Private Capital Sought by Russia to Boost Trade
Moscow reports Soviet reforms target private trade and capital. Private capital in Russia tops about 5 million rubles while trade turnover lags at around 2 billion rubles yearly. In Moscow, state and cooperative control dominate with 93 percent of industry under state and only seven percent private or cooperative. Private manufacturers employ roughly 16,900 workers, about 1.2 percent of Moscow’s industrial workforce.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Federal Congress of Soviets
Russia
Ltkwest
Soviet Federation
Totel
Preserved Food Critic Says Nation Is Poorly Fed in Britain
In Manchester July 13 Sir William Milligan M D warned that Britons are the worst fed in the world. He blamed monontonous diets poor cooking and reliance on preserved foods for ailments like dyspepsia and intestinal disorders. He said chemists have become key figures as preservatives and cold storage mummify food. The state board for architects completed a meeting with T T Bansbury presiding.
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Manchester
Eng
Wiliam Milligan
State Adopts New Depository Law Effective July 22
West Virginia moves to modernize handling of state funds under a new depository law. It requires active and inactive banks to hold state deposits within defined limits, reducing warrants and stabilizing accounts across counties. Treasurer W S Johnson explains the changes aim to lower bonds, concentrate funds, and improve equity for farmers and merchants statewide.
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Wnion
Board of
Pubiic Works
W. SL Johnson
Hal
Board of Public Works
Stari
Johnson
Deliara
West Virginia
English Girls Seek Red Cheeks Beauty Lecture
English girls are targeted in Manchester by a public health publicity drive titled Nature's Vanity Case. Lecturers promote wholesome food and beauty products to factory workers and clubs, featuring carrot pigment for cheeks, an apple snack, vanishing cream, complexion powder from cereals, and vanity cat products.
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Manchester
Naional Sli Publicity Council
Cauncil
England
Port Ridge
Eure
Leipsc Fair Promises Record Attendance and Grand Halls
Leipsc fair plans promise to surpass all previous shows with August 30 to September 9 dates. Expected attendance near double the spring fair of 18 600 business men and 14 000 exhibitors from 18 countries. Features include a huge underground exhibition hall, the largest machinery hall in Germany, and enlarged electrotechnical house. Municipal authorities add 120 000 square meters for new buildings and a 3 station freight area. A Street of Wations hosts special halls for foreign exhibitors.
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Leipsic
Germany
Electra
Technica
Woodrow Wilsom
Princeton University
Hungarian Telephone Rates Graded by Speed
Budapest July 18. The Hungarian post office issues new regulations on telephone costs. Immediate calls cost eighteen times the regular rate while rapid, urgent, and cheap night rates vary. Half the cost applies to ordinary calls. Customers may arrange with exchanges to wake them or remind them of tasks.
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Budapest
Hungarian
Post Office Department
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Capitol
The
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Quarrier ST
Wheeling
W. ©. Gravatt
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Lorain
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