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Show WILL PROBE PRICES OF FOOD PRODUCTS CHICAGO, Nov. 1. Drastic and immediate im-mediate action will be taken in the federal fed-eral investigation of the soaring prices of food products, Charles F. Clyne, United States district attorney, announced. an-nounced. Mr. Clyne said that he had information informa-tion that jobbers in Peoria, Springfield and East St. Louis hold da ilv conver sations over long-distance telephones and fix the prices of foodstuffs. "We are also informed," Mr. Clyne said, 'that these same jobbers control prices on foods throughout Ohio, Mis-1 souri and Iowa, and the southern and j central portions of Illinois." |