British trade balance and 1920 outlook
Britain faced a £149,000,000 adverse trade balance in 1919 after accounting for invisible exports, with expectations of reduced import excess in 1920. War materials and restocking drove 1919 imports. 1920 should see savings on raw materials imports and higher exports of finished foods, while British production expands despite industrial disputes.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
American Chamber of Commerce
Jondon
Pans for the O First Electrolytic Copper Plant
Newton Abbot, England, chosen as site for Britain’s first electrolytic copper refinery costing about £10,000,000. A government backed plant aims to produce 100,000 tons of copper using British blister copper where possible. Sir Gerard Muntz leads a syndicate to erect the facility, leveraging tide water access and a large low-cost power bed nearby.
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Newton Abbot
Eng
Down
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Gerard Muntz
West Bromwich Coopper
Impossible currency scam via crossborder trips
A Swiss correspondent for the Daily Graphic outlines a hypothetical currency loop starting with £10. By exchanging for silver francs in France then lire in Switzerland, then Italian silver, and back through Switzerland and France, one could supposedly end with £100, though practical limits like rare silver coins and French import limits make the scheme impractical.
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London
France
Switzerland
Italy
Daily Graphic
Hawaiian Monarchy First to Enact Prohibition Worldwide
Historians note that the Hawaiian monarchy became the first government to enforce absolute prohibition. King Kamehameha I issued a prohibition edict in 1795 after unifying the islands, and later foreign influence and war saw liquor sales spread until prohibition took effect with army camps.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Kamehameha
United
Hawaii
Hampers in Post Rural Service New Haven Plan
New Haven Connecticut experiments with a farm to city hamper delivery using street railway express rather than the mail. Farmers order by telephone, fill hampers, and the trolley system carries perishables like eggs poultry and produce to city households in a few hours. Success hinges on farmers securing customers willing to use the home hamper service.
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Connecticut
Partment of Agriculture
Parcel Post
Street Railway Company
New Haven County Farm Bureau
Texpress
Milford
New Haven
Bridgeport
German surrendered ships allocated to United States
Washington March 19 The Associated Press reports that five German warships have been allocated to the United States under the armistice terms one battleship and four cruisers.
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United States
Washington
Navy to bring destroyers for dismantling next month
The navy department announced that four ships including the bruiser Frankfurt and three destroyers will be towed from Rosyth Scotland by mine sweepers and a transport to be destroyed within a year of arrival. The battleship Ostfriesland, 22 400 tons, built in 1911, was a second line ship during the war.
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Navy Department
Supreme Council
Bruiser
Frankfurt
Rosyth
Scotland
Ostfriesland
Submarine H-1 Beaching At Santa Margarita Island Cause
Los Angeles March 18 four lives lost in the H-1 submarine disaster attributed to misreading Santa Margarita island topography as the Magdalena bay entrance. Survivors arrived aboard the motorship Maratlan.
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Los Angeles
Santa Margarita Island
California
Magdalena Bay
Los Angeles Harbor
Mink Prices To Come Down In Wisconsin Milk Market
The Associated Press reports in Tacoma on March 19 that milk dealers announce prices will fall starting April due to overstocked condensaries in the state. The statement cites abundant supply and planned reductions to balance the market.
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The
Associated Press
Tacoma
Wilsh
Milk Dealers Today
Ty “Pulrynen
Birth rate rises in Germany says Red Cross reports
Berlin reports show births per month roughly double last year as vital stats trend upward across Germany. American Red Cross representatives note health conditions improving nationwide with Berlin marking the strongest progress among cities.
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Berlin
Germany
Red Crdss
Essex Light Car Endurance Leads With Dependability
Essex almost doubles the light car endurance proving top performance with economical operation. The ad claims enduring durability, safety, easy handling, and low repair costs, noting quick response and smooth ride. It asserts world sales records in the first year and growing orders as proof of value and reliability.
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Essex
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