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OHIO AT WHEELING
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Another Ice Blockade is '
Backing Water up into j
Cincinnati.
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WATER iSOGFEETTHERE
Thaw Which Will JtJegin Tomorrow
Will Make Conditions
Worse.
' KBy Associated Press)
WHEELING, Feb. 1.?A great new
gorge has formed in the Ohio river,
extending from New Martinsville to
three miies above dam No. 12, a dis^
.tance of 45 miles at nine o'clock. It
Is 'fespected to extend much farther
un stream before night.
CINCINNATI. Feb. J.?The Ohio riv- [
er went over the 60 feet mark here during
the night or more than 10 feet
t above danger line and it is bringing
privation and hardships to hundreds
of families living in the lowlands.
The wintry weather added to the dis- <
comfort and likewise hindered the
work of mercantile establishments in
getting storage goods out of basements
and houses in the flooded area.
The ice gorge which runs from Rising
Sun. Ind.. to Madison. Ind., continues
to hold and river experts agree ,
that no relief from the present flood
can be.expected until the gorge breaks
and allows from 15 to 17 feet of watei
that under ordinary conditions would
not be here, to' run out.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.?Thaws In
the Ohio Valley tomorrow and Sunday
forecast critical conditions along the
lower Ohio, and the in thte rivers of
Kentucky and Tennessee during the
next 48 hours. Warmer weather
kmtohmit M?it is predicted. I
"A change to warmer weather will
et In in the lake region and the Ohio
valley Saturday continuing Sunday,
when fine- weather may be expected.
A special weather bulletin says:
"Somewhat wanner weather will
overspread the middle Atlantic and
New England states Sunday night or
Monday and the temperature will
pass above freezing Monday, possibly
Sunday afternoon. Conditions along
the lower Ohio river and in rivers of
Kentucky and Tennessee will be more
or less critical during the next 4S
hours.
Rivesyille Road j
Partly Cleared of Ice
Considerable progress is being made^
in clearing the ice orf the county ]
reads, but in most instances only haif I
of the work has been completed thus
far.
The road from Rivesville to South
Rlvesville. where the B. & O. freight
station is located h?- i>eeu cleared of
ice so that the road connects the
T'aw Parr road and traffic can go that
way. Six men arc at work on four
different roads.
I DANCING
BRIDGE
? Proceeds for the Red Cross.
| Thursday. Feb'y. TLh. S:SO o'clock.
J ?i.uu pvr pciwii.
| THE FAIRMONT
{ COMMITTEE.
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Beef, Pork, Lamb
and Veal
Special supply of
I all pork sausage. Dress- i
ed chckens, butter and
eggs. Best hams and ;ij
i bacon. Deliveries to all j
parts of the city.
G. T. FEDERER
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111 Fairmont Ave. i
j Phone 118 R. ii
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PEOPLE WHO
THOUGHT SI
J Now We Know What
Extract from a famous letter of
naval attache in America, to his wil
his portfolios:
"I always tell these IDIOTIC Y.
their tongues."
Extract quoted by Victor Morgai
deutschland":
"ENTHUSIASM FOR HUMAN!'
are notions needed in civil life on!y.
right, because it IS the German
87,000,000/'
IX RIIRIFI! TOHAVi
IV VVSBIteW
Floral Tributes Perhaps the
Most Profuse Ever Seen
in This City.
The funeral of Sergeant Arlington
Flensing, only son of Col. and Mrs. A.
Howard Fleming, whose death occur- ,
red on Wednesday morning following
an operation performed a week previous
for appendicitis, took place this
afternoon at three o'clock from the
residence of his uncle, Glenn F. Barns,
on First street.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
A. E. Fletcher, a former pastor of the
M. P. Temple of Pittsburg, who In his
remarks paid a glowing tribute to the ]
life and character of the young man. 1
A selected quartette composed or
Misses Bertba Dilgrade. Itaedel Hemdon.
Lamar Satterfield and Dr. Carter
L. leming sans effectively "Lead
Kindly Light" and "Some Day We'll
Understand," and Dr. Fleming, who
was a close associate of the deceased,
sang "In the Morning."
The body of the young man rested
on a flag draped couch clad in his
khaki uniform and the white apron
of the Bluelodge antf was surrounded
by a profusion of floral emblems, the
like..of which probably had never been
seen in the city -before. The large
room in which he lay was literaly em
banked with emblems of all description.
In the background rested a floral
emblem representing the American
flag fashioned of red, white and blue
flowers. This pr.ee was the gift of
| the Quartermasters corps of Camp
i Shelby at Hattiesburg. Miss., of which
[ corps Mr. Fleming was a member. Va;
rious organizations, among them the
I National Bank of Fairmont, the Phi
] Kappi Psi fraternity, and the Masonic
lodge sent handsome floral tributes.
The funeral was largely attended by
I sorrowing relatives and friends. Following
the services the body Was conveyed
to Woodlawn cemetery where it
was laid to rest .
Fairmont Lodge No. 9. Masons conducted
ritualists services at the grave j
and as the body was lowered into the!
grave "taps" was sounded by .Will
McLaughlin a bugler.
The Phi Kappa Psi fratemitF at1
tended the funeral in a body and a
^committee front the Red Cross was
also present.
The active pall bearers were Herschel
M. Hill. Thomas L. Henderson.
W. N. ESng'.e, T. Alva Hall. J. Frank
Richie and Roland Wallis, associates
in the bank where the deceased was
employed and all of them members
of Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A.. F. & A.
M.
j The honorary pallbearers were se;
lected from among the bank staff and
? tVio Ph? ICanna
I l uIII iii*- uicuiurio v* tuv r,?
Psi fraternity and as follows: From
the bank?Walton Miller. X. E. Jamison.
L. K. Randall. Herschel Barnes.
I John II. Rock. James H. Thomas.
Charles Shaver. Clyde A. Hill. Carl
I). Springer, and Larry Clrosta; from
; the Phi Pap pa Psi?R* Leigh Fleming.
1 J. G. Prichard. Tusca Morris, Dr. C.
W. Waddell. M. E. Morgan. A. S. Flem:
Ing. Walter Barnes. Charles EJ. WayI
man. Brooks leming. Jr.. Charles G.
! Hood. W. M. Kennedy. R. S. Reed,
j James Kennedy. Noel Weaver. Paul
: Haymond. Victor Shaw, and B. * B.
! Laidley and J. P. Dawson, of Charleston,
intimate fraternity associates of
the deceased.
Embargo Lifted
| On Mine Material;
I Mine material consigned directly to
a mine to be used in the production of
coal may be shipped on the lines of
i the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. John
1 D. Anthony. Vocal freight^ agent, has
received orders announcing the above
( exception to the embargo now effective.
Other than the shipping of mine ma- j
terial anil feed 'or domestic and anl- j
1 mal consumption, the embargo on the j
Baltimore and Ohio has not been lifted
! Laborers Wanted
/ in Shipping Department. Apply
! OWENS BOTTLE
MACHINE CO.
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Do You Read the
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POISONED T1
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V on Papen Meant! M
Captain von Papen. former German
'e apropos of the stealing of one of
ANKEES that they had better hold
i from von Tannenberg's "Gross- "j
rv IS IDIOCY. Right and wrong
The German people is always (
people, and because it numbers ,
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EiS FOR WEEK
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Draft Board Has But 400
More Cases to Pass
Upon.
The local draft board yesterday eveDing
completed-the first part of their
classifications. No more classifications
-will be anounced until the first
of next week. At present toe ooarc
is busy completing their remaining
400 classifications. These will be announced
next week.
The remaining classifications not already
announced are:
Class One.
Order N"o.
1365?Andrew J. Wiison.
1519?Harry W. Hager.
1543?J. J. Hayes. I
12S8?Morris Weintrob.
1169?A. S. Boggess.
1507?Charles M. Satterfield.
1297?Charles Gamp.
1534?Lloyd Williams.
3191?Jfim Hawkins.
1611?Leslie Satterfield.
1534?Willie Lenton Davis.
1247?C. H. Shelton.
1523?J. D. DeVault.
1542?William Eubanks.
1114?R. V. Coleman.
770?George Robinette.
1302?Antonio Fibbi.
1544?Hershel Dexter. ,
1383?Cencenzo Pelrite.
391?Carmine. Vetere.
1112?E. C. Hess.
534?L. K. Berry.
837?Abraham Reitman.
651?Phllippi Cicerelii.
1454?Joshua Earl Windsor.
1501?Earl Henry Becker.
1236?Hugh Ray Barryman.
Sfil?Hot Rrrol Cotter. I .
836?Michael R. McLinder.
995?Lawrence E. Ballinger.
8S1?Raymond Moore fisher.
S9o?Walter Layman.
374?Leigh G. Giordano.
1565?John Henry Kuhn.
573?Salvatore Carlomagrio.
807?Glenn G. Douglas.
Class Two.
594?Chester H. Tarleton.
Class Three.
473K. Clay Bunneg.
1567?Royal S. Woodward.
434?Leslie Hagan Dyke.
Class Four.
975?Gus Davis.
1343?Howard L. Satterfield.
1323?Frank Dary.
1483?Everett Rosco Redman.
1291?Eli Daugherty.
154S?Jaspler Hugh McElroy.
1569?Lonnie Richards.
543?Charles Harper Butler.
1435?William Vigno.
1520?Levi Could Jenkins.
1602?Ambrose Brandenwate.
1591?Ernest Clay Miller.
1577?George Allen Phillips.
1131?Phillip F. Grimes. |
1566?Yincenzo Cataria. i
1164?Howard Curtis Brown.
1439?John Bert Baker.
14"S?Sherman Wetzel.
1262?Harry C. Pitzer.
1388?Jar Linn Hough.
272?Word Keller Murphy.
1?Vanve H. Harrington.
12S2?Walter Guy Kener.
1466?Lawrence A- Radford.
1497:?Delba Lee Cornwell.
1545?Robert. Lindsay Robey.
1336?James Henry Sapp.
1197?Kaymond Alfred Alltop.
1506?Clarence E. Merrifleld.
(Continued on Page (4)
Shinnston Water
Famine is Cured
Because or a Dursteu water mam
Shinnstou was .without water all last
night and" all morning. After trying
to get relief from Clarksburg, and
other points to no avail, the Sbinnston
waier aumonnes la is ujuiumg win
"Walter Commissioner Ira L. Smith on
the telephone. The call was received
by Commissioner Smith aboat 11
o'clock and in less than an hour he
had a large six Inch-water gate valve
on the way to Shlnnstom.
It was received at Shinnston at 1
o'clock and immediately connected up
with the main lines. As a result
Shinnston Is now supplied with water.
"i he bursted line maSe it necessary
to shut down the water pumps until
tne water gate valve was secured,
tiijnnsion was out of any extra valves j
as'was Clarksburg. j
Advertisements Rei
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jE GERMAN
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IX i nut uixjid i
Allege Professors and Writ
ers are Feeling Pinch of
War Keenly.
fHE mm NEI
They Are Compelled to Do
Penance in Many Painful
Ways.;
The boastful prophets of the
Teuton superman have become
today the worst sufferers in Germany!
The very men who helped the
Kaiser most to bring about the
German war of aggression are now
suffering the most as a direct result
of that war!
Victor Morgan, editor of the
Cleveland Press, in today's installment
of his great series of
revelations. "WHAT IS GOING
ON* IN GERMANY," points out
the stern but almost ludicrous
punishment already meted out by
blind justice to these accomplices
in the Kaiser's crime.
They called themselves Invincible
supermen destined to exploit
nil the riches of the world. And
instead of ruling the world they
have now been reduced to abject
poverty. "Shabby-genteel supermen'*
is what Morgan calls them.
Read this gripping article today,
the third of the great series he is
writing exclusively in Fairmont
for The West Virginian.
By VICTOR MORGAN.
Editor of The Cleveland Precs.
(Copyright. 191S, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
No groups in civil Germany must
bear a greater measure of responsibility
for the world war than:"
The school teachers.
JThe college professors.
The'office holders.
The newspaper writers.
Mark now the moving of the hand
of justice?retributive justice, the kind
the poet sings about. For?the groups
in civil Germany who are suffering
most today are:
The school teachers.
The college professors.
The office holders.
The newspaper writers.
It is they who put the poison in the
Tact-wells and drugged the German
people into - condition that made it
easy for the Kaiser and the militarists
to work their will with them.
Teachers, professors, newspaper
writers and officeholders are wage
(Continued on Pase Nine.)
Wall Street Haying
Bull Market Day
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. ? Influenced
largely by peace rumors which carried
prices upward early trading on
the stock market gave promise of one
of the biggest day's movements of the
year.
Sales of the first hour approximated
400,000 shares or at the rate of two
? ? '? ~ Wt
million soarea iui <v iu.. ^ .
only were professional operators prominent
in the movement but commission
houses reported a decided increase
of public interest from out oi
town centers, particularly in the middle
west.
Poles in Russia
Rise Against Reds
fBy Associated Press)
LOXDOX. Feb. 1.?News has reach
ed Kiev from Minsk that the Polish
legion has declared war against the
Bolsheviki.
Bot'a German and Russian armies
contain divisions made up of Poles.
The Germans had organized a Polish
legion but it was disbanded several
month ago to make way for a Polish
national army.
Minsk is behind the Russian lines
which -would indicate that Pole* in
the Russian army hare revolteo
against the Bolshevik!.
Kailroader Nabbed
For Having Booze
Frank Pearl, a B. & O. switchman
was arrested upon the arrival of the
B. & O. neon train today at the B
& O. station by Deputy Sheriffs Beat
ty and Hood. He had ten pints and
three quart bottles of whiskey in a
handbag. He came from. Wheeling
and apparently made his purchase at
Belial re. O. A warrant was served
upon him and Justice Musgrove wil
hear the case.On
the same train the county off!
cers found an unclaimed handbag
which contained eight quarts of whis
key.
jularly? They Cont
THE GE
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j Kurca learner
Covered Route
On Ice*Skates
Originality Is at a premium these
days and one of Uncle Sam's rural
j mail carriers on Thursday pulled
off the unusual in this regard.
Chalian Ice, the carrier on rural
; route No. 1 out of Fairmont delivl
ered his mail matter on skates. Ice
had the mail pouch thrown over
his shoulder and he made good time
1 at that.
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im mm not
1LUIKL UIUILIII IlUt
TO BESlfT IINTIL
ML WORKED OUT
Practical Coal Men Here Believe
It Will Bring
Relief.
Local mining men this morning
of the ooinion that dispatches
[ from the -east which indicate that anI
other serious coal scarcity will occur
j within a few days are quite within the
t mark. The situation has been growI;
ing progressively worse in this district
and now even the railroads are not
getting all the coal they need and that
; is expected to complicate the situaJ
tion very soon.
I At Washintgon the Fnel administration
is working hard on the zone system,
which practical coal men here
i regard with much favor as beVg the
only thing in sight which gives promise
of increasing the car service, but
nothing can be done along that line
until the plans are worked out com
F*?- The
zone system Is snch a huge
thing In a country of snch magnificent
distances as this one that an attempt
to apply it before the details are worked
out both by the Fuel administration
. and the railroads would simply be to
, inrite disaster, so nothing will be
done until everything and every indi;
vidual upon which the system is goj
ing to rest is all ready for the word
to go.
I Yesterday the following additional
I representatives were named by the
I Fuel administration:
i C. M. Roeherig. of Ashland. Ky.. for
the counties *of Boyd, Carter. Floyd.
Johnson and Letcher, and a part of the
county of Pike.
J. P. Cameron, of Altoona. Pa., for
' the coal fields of central Pennsylvania.
More than half the 20 districts
which, it is estimated, will be the number
needed have now been provided
with representatives, but naming the
men is merely a beginning. "When the
transportation and other phases are
taken up charges ia the district lines
n<w??rv. hut at all
!usa.y uc *.vuuu ? ?
events the scheme will be all set up
and not started out in a haphazard
j manner.
AW*!
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Blaze in Richardson Grocery
Had Good Start Before
Discovery.
Fire resulting in damages amount
ing to $13,000 tarted ia the P. L. Rich
ardson grocery store at Manningtor
i earlyt his momiag. The cause of the
fire is unknown. It started about 1:3(
o'clock but was not discovered until it
had partially destroyed the building
The grocery store where the fire
i started was located on Market street
! and was in a two story frame building
owned by Mrs. Zana Blackshere. s
widow residing at Manniugton. In the
same building there was a shoe store
: owned by Claud C. Basnett. The build
i lug which was partialty insured was
totally destroyed.
Quite a bit of merchandise was
saved by Mr. Richardson, but every
thing in the shore store was destroy
ed. Loss in the shoe store is estimat
ed at $5,000 and in the grocery store
at $8,000.
The building is separated from the
; Bartlett hotel by a small alley. Then
: was a quick response from the citizem
in fighting the fire, otherwise it woulc
' have been spread to other ports of th<
: town. Volunteer fire fighters aimec
. only to keep the flames from spread
I ing.
| Visited Sick Home?Attorney Pan
G. Armstrong returned yesterday fron
. Akron O.. where he risited his broth
. er. Cleon. who had been ill with pneu
. monia and scarlet fever, bat is no*
i well on the road to improvement.
ain Much Valuable
:rman <
'HUM Iff EXT!
STRIKERS IK IMI
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One Berlin Policeman Killed
in the Suburbs
Yestei
HIUIK WONT PAY
I VlllVilV W m W w m
I Berlin Newspaper Scolds the
Spending Their Idle T
On a He
| GERMA
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WITH THE AMERCAft
j Feb. It?Amercan officers at
| possession of documents sai<
i Germans opposite our posith
j treatment to be accorded pr:
The document says thj
| ommissioned and non comn
j ing captured are to be kept h
out food and compelled to s
' end of the f Dur day period or
i are to be given them, althou
this point is lacking.
<By Associated Press) < ,
LONDON. Feb. 1.?Martial law has j
I been extended to Bremen and Hamel- I.
} ingen. & nearby town, according to re-!
I ports received here.
] -The Vorwaerts. of Berlin, in an
Inouncing its suppression for three j <
days, says this step was taken because
I It iflcited to a massed strike. ; i
The strikers at Nnrenburg. Bavaria. !
i have resumed work after a two-day :
demonstration strike. j
It is reported that the German gov- :
ernment up to this time has prevented j:
the strike from extending to railway :
and tramways and the workers em- i
ployed in the production and distribution
of food.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 3.?There was j:
a clash between strikers and the po- :
< lie? in tae nurm ?caic?u >>? * <- .
,lin Thursday. One policercan was:;
; killed and a dozen strikers injured, i :
I There were minor disturbances in I <
j other sections and in the suburbs of ; :
J Berlin. i <
. The trades unions are declining to 11
pay out strike benefits as an indica- i)
tion of the lack of centralized direc-1 i
IH BARTLETT CASE
Action to Secure $150,000 on
Agreement?ManningI
ton Interested.
Judge Haymond in Circuit court;
this morning handed aown an ,
. ant oral opinion in the case of J. A.
Bowen Knotts, of Mannington, xz.
Fred W. Bartlett, of Mannington. in
which he sustained the demurrer to
the original and amended bills.
The suit is the outgrowth of oil de.
Telopment amounting to $300,000 in
which -Knotts claimed he was entitled j
! to one-half of that amount by virtue
, of a p/.icr purporting to set forth that
j! he was a co-partner with Bartlett in
. j the transaction. The judge in his
" j opinion held that the paper was not a
i j bona fide agreement and that Knotts j
was not a partner in the Batson leases, i
I The attorneys in the case are WVM.}
| Hess for the plaintift and Senator W.
. Scott Meredith. Frank C. Haymead,
\ L. S. Schwenk and Harry Shaw.
Quaker City Weavers
Co Out on Strike j
(By Associated Press)'
> PHILADELPHIA. Feb. J. ? Cloth !
I -weavers employed in 50 mills in this I
> j city went on strike today for increased I
s wages. The strike was ordered last.
i night at a meeting of the Cloth Weav-!
I ers" Union and according to onion
s leaders about 3,000 workers respondI
ed to the call.. Many of the mills af
fected are working on government contracts.
The weavers "strcck several months
I ago bat a majority of them recently
i returned to work after their grievances
- has been adjusted. Thirty-two mills.
. it was said at the time, signed new
7 contracts with strikers leaving about
1,000 out.
News These Days
STRIKE I
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MFDII) RflFUPK I
.HULU IV UIII.IIII.IV .
WK AT WORK J
During: Clash With Striker*
of That City
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JT1E BENEFITS 1
Strikers Because They Axe
ime as If They Were
liday.
)SPITALITY |1
I Press) V3M
rFORCES IN FRANCE?
the front have come into
3 to have been taken from
>11 and which deal with the
isoners. - _ :;f|8
it all prisoners including.
missioned officers after be- _ - -3
o pso-pc: -for- fmir rla vs with- * . v vS
land all the time. At the
ily small quantities of food
gh definite information on
tion. It is said that only a few of the
bit; plants of Berlin were forced to
suspend operations completely.
The part played by Phillip Scbeideniann.
Pried rich Ebert and Herr
Braun. Socialist leaders, is explained _
on the ground that they are anxious _
lo prevent the strike from retltlting in
disorganization and rioting. ... ... _
THiile the parly as "sncS 'indorses
the Dolitical demand regarding domes
tic affairs -which were mode by the +
strikers it is believed generally that t) :'3j
it definitely disapproves the presept
strike as an instrument for. forcing
the government to meet the demands.
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AMSTERDAM. Feb. 1.?The Kreoz
Zietung. of Berlin, prints an abusive
article regarding the strikers who, it
says, are behaving as though on a holiday.
Great numbers of them, according
to the newspaper, gather at a famous
Berlin restaurant and it is the
class of which the strikers form a
part that makes up a large proportion .*aJJ
sf the patrons of the opera, the most ,
frivolous theatres, wine shops, moving
picture houses and dance and music .'
Ft^lirrPKIV i ATOnA
SI HI AlilUKS 1
HAVE CHOSEN PLAIT I
Rehearsals of the Time of
His Life Have Already
Begun.
'The Time of His Life" is the name
of the annual Junior play to be siren
at the high school this year. It is
a three act comedy written by Mies
C. Leona Dalrymple. In the play
there are six males and three females.
Direction of the play will be in charge
of Miss Pearl Hodges of the High '
school faculty. ./? .
Several rehearsals have already
been held, although no definite data# .'s?
has been set for the play. Rehearsals
are being held on Thursday evening ' - *?8
and Saturday morning of each weeklast
year the " Junior class of the
high school presented the Blossoming
of Mary Ann. a play of unusual Inter- . est.
The Junior class this year, will i.jSgjSM
try to equal the play presented last ^
yea^_and has chosen "The Time oi
His Life,*' as tie title roii. * . - . .
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Says Victory Bread
Will be High Priced *^s|
CBy Associated Press)
WHEELING, Feb. L ?Fred-G.
Stroehipann, a leading baker, said today
that Victory bread -would sell tar
more at the store than the prevailing
price of white wheat flour bread, ow- ?3
ing to the high price of substitutes. | - V
Mr. Stroehmann said barley, rye and " 3gj
rice flour have gone up enormously v 'Vga
A,rfT** fact that they are sot
tinder government control and brok- '
ers have taken advantage of this fact. . ^"-sS
Bakers are not permitted to advertise
new product as "Victory bread"
until -fnli 20 per cent, substitution ig. ;
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