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Show whKices Breaks 9 3-8 Cents Likelihood Likeli-hood of Armistice in Europe Causes General Unloading. Un-loading. Chicago, Nov. 27. Wheat prices came down today with a crash, breaking break-ing in some cases aa much as 9 3-S cents a bushel. Big sales by some of the leading houses started a general movement to unload holdings and gave an opening for aggressive selling by bears. Talk of the likelihood of an armistice armis-tice in Europe had considerable to do with weakening tho market and so also had warnings of tho presonce of a fighting submarine In the Atlantic. Continued reference to a possible embargo em-bargo by tho United States was likewise like-wise a factor. July wheat, in which tho greatest decline took place, fell to $1,45 as compared com-pared with ?1.54 1-8 to $1.54 3-S at tho finish on Saturday. In later dealings tho market scored rallies. The greatest recovery was in tho last hour and was due to an unexpected unex-pected falling off shown In tho United States visible supply. Prices, how-over, how-over, closed at not losses of 3 1-4 to 4 l-4c net a bushel with December at $1.73 to 1.73 6-8, May $1.80 to 1.S0 1-4, and July $1.49 7-8 to 1.50. |