U.S.A. WHEAT SUPPLY
DROIjOHT CAUSES SHORTAGE
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WASHINGTON, August 5.
The recent drought was pronounced officially to-day by Mr. J. B. Kincer, in a Weather Bureau report, as by far the most severe in the history of the climate of the United States. Mr. H. A. Wallace (Secretary for Agriculture) said that the 1934 drought was worse in the spring and early summer, but for duration and geographical scope, the present was tho worst on . record. Mt. Wallace explained that the country had imported 35,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat in 1934, and that the present spring wheat crop was in still shorter supply.
PRICE OF FLOUR.
[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]
RUGBY, August 5.
Tlie price of flour is now at the highest point for several years, and an advance in the price of bread is under consideration by the London Bakers Association.
The price of flour has risen 10 times in the last two months, the aggregate increase being 7/6 for 280 pounds.
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