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, June H.
Eight additions to the De Paw uni
versity faculty for next year were
announced today by DR.. E. w. NJ
Blanchard, dean of the college OF
liberal arts.
The new professors are Professor
Hiram L. Jones, who will head the
economics department; Samuel P
Culpepper, Spanish instructor; Car
ter Harrison, English instructor
E. M. Hildebrant, mathematics; DR.
Jervis M. Fulmer, chemistry; Leon
L. Meyeur, French; Charles w. Will
kersop, English, and Mrs. Victor l.
RaphHel, German.
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Help Wanted Female

CAPITOL, N, 16sl-Frout, down stairs
priv: will care for child. Ia 1851.
CENTRAL. 2432-Large cool rm.. nome
like: garage.
CENTRAL. 4250-New home, nicely fur
nished: garage. Hu. 4576.
CENTRAL CAR-527 E. 18th: mod, private
home: So. Walk. distance. Ri. 7io8
CONGRESS. eo3-Modern rms, or {;
board opt: porch, yard. Ia. 4ols.
COLLEGE. 326e-Lovely nm: Widows mod
ern home; garage. Wa. 2e43.
EAST. N. 906-Large front rnl.. private
ert.: also single nm. running wafer.
FALL CREEK BLVD. 155-3 lovely front
conn. unfurn. rms. Ia $3.50.
FALL CREEK BLVD, e, I55-Front nicely
fur adj. tile bath: shower. Ia. $500.
HIGHLAND. N. l25-Nice cool modern:
private home: SIS for 2. Il. $500
Ill. N. 232e-LARGE FRONT RM.. Al
COVE. KITCHEN PRIVILEGES. IA. ss2'
ILLINOIS & Vermont: gentleman: first
door. light I'm. and apt. Ii. 1912.
ILLINOIS. N. 2S5s-Charuing rrl.: closets,
quiet. priv. home: gentlemen. Ia. 1858.
MERIDIAN. N. is35-Nice front nm; twin
beds: also single m; gar. Ia. $3.50.
MERIDIAN. ". 2249-Nicely furnished
rms. for girls. Board optional. Ia. 1903.
NEW JERSEY 900 N-Apt. Il: suite Of
rms: ! OF 2 enpl. people Ri. sos
RUCKLE. 1855 Sleeping rms: every
thing new esnf: pref; unfuy. He. 1855.
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Mail Pilots Changed

Transfer of Charles c. Wehrung
and Warren R. Vine from the
Embry-Riddle division of American
Always, Cincinnati Indianapolis
Chicago mail and passenger line, to
the new division between Nashville,
Tenn, and Fl. Worth, Tex, will be-
come effective Monday. They have
been pilots on Me local line since
its start late in 1927.
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SLAYER DIES IN MOOSE

BALTIMORE, June 12.-Lorenzo
Price, Negro. confessed slayer of
Reuben Heyrnany was hanged today
at the Maryland state penitentiary.
Before he made his faltering ascent
to the gallows. Price made a state
ment abSolving Mrs. Dorothy
Burgess, Heynaan's sweetheart. of
blame in the styling.
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Calls Politics Dignifed
BIZ Times Special

KOKOMO, Ind, June 12-"Look
upon the science Of politics as a
dignifled profession" was the key
note Of the speech made here by
John w. Kern, Jr., before the
Howard county Jefferson club,
Grover Bishop was elected club
president.
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Club Elects Gauqh

Jessie Gaugh has been named
president of the Hoosier Flying
Club. Miss Wanda Farr was named
vice-president and Mrs. Dorothy
BiddIe, secretary treasurer. The In
diana air tour starting Monday was
discussed by William F. Sturm, tour
director.
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Warren Central

Warren Central High School
Alumni Association will hold it's
fifth annual session Saturday night
at the school. The 1881 graduates,
numbering So, will be welcomed into
the association.
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Houses. and Flats Furnished

ASHLAND. 2353-Home-like apt; modern;
private; garage He. 1852.
ASHLAND. 1s29-2-rm apt: bath. porch;
everything fLrn.: priv entrance. Ri. 1915
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Weather conditions at 9 a. m:
Southeast wind, eleven miles an
hour; temperature. so; barometric
pressure, 1886 at sea level; ceiling,
unlimited visibility, eleven miles;
field, good.
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Baby Is Operated On

bW ItHif6 NUttIut
HAMMOND, Ind, June ~
Charles Oexmann. months old. is
in critical condition here after an
appendicitis operation. Efforts we're
made to avoid the operation on the
baby, but doctors finally operated as
last lfsort.
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Legal Notices

NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids,
described as follows. will be received by
the Director of the State Highway Com
mission at his office on the 3rd hoor Of
Avenue. indianapolis. Indiana. until 10
a. m. on the 30th day of June, 1881 at
which time they will be publicly opened
Project No. F. A. 12o-B: Contract No.
139-Location: State Road No. 50. from
4.279 Pavement width: 20 feet. e
Bids will be received for five types Of
pavement on the above listed proiect-As-
phaltic Macadam SURFACE. Bituminous
Portland Cement concrete. Portland &C.
ment concrete resurfacing-AS shown on
and supplements pertaining thereto. The
above listed Portland cement concrete
Project No. F. a. 1$o-D, and State
ton: State Roads No. 81 and 8. from
2.1e5: Pavement width: 20 feet
Bids will be received for. three types
Asphaltic Macadam surface, Bitdminous
Concrete surface, Rock Asphalt surface
AS shown on plans and described in the
Project No. F. A. CSC; Contract No.
14l-B-Location: State Road No. 9. from
Anderson, -. northeast. in Madison l. county.
Bids will be received for three types Of
pavement on the above listed project.
Asphaltic Macadam surface, .BituminouS
Concrete surface, Rock Asphalt surface
AS shown on plans and described in the
Specifications.
Proposal blanks and specifications may
be obtained free. Plans. exclusive of
cross sections. may be obtained upon pay
ment OF $3.50 per set; cross sections may
be obtained upon an additional payment
Of $500; making the price of the COM
plete SCI OF plans $3.50.
There will be no refund for plans re-
charge at the office of the State High
way Commission. State House Annex, 3rd
floor l02 North Senate Avenue, Indian
gPP2liS, Il. Ind ATT Nh M1 CBBlETTKEs1 F96
D4B4NTOR. INDIANA STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION.
IrnmeQlateiy prior to the time Of filing
any proposal. each bidder shall submit
to the State Highway Commission, an
Experience record and financial state
ment" prepared on the State Highway
Commission standard Form, A. D. III,
prescribed by the State Board of Accounts
of Indiana, which forms will be furnished
and financial statement. previously filed
with the commission. will not be accept
able with proposals Med for this letting.
Contracts will be awarded to the lowest
and/or best bidder. but the right to re-
iect any or all bids is reserved. Each
bidder, with his proposal, shall file a
corporate surety bond, payable to the
one-haf Q12) times the amount OF. his
proposal. and in the form provided by
INDIANA STATE HIGHWAY
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INJURED MAN IN COMA
Former High School Athlete Still in
Serious Condition.
BIZ Times Special

y TTHt9 NWttIlI
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June H.
Injured almost two weeks ago when
he fell from an ice truck, Joe Wood
ruff, former local high school ath-
lete, still is in a semi-coma at the
Bloomington hospital. He will re-
cover. however. doctors declare.
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Houses for Rent

ADDISON. g.. 402-6-room. pantry. back
porch. garage: SIT. Be. 1877.
ALABAMA. NJ. 2361-Attrac. 7-rn. double
Owners home. fine cond.: can have furn.
Of Ki. Din. rm., / hd. nm. laundry: reas.
ARROW. 1888 room serni-rnodern; $50.
Adults only. Oh. 400
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HELD ON CHECK CHARGE
I6-Year- Old Boy Pleads 81 Just
Didn't Know Better"
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
VINCENNES, Ind, June 12.-'Tm
only a country boy and I didn't
know better" said Gilbert Baker, IS,
of Wheatland, held here on a fraud
ulent check charge.
Police Chief Thomas Martin had
different ideas on the subject and
ordered the boy held for further
Investigation.
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GARY INJURED RECOVER
Only Ten Still In Hospital From
Grand stand Fail Injuries.

BIZ Times Special
GARY, Ind, June 12.-Ten Of the
persons injured in the collapse Of a
grand stand at the Marquette park
pageant here Monday night still are
in hospital, suffering from fractures.
The remainder, however, all have
recovered and have been released
from the hospitals.
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TOUGHER THAN CROOKS
Filling Station Attendant Routs Two
WOuId-be Bandits.
N Times Special

BIZ Times Special
HAMMOND, Ind, June 12.-Gun-
men might just as well stay away
from Vasle Schwowich, local filling
station attendant.
Two Negroes attempted to hold
up Vasle. He dived upon the one
holding the pistol and wrested the
weapon from him. The other ban
dit he slashed over the back of a
hand with a putty knife he hap
pened to be holding. The would
be holdup men fed.
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Houses for Sale

43s N TACOMA AVE- rooms: modern.
front-driye garage. paved street and
alley mo, BARRETT. east front. 5212 feet
possessed. selling cheap a. SO. ESQ 90; rea-
sonable terms LAWRENCE J. SEXTON.
REALTOR. Indiana Trust Bldg. Ri. ISL.
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Held for Zoe Hound Theft

~ IAHt3 bUtciuI
WASHINGTON. Ind, June l2-
Virgil Fisher, %, is held here
charged with the theft Of three
valuable fox hounds from a Daviess
county farm.
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Rent Housekeeping Rooms

LOVELY RM-Private home. north: priv
ileges; home cooking Ha. 2l41
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McGuffeyites will hold their an
nual picnic Saturday in Brookside
park with program of violin music,
readings and short speeches.
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ARROW. 1901

Groom mod single; garage; reduced
to s22. 30.
scHAID d SMITH, nc. REALTORS.
BEILEFONTAINE. 2oiO-8-room mod. 2
car garage; SIS He. 1910.
BELLEFONTAINE, 2325-2T-Mod, 6 rms,
- i.. .sa.. A = ror,.ss !. -.a..caA- L enoa-
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Household Goods
Houses for Rent

III IT ITT HMM TI
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TWO SUSPECTED
AS SLAYERS OF
SOCIETY BEAUTY
Grand Jury Hears Story of
Hectic Life, Ending in
Mystery Death.

the drama reaches out to touch
prominent Boston circles, the off,
GERS and passengers Of trans-Atlan-
tic liners and episodes in London
hotels.
Through it all the figure Of Starr
Faithful, beautiful, impetuous,
sometimes naughty and sometimes
gaily vivacious, moves always mys-
teriously.
Diary Withholds Names
She appears to have confided little
of her life to any one. Even the
little diary, a record of adventures
with men dating back to her board
ing school days, betrays few names
that are spelled out. But there are
many initials.
L have experienced every sensa-
ton life holds" she wrote in it
once.
That was two years ago, however,
and since then Starr had met and
fallen in love with many other men.
While the diary often bares momen-
tary moods of depression, in which
the word Suicide" is mentioned,
District Attorney Edwards prac-
tically has eliminated the theory
that she took her own life.
Seek Two Men
Mostly, the small book is a bro
ken, impressionistic narrative of
men admired and forgotten. 1t
mirrors the instability of her emo
tons as she moved through a party
mad set Of friends in Greenwich
Village, on ocean steamers during
her eight trips to Europe, and in
London.
The days most important de
velopments in the case we're divided
between New York and London. In
this city detectives we're searching
fer two men believed to have been
with Starr a week ago tonight,
when she disappeared from the
home Of her stepfather, Stanley E.
Faithful, who lives in a once-aris-
tocratic but now somewhat shabby
old house in Greenwich Village.
The men we're believed to have
been those to whom the young
woman was introduced last May %
on the liner Franconia, from which
she was taken, supposedly intoXi-
Gated, after the boat had left for
England
Had Wonderful Time
District Attorney Edwards is
working on theory that she was
with these men frequently up to the
time of her death
Il had wonderful time with two
men today" Starr had remarked to
her younger sister, Elizabeth Tucker
Faithful, a few days before she dis
appeared. I'm going out with them
again tomorrow"
More details about the Franco
illd CJloOACg AlOWCFC4g NdlllC 1lOlll
London, as we'll as details of a visit
-hich Starr, her sister and her
other, Mrs. Helen Wyrnann Faith
lull, made to London in 1928,
Had Plenty of Money
On that visit, according to. United
Press dispatches today, a peers
son" who knew the family said that
Starr went about London dressed in
expensive gowns and with plenty Of
money, while her family, apparently
financially embarrassed at the mo-
ment, lived in want at a small place
in Chelsea.
An unofficial London inquiry also
revealed Rudolph Haybrook, a scenic
artist, who claimed to have been one
of STAIRS best friends in the British
capital. Haybrook said in his opinion
she was murdered because she was
the principal witness in a $4,000
out-of- court settlement which would
have caused a sensation if it had
been revealed and which involved a
prominent person.
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Indianapolis. Indiana.
June 10. 1881.

We viii sell at public auction on June
10Th. 1881 at a. m, one Gardner coupe.
motor number. 4HMr5I55. serial number
oDF5l 10 satisfy charges on same in the
emount OF S82.50 Said sale will be held
at 324 w. Georgia St. Indianapolis. Ind
lSlgneol DON HERR COMPANY.
JOHN. W. SPEICHER has sold all his in
1erest IN Indiana Rabbitries. 327 PEOPLES
BANK Bldg.. 70 Rowan Cortright.
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Rooms for Rent

aMS-730 N. Illinois: 100 rms.
VII alcn fifr anarfran-fr
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BROADWAY. 2O62-3 modern large clean
rms, built-in features. sink. cool. ground
Ia
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Ask Road Improvement Bids

State tax commissioners today
ordered bids for improvement of
the George E. Bornbroke road in
Perry township for which bond
issue of $1,000 has been approved.
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The City
i'm Brief
SATURDAY EVENTS

Indiana Stamp Club tri-state meet
ing. Locker0ie.
McGuffeyites picnic, Brookside park.
Beta Theta ri luncheon, Board of
Trade.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon luncheon, Cham
Der of Commerce.
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Prospect. 333-Near Eli Lilly; new, at
tractive and broom apartments. large
closets, French doors, hardwood floors
throughout, basement. Peerless furnace,
large porches, all spick and span, concrete
garage. SIS, s28, S31. water paid; adults.
Oh. 3079. One block from Madison ave.
OLORED-Highland Pl. 2846: 5-room
double. semi-nod.. garage. Ia. 6675.
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David F. Harmon. Ipdianano

David F. Harmon, Indianapolis,
once prominent in athletics at Ca
thedral high school, was grad
uated Thursday from st. Xavier
university, at Cincinnati. Harmon
played four seasons Of football at
ST. Xavier and was captain of the
1880 team. 49,
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C. 3. COLEMAN.
T-.-,As

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLTC HEARING
Public Service Commission Docket NO
IN THE MATTER OF THE APP1IcA.
PANY FOR CONSENT AND AUTHORITY
TO ISSUE AND SELL SECURITIES.
Notice is hereby given that the Public
service Commission of Indiana will con,
duct public hee ring N the above entitled
cause in the Rooms of Commission 81
indian polls; Ind. at 10 o'clock a. m. OF
June IS 1881
Public participation in this hearing i,
requested by the Commission.
PUBL!C SERVICE COMMISSION OF IN
BY HOWELL ELLIS.
r-s,.,,- Commissioner.
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PREFER E-N-T OIL
Instructions
GOLF BEGINNERS

GOLF BEGINNERS
lessons. 50. Phone Ia. 1914.
FREE HAWAIIAN GUITAR-To each new
pupil; play popular music in IL weeks
by radio artists: Oh. 0521-J. M. Dollinger.
SPECIAL OFFER-Of six weeks free in
struction in pipe organ, voice and piano
for the enrolment fee Of So. Lessons
valued from $40 to $40 a term. IT. O956.
SELL. RENT OR BUY REAL ESTATE
through classified ads in the Times.
Phone 'ad-taker" Ri. 5551. during busi-
ness hours
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INDIANA STATE HIGHWAY
f-0NFlFTGcTTNnJ
j. ]. BROWN. Director.

n - ! 1 y T.
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, ONCE of
Mellor. 40 East 18th Street, New York,
be received at the OFFICE Of the George
Rogers Clark Sesqujcentennial Commits
sion Room 1874 Statehouse. Indianapolis,
Indiana. until II O'Clock A. M. Standard
the construction of the George Rogers
Clark Memorial monumental type of
building OF approximately COG. 900 cubic
feet in size, to be built near the Wabash
with. the plans, proflles and specifications
which drawings and specifications may be
examined at the Office of the Commission
aforesaid. at Room S34 Statehouse. IN
Vincennes Chamber of Commerce, in the
City Hall. Vincennes. Indiana. and at the
Office OF the Architects aforesaid. at 30
East 49th Street, New York, N. Y. Bid
Specifications may obtain same from the
ARCHITECTS aforesaid at $1,000 per set.
Bidders will be required to furnish with
each, bid. guarantee bond in amount
MS base bid to execute contract if his
bid is accepted.
All bids mus be submitted in trlplicete
upon Standard Experiment. Form for
BIDS, ard successful bidder is required
TO execute StardaTl Government Form OF
Contract for CONSTRUCTION. The right is
hereby reserved as the interest Of the
or all bids. to waive anv informality in
pas received, and to accept or reject any
items OF any bid unless such bid is
c ous4iiHeG by Spscihc nmita tions. Envelopes
oon ZEN e., 5!ds must be sealed and
ROGERS Clark Memorial" and addressed
GEORGE Rogers Clark sesouicentennial
Commission. Room 1874 State House. m
dianapo.is. Indiana.
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2016 Hoyt
1881 Kenwood, S25

ILL S.. 1915 rooms mod. except
furnace. garage. water pd.; $3.50. He.
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Exhibits of rare stamps will be a
part of the third annual tri-state
stamp collectors meeting sponsored
by the Indiana Stamp Club Sat
urday and Sunday at the Lockerbie.
The exhibit is open to the public.
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The Ideal Furniture Co.

227 w. Washington st.
The "Cut-Price" Quality Furniture Co.
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BELLEFONTAINE. 1131-Front 2-rm. apt.
oYerstuffed in-a-door bed, sink. IS; other
81 50 I'm
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summer rates; gar: yard. Ia. 5000.
DRAPER. 1875 rooms. water paid gas.
cleo: nicely papered: sI6. Hu. 1858.
DENNY. N. ll0S-Cozy 4-room mod. bun
Ralow double; gar; wa. pd. Wa. 3347.
FULTON, 728-6-room semi-mod.: redeco-
rated; near Real Silk; s18. IT. 0l04.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-14
BY OWEN L. SCOTT.
al nisnAtch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star:
CHICAGO, July 14.-Reports are re-
ceived by grain interests here OF sales
of new wheat in the Southwest at
prices as low as IS cents bushel.
This represents q decline OF approx.
mately 400 per cent since the Federal
Farm Board initiated its STERILIZATION
policy less than two years ago.
Prices of the actual grain, at the
present level. are unprecedented in this
country, and, according to q survey
made BY George Broomhall, the English
grain authority, they are the lowest
since the Middle Ages, even in Europe.
The price Of wheat for future deliv-
cry at Chicago, established on the Board
of Trade, still is approximately cents
above the record low made back in 1894.
when it reached only fractionally above
so cents. 1t is over twice the 25-cent
minimum price paid for grain delivered
by farmers in the harvesting area, and
the local future price for July delivery
is about 10 cents above parity with
the Liverpool market. when the ship
ping difference Is subtracted.
May Urge Fee Plan.
PAYMENT of present prices explains,
so grain men say, the political unrest in
farm areas. When Congress conVenes,
expressions Of individual members show
that there will be demand for trial
of the McNary -Haugen plan OF market
ing by the use of an equalization fee.
There also is expected to be an assault
on the Chicago Board Of Trade through
the scheme Of Senator Arthur Capper
of Kansas to impose stringent trading
regulations.
This prospect, the success of which
would involve virtual END to a free
trading market, causes local elements
friendly to the local board of trade to
suggest new rules, formulated by 1t, to
curb excessive activity on either the
bear or the bull side Of the market.
Today there was a tendency on the
part Of traders to see more justiflca-
ton for President Hoover's attack on
short selling under present market con-
ditions. They emphasized the marked
effect which even limited sales could
have on market as limited in volume
of trade as the present one. But point
was made of the fact that the open in
terest in wheat at the opening of trade
Yesterday morning was only 108, 749, 900
bushels compared with 264, $780, 900 a
year ago. The open interest represents
hedging sales to merchandise grain, as
we'll as short sales for speculative pur-
poses and the total now is 00,000,000
bushels smaller than the commercial
stocks of wheat. At the same time mar
ketings Of new wheat, which frequently
are hedged by short sales, are running
at an almost record rate. Last weeks
primary receipts were 20,728,000 bushels
compared with 1927 900 last year.
The principal short seller III the mar
ket is not q trader well kpoNn to The