Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
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William S. Menden was appointed general manager of the B. R. T.
 British shipyards turned out ship ping in excess of 1,S00,00 tons last year.
 About 70 per cent of the dock workers in Havana are reported to be on strike.
 White Star Liner Celtic arrived at 1 New York with 52S passenger from 1 Liverpool.
 Gold sold at 1o9s an ounce in Lon don, compared with 109s s 1-2d at pre- l vious close.
 Five hundred American firms now ship goods to Denmark and other 1 Baltic states. ]
 Shipping Board will be allowed use of one of the Hamburg American ]! piers in New York.
 The Rev. William F. Robinson, of St. Louis, was appointed president of the St. Louis University.
 Chicago will ask. Democratic. Ma tional Committee to hold convention in that city next summer.
 The estimated value of the CaIifor- nia raisin crop this year is $33,000, 900. This is double any previous year.
 Philip s. Smith, of scenectady, N. Y., was appointed trade commissioner to study South American markets.
 
 Advance of boIsheviki forces in the Donetz coal basin is developing rapidly, according to a soviet wireless.
 Price of two pound loaf of bread in Paris increased from 65- to 90 centimes, and in the Provinces from 50 to 95I centimes.
 L. L. Rue, president of the PhiIa delphia National Bank, was re elected member of the Federal Advirory Coun= Gil for 1920.
 As a result of shake up in the In- ternal Revenue Department of Brook Iyn District, a raid and three arrests were made.
 Runors of medal distribution scandal in the army similar to the J come more persistent. Five men were killed and several others injured in an explosion at the Hagley yards of the Du Pont Powder i Co.,, near Wilmington, Del.
 Military rule in force at Gary, Ind, steel district, since Walkout of steel workers, was rescinded by army of of t,O Nf Gold coin amounting to $755,o00 was with drawn from the Sub-Treasury for export. Of this amount, $45o,OOO goes 10 India and $5t5,000 to South 1 America.
 1 Department of Agriculture announc- 1 ed that on January 31 it would issue estimate of the number of horses mules, cattle, sheep and swine in the country.
 Clause in the peace treaty providing a maximum strength for Germany's s 1 regular army of 100000 men probably will be changed to allow a maximum of 100000.
 ] During the month of December, 27 1 illicit stills, with a combined capacity 1 of 700 gallons were seized in West 1 Virginia by state and county prohibi- l ton officers.
 Mexican embargo against the ex- l part of important foodstuffs, espe- cially corn, beans and cane sugar, was raised, according to the Mexican Sec retary, of Finance.
 A commercial travellers convention 1 between the United States and Ecua- dor was signed by Secretary Lansing and Dr. Don Rafael H. Elizalde, Min ister frmom Ecuador.
 1 An appropriation of $50 100000 was 1 asked of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies by President Carranza with i which the government could purchase lands held by foreigners. 1 According to the president of a Rotterdam bank, plans are being made for an economic peace confer 'ence at The Hague by small number of prominent bankers in the world
 Strike of street car employees at Rome lasted only one day; the com panies increased pay of employees and 1 the government in turn gave the con- 1 paniesl right to raise fares one cent. 1 Premier cIemenceau, in farewell | address to electors at Draguigan, said he will not be a candidate for the 1 Senate. He also refused to say whether he would run for the Presi- l dency.
 Elmer E. Riettenhouse, one of the l best known insurance men in the 1 country and assistant secretary of the i Equitable Life Aee'''~~',r,e, e.oeietv of the United States died at his home il i Montclair.
 Within the last 24 hours the Seine 1 has risen four feet. government of ficials declared. Scores of Paris houses and hundreds in the provinces along the Seine, Marne. Yonne and other rivers are isolated. Representatives of American firms ! having offices in Kobe, Japan, recent ly held meeting in that city for the purpose of formulating definite plans 1 for the organization of a local Amer 1 ican Chamber of Commerce.
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